Chapter 143408–412

Sri Aurobindo had a genius for humour and all we can do is admire and remain silent.

20 March 1970 What does Sri Aurobindo mean by: “How can I renounce what He took from me by force and gave back to me against my will?”

And also when he says: “After I knew that God was a woman...”?

I cannot answer because, while he was in his body, he never told me anything about this. If anyone knows the exact date on which he wrote this, it might be an indication. Perhaps N could tell you when this was written, or whether Sri Aurobindo told him anything about it.1 413 – To commit adultery with God is the perfect experience

for which the world was created.

I do not understand this aphorism.

This is the most perfect way in which Sri Aurobindo, with his marvellous sense of humour, could ridicule human morality. This sentence is a whole satire in itself.

21 March 1970 414 – To fear God really is to remove oneself to a distance

from Him, but to fear Him in play gives an edge to utter delightfulness.

1 According to the information given to Mother, these Aphorisms were written shortly after Sri Aurobindo’s arrival in Pondicherry.