Page 2 - More Light from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother on Receptivity
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On Reading Sri Aurobindo and Receptivity
To read what Sri Aurobindo writes … the brain needs a
preparation to be able truly to understand and generally a
preparation takes time, unless one is specially gifted with
an innate intuitive faculty.
In any case, I advise always to read a little at a time,
keeping the mind as tranquil as one can, without making
an effort to understand, but keeping the head as silent as
possible, and letting the force contained in what one reads
enter deep within. This force received in the calm and the
silence will do its work of light and, if needed, will create in
the brain the necessary cells for the understanding. Thus,
when one re-reads the same thing some months later, one
perceives that the thought expressed has become much
more clear and close, and even sometimes altogether
familiar.
It is preferable to read regularly, a little every day, and at a
fixed hour if possible; this facilitates the brain-receptivity.
~ The Mother, CWM, 12: 203
