August 15, 1967
(Message for Sri Aurobindo’s ninety-fifth birthday:)
"But in any case the Divine Power is working
always behind and one day, perhaps when one least
expects it, the obstacle breaks, the clouds vanish
and there is again the light and the sunshine. The
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best thing in these cases is, if one can manage it,
not to fret, not to despond, but to insist quietly
and keep oneself open, spread to the Light and
waiting in faith for it to come: that, I have found,
shortens these ordeals."
Sri Aurobindo
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