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the throat, the tongue goes dry, and then it is so difficult to find
your words — truly, one doesn’t know how to go about it, eh! But
now you have resolved, you make a big effort: you draw out the
words one by one, like that, with much effort and finally speak,
and you try to say it as exactly as possible. My child, that opens a
door as wide as this, and I can enter straight into the psychic be-
ing, just through this effort of sincerity that you have made. And
then, when I enter, I pour in all the light, all the force, the will, the
consciousness, all the resolution necessary, so that you cannot
repeat what you have done; much... as when too much is poured
into a cup, it overflows — there is much that overflows, but all the
same a little remains and this little works. And if you repeat this ef-
fort once again, until you feel — well, that you have nothing more
to say, for there is now nothing more to hide — then that’s very
fine, you have made great progress.
CWM 6: 198–199

Method of progressing
Q: Sweet Mother, Just as there is a methodical progression of
exercises for mental and physical education, isn’t there a similar
method to progress towards Sri Aurobindo’s yoga? It should vary
with each individual. Could you make a step-by-step programme
for me to follow daily?

The mechanical regularity of a fixed programme is indispensable
for physical, mental and vital development; but this mechanical
rigidity has little or no effect on spiritual development where the
spontaneity of an absolute sincerity is indispensable.
Sri Aurobindo has written very clearly on this subject. And
what he has written on it has appeared in The Synthesis of Yoga.
However, as an initial help to set you on the path, I can tell
you:
(1) that on getting up, before starting the day, it is good to

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