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the attainment of a higher consciousness and the spiritual life.
But Sri Aurobindo's Yoga is a special path with its own special
objects in addition to this common aim of all Yoga. Only those
are admitted who have a call to this special path which is a very
difficult one, are recognised as having some capacity for it and
are willing to give up everything else and follow without res-
ervations the guidance of Sri Aurobindo. There is no separate
asram for ladies; the Asram is composed of several houses and
accommodation is given according to convenience.
CWSA 35: 599
Conditions
He can come, if he understands the conditions under which
alone he can profit by staying here. Henceforth a stay here can
only be profitable (1) for those who are ready for an intensive
sadhana turning their back on all attachments belonging to the
ordinary human life, (2) for those who, though not ready, yet
recognise fully the aim and open themselves so as to prepare
for it, (3) those who, even if not capable as yet of an inner
intensive sadhana, can yet dedicate themselves entirely in the
way of service.
*
You can write to him that at present his coming here is
hardly possible or advisable. There are now nearly 80 members
in the Asram and all the accommodation available is taken up or
else marked out already for others who are coming. Moreover
if he has not been able to make the vital surrender, he would
not be able to profit by coming here; for the conditions of the
sadhana here are no longer what they were before and this vital
surrender is precisely the first condition of any benefit from our
help or any true farther progress. CWSA 35:602

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