Preparing for the Miraculous

theodicy: “nature does not make mistakes” 231as the starting-point of the evolution, as the condition laiddown for a transforming emergence.“In this acquiescence was embraced too the will of thegreat Sacrifice, the descent of the Divine itself into the Inconscienceto take up the burden of the Ignorance and itsconsequences, to intervene as the Avatar and the Vibhutiwalking between the double sign of the Cross and the Victorytowards the fulfilment and deliverance. A too imaginedrendering of the inexpressible Truth? But without imageshow to present to the intellect a mystery far beyondit? It is only when one has crossed the barrier of the limitedintelligence and shared in the cosmic experience andthe knowledge which sees things from identity that thesupreme realities which lie behind these images – imagescorresponding to the terrestrial fact – assume their divineforms and are felt as simple, natural, implied in the essenceof things. It is by entering into that greater consciousnessalone that one can grasp the inevitability of its self-creationand purpose.” 29Nirodbaran, then the Ashram doctor, wrote a daily reportto the Mother and Sri Aurobindo about the condition ofthe sadhaks under his care. It was Sri Aurobindo who wrotethe answers about what Nirodbaran had to do in his dispensaryor at the local hospital, and who also answered the doctor’smore personal queries concerning his sadhana. Theseanswers developed into a treasure of wisdom and simplicity– and humor. For because of a reason Sri Aurobindo didnot disclose – “Let it have no name,” he wrote – he suddenlygave expression to the humorous side in him which otherwisehad to be kept hidden for fear of misunderstanding.In this Correspondence with Sri Aurobindo, unique in thespiritual literature, there is a page where Nirodbaran vented29 Sri Aurobindo: Letters on Yoga, pp. 28-29.