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2The Developmentof Sri Aurobindo’s ThoughtNow that most of <strong>the</strong> writings and recorded sayings ofSri Aurobindo and <strong>the</strong> Mo<strong>the</strong>r have been published,and with <strong>the</strong> hindsight we have of <strong>the</strong>ir lives, it is sometimesthought that <strong>the</strong>ir Work on Earth was completelypreordained. After all, <strong>the</strong>y were “special,” being divineincarnations, and, in <strong>the</strong> life of such beings, is not all settledbe<strong>for</strong>ehand, from beginning to end and with everything inbetween? Supposing this to be a given, some disciples evenwrote to Sri Aurobindo that <strong>for</strong> him <strong>the</strong> yoga must be easy,little more than “a sham.” To contradict such suppositions,Sri Aurobindo repeatedly affirmed <strong>the</strong> constant ef<strong>for</strong>ts he

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