So they kept pulling in opposing directions. Eventually they tried to set something up (which still didn't hold together), and finally they wrote me a little more clearly. (There is one very nice man involved, Y. He isn't particularly intellectual but has a lot of common sense and a very faithful heart - a very good man.) Y asked me some direct questions, without beating around the bush, and I replied directly: 'World Union is an entirely superficial thing, without any depth, based on the fact that Sri Aurobindo said "the masses" must be helped to follow the progress of "the elite" - well, let them go ahead! If they enjoy it, let them go right ahead!' ... I didn't say it exactly like that (I was a bit more polite!), but that was the gist of it. page 109 - Mother's Agenda , volume 2 , 4th March 1961