You speak of exteriorization - couldn't you show me a simple way of learning to do it?You can't do it on your own, it's dangerous. Some people do it spontaneously, so of course you're not going to tell them it's dangerous. But it is dangerous, because if they do it just like that, without being watched over, and someone or something abruptly calls them back - some event, some circumstance or other - they can be cut off (gesture of the cord being cut). I would never let anyone without knowledge do it on his own. If it's spontaneous, it means it comes from previous existences, so they have the knack. But all the same it's a bit risky, someone should always be there to watch over your body. And as for teaching it to someone offhand - no. I did try once in France - with Hohlenberg, that painter who came here during the war [World War I] and then had to go back. [[He did a portrait in profile of Sri Aurobindo, looking towards the future. ]] He came to France and asked me. He absolutely insisted. He had read all Théon's stuff and was well up on everything and very anxious to try. So I taught him how to do it; and what's more, I was there, he did it in my presence. And, mon petit, the moment he went out of his body, he was thrown into a panic! The man was no coward - he was very courageous - but it absolutely terrified him! Sheer panic.... So I said no, no, no. page 58-59 - Mother's Agenda, volume 3, 27th Jan. - 1962 |