U Ugli ness beauty and 10:45-46. 16:78 existence of 5:71-73 healing 10:71-72 Unconsciousness 17:74 correcting wrong done through 5:411 cruelty and 6:70-71 diminishes suffering 3:199 fear and 6:50-51 in sleep 16:376-77 in work 16:18 insincerity and 6:125-27 maid by the Divine ? 17:106 of creation5:11, 71. 10:206 of laziness 16:395 of material nature 17 :107 striving to become conscious 17:75 waste and 16:376 Understanding acting prior to 10:146 another dimension 7:240 appreciating and, Sri Aurobindo Ashram 16:325-26 aspiration for 7:239; attitudes and 17:411 behind words 4:227-28 being and

O Obedience first condition for acquiring power 12:279-80 of the physical body 4:79 responsibility and 17:168 surrender and 6:63-64 ,204 ; 8:299 to the; Divine 14:165-66 to Sri Aurobindo 16:147 Objectivity 11:79-83 subjectivity and 6:363-64; 11:36-38 Obscurity 17:73-74 ,90-91 ,107 ,116 ,142 depths of 16:67 destroyed by Agni 17:106 in material things 17:104 matter not a synonym for 3:102 over coming 5:19-20 violent sensations increase 16:148 Observation attentive 4:35 children's 12:22-25 development of power of 6:8-9;78-79 ,82-91 ,335-36 distinguishing inf1uences and 6:130-33 inner

V Vacations 17:399-400 Vaishnavite stories 8:224-27 Valmikie 10:269 values intensified by supramental descent 11:314-18 true 8:136,403 Vanity 7:19; 14:279,301; 17:10 .bad wood 5:46 doing "great things" 16:182 egoism 4:39 fatuity 5:337 humi1ity and 16:178 in plants and animals 4: 29-30; 11:261 inferiority complex and 16:269 jealousy and 16:179 movements of 16 : 6 4 of ego 5:14-16,349 prayer and 5:93 prevents you from seeing of affection 16:70-71 progress and 5:49,219-20; 16:12,09; 17 : 117-18 ,122 ,160-61 satisfaction, personal 5:337,349-50 spiritual 5:384 stupidit

F Faculties 2:31-32,143-44: 8:319-20 of observation 12:22-25 perfection of 9:396 supreme 16 :238 Failure 10 :246 essential qualities developed through 10:303 explanations for meaning of 1ife 10:56 God and 10:102-03,289,348 great and noble 10 :285 of Christ's mission 10:260-61 at Mohammed ' s message 10 :261 not an evi1 10:263 success and 5:269; 10:55-57; 16:389 suffering and 10:263 suggestions of 16 :133 to find one's soul 10:279 to make an effort 6:267 Fairies gentle entities 4:275 treasure in fairy-tales 4 :189-90 see also Entities Faith 11:311 ; 12:115; 14:82-84

B Bach, Johanne Sebastian 3:111-13; 5:76,78,262 Bad good and, defined 3:185 ; 8:5-6; 15:330-31; 16:120,135,171,277,378 see also Ev i 1 Bad action 16;306-07 Bad adv ice never listen to 17:67 Bad atmosphere created by jealousy 16:116 Bad feelings 16:113; 17:81,90 Bad state 17;99,389 Bad thoughts 2:90-91; 5;146-57; 7:81; 8:-10,309,349; 9 :252-54; 16 ; 129 ,262 see also Evii1 Bad will (I11-wi11) 5:145-50,167; 17:395 against someone 5:146,100-81 cause of illness 5:179-88; 15:158-59 depression 17:74 Kali and 16:143 none in animals 5:149-52 stronghold of 16:426 BahaUll

J Janaka 10 : 195-96, 204 Japa energy and 16:224: use of 16 : 305-06 Japan America and 5 :343 art, gardens and landscapes 3 : 108-10; 4: 306-09; 5: 325 aspirations of 2: 150 bamboo sprout dish 5: 366 beauty in 2 : 15 ; 5 : 325 Buddhist temple in 5: 326 children of 2: 151-53 conception of life in 2: 149 dance in 3: 112 energy of 2: 148 Europe and , use of vegetable kingdom 5: 366 gardener, an artist 5: 325 . India and 2: 149-50 influence on America 5: 343 knowledge in 2: 150 literature of 4: 309 the Mother ' experiences in 4: 308-10; 5: 136-37 , 182-85; 12: 75-76 the Mother's i

E Earth 15:47,263-65,365 absence of fear on 10:89 aim of life on 2:39,49; 4:117-18; 7 :211 ,292-93; 8:120,176; 9:15 206-10,252-54; 10:291; 12:3-8,113,312-13; 14:3-8; 15:82-84 16:386,432; 17:78,102,109,375,381; see also Life, aim of ascent and fall on 10:92 aspiration of 11 :65 atmosphere of 8:127-28 , 178; 16:237 beginning of its material reality 10:163 birth of eternal on 9:177-78 Buddha in atmosphere of 16:382 cannot bear too rap id manifestation 11:85 changes slow to come 17:326,350 coming harmony on 11:174-75 consciousness of 10:187 creation of 4:119,328; 10:220 creators and formateurs of beings on 5:308-09 death and 10:168

T Tagore, Rabindranath 16:6 Talk/ Talking about depression 17:68 about one's experience 4:76-77, 16:22, 86 about so-called spiritual thing 17:166 about work 17:166,285, 292-93 about yoga 17:21, 73, 83-84 attitude behind important 16:22 chit chat (idle small talk) 16:181, 17:10, 22-23, 62 control over 17:8, 73, 33-34 developing one's thought and 16:244 during work 17:207 keeping quiet and 16:194 in sleep 16:400 late night 17:60 only what is indispensable 17:51 open frank and cordial 17:285 remaining un affected by 17:50 spoiling peace 17:95 unnecessary 9:143, 16:181, 17:56 wasting love in excess 17:54 when i

Letters To My Little smile My love and blessings for you and for them. July 17, 1936 Maman, You said that there is something closed in me which is not opening to you and that that is why even when I want to feel your love in my heart (which you say is already there) I don't feel it. What is closed ? My heart ? or something else ? I don't understand all this. I want it to open to you and I want to feel your love in my heart always. But if it is really closed, how to open it ? What should I do to open it ? For really I want it to open to you and I want to be happy for ever. Your little child My dear little smile,

Letters To My Little smile My dear maman, I spent the morning hours (drawing with Tara) on the gown which she is going to embroider; and the afternoon hours I spent on the sari. In this sari with red roses my maman looks like " a fairy in a rose garden'. Your little smile Here is a lovely comparison, worthy of the sari which is really very beautiful. March 26, 1933 Here is the promised news: Today I have become the owner of the house in which you live. In two months work will begin and the first thing will be to break down the wall separating your house from the adjacent ground which will then be made into a beautiful garde