In order to explain why the ordinary Sadhus and Yogis take to tobacco and gānja [an intoxicant], I said that these cause stimulation of the physical brain. But these have reactions. And to stimulate the brain thus is not the proper process.
Sri AurobindoWhat men call knowledge, is the reasoned acceptance of false appearances. Wisdom looks behind the veil and sees.
Sri AurobindoIn order to satisfy the vital being, it must be offered some activity, and at the same time the mind should be slowly made to take interest in yoga.
Sri AurobindoThat within us which seeks to know and to progress is not the mind but something behind it which makes use of it.
Sri AurobindoWhat is required is faith. Man has body, life and mind but that is not all that constitutes man. He has risen to the mind as a result of evolution. Now a higher consciousness will be evolved - this I call Supermind. It is the instrument of the Divine Consciousness, the Truth-Consciousness.
Sri Aurobindo