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abstract and
introspectionist themes and inspiring a small handful to do likewise.
How then do you regard the production of a seemingly supremely great book like
Aurobindo’s “The Life Divine”, which almost nobody reads, almost nobody understands,
or books like “Treatise on Cosmic Fire”, or your books, all of which seem so totally
unrelated to helping anybody individually or collectively, in a material sense?
It is not correct to think that Yogins merely write, but never do anything for human
progress. The help that they give, the common man cannot understand, and man has no right to
expect a specific form of help from the Yogins, for the Yogins do what is really good and not
what is materially convenient to man.
Books which deal with metaphysical subjects and which faithfully explain the goal of life
and the method of attaining it are a great help to struggling humanity. Yogins write such books
for the good of others, in the spiritual sense and even in a pragmatic sense. But they do
something more, too; they give direct, invisible help.
From "May I answer that" by Swami Sivananda (1987-1963). More Informations on Swami Sivananda: on the Website of Divine Life Society, Photographs of Swami Sivananda, German Pages on Swami Sivananda