The Winds of Wonder

“Sri Aurobindo has not left us. Sri Aurobindo is here,
as living and as present as ever and it is left
to us to realise his work with all the sincerity,
eagerness and concentration necessary.”

The Mother, 15.12.1950

On 5th December 1950 at 1:26 a.m. Sri Aurobindo left his body and by morning the entire body was seen to be suffused with a golden-crimson hue, so fresh and so magnificent, lifting us from the pall of gloom to a mute wonder. This Supramental Light remained for five days at a stretch and many people witnessed the magnificent and unique phenomenon. A mortal body generally shows signs of decomposition within twenty-four hours, but for five days Sri Aurobindo’s body remained intact with no signs of discoloration or decomposition. Gradually, on 9th December, the light began to fade, and in the evening the body was put in a rosewood box and laid to rest in the Ashram courtyard under the cool shade of the Service Tree.

• Nirodbaran

Courtesy: Tine at Auroville