Disciple: I remember a difficult question: Is it in keeping with Yoga to get oneself insured ?
Sri Aurobindo: Thakur Dayananda (of Bengal) would say " No." He was always depending on God and did not believe in storing things. If you don't get anything, it means God wants you to starve. The whole group used to sing and dance, there was an excited expression of their devotion, some kind of vital demonstration. Later on he complained that the disciples were drawing out his vital forces and turned towards knowledge.
They had the faith that nothing could happen to them. Once when the police came to arrest them they were all singing and dancing. Seeing them in exaltation the police went away. They thought that they were invincible. The Government sent soldiers who arrested them. Then their faith was shaken. One of the prominent disciples, Mahindra Day, also lost his faith, though he was the victim of his own enthusiasm.
EVENING TALKS WITH SRI AUROBINDO
RECORDED BY A B PURANI (page no 630)
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