Man has a role to play in a conflict between the Devas and the Asuras. His soul is the battlefield where the powers of Light and Darkness meet and wrestle.
To give you a flower is of course very nice, but that’s not anything much... each one who comes appears with all his formations, and then I do just... I do just this... (gesture). The flower is an excuse, through the flower I give something.
November 24 is known as the Day of Victory, for, on it, Sri Aurobindo had the experience which promised complete fulfilment of his vision. It is significant that the last living darshan he granted was precisely on this day and in spite of grave obstacles.
It is queer that the European mind, capable enough in other directions should sink to so much puerility when it begins to deal with religion and spiritual experience.