reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 167-168This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/09/07/the-one-essential-thing-in-spiritual-development-is-an-inward-focus-of-the-awareness-on-the-divine-presence/

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