The Path of Later On

“The path of later on and the road of tomorrow lead only to the castle of nothing-at-all,” is the conclusion of a small boy who, after postponing the day’s chores to tomorrow, has a nightmare which shows him the truth of never putting off till tomorrow what one could do today. The story, written by The Mother as a school essay in 1893, when she was a teenager, points to the moral lesson of heeding one’s inner voice and choosing the right path, and never postponing that choice. The Sri Aurobindo International Institute of Educational Research, Auroville, has now published it as a picture book for children, beautifully illustrated by Ruchi Mhasane, an artist from Mumbai. The book was released in small ceremony on June 20th June, at SAIIER in Auroville.

Available from Auroville.com, from Sabda and in the Auroville book stores. Price in India: Rs 690