My typewriter belonged to President Wilson’s daughter, Margaret Wilson. The Sri Aurobindo Ashram Mother gave her the name Nishtha. She was a very devoted disciple of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo. When she died, her typewriter went to Nolini. Nolini typed on it for many years. Then he gave it to me and I used it. That was not the same typewriter as in this photograph. At that time in the Ashram, believe it or not, I typed 60 to 65 words per minute.
In this picture you are seeing your Master typing. God knows what my speed was – it was in America on a manual typewriter. Of course, what I used in India also was manual.
There was a lady from Ohio named Maude Smith who taught me typing when I came to America. She was a very affectionate, very tall lady, and she was a very good typist. She used to do 95 or 100 words a minute. She was very, very devoted. She had been a minister. When she was typing fast, she used to say it was magic, magic!
The gentleman who taught me English metre, who was responsible for me being allowed to meditate in Sri Aurobindo’s room every day, used to type 70 words a minute with two fingers, believe it or not. Magic, magic, magic! With two fingers, one finger from each hand, how fast he used to type. I surrender – some people can type very, very fast.
17 April 2007, Aspiration-Ground, New YorkFrom:Sri Chinmoy,Concern: A Reality of the Heart, Agni Press, 2025
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