Your reading approach is perfectly fine. Savitri and Prayers and Meditations are an indispensable must. The rest will depend upon taste and temperament.
The Synthesis of Yoga must be taken up by any serious student of Sri Aurobindo’s Yoga, especially someone who wants to have the right base for the practice.
2. I have thought I would read the Synthesis of Yoga, followed by The Mother. Is this enough to get me started?
Read both. But this sequence is also good. The Synthesis of Yoga followed by The Mother.
3. I heard that the Synthesis is not a complete work. This fills me with trepidation. Would I benefit from reading it?
Any sincere seeker of the Integral Yoga would benefit greatly by The Synthesis. It is only the last couple of Chapters on the Supramental Realisation that remain incomplete. Perhaps Sri Aurobindo himself did not intend completing it, as all that is needed for the practice is already there.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
