I am sure there are a number of Vibhutis of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, some conscious while some unconscious, engaged in Her Work in the world.
The urge to meet a vibhuti may well be because you yourself may be one in the making. Or it may stem from an urge to excel and be in the company of those who excel in spiritually but while being engaged in the world. It is a search for true greatness, someone through whom one can feel in a tangible way something of Her Glory, as Sri Aurobindo says in the Mother, ‘These Emanations are the many divine forms and personalities in which men have worshipped her under different names throughout the ages. But also she prepares and shapes through these Powers and their emanations the minds and bodies of her Vibhutis, even as she prepares and shapes minds and bodies for the Vibhutis of the Ishwara, that she may manifest in the physical world and in the disguise of the human consciousness some ray of her power and quality and presence. All the scenes of the earth-play have been like a drama arranged and planned and staged by her with the cosmic Gods for her assistants and herself as a veiled actor.’
As long as it is an urge moved by an inner longing for Her touch in a concrete way, it is alright. But best would be to aspire only for meeting Sri Aurobindo and the Mother and be in Her Service. The Vibhutis are not yet the perfect product one may expect them to be. They are yet in the making and hence too close an encounter with a vibhuti may be disappointing. Since something in their nature has opened enormously to the Divine influx, there is likely to be a compensatory imbalance in other parts, especially as our human measures may not apply to such a person.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
