Yes, it was Amal. After Sri Aurobindo’s passing away Amal kind of got frozen. He was evidently unable to fathom the mystery of this drastic step the Master-Yogi had taken. He prayed to the Mother and slowly the light started appearing in his soul. He then wrote that long “strategic” article entitled the Significance of the Passing away of Sri Aurobindo. He showed the draft to the Mother, the draft in which he had written about “mortal remains” put in the Samadhi. The Mother at once struck out the phrase and told Amal that there was nothing “mortal” in him. She ordered the printing of 5000 copies of the booklet. We do not have anything of the sort in the Lives of Sri Aurobindo. Instead, we have the following in it: “Like all icons, he is misrepresented by his admirers as well as his detractors, praised or reviled for things he never said or did… The value of Sri Aurobindo’s achievements can only be gauged by examining the historical and literary evidence and assessing the nature and effects of his thought and action.” Assertions of the yogic or supramental aspects have no place in that scrutiny! ~ RYD