The Mother: ( )  My blessings are with you.  You must take this illness as a sign that, in spite of all your convictions — perhaps even resolutions — you have to do sadhana and to add to your outer consecration in work, the inner consecration of deep understanding and psychological transformation, and make use of your seclusion for that purpose.  My help and love are with you.   There is no question and no possibility of “letting you down”.


The Mother: My attitude towards you has not changed. But your illness and your present condition have the same cause. I am trying to move quickly towards the future Realisation; the progress is rapid and to remain close to me one must move quickly also. Something in you was refusing to change, the same something that was boasting that it was not interested in yoga, that it believed only in work, etc. etc. As a result of it you got out of my protection and fell ill.


The Mother: My word written at the beginning of the illness meant that. But it did not act as I hoped.  Now there is only one thing to do: face squarely the necessity of the change in some part of your nature and — with my help —.   With my love and blessings.


The Mother: ( )   Here, for each work given, the full strength and Grace are always given at the same time to do the work as it has to be done. If you do not feel the strength and the Grace it proves that there is some mistake in your attitude. The faith is lacking or you have fallen back on old tracks and old creeds and thus you lose all receptivity.  [facsimile] And if I need you?


The Mother: The best would be to make a rule of  during all the distribution and to listen and answer as soon as it is over.   ( )  One more word to tell you that you must not seeing me, because it gives a kind of support to the parts of your being which are somewhat unwilling to open to my inﬂuence.   With my love and blessings.


The Mother: Try to be spontaneous and simple like a child in your relations with me — it will save you from many difﬁculties.  This is not the true meaning; each force or power has an inﬂuence on other forces and powers, and this action is reciprocal. To escape this constant and general confusion of inﬂuences, there is only one way — to concentrate exclusively on the Divine Consciousness and to open oneself only to the Divine Consciousness.   , the Divine and cannot share in any nonsense.  This is only a pessimistic view of things.


The Mother: The opposite also is true and through this apparent chaos a new and better order is being formed. But to see it one must have .   Cheer up! Things are not so bad as you think.


The Mother: With love and blessings.   ( )   My dear child, I have spoken a little “severely” last night so that the mistake is not reproduced — but to say the truth, the consequences of it are already effaced and what I wanted to give you — it is left to you to make the proper use of it.


The Mother: I consider you already as a, but I want you also to become a, so that you may have the full joy of it.   With my love and blessings.   ( )


The Mother: In the integral Yoga there is no distinction between the sadhana and the outward life; it is in each and every movement of the daily life that the Truth must be found and practised.   ( )  Surely to be quiet is not tamas. In fact it is only in quietness that the proper thing can be done.


The Mother: What I call quietness is to do the work without being disturbed by anything and to observe everything without being disturbed by anything.  However if something seems to you quite wrong, you can  always report to me — without being disturbed — and I will see what is to be done.   My presence and my blessings are always with you.


The Mother: ( )  I have the for Indian languages and continue to study Sanskrit when I have time.  Amrita says that the situation of his Tamil class is much worse than that of the Hindi one. He says that he will continue even if the students come no more . . . he will teach to himself!


The Mother: With love and blessings.  ( )  Holidays  Shall we say? There are two kinds of them: traditionally, the Lord for six days (or aeons) worked to create his world and the seventh He stopped for rest, concentration and contemplation.


The Mother: This can be called the day of God.  The second one is: the men, the creatures, during six days work for their personal interests and egoistic motives, and the seventh they stop working to take rest and have time to look  inwardly or upwardly, in contemplation of the source and origin of their existence and consciousness, in order to take a dip in It and renew their energies.  It is scarcely necessary to mention the modern manner of understanding the word or the thing, that is to say, all the possible ways of wasting time in a futile attempt at amusing oneself.   ( )


The Mother: When you are not doing your work with a full sense of your responsibility, it is not a reason to incite new workers to act like you.   ( )  All I can tell you is: Whenever a person or persons send word to me asking for work and expressing their intention to stay on for some time or to be admitted permanently, I always answer  (if I speak to the person himself) or How this is changed into something else and you are not informed — that I cannot say — it is one of the mysteries of human nature, and I am quite sure that many things happen without my being informed of them at all.  But it is not a reason for being upset about it.


The Mother: There is only to remain quite cool and to do best within the limits that human nature ascribes to us.    the is the Lord’s and nobody else’s. So there is nothing to worry about.   With my love and blessings.


The Mother: Yes, because what I have written was for Huta and not for others — to each one what is said is said in a different way — and to mix all that makes a confusion.    Rajkumar  Are the circumstances of the story?


The Mother: or can they be altered? If they can be altered, it would be more interesting if the hostile’s instrument gets converted by the Prince’s love just at the moment of giving the poison, confesses and gets pardoned.   This old idea of the necessity of the catastrophe to make the power is a limitation that has to be overcome.  Of course, if it is and has to be kept, it is in the speech that the higher truth must be told.


The Mother: My dear child, Must I take it for bad temper and that the ego has been brushed the wrong way? . . . You seem very bitter. And yet nothing is on side without referring matters and telling that must be consulted for the most useful thing to be done. But never mind — if you think things are not going the right way and I am responsible, let it be — I accept the responsibility.  In the present case, I am glad to know that Z can be more useful in Honesty Society, so we shall send him there and hope everything will be all right.


The Mother: But it remains absolutely true that I am mostly busy with something I consider more important than exterior organisation — for the moment — and that is why I expect each one to do his duty with the best of his capacity, and with his eyes ﬁxed upon the magnitude of the Divine’s work which will surely help him in his personal difﬁculties.  Times are hard for everybody and in everything — but it is surely to teach us to overcome our limitations.  I have full conﬁdence in you, count upon you, need your  work, and feel sure you will get over the present difﬁculties.   With love and blessings.


The Mother: Here is the writing. The pen seems good — blessings to China!  Yes, indeed, I came to you — it is not the only time — with some insistence, for general affairs, Ashram affairs and sadhana (yours) — that is to say, stating the point of your advance.   Is there no way of preventing people from knocking?


The Mother: A notice at your door, “Please do not knock now.”?   With love and blessings.   I am sending you a notice to put up in the dining room.  We shall have it on the notice board also.


The Mother: Silence! Silence!  This is a time for gathering energies, and not for wasting them away in useless and meaningless words.  Anyone who proclaims loudly his opinions on the present situation of the country, must understand that his opinions are of no value and cannot, in the least, help Mother India to come out of her difﬁculties.


The Mother: If you want to be useful, ﬁrst control yourself and keep silent.  Silence! Silence! Silence!  It is only in silence that anything great can be done.


The Mother: A good advice to all the ashramites in their dealings with visitors and foreigners (and even among themselves)  “ When you have nothing pleasant to say about something or somebody in the Ashram,.   [facsimile (Silence! Silence!]  [facsimile (a good advice...etc.)


The Mother: ]   You must know that this silence is faithfulness to the Divine’s work.”  Continue to try — one day you will succeed, as still I come.  Blessings.  ( Purodha )


The Mother: Behind all ambitions there is a Truth waiting the opportune time to manifest. Now that the ambition is gone, it is time for the truth (the capacities and abilities) to manifest.   Take great care not to become “swollen”, but I am with you, helping you, in order to do something that may be interesting.


The Mother: With love and blessings.   You are.  I hear that you have ﬂu — that won’t do.  You must — but a rest of, not of diluted non-resistance to the adverse forces. A rest that is a , not the rest of weakness.


The Mother: Cheer up, my child, shake off the bad inﬂuence.   With my love and blessings.  I suppose you mean my new or my .


The Mother: Because for a body, I do not know of anybody who could make a complete living body within which I could step without losing, at least partly, my present consciousness. This of course could be a relatively quicker process, but not quite fair for the cells of this body so full of enthusiasm, and lending themselves so willingly to the somewhat exacting process of transformation.  In any case, as I told you already, you must be prepared to wait a long time for it, and to see many birthdays pass on.  Which, of course, is very good and of which I fully approve .


The Mother: With love.   How can the work start after Darshan? They do not have the needed money, only a part of it. And it is to start work before having three-fourths of what is needed.


The Mother: Besides the plan is not ready, the calculations are not made, nothing is ready according to my knowledge. It would be pure folly to start anything in that condition. I remember the letter of X but did not take it seriously for the reasons above mentioned, and paid no special attention to your presence in this affair which seems to me a little superﬂuous. So, unless all the money is collected and all the plans and calculations are made and shown to me —.


The Mother: Blessings.  It depends on the physical receptivity of each one, and that receptivity depends itself on the more or less mind.   ( Words of Long Ago )  What I had written was not at all direct knowledge but the translation of a book written in English more than 60 years ago.  So you can make all changes that are necessary.


The Mother: Blessings.  I am very sorry for this. Nothing was told to me about it.   by all means, let it be the last time something is publicly  mentioned about (my?) past life!


The Mother: — this body does not want to be spoken of — it wants to be quiet and, as far as possible, .   With love and blessings.  There is no secret. The second is true.


The Mother: Things are in such a mess that I am compelled to keep an eye on them.  Always, from the beginning, I considered her as a case of charity and expected very little work from her — she is not of the type that likes to be useful. Let her remain at the Lake and be given some occupation that will keep her quiet.  Blessings.


The Mother: ( )  All this must stop at once and for all. It is and the people who do forgery ought to go to prison — or, at least, not allowed to go about spreading their falsehoods and duping credulous people. Her ﬁrst predictions These will in the same way, and those who believe are simply fooled.


The Mother: ( )    It is to remove her forcibly. An interview is quite out of the question. Let her be here .


The Mother: Try to lodge her somewhere where she will be as little harmful as possible, give her and otherwise ignore her presence (if she allows us to ignore it).  Blessings.  I intended to answer, and in a hurry forgot to do it. The reply is: teach both — the true language and what it has become. That will be very interesting indeed — and more than anything else can cure them from the habit of speaking bad Hindi.


The Mother: I have just glanced at the ﬁle. All that is the kind of rubbish that, since long, I have stopped trying to check — it is like children’s  toys. The only thing I wanted to see was the “Japanese boat” and my prophecy — because this sounds utterly false and needs rectifying.  This kind of thing has happened hundreds of times and is happening more and more — but to me it seems “quite natural” although I am unwilling to explain.  The way out? — is to take it coolly, not to mind and to go on with the work quietly... expecting that better days will come.


The Mother: Blessings.   Yes.   The room is small. A fan would be good.


The Mother: You can take it and see if it helps.  What is bad is — slavery to abstinence as well as slavery to needs. What comes, we take but always ready to let it go, if it goes...  Blessings.  [


The Mother: facsimile ]    ( )


The Mother: I received a letter from X and I told him what I thought of the event.  I am not answering to Y — but all that seems very much like going back to the time of primitive man in the caves...  We do not wish to live the artiﬁcial life of civilised society, but it would be better to climb up the ladder towards a greater civilisation, rather than fall backward to the rule of the blows...   With blessings.


The Mother: Because you needed no scolding this year.  It is some wrong formation in the subconscient. But it would not have recurred if he had not feared. It is the fear — more or less conscious — which does almost all the mischief.  You can tell him like that.


The Mother: Yes, the disorder is general. The only help is.  Blessings.  It gives conﬁdence to the body and that way it helps. But I leave it to your decision.


The Mother: Blessings.  To avoid all “stories” and complications, it is better to have a second man or boy at the gate between 12 and 2, to bring groups of visitors, especially when there are children, to Quadros House where there is a big verandah which will be provided with seats for them.  I have received complaints that Y is very rude. I do not know how far it is true, but you might ask him to behave properly.  The will be closed between 12 and 2.


The Mother: And the verandah cannot be crowded with families, children  and luggage. I am trying to arrange things decently and need your help.   Blessings.


The Mother: I enjoyed your letter and the “story”.  Here is my answer. Is it an answer? ... at any rate it is a fact and might explain some things: “I give orders to those who are and totally surrendered, as these orders cannot be discussed or disobeyed.”  With my love and blessings.


The Mother: Very good.  Say to Z that as I am expected to do miracles, each one of you must also do some — a few — miracles!   With love and blessings.


The Mother: ( )  In the matter of construction, you get what you pay for. They believe themselves to be very clever, but if they spend less, the house built will last less and even may not be strong enough to resist the violences of Nature. The appearance is the same for  an untrained eye but the solidity and the resistance are quite different.


The Mother: After saying all that, my conclusion is “Let them do as they like.”  After all everybody must learn his lesson.  Still I add a word of warning. A badly built house cannot be repaired — because most often it is the foundations that are defective.  Blessings.


The Mother: The question means Are you ready for the Hour of God?  You can answer: Blessings.  Where you are mistaken is to believe that I am cheated. This is impossible because their “intention” is for me much clearer than their words.   No approval.


The Mother: But if I were to be strict with all those who try to deceive me, very few would escape this strictness.  Love and blessings.  ( )  I do not like these showy miracles — they most often end pitifully.  Under the pressure of the Force, the ﬁrst effect is a dangerous swelling of the egos.


The Mother: In front of all that, there is only one attitude to take — Do your best and leave the result to the Lord.  Blessings.   Try for 2 years more, perhaps after 7 years their “honour” will give way! ...  Blessings.


The Mother: I have seen Z. He is more than anything else; and as in all primitive natures the ego is very prominent and selﬁsh. Yes, something can be made out of his ambition if proper care is taken of him and if he is kept strictly on the right path with a few blows on the nose of his vanity.  Blessings.   This is just what I had said of the man


The Mother: . I refused to let him go to W. If he is a too big man to work, he can go. We have no need of “big people”.  However if he is in the Press, he can work there for full time (eight hours a day).


The Mother: With my blessings.  Unhappily(?) the present difﬁculty is neither a ﬂood nor a famine, nor a war, nor an earthquake, nor a conﬂagration, nor any of these things which move the human sentiments and make them dominate for a while the material desires named “needs”.  Money difﬁculties make generally people dry and even bitter, if not revolted. And I know of some people who are on the verge of losing their because I do not have all the money I need!


The Mother: I am sure to succeed one day.   In front of a beautiful realisation.  Love and blessings.


The Mother: Quite right.  Love and blessings.    Cut connection, suddenly if possible, to let fall down the aggressive vibrations.  The best way is to call for the Divine Presence of Truth and Harmony, to replace the vibrations of disorder and confusion.


The Mother: Blessings.  He use Sri Aurobindo’s name.   It seems to me that you need not worry! I do not know of such a court and there is no risk of being ﬁned.


The Mother: Blessings.  It is the heat! My advice is.  Blessings.   It is all right.


The Mother: No suggestion except that the future of India is luminous in spite of its present gloom.  This dream is a result of your old sanskaras that are still alive in your subconscient. No intention of killing pigs, unless they are the symbol of greed and gluttony.   Blessings.


The Mother: Yes, try — it is very much needed. Money seems to have become the Supreme Lord these days. Truth is receding in the background; as for Love it is quite out of sight!  I mean Divine Love, because what human beings call love is a very good friend of money.  Blessings.


The Mother: R, for God’s sake, do not be as silly as the others.   and never take sides. But, my way of seeing is somewhat different. For my consciousness the whole life upon earth, including the human life and all its mentality, is a mass of vibrations, mostly vibrations of falsehood, ignorance and disorder, in which are more and more at work vibrations of Truth and Harmony coming from the higher regions and pushing their way through the resistance.  In this vision, the ego-sense and the individual assertion and separateness become quite unreal and illusory.


The Mother: When some confusion is created in the already existing confusion, I direct upon it some special vibrations to restore as much as possible a better harmony. It is not the individuals as such that feel the “blow”, it is their clinging to or siding with the disharmony.   To say the truth, I was conﬁdent that you would instinctively side with the Truth and understand that in such cases there is never one side right and one side wrong, but all are to blame in the measure of their adhesion to falsehood and confusion.   The vital of some people calls always for disharmony, petty quarrels and confusion; they generally have also a kind of mania of persecution and believe that everybody is against them.


The Mother: To cure that is most difﬁcult and requires a radical transformation of the nature.  The best, when dealing with them, is not to mind the reactions and to go on doing what one has to do with simplicity and sincerity. In this case, X has had from me the biggest scolding I ever gave him; perhaps it will have an effect.  Blessings.  When one lives in contact with the universal harmony, time passes without leaving any trace.


The Mother: I always considered it as an incapacity of ﬁnding the true words and the correct language.   ( )  Yes, all these false and idiotic rumours have come to me after turning round the Ashram. I attached no importance to them.  I hope that those who are faithful and have common sense will not lose their time listening to all that.


The Mother: All what you say about the food business was known to me — but you will admit that there is always a way of improving one’s action and make it more luminous and comprehensive.  For the powdered milk, for once I see things like Y. The taste is detestable and the effect on the body still worse; I have witnessed many cases of poisoning through powdered milk and am not ready to risk that.  When money is missing it must be replaced by an immense effort of goodwill and organisation. It is that effort that I am asking for, a triumph over tamas and lazy indifference.


The Mother: I do not want anybody to give up but I want everyone to surpass himself.   With love and blessings.  ( )  A will save the situation.


The Mother: With love and blessings.  The bad service comes always when the proper is lacking at the head.  A clear and precise vision of what is to be done and a  and will to have it done are the essential conditions for an organisation to be run properly. And as a general rule never ask from others the virtues you do not possess yourself.  I have a strong feeling that in that department the supervision is not what it ought to be.


The Mother: Your impression comes probably from the fact that she has used all sorts of ways (some not quite straight) to remain or come back, or stay here after having been told clearly that I wanted her to go. Because of that one cannot say what she will be and do if once she were admitted permanently here.  Blessings.    ( )


The Mother: Well, the best is to take it with a smile! as it seems unavoidable — at least for the moment.  It is when things are going wrong that it is the best opportunity to show one’s goodwill and spirit of true collaboration.   Love and blessings.  It is just that that is leading the Ashram to ﬁnancial ruin.


The Mother: Yes, but they do not about it as we do.  Blessings.   The teachers must be found ﬁrst and the school opened afterwards.  Blessings.  It must have been a fear (perhaps subconscient) of the consequences of having rejected the sannyasi robe and this fear translates by the attacks of snakes, etc.


The Mother: You can tell him not to fear, that I am informed and nobody will hurt him.  Let him try again to meditate with the conﬁdence that he is protected. But he must not try in public ﬁrst. If his meditations become quiet, then he can once more meditate with the others.  Blessings.


The Mother: ( )  R, you are becoming very wise and approaching the realisation that we are nothing, we know nothing and we can do nothing.  Only the Supreme Divine knows, does and.  Love.


The Mother: Not very good for the stomach!   All right.  Blessings.   I have heard so many contradictory reports on the effects of food, spices, etc., that logically I have come to the conclusion that it must be — like all the rest — a personal affair and consequently no general rule can be made and, still less, enforced.


The Mother: This is the cause of my leniency.  Blessings.  Vital force is and mental suggestions rather strong. Do what he asks for a time. He may ﬁnd out that it is all imagination, for it is his that makes him sick or rather gives him the of sickness.


The Mother: ( )   Most probably the end is approaching. All depends on his nature and will. If he prefers to go away quietly and without struggle, let him be quiet and pull on as long as he can. If he likes the ﬁght, let him be operated and see what happens.


The Mother: My blessings, in any case, are with him.  As for the condition in the Ashram, it is as you say and probably worse. I shall say like Sri Aurobindo: unless the  changes nothing can really be done.  You will interfere — and it is good as an example and a demonstration — but the next day it will become worse.  We cannot even call down the Truth to manifest.


The Mother: The falsehood is so widely and deeply spread that the result would be a wholesale destruction.   Yet, the Grace is inﬁnite — it may ﬁnd out a way!  Blessings.  People are here to change their consciousness.


The Mother: Unless they become, to their, nothing can be done.  Honest business is getting more and more risky.   [facsimile] People who feel miserable here and find that they have not the comfort they require ought not to stay. We are not in a position to do more than we do, and, after all, our aim is not to give to people a comfortable life but to prepare them for a Divine Life which is quite a different affair.   [facsimile on this whole page]


The Mother: What is truly needed, will surely come.  Blessings.  It is not so much a question of ﬁnance but of rationing, it seems (scarcity of grains, etc.).   But I propose that we should simply do what is right and fair, without thinking too much of the future, leaving it (the future) to the care of the Divine’s Grace.


The Mother: With love and blessings.  Useless to say that my force and help are intensely with all those who, along with me, are ﬁghting this state of affairs and all I ask them is to be conﬁdent and to endure.   The Truth shall triumph.


The Mother: Bon courage.   With love and blessings.   ( )


The Mother: Never doubt such an experience.   It is exactly the condition in which everybody ought to have been, the condition I was bringing down on the Ashram, and if it had been shared by all nothing could have happened, all the most violent attacks would have been in vain.  Blessings .  Yes, it seems rather necessary!


The Mother: Love and blessings.   You know that I am not enthusiastic about servants handling the food — but many people seem to like it, through laziness, I suppose!  I am sending a copy of the statement such as it will appear in the and must appear henceforth in all the publications who want to speak of it; as you will see, I want to keep only the constructive part. The rest has done its work and is no more necessary.  () A Declaration


The Mother: Some people looking at things superﬁcially, might ask how is it that the Ashram exists in this town for so many years and is not liked by the population?  The ﬁrst and immediate answer is that all those in this population who are of a higher standard in culture, intelligence, good will and education not only have welcomed the Ashram  but have expressed their sympathy, admiration and good-feeling.   Sri Aurobindo Ashram has in Pondicherry many sincere and faithful followers and friends.  This said, our position is clear.


The Mother: We do not ﬁght against any creed, any religion.  We do not ﬁght against any form of government.   We do not ﬁght against any social class.


The Mother: We do not ﬁght against any nation or civilisation.   We are ﬁghting division, unconsciousness, ignorance, inertia and falsehood.


The Mother: We are endeavouring to establish upon earth union, knowledge, consciousness, Truth, and we ﬁght whatever opposes the advent of this new creation of Light, Peace, Truth and Love.  People always deform what I say. It is better not to listen to them. But I have written something on the subject and will send a copy to you soon.  There is no question of welcoming destruction, but of learning the lesson it gives.


The Mother: ( )  Behind all destructions, whether the immense destructions of Nature, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, cyclones, ﬂoods, etc.,  or the violent human destructions, wars, revolutions, revolts, I ﬁnd the power of Kali, who is working in the earth-atmosphere to hasten the progress of transformation.  All that is not only divine in essence but also divine in realisation is by its very nature above these destructions and cannot be touched by them. Thus the extent of the disaster gives the measure of the imperfection.


The Mother: The true way of preventing the repetition of these destructions is to learn their lesson and make the necessary progress.  The message will appear in the. Better leave it for that.  It would be too easily understood in a partial mental way — and the results are rather disastrous. She is not the only power at work in the world.


The Mother: There is also Love and Grace.  Blessings.    do not know if am powerful or not (because it is not sure where is the I), but the Lord is all-powerful — that is beyond all doubts, and He is looking into the matter.   Love.


The Mother: ( )  This coconut affair is one of the great absurdities of the Ashram.  At one time I was feeling like protesting against this stupidity.  Now I smile and feel like letting them do as they like. On one point still I insist, it is the availability of green coconuts for drinking, because it is very beneﬁcial for health.


The Mother: Apart from that, the ripe ones can be sold and groundnut oil bought for consumption in the kitchen.   With love and blessings.   It is a way of saying something, some action, on a much wider scale, and difﬁcult to put into words.


The Mother: ( )  My vision says.  My pity says: Let us give him a trial.  My reason says in that way we will be caught.  Blessings.


The Mother: ( )  This is very nice — I would like to “shelter” the whole world, or at least all those who aspire for a better life. But we lack place and means.  You can tell him that just now I have refused to allow X (working in the Blanchisserie) to bring his wife and daughter...


The Mother: It is more a postponement than a refusal.   Let the town grow and the means increase and our hospitality also will be enlarged.  Blessings.  They have been given coconut oil, that is why they want groundnut oil — but coconut oil is everywhere (even in Europe) considered as of a higher quality and much easier to digest.


The Mother: However these are very minor things that can be adjusted according to their wish.  Although you do not ask for an answer, I must tell you that I have agreed for the vessels asked from Y; but nothing was told to me about the aluminium vessels of which I do not approve, because aluminium is good for cooking. I am speaking of my own experience.  Blessings.   My objection to aluminium is that it makes the food blackish and gives an unpleasant taste.


The Mother: If, however, it has not that effect upon rice, it is quite all right.  For curds it is certainly not advisable. Earthen vessels would be much better — the if they are properly glazed.  Blessings.  ( )


The Mother: No, when I want something from you, I tell you straight off, not through anybody, nor if it pleases you — because when I ask you something, I am sure that it.   With love.    Once more, the lack of faith of the human mind brings complications and pain where with a quiet faith in the Divine Guidance all could be very simple and easy.


The Mother: It is for the growth of this faith and conﬁdence that I am working since so many years. Obviously the resistance is obstinate.  Blessings.  It is more mental than physical.  This is indeed the true way and ought to be used in all cases.


The Mother: Because there is as yet too much of the ego mixed up with the kitchen affair.  Aspiration is good, and if some demand is mixed up with it, you can be sure that it will not be granted.  The Supreme Wisdom is seeing to it.  Of one thing we must be convinced — all that happens is exactly what must happen in order to lead us and the world as quick as possible to the goal — the union with the Divine and ultimately the manifestation of the Divine.  And this faith — sincere and constant — is at once our help and protection.


The Mother: Love.    [ facsimile on this whole page]   There is truly war up there.


The Mother: It is only if he is that he can go.  Blessings.  ()  It is for the sake and the triumph of Truth that India is ﬁghting and must ﬁght until India and Pakistan have once more become  because that is the truth of their being.  Here is my message on the occasion (corrected because of the world’s condition of mind and feeling) — and some relevant quotations.


The Mother: Your letter is welcome.   With love and blessings.   This is a very comforting note which I do not hear often. It is much appreciated.


The Mother: Just now the Blanchisserie money will remain with the cashier.  Later on we shall see what becomes of the ﬁnancial situation.   With love and blessings.  Let us wait and see.


The Mother: The result is sure — but the way and the time are uncertain.  Blessings.   It must be Kali’s force which you evoke.   Quite right.


The Mother: This is quite ridiculous. If the man is paying nothing, you can tell him that if he reduces so much his work, we will be obliged to reduce his food proportionally — and then the health will become worse!   Blessings.  But the vitamins are destroyed by the heat and an important part of the nourishment is lost.


The Mother: R, Are you scolding your students in the Hindi class?  Answer to the question quite frankly and then I shall tell you why I put this strange question.  Blessings.  ( )


The Mother: It is exactly what I expected. It is a young girl who wrote to me complaining that you made her weep. Immediately I thought that she must be one of those who refuse to progress. But before telling her that she can leave the class, I wanted to be sure...  Perhaps you know who it is.


The Mother: Love and blessings.   This is exactly the kind of treatment the Divine receives from the world. Even Sri Aurobindo was not spared. You see that you are in good company and there is no reason to despair.  The contradiction comes from the fact that you want to “mentalise” and this is impossible.


The Mother: It is an attitude, an inside attitude mostly, but which governs the outside as much as possible.  It is something to be much more than to be taught.  Blessings.  NOTICE  All food grains are rationed.


The Mother: I appeal to the goodwill of each one not to ask more than what is strictly indispensable.   It would be a hundred times more effective to food than to cut down one meal as a show and to eat more before and after. A strong, ardent, sincere campaign against the waste of food is essential and full-heartedly I approve of it.  Let the inmates of the Ashram show their goodwill and collaboration in never eating than they can digest and  asking for more than they can eat .


The Mother: Once the mind has started working, it hampers the action of the Grace — so it is better to keep the money.   Try for; we shall see afterwards! I can add that teaching (with all its moral consequences) is part of your Sadhana.   With love and blessings.


The Mother: Do not take it as a personal affair. Disharmony and confusion are spread all over the world because of the resistance of the falsehood to the action of the Truth. Here as the action of the Truth is more conscious and concentrated, the resistance is exasperated. And in this great turmoil, most of the individuals are moved about like puppets by the forces in their conﬂict.   [facsimile on this entire page]


The Mother: It is not purposely that I have “avoided”, but probably I did not give you the mental answer you wished for.  To make you really understand it would need a very long explanation and I have very little time at my disposal.  In short I might say that “R´ealisation Suprˆeme” for the individual means identiﬁcation with the Divine and for the collectivity upon earth, the advent of the Supramental, the New Creation.  Do not treat this as a dogma, but only as an explanation.  And “R´ealisateur” is the Supreme Power of realisation, the doer and the act.


The Mother: Blessings.  ( Quelques R´eponses de la M`ere )  (Ironical) It is quite necessary that those who have courage should have some (courage) also for those who have none.    alt´er´e.


The Mother: There is a great joy in seeking; but it is true that my heart will always be (for knowledge).   Do not worry or do not bother yourself about it (it depends on the context).    il n’est pas d’action qui ne puisse ´echapper `a l’´ego¨ısme


The Mother: There is no action that cannot escape selﬁshness or all actions without exception can become unselﬁsh.  Good health is the exterior expression of an inner harmony. We must be proud if we are in good health (or appreciate being in good health) and not despise it (or treat good health with contempt).    It (Love) may quite well not manifest itself (love) in any exterior acts (or signs — or forms), sentimental or affectionate.


The Mother: In French, “effusions” is used ironically and means a display of affection.   Take “conquer” in the sense of “acquisition” or “possession”.  You might say — the conquest of the Divine’s Consciousness is a difﬁcult task.


The Mother: Commentary: for human beings to become conscious of the Divine and to possess His nature is difﬁcult.  It depends on how much each one cares more for harmony than for the triumph of his own will!  Love is with all, working for the progress of each one equally — but it triumphs in those who care for it.  Love.   [facsimile


The Mother: ]   ( )  I would like to have two figures, if you can give them or get them:   1) What is in the quantity of milk required daily if we give the?


The Mother: 2) How many litres of milk we are getting per day (maximum) all told?  With method, order, and care there is no difﬁculty that cannot be solved.   With love and blessings.  ( )


The Mother: Be careful about the various reports of the workers — they are always biased. Each one speaks always with his preferences (likes and dislikes) and twists things.  Blessings.  This concerns the country, not you personally.


The Mother: Concentrate more constantly on the Divine Presence and the protection will be more spontaneous.  Love and blessings.   As for the progress, it is because you are trying and the mental is always a limitation to the consciousness. It is only the aspiration from the heart and the psychic that can be effective.  (And when you stop trying, you let me work in you and I know the proper way!)


The Mother: The humour of the Supreme.  I do not know how they will call what I am bringing, and according to Sri Aurobindo it will be followed by the New Creation and the advent of the Supramental. That is all I know.  Blessings.


The Mother: Mere tradition based on old symbols.  Blessings.   or, if he is incapable of it(?), operation on himself. It has become very fashionable!  I do not like such a weakness going to the point of hypocrisy.


The Mother: Is there nobody else who could look after the Blanchisserie?  As for replacing Z in the Blanchisserie, unless X is frank and says to Y that he wants to go there and do that work, I do want him, because my words are not diplomatic and I shall say the truth to Y whatever is the result.  In fact, it would be better to ﬁnd somebody a little more courageous to work in the laundry.  Blessings.   It seems to me better if it is simply translated.


The Mother: What is your reason for and not translating?   Considering the matter from this point of view —.   With love and blessings.


The Mother: It is quite all right. You can go ahead happily about it! I like the idea as put it.  All depends on the spirit in which things are done.  Your attitude is good so everything is all right.


The Mother: Surely she has lived and is still living.   Love and blessings.  The Divine’s Grace is wonderful and almighty.  And the ways of working of the Lord are full of a delightful sense of humour...


The Mother: Love and blessings.   Certainly you cannot give a wrong ﬁgure — but, is it not possible to really reduce the number of servants to 19?  ( )  I am quite willing to answer — but once more the answer will probably be bewildering...


The Mother: In fact all your different parts are correct in their argument, and the wisdom is to go deep enough in the consciousness to ﬁnd the place where they meet and agree, completing one another rather than contradicting.  As for the actual action, a smooth, harmonious working is generally better than the difﬁculties created by too rigid principles... but that also is not absolute — and the ideal condition is, at each occasion, to receive in the inner silence the guidance from above.   With constant practice and goodwill, it becomes possible.


The Mother: With love and blessings.   R, what is the matter with you? I always considered you as one of the rare ones who could understand my jokes!... and now! You take one evident joke so seriously!...


The Mother: I have nothing against your workers, on the contrary; my plan was to wake up in them a new interest in the work and, on the solid basis of an experience, to give what is necessary for an ... eatable cooking.   I am sorry to have to explain everything in advance, in order to be understood.   You can say to the one who spoke to you that he will be given what is needed for cooking, but that the whole thing needs to be reorganised and nothing lasting can be done in a hurry.


The Mother: Now, if anything I said or did gave you the impression that I am not satisﬁed with your work, I am very sorry for it because nothing of the kind is in my consciousness. I know the circumstances are difﬁcult and you do the best that can be done — but everybody and everything can always progress and I am always working in view of a possible improvement, knowing that the greatest difﬁculty brings always the greatest victory.  And I trust that you are with me for that.   With love and blessings.


The Mother: ( )   There was and I am sorry you took it that way. But now I tell you (as you do not seem to appreciate my jokes) that the best thing to do is to have an open, frank and cordial talk with Z and tell him clearly the way you see for the problem to be solved.  If you both together come to a harmonious and effective solution I shall consider it as a great victory... for me.


The Mother: With love and blessings.   This is one more proof that in your case, the physical contact (this time in writing) is more effective than the purely mental one.


The Mother: Love and blessings.    Naturally!  Your attitude is excellent and very helpful for the work and also for you.  So let us continue as it is.


The Mother: With love and blessings.  I consider as children all those below 15. Up to 10 years old I would like them to have at least 2 full cups of milk per day (of course, those who do not like milk are not at all asked to take it).


The Mother: The sick people, where recommended by a doctor, may have also if they wish. Apart from that I leave it to your “wisdom”.   May be.   The forces behind the cyclone were not hostile but full of a transforming power.


The Mother: You did the right thing, and I can assure you that to go inward and to receive the force is more helpful than to throw oneself into an agitated action. Certainly “tamas” is not good, but it is only through surrender to the Divine Consciousness that tamas can be changed.   With love and blessings.


The Mother: Before signing any demand, I am asking if the person has been here for more than a year, and each time I am told . I have no way of control because I do not know who is coming and who is admitted. I receive information only in very few cases. So the only thing to do in this case is to refuse all signature except on a note coming from you.  Blessings.


The Mother: They can have the food as long as they work.  You are right.   ( )  This is very interesting but not unexpected.


The Mother: Since I have “retired” each one seems to do according to his own ideas without correlation with the others and — under the pretext of not disturbing me — without consulting or even informing me!   Although by my own means, I know more or less what is going on, I simply smile and do not interfere. Each one must learn by experience.  I am waiting for the day when order will conquer disorder and harmony be the master of confusion. I am behind all effort in this direction.


The Mother: Blessings.  A psychological truth because anybody can become for you the Lord if so you decide. The subjective point of view is much more widely prevailing than it is generally admitted.  The vital world is mostly like that and those who live exclusively in the physical and the vital go there after death... But there is the Grace!...


The Mother: Except for very rare cases, the animals are not individualised and when they die they return to the spirit of the species.   Sri Aurobindo told me nothing about that.   Continue to be patient.


The Mother: It is some kind of mental tamas: one day they will wake up.   Nature is collaborating in her own way. All is meant for the growth of a spontaneous sincerity.  Blessings.  The same story, with small differences in the setting, could be told so many, many times!...


The Mother: And what about the stories of the efﬁciency of the Divine Grace? They are less in number perhaps, but so much more comforting!...  Love and blessings.   I see it as the advent of leading to true equality.


The Mother: Blessings.  Well, one thing is sure — with you I am rich and receive some money. With most of the others I am poor and have debts....  Blessings.


The Mother: I wanted you to look after the money, because it was the only way to be sure that the money would come to me.   But the organisation of the working of that section can be given to others provided they agree to collaborate.  I ask you a little more time and patience and expect things to take a more deﬁnite form.  As for the displeasure of people they always grumble and complain. We have not to give it any importance.


The Mother: ( )  I am very fond of proper organisation. If those who organise want sincerely to do it, I require only clear and precise information. When this is given and there is sufﬁcient trust in the Organising Power it is sufﬁcient.


The Mother: The rest will be done.   Blessings.   It is not a question of usefulness.


The Mother: For the Grace to have a perfect and total result of Its action, the faith must be Where???  Love.   I have no contact with people now and no exterior means to ﬁnd workers. The only hope is in the capacity of the invisible Power!  Love and blessings.


The Mother: The situation has not improved, but if he is a good worker, it is better to let him bring his family.  I know the difﬁculty and am trying, but very few, now-adays, are those who sincerely want to work.  Whenever I hear of somebody I immediately send him or her to you. But it does not seem to be very effective!


The Mother: Blessings.  This is just a... or, a twist of the mind and a clever way of  refusing to understand what is truly meant by the advice.  Blessings.  What to do? On all sides it is like that.


The Mother: It seems a new problem that has to be solved miraculously: to receive much less, and yet to spend much more!  Love and blessings.  This gives the exact measure of your body’s receptivity. Concentrate the force on the diseased parts and they will improve.   Ambitious plans generally fall ﬂat.


The Mother: It is better to go slow and steady.   Blessings.  ( )  The conﬁdence is quite legitimate.


The Mother: The message is only for those who are still asleep and quite satisﬁed with their sleep.   Blessings.  Go on writing. How do you know if the is not ready, waiting to come to you?


The Mother: Love.   I never said that you were not capable of writing on the subject!  Blessings.   Call Sri Aurobindo to your help, and it will be all right.


The Mother: Beware of what is repeated to you in my name — the spirit in which it has been said is lost!   ( )  When we get bitter we lose our Divine contact and become very “bitterly” human...


The Mother: Love and blessings.   All that happens is to teach us one and the same lesson. Unless we get rid of our ego there is no peace either for ourselves or for the others. And without ego the life becomes such a wonderful marvel!...


The Mother: Love.   I learnt that yesterday and can only tell you:.  If you use sugar for me, stop it completely. It can be replaced by glucose if need be.


The Mother: I suppose all these are to teach us to be plastic.   Love and blessings.   [facsimile on this entire page]


The Mother: I am very glad to hear that you are not putting sugar in my drinks. I ﬁnd them quite sweet enough as they are and congratulate you for your remembrance of what I said — it is indeed an uncommon fact!...   With love and blessings.  Not at all.


The Mother: It is the attitude that is important.  The past must be a spring-board towards the future, not a chain preventing us from advancing.  As I said — all depends on the attitude towards the past.   And I continue to give you the work. If you feel that a change is needed it can be in the giving more importance to what is to be said and realised and using the past as a preparation for the future.


The Mother: This is not a very difﬁcult thing to do — and I am quite sure that you will easily do it.   With love and blessings.   ( )


The Mother: When human passions guide the work, I can only stand apart as a witness. I am politely informed of what is decided — never asked for what is to be done.  I cannot give orders because if orders were disobeyed it would automatically lead to a catastrophe.   So there is nothing else to do than to wait patiently for the passions to cool down and... hope for the best.


The Mother: Perhaps some people may wake up to the necessity of working hard... With love and blessings.   It is because you are receptive to the Force when you work and that sustains you. But when you are not under the strain of the work you are less receptive. You must learn to be receptive in all circumstances and always — especially when you take rest — it must not be the “rest” of inertia but a true rest of receptivity.  Blessings.


The Mother: There will always be people who like better to sit on the ﬂoor.   Ask for the mats.  Nothing in advance. Everything immediate — directly, spontaneously without any intermediary.


The Mother: The intervention of intermediaries has mostly complicated matters rather than simpliﬁed them. A rather long story to say.  Blessings.   When there is some work to do, the least one speaks of it the better it is.  The fact of being here proves that there is an aspiration somewhere in her being and with help the aspiration can spread in the whole being.


The Mother: With love.  ( )  Sugar is useful mostly for children, for the others it can be replaced by something else.   Surely, all this comes to teach us to have a that what is we shall have and that, for the rest, we must not bother!


The Mother: With love and blessings.  I do not see how it is possible for many reasons that I cannot write here. I am reorganising, I am simply a kitchen because the number of people has increased so much that to cook for such a big quantity at a time becomes difﬁcult.  Moreover the food for the school children and the food for the Ashramites needs to be somewhat different, as children need special food for.


The Mother: Sri Aurobindo said that the physical was to be taken into the yoga and not rejected or neglected. And almost all here thought  they were doing yoga in the physical and fell the prey of the physical “needs” and desires...  To speak frankly, I like better that mistake than that of the so-called ascetics who are full of contempt, bad will and scornful feelings for the others.   No time to say all that could be said on the subject.


The Mother: But... the criticising spirit is more destructive than many bad habits.  Blessings.  My remark was not meant for you but a very general statement.  Why disappointing!


The Mother: If there is one in a hundred who has a true faith, it is already a miracle!  At one time I knew their legend, but now I have forgotten it. So I can say nothing about it, except this general statement — that  man can imagine nothing that has not happened at least once; so there is always a truth behind the statement. The mistake is to generalise and make a rule of it.


The Mother: Love and blessings.  Those who are insincere do not truly want to learn but to get good marks or compliments from the teacher — they are not interesting.  It is all right.   Naturally the teacher has to test the student to know if he or she has learnt something and has made a progress. But this test must be individual and adapted to each student, not the same mechanical test for all of them.


The Mother: It must be a spontaneous and unexpected test leaving no room for pretence and insincerity.  Naturally also, this is much more difﬁcult for the teacher, but so much more living and interesting also.  I enjoyed your remarks about your students. They prove that you have an individual relation with them — and that is essential for good teaching.


The Mother: Blessings.  If you to breathe properly you.  The time has come to rely only on the Divine Will and to  through you.  This is the same answer as the one I wanted to send to you yesterday but I had no time to write.  I repeat — the time has come at last, not to rely any more on one’s own petty will, to hand over the whole affair to the Divine’s Will and to let It do Its work through you, not only through your mind and feelings, but mainly through the body — and if you do it sincerely, all this body nonsense will disappear and you will be strong and ﬁt for your work.


The Mother: Blessings.    Your difﬁculty comes from the fact that you have still the old belief that, in life, there are some high things and some low things. It is not exact. It is not the things or activities that are high or low, it is the of the doer which is true or false.


The Mother: If you unite your consciousness with the Supreme Consciousness and manifest It, all you think, feel or becomes luminous and true. It is not the subject of the teaching which is to be changed, it is the consciousness with which you teach that must be enlightened.  Love and blessings.  I am blaming nothing, nor anybody and know that each one  does the best he can. It is evident that the job is very difﬁcult.


The Mother: But are we not here to conquer difﬁculties?   With love.  I mean act according to our inner conviction regardless of all consequences and keep our faith unshaken in spite of the apparent so-called proofs to the contrary.  Statistics and calculations are purely mental, and all mental rules are constantly contradicted by the working of the higher Force.


The Mother: Your inner reaction is mostly correct. But you cannot be convinced by it, because for a long time it was mixed up with an ego reaction.  Now the mixture is getting less and less. So it is to be hoped that next year it will be totally overcome — and then things will be clear and simple for you... if not for everybody.


The Mother: With love and blessings.   ( )  This has come up after receiving many letters from both parents and children complaining that because of homework the children go to bed late and are very tired as they do not sleep enough.  I know that all these complaints are exaggerated, but they are also the indication that some progress must be done in the routine.


The Mother: This project has to be worked out in its details with plasticity and suppleness.  I am not for treating all the children in the same way, it makes a kind of uniform level, advantageous for those that are backward, but detrimental to those who can rise above the common height.   Those who want to work and learn must be encouraged but the energy of those who dislike studies must be turned to another outlet.


The Mother: Things are to be arranged and organised. The details of execution will be ﬁxed later on.  Blessings.   The greater beings are always the most simple and modest.  Blessings.


The Mother: Intelligence and capacity of understanding are surely more important than regularity in work. Steadiness may be acquired later.   You can tell them that if they do not believe they can learn here something that is not taught elsewhere, they can very well change school... we shall not miss them.


The Mother: It is better to have a selected few than a commonplace mass.   Blessings.   I suppose it is only as a gymnastic for the mind!


The Mother: Love and blessings.   Sorry to say that I did not know myself the existence of these very important people! Consequently I am convinced that one can be wise without knowing them...  We cannot give more importance to the south of India than to the rest of the world — and upon earth there are  very valuable people of whom we do not know the existence!...


The Mother: Everything and anything can be an instrument for the Supreme Wisdom to prepare the earth in view of the new creation!...  Blessings.    [ facsimile


The Mother: ]    It is due to restlessness and agitation. What is the matter?


The Mother: Bring down peace, the in your stomach and it will be all right.  Love and blessings.  That is serious! Try to ﬁnd out “why?”  This is a proof that your whole being is not uniﬁed around the central psychic Presence.


The Mother: This is a personal task that each individual must do for himself. The help is always there but the effectivity of its action is in measure of the receptivity and the conscious appeal.   After all, it is a question of patience in the endeavour.   With love and blessings.


The Mother: It is rather the other way round — be passively conﬁdent; let me do it... and it is done. Since your last letter there is a strong and almost constant concentration of Force upon you. Rightly received, you ought to be.  Love and blessings.


The Mother: Why should he listen to threats? He must act according to the  and not according to public opinion.   Yes.  Blessings.


The Mother: Is it very necessary? Generally these calls are not quite sincere.  Can you make the blind see?  The whole of humanity — with very few exceptions — distrusts the Divine and yet His Grace is most active.


The Mother: 1) For the Supreme there is no sin.  2) For the devotee there is no greater sin than to be far from the Lord.  3) At the time when the Ramayana was conceived and written, the knowledge revealed by Sri Aurobindo that the earth will be transformed into a divine world and an abode of the Supreme was not known or accepted.  If you consider these three points you will understand the legend (although it may be that the actual facts were not as they have been told).  For common use I was thinking of a simpliﬁed Sanskrit from the grammatical point of view.


The Mother: But of course, I do not know if it is possible.   If you stop preparing the drink I shall have to go without it.  If you prepare when you are unwell I have to work out the difﬁculty. So the only remedy is to be all right when you prepare the drink — it will be good for both of us...  Love and blessings.


The Mother: For the sake of the work, it is better if you continue because you can call and feel me, rather than a youngster perhaps full of unused energy but who believes that he is doing the work. There may be some other good reasons for you to continue the work, like honesty and sincerity, etc. but that need not be mentioned.   With love and blessings.  ( )


The Mother: Shrinking is as bad as desire — so have the fan and let the Divine’s will be done, for — after all — it is always His will that prevails!   Love and blessings.   There must have been a serious fall in your faith; because the force is working in the same way (it has even often proved to be stronger), but the more the faith is genuine the more the force is effective.  Indeed for giving work two things are to be considered, need on one side and capacity on the side of the workers; the rest has the taste of diplomatic falsehood.


The Mother: To say the truth I do not care much about your having or not believing you have faith, what I want is that you should be all  right and do your work happily. With you, concerning your body, I was accustomed to a very remarkable receptivity and a rapid cure — that is the cause of my remark.  It is true that “we” are passing by a difﬁcult period (“we” means the world) but those who remain steady will get out of it  than before.   With love and blessings.


The Mother: Bravo! This is right, the true thing and must continue.   With love and blessings.


The Mother: The prizes belong to a rather low standard of life — but if we are still there...    Do it, if you ﬁnd it necessary.  Yes — it is because she takes without giving anything. But a little concentration while calling me and it will be over...


The Mother: Love and blessings.  This is just the way of learning to discriminate!   With love and blessings.


The Mother: Most of the people are simply and their case deserves no consideration. It is only if, because of health, their case deserves consideration that you can be lenient.  Blessings.  ( The Life Divine)  What comes out from here must be a, otherwise it is impossible.


The Mother: It is not a question of persons or of feeling. The work must be properly done, that is all.  So we must have faith and endure.   With love and blessings.


The Mother: But they will ask a book from somebody who knows nothing about Sri Aurobindo and who will say a lot of nonsense!...  What to do? ...  I am not for getting interest on money. So use it in another way as you think best.


The Mother: Blessings.   What I see is the world of tomorrow, but the world of yesterday is still alive and will still live for some time. Let the old arrangements go on so long as they are alive.   Upon earth, the changes are slow to come.


The Mother: Do not worry — and keep hope for the future.   With love and blessings.


The Mother: Why should you not impose your will? It is evidently more  enlightened than theirs and has the right to lead them.   Of course, it is out of the question for you to leave the class — but use your will and make it advance.


The Mother: With love and blessings.   It will continue until the world is ready and willing to receive the new creation; the consciousness of this new creation is already at work upon earth since the beginning of this year.  If, instead of resisting, the people were collaborating, it would go quicker.  But stupidity and ignorance are very obstinate.


The Mother: Love and blessings.  They do not seem to know that in Auroville after all expenses are paid, including their own maintenance, the proﬁts go to the town.   Blessings.


The Mother: The future is necessarily better than the past. We have only to push forward.   Love and blessings.  Not necessary to stop.


The Mother: You must have got the discrimination.   Anything may happen. It is only our “logical” minds which put limitations. I must congratulate your body for its receptivity.


The Mother: With love and blessings.  If the opportunity came it means that it can be useful.   Love and blessings.  It may be that the photo is an ancient one.


The Mother: He must take one of the latest photographs.  Otherwise he must pull up the sensation and offer it in the heart centre.  Blessings.   You are safe. You have only to remember as I do, that it is always Sri Aurobindo that speaks whenever we try to say something sensible.


The Mother: With my love and blessings.  I am very happy with what you write and fully agree. So all is well.


The Mother: With love and blessings.   Quite right.   With love and blessings.  No change — it is quite all right.


The Mother: As for “Agni” — children must be taught that life .   With love and blessings.   Hindi is good only for those who belong to a Hindi speaking province.


The Mother: Sanscrit is good for all Indians.   [facsimile]  ( )  I said Sanscrit because Sri Aurobindo had told me so.  Blessings.


The Mother: Without I will have bothers. So for, it is better if.   With love and blessings.   ( )


The Mother: All bitterness in life comes from the ego refusing to abdicate.  Blessings.  You can always speak to me and it may be more convenient, because if I have any question to put, I can put it at once and  the problem can be solved at once.


The Mother: ( )  Useless to say that you and X are both right (or wrong); it is two aspects of the question and other points of view can be adopted too.  The only thing to keep in mind is that nobody is completely right or completely wrong and decisions cannot be taken favouring this or that point of view.   Let each one do his best according to what he thinks or feels to be the best and...


The Mother: the Divine Consciousness will manage the results.  Blessings.  My dear child, It is much easier to clear your head than to let you quit.   In fact the second alternative is perfectly impossible.


The Mother: I need you  here and have no intention to let you go. To say the truth, I consider that to abandon the responsibility and the work I have given you would be than to have some unpleasant (but fugitive) reactions because of inevitable fluctuations in certain details of the work.  Take the whole disturbance in you more as the result of an attack (the test) of some adverse force than of minor changes in the organisation of the work.  I feel that you are already out of the confusion, but I send you this so that no trace even of it should be left...


The Mother: With love and blessings.  Do not mind the apparent contradictions. There is a Truth to be found behind.  Cheer up, all will be all right, if we know how to last and endure.


The Mother: Love and blessings.  [facsimile and sketch of a cat]   A happy cat sketched by the Mother to cheer up her unhappy disciple     Sri Aurobindo, Mother, Grant us your help in our endeavour to understand your teaching.  ()


The Mother: 1. Prayer  (Sri Aurobindo Mother — grant us your help in our endeavour to understand your teaching) 2. 3. A moment of silence 4. One question can be put by whoever wants to put a question on  5. Answer to the question 6.  This is the meeting of a but simply a class for studying Sri Aurobindo’s books.   Synthesis of Yoga  Life Divine


The Mother: There are none of these rigid distinctions in Sri Aurobindo’s teaching. The psychic entity and the psychic being are one and the same thing approached from a different point of view. It is not the immanent Divine but contains it so to say.  Blessings.


The Mother: Well, I think it would be better not to lay too much stress, in your studies of poetry, on the human side of love, as it is not helpful for sadhana and for some it is distinctly harmful.   My blessings.  Certainly it is good to tell them the above.  My love and blessings.


The Mother: For me poetry is beyond philosophy and explanation.   Synthesis No use at all.  It is all right — it came from a very kind feeling, but as things stand (about 120 people come every night) one more or less makes not much difference.


The Mother: With my love and blessings.   Inﬁnite progression is an evident fact — as for further evolutions or no further evolutions, this is a speculation which does not seem to be of immediate utility.  My love and blessings.  My experience is that by quoting one brings confusion rather than clariﬁcation.  My love and blessings.


The Mother: What room do you leave for “amour-propre”? ... It is very difﬁcult to make people understand that they are making mistakes.   Synthesis of Yoga   Many lazy-minded people are very happy to be given explanations about Sri Aurobindo’s books, because they have the feeling that they understand better.


The Mother: That is why I have not interfered.  Indeed, it is better for people to hear readings and take interest in them than to have no contact at all with Sri Aurobindo’s writings.  So you should continue with the class; but in making comments, you must understand that they cannot avoid being inadequate, and that the original text far surpasses anything you can say about it.   With my blessings.


The Mother: ( )  But will it be possible to supply the Ashram with everything it needs and at the same time make enough furniture for sale? The needs of the Ashram must come ﬁrst.  Blessings.   Yes, we live in a world of falsehood.


The Mother: For the sake of peace it is better to pay no attention.   My blessings.  Obviously these incidents are regrettable and they are part of a whole series of things that are happening in the Ashram because everyone seems to be doing just as he pleases without any check.


The Mother: Sincerity and honesty of consciousness are sadly lacking.  My blessings.   The mind always tends to want to impose its rule on the body.  But that rule is not necessarily the divine wisdom, and so the body suffers.  Now you must give your body the rest it needs in order to recover its balance


The Mother: .   With my blessings.  I wrote “being from above” in order to avoid being more speciﬁc, for there are many possibilities, from a “vibhuti” of an Overmind god to a supramental being or even a direct emanation from the Supreme (an Avatar).


The Mother: Blessings.  Sri Aurobindo or the Adventure of Consciousness   You know French, and it is undeniably better to read it in the original than in translation. I am sending you the book in French in case you do not have it.


The Mother: My blessings.  It is more difﬁcult to give sincerity to someone who has none than to cure a dying man.  Blessings.   I cannot decide this kind of thing; but I give my blessings for the specialists to make the correct decision.  Blessings.


The Mother: Everything depends on what he means by “divinely directed”.  After his ﬁrst visit I wrote to him that from the material standpoint the Ashram was in need of an overall reorganisation, and that I thought he could help me to do it. But that it would be possible only if he could bring with him from America money donated or lent interest-free for 25 years. I mentioned the sum of Rs. 10 crores.  He has always considered this to be an unfeasible stipulation — and yet Without it, nothing can be done.


The Mother: My blessings.   P.S. By now, the sum of 10 crores would not be sufﬁcient, since we have added the Auroville project, which alone requires at least 50 crores.  Without money, can be changed in our present way of working.


The Mother: Insincerity seems to be an incurable defect which nulliﬁes the working of the Grace in a being. It is certainly insincerity which has necessitated the violent intervention of Kali in the world.  I cannot possibly give orders to an insincere person because he will respond hypocritically, and that increases even further the darkness he is engulfed in.  One must either have nothing to do with insincere people or else take them as they are.  Blessings.


The Mother: Fortunately, to him the phrase is only a polite expression and does not correspond to any idea. It is just like those people who are always saying, “Thank God” — it does not correspond to any real thought.   Blessings.  It is all right; if the treatment does not suit you, you must stop it.


The Mother: It is true that the transformation can only be done by the divine force; but under the present conditions of the earth the process still takes a lot of time, and our faith must be very patient.  Blessings.   Yes; at any rate the extravagant demands must stop because they are completely out of place here.


The Mother: Blessings.  I do not advise you to take less milk because you are already eating, and as one eats less and less one loses the capacity to eat, which leads to a loss of vitality .   Continue the Nature Cure since you ﬁnd it helpful, and keep your faith intact and living, because it is essential to the cure.


The Mother: Blessings.   Buttermilk is excellent and you can go on taking it. My advice was only not to starve yourself but to take sufﬁcient nourishment.  Blessings.


The Mother: This: “I have received and read both his letters. The answer was immediately sent, mentally, and continues to be sent to him whenever his thoughts come to me. It is essential that this way of corresponding mentally should become part of his sadhana and reach a certain perfection. Nevertheless I intend to write to him when the time comes to inform him physically of what I expect of him.  “He must go on preparing himself and perfecting his development, so that he is ready to do what needs to be done.


The Mother: “My blessings are with him.”  You can translate this and send it to him.  Blessings.   I am afraid that the Grace has no effect on lazy people.  Blessings.


The Mother: Eggs are easiest to digest when.  The more they are cooked, the more difﬁcult they are to digest. If you keep your egg in a cool place, you can very well use it the next day, mixing it thoroughly with the milk, and slightly sweetened if you like.  Blessings.


The Mother: Keep your faith intact and remain immersed in the eternal love.  That is the only Reality.   My force and my blessings are with you.  I have been wanting to tell you for some time that you should eat more and take more substantial food.


The Mother: This is essential to strengthen your body; as you grow stronger, eating will become easier for you.   Blessings.  The only cure for insomnia is to get rid of the need for sleep by knowing how to obtain mental silence at will. When you can obtain silence at will, you must put your body into a position  of absolute repose, stretched out comfortably on the bed; then you go within yourself until there is perfect mental silence and enter a state that is something like a very deep sleep.


The Mother: Only if you know how to do this at will and do it regularly every night, can you manage to do without sleep.   If not, you must be prepared to take sleeping-pills.  Blessings.  The body needs to be cared for with physical but enlightened remedies.


The Mother: Blessings.  You have been and still remain a faithful servitor. Do not worry: if your body is no longer ﬁt for physical work, take advantage of all the time at your disposal to develop your inner consciousness and unite more and more consciously with the Divine.  Reading, meditation, contemplation, self-giving, in silence  and concentration, to the Divine who is always present to hear you and guide you.  Blessings.


The Mother: As soon as you start feeling bad, you should try to repeat this: “Lord, give me the strength to think only of You.”   With my love and blessings.  My dear child, There is nothing to forgive, you have done nothing wrong.


The Mother: When I received your last letter, I transmitted your prayer to the Supreme Lord so that the Truth may manifest without obstruction.  Be peaceful and trusting: what is happening is the best for your psychic being; and in the inner calm you will feel that the Lord is with you to bring you successfully through every ordeal.  As for the work, I will see what can be arranged so that you can remain occupied without straining your body more than it can bear.  My blessings are always with you.   My dear child, I am not at all displeased with you — on the contrary, I ﬁnd you full of courage and endurance


The Mother: .  But my work is so absorbing that often I have no time even to write a line.  It is better to take sleeping-pills than to spend sleepless nights and suffer as a result. Never imagine that I am dissatisﬁed with you.  My force, my love and my blessings are always with you so that you may be peaceful, calm and contented.


The Mother: Certainly, I am always there.  The method is always the same. Gather together the energies in you that are usually dispersed outside; concentrate your consciousness within, beneath the surface agitation, and establish, as far as possible, a perfect quietness in your heart and head; then formulate your aspiration, if you have one, and open yourself to receive the divine force from above.  Our aim is to realise the perfection of our being and to change the human animal into the divine man.


The Mother: With my blessings.   Theories differ greatly according to school and sect, and each teaching gives excellent reasons to support its contentions.  Certainly there is an element of truth in all these statements; and not only are all cases possible, but they must have occurred in the course of the earth’s history and still do.  The only thing I can speak of with certainty on this subject, is my own experience.  According to my experience, the soul is divine, an eternal portion of the Supreme Divine, and therefore it cannot be limited or bound by any law whatever, except its own.


The Mother: These souls are emanated by the Lord to do His work in the world, and each one comes on earth with a particular purpose, for a particular work, and with a particular destiny ; each has its own law which is binding on itself alone and cannot be made a general rule.  So in the eternity of the becoming, every possible case, imaginable and unimaginable, must obviously occur.   If he does it with, it does not matter much at his age, provided it does not last for too many days. In any case, as soon as he feels tired, he.


The Mother: Blessings.   A generous heart always forgets the past offences and is ready to reestablish harmony.


The Mother: Let us all forget all that is dark and ugly in the past, in order to make us ready to receive the luminous future.   With love and blessings.  I have gathered my dreams in a silver air Between the gold and the blue And wrapped them softly and left them there, My jewelled dreams of you.  “A God’s Labour”


The Mother: , The silver air is the spiritual realm. The gold is the supramental and the blue is the mind.  The “dreams” means all the unrealised expectations that have to be realised in future — these “dreams” are kept softly and lovingly protected for the possibility of their realisation.   It is better to keep what Sri Aurobindo wanted us to understand: God speaking to his creation, the earth.


The Mother: My dear child, I know that it is impossible to change one’s nature overnight, but what you can understand and accept immediately is that losing your temper and getting upset is a sign of great weakness.  And, as I told you, my force is with you from the moment you decide to overcome this weakness which is unworthy of you. So I ask you, from now on, to use this force I am giving you to control your reactions and to remain quiet until your anger has passed. This is the ﬁrst indispensable step. Afterwards, I shall gradually help you to understand that your anger is unjustiﬁed and has no basis.


The Mother: With all my love, I ask you to please make the effort necessary for this great progress to be achieved; it will open the door to transformation.  My love and my blessings are with you.  Ordinary newspapers, magazines and books such as novels are meant for lazy-minded people who do not read in order to learn anything, but simply for amusement and relaxation. This is a pursuit for people who take life as it comes and are quite unconcerned about progress or a deeper understanding of things.   Some people read to ﬁnd out what is going on in the world and is indicative of human progress; in addition to reading, they may go to the cinema and listen to the radio.


The Mother: People who read in order to develop a good style ought to read a lot, and they should choose books of literary merit.   Some people read in order to learn. They should choose instructive books on the subject or subjects they are interested in: philosophy, science, art, etc.


The Mother: And then there are the very few who want to understand life, its purpose and its goal. For them, Sri Aurobindo’s books are the best reading of all.  Blessings.  This is a good resolution. You can be sure of my help and of the presence of my consciousness which is with you to light your way and to guide you whenever you call on it.


The Mother: It is in silent aspiration that you can become conscious of this presence and be able to receive its aid.   With love and blessings.  I have allowed it to people who declare that they do not want any sexual relationship — in the hope that they are sincere. It is a matter between them and their conscience.


The Mother: Blessings.    Long before the Christian religion made December 25th the day of Christ’s birth, this day was the festival of the return of the sun, the Day of Light. It is this very ancient symbol of the rebirth of the Light that we wish to celebrate here.  As far as I know, everyone in the Ashram is allowed to come to the Christmas tree and the distribution.


The Mother: The custom of sending special baskets to the Europeans and Americans comes from the fact that in those countries they usually give presents to each other on Christmas Day, instead of on January ﬁrst. That is all.  Blessings.  It is the advent of the being that will succeed man, the being that will be to man what man is to the animal, that is being prepared. And the work has already begun with the action of a new consciousness which came on the ﬁrst of January 1969 and is at work in all who are ready.


The Mother: The action of this consciousness has intensiﬁed and is becoming more and more material. It is up to us to be receptive if we want to hasten the outcome of its action.  Blessings.   X’s psychic being has entered into rest and is still there.  Blessings.


The Mother: Most probably these are subconscious activities which have risen to the surface during your sleep.  The psychic rest is inactive, by deﬁnition.  But if you remember any of your dreams very exactly, you can tell me and I will see.  Blessings.   In this case, your dreams seem to indicate that he has recently taken a new body without my being informed of it, which is quite possible.


The Mother: It cannot be among the children I have seen, for I would have recognised him, but there are so many others!  Blessings.  There is a way.  You must go consciously into the psychic world and see whether you ﬁnd the psychic being in question. If you see it, the matter is settled.


The Mother: If you don’t see it, you must concentrate on it in order to make contact, and ask it to show you which human body it is in. This can be a long and delicate task.  Would you like to try to do it?  Blessings.  I am ready to help you.


The Mother: The ﬁrst step is to consciously unite with your psychic being.  Have you tried? If you have, tell me what happened to you.  Blessings.


The Mother: Don’t be sad, my dear child; your psychic being is still there, for if it had gone away, your body would not be able to live.  You may no longer be very conscious of its presence because your mind has become rather noisy, so you are no longer quiet enough to feel the psychic presence. But this can be cured. And since you told me that you would like to try, yesterday I chose this quotation from Sri Aurobindo to send to you: “Aspiration, constant and sincere, and the will to turn to the Divine alone are the best means to bring forward the psychic.”  Fix a time every day when you can be free and undisturbed; sit comfortably and think of your psychic being with an aspiration to enter into contact with it.


The Mother: If you don’t succeed immediately, don’t be discouraged; you are sure to succeed one day. I only ask that you let me know what time you have chosen so that I can help you more consciously.   With all my love and blessings.  Good; it is a convenient time for me and you can be sure that I will help you.


The Mother: Blessings.   I am going to concentrate on you, and if anything in your consciousness responds, I shall lead it into the psychic world to take up the search.   Blessings.


The Mother: No, it is not at all certain.  The number of beings who consciously return to a place of their choice is very small.  Those who have returned are mainly the beings who, before leaving their body, asked to return in a new one.   But everything is possible.


The Mother: Blessings.  It is through contact with the psychic that one gets fragmentary memories of past lives — the memory of events in which the psychic took part.   This happens spontaneously when these same elements of the psychic become active again.  Any deliberate mental effort is liable to produce misleading imaginations.


The Mother: Blessings.  The forces are always present, waiting to be received. The function of special dates is mainly to awaken sluggish memories and blunted receptivities. Actually it is the town of Pondicherry that should have celebrated this 60th anniversary, for Sri Aurobindo’s arrival has altered its destiny considerably.


The Mother: Blessings.  Even before it is born, the mother can begin educating her child through her attitude and her thoughts.   With my love and blessings.  In the very depths of your being, deep within your breast, the Divine Presence is always there, luminous and peaceful, full of love and wisdom.


The Mother: It is there so that you may unite with it and it may transform you into a luminous and radiant consciousness.  Together you and I shall try to silence all the external noise on the surface of your being, so that in silence and peace you may unite with this inner glory.   Then that day will become the day of your new birth.  To know how to be silent is sometimes of priceless value.  Silence opens the door to true knowledge.


The Mother: I have seen your psychic being, standing erect within your being, ready to take responsibility for your life and lead you to the Light and Truth. Its dignity is great, its determination unfailing; it will win the victory.  Your psychic being, immobile as a statue but alert and vigilant, is watching over your life to lead you to the Divine.  Your psychic being in the light and peace... it is radiant.  Your heart is the home of a luminous goodness; let it govern your whole being.


The Mother: Love.  There is a greater power in silence than in words, however forceful. The greatest transformations have been achieved in the silence of concentration.  To know how to smile in all circumstances is the quickest way to divine wisdom.   It is the ego that gets angry and upset, and this ego obscures your consciousness and impedes your progress.


The Mother: The ego does not change because it feels sure that it is always right.  Blessings.  You have the knowledge and the experience; they are indispensable conditions for teaching well. I believe that you are a very good teacher and that the children would lose a great deal if you stopped teaching them. Continue, and you will see that soon you will begin to enjoy it again.


The Mother: Love and blessings.  My dear child, I was very glad to read what you have written.  The day of your birth will truly be your birth into a new consciousness, the true consciousness that will lead you to the Divine realisation.   But just now I want to tell you that my love and help are always with you to help you on the way.


The Mother: Blessings.  The victory is the one that we must win over ourselves so that we belong to the Divine alone.  Love.   In the creation Mahakali manifests the divine love; but so powerful and sublime is this love that most men are afraid of it.


The Mother: We are on earth in order to progress and to perfect ourselves in the course of many successive lives. What we cannot do this time, we shall do next time; and every progress we make this time will help us then.   Kali always helps those who call on her, and with her help the progress comes more quickly.  Blessings.


The Mother: Individual existence has been created to make possible the joy of ﬁnding the Divine and uniting with Him.  Blessings.  To have its full value, a step forward should be the outcome of a spontaneous need.  Blessings.   By carefully reading what Sri Aurobindo has written on the subject, develop a clear conception of what human perfection must be.


The Mother: By closely observing your own character, become aware of what needs to be transformed in order to achieve the ideal condition. Then set to work sincerely, observing your inner as well as your outer movements. And each time you discover something that contradicts the ideal you have set for yourself, make an effort to correct it.   Blessings.


The Mother: Psychologically, the only thing to do is to keep a quiet and unshakable faith.  Materially, it will depend on circumstances.   Blessings.


The Mother: Most of the difﬁculties that people have are due to a lack of control over their actions, and their reactions to the actions of others.  According to one’s own nature and weaknesses, one must set for oneself a discipline that is invariably to be followed; for example, never to quarrel, never to reply when someone says or does something unpleasant, never to argue when one disagrees.   Obviously one should never lose one’s temper when things or people are not the way one would like them to be.  Naturally, if a person is not used to controlling himself, it takes a good deal of effort to acquire the habit.


The Mother: But this is quite  indispensable if one wants to make any progress.  The path is long. That is why one must have patience and an unfailing sincerity towards oneself.  In order to be able to live in peace with others, self-control is essential, and it ought to be practised even by those who do not aspire for transformation.  Blessings.


The Mother: When one gives one’s love to another human being, the ﬁrst mistake one generally makes is to want to be loved by the other person, not in his own way and according to his character, but in one’s own way and to satisfy one’s desires. This is the number one cause of all human miseries, disappointments and sufferings.  To love means to give oneself without bargaining — otherwise it is not love. But this is rarely understood and even more rarely practised. And the consequences are painful.


The Mother: When some progress needs to be made, you must set to work to make it, without excusing yourself on the grounds that others are not making it.  Each one is responsible ﬁrst for himself; and if you aspire to help others, it is by giving an example of what one should be that you can help them most effectively.   And the Divine Grace is always there, marvellously effective for all those who are sincere.


The Mother: Give us faith in a glorious future and the capacity to realise it.  Lord, Supreme Truth, We aspire to know You and to serve You.   Help us to become Your worthy children.  And for this, make us conscious of Your constant blessings, so that gratitude may ﬁll our hearts and govern our lives.  You must be sincere in your perseverance; then the things you cannot do today, you will one day be able to do, after regular and persistent efforts.


The Mother: Give yourself to the Divine absolutely, and the Divine Help will always be with you.  When one loves the Divine truly and totally, then one also loves His creation and His creatures; and naturally, among His creatures, there may be some that one feels closer to and loves more specially. But then the love that one feels is not a selﬁsh love of the ordinary human kind; it is no longer a love that wants to hold and possess, but a love that gives itself without asking anything in return.  To love for the joy of loving is the best condition for a peaceful and happy life; it amounts, in other words, to loving the Divine in all things.


The Mother: If this culminates in wanting only what the Divine wants, then there is perfect peace.  The ﬁgure 100 in itself has no special signiﬁcance for the length of a human life. But simply because human life has become so complex, it has also become relatively short, and it is now rare to live to be a hundred.  When man lived in harmony with Nature, his life lasted longer.   When man lives by and for the Divine, his life will be longer, and one day the Divine will reveal to him the secret of immortality.


The Mother: It is the invocation of the people who are celebrating Sri Aurobindo’s centenary which makes his presence more active and effective. But for those who are always with him, this hardly makes any difference.  The same phenomenon occurs when people concentrate on him at the Samadhi: he is always there, but in response to their call his presence becomes more active.   All those students who want to learn how to succeed in life and make money are not wanted here.


The Mother: We want only those who want to live a higher life. The children have to decide whether they want to belong to the new life or to be “successful” and live an ordinary life. I think that some of the children will go away.   Protect us from the ignorant goodwill that thinks it is serving us but only debases us.


The Mother: Purify our consciousness of all ignorance, so that we may serve You in the Truth.   I have asked the Supreme Lord to help you to ﬁnd Him, and I am ready to give you a moment every day to help you to make this discovery.  All I ask is that you try to remain silent during the time we are concentrating together.


The Mother: If you can relax and feel at ease, it will be very good; if you can enter into the silence, that will be perfect. Every day we shall begin with the prayer: “Grant that I may become conscious of Your presence”; and together we shall aspire for a moment in the silence and ardour of our aspiration.  The Divine whom we seek is not far off and inaccessible. He is at the very heart of His creation, and what He wants us to do is to ﬁnd Him and, through personal transformation, to become capable of knowing Him, uniting with Him and ﬁnally of manifesting Him consciously.  We must consecrate ourselves to this; it is the true reason for our existence.


The Mother: And our ﬁrst step towards this sublime realisation is the manifestation of the supramental consciousness.  To take this step towards the new creation, one must learn to silence the mind and rise above into Consciousness.  In silence, the consciousness grows. It aspires to know You more and more perfectly.


The Mother: In silence lies the greatest aspiration.  We pray that the greatest receptivity may also be there.  Thank You, Lord, You respond miraculously to every sincere aspiration.   In silence lies the greatest devotion.


The Mother: When the consciousness is fully awakened to Your Presence, a moment comes when in silence also lies the most powerful action.  To want what You want always and in every circumstance is the only way to enjoy inviolable peace.  We are never alone: the Divine is always with us. It is up to us to become conscious of His Presence.  Blessings.


The Mother: I am with you always, and will be with you throughout your journey to help you to ﬁnd the Divine — the only way to have lasting happiness. I expect to see you on your birthday; pray for this grace which is the true aim of your life.  I ask only that you have faith and trust.  I am putting myself into your heart so that you may always ﬁnd me there.


The Mother: With love and blessings.      ( )  My dear child, For the last months you have been fast progressing spiritually, and I would like you to take all these attacks as an outward expression of the usual tests that the adverse forces make to fortify and intensify the sadhana. It is teaching you to have an absolute faith and conﬁdence in the Divine Grace, because when they will be complete and perfect, all sorrow and all anxiety will depart from you.


The Mother: I can read in your heart and see in your mind — the attitude, gossips and suggestions from anybody can have no effect on my decisions. My only Guide is the Lord, and my only aim is the Truth.   With love and blessings.  ( )


The Mother: The stupidity of these accusations is so evident that nobody dared to repeat them to me. I have read them in your letter here for the ﬁrst time.   Especially what concerns money is so contrary to your very nature that it is difﬁcult to imagine how people can have invented that. But evidently there is no limit to human crookedness.  Well, the only thing to do is to forget all that completely and to keep alive in you the faith that the Divine is bound to discriminate between Truth and falsehood.


The Mother: With my love and blessings I give you the assurance that I am aware of the sincerity of your service.  My dear child, I have read your good letter. The experience you had is just the one I wanted for you, and it came in the way I expected.   Keep it, and let it grow steadily, so that it remains with you for ever.


The Mother: As for the recent happenings, fear nothing. The Divine Love is the essence of Truth and cannot be affected by the human confusions.  Clouds come and clouds go but the Sun of Truth never stops shining.


The Mother: With love and blessings.   ( )   These words are the message I sent you yesterday evening after I felt you had received my card, as an explanation of what was written.


The Mother: Put your trust in the Divine The Divine will never fail you.   With love and blessings.  ( )  My dear child, When love is there, the need for forgiveness does not exist.


The Mother: There is a complete understanding. I wrote for the sake of the work, and also because there is a way of making things more easy. And I am ready to help you for that.  First I must warn you: never believe what people say when they report what other people have said — it is ; most often the words are not correct at all, but even  if the words may happen to be exact, the spirit is distorted.


The Mother: Second, about the moving of people from one place to another, if you speak to the person concerned about the change before any ﬁnal decision is taken, and let me know any objection  that he or she may have raised, many difﬁculties can be easily solved and the bad feelings avoided.   With love and blessings.  Yes, you must keep conﬁdent and quiet because of this conﬁdence. We must endure — at the end of the ordeal there is the Victory.


The Mother: With love and blessings.   When sadhaks will understand that I know better than themselves what is good for them, most of their difﬁculties will vanish.  Blessings.


The Mother: It is quite possible — but as I have no personal experience of such thing, I can say nothing about it.  Blessings.  This happens when, in the consciousness, the “instrument” is allowed to become more important than the work.  It will go soon.


The Mother: With blessings.   Bases of Yoga Lights on Yoga  Bases of Yoga   Bases  I am very sorry, but it has all been a misunderstanding. Because Sri Aurobindo does not want any book of His to appear in a  cheap form — His books are not for the public at large and can and must be read only by the selected few.


The Mother: He has always said so, I have always said so and cannot change now. I am ready to pay the incurred expenses rather than let a cheap edition come out.   There is an evident opposition in the world against the Divine Transformation, but these forces cannot harm those who have a sincere faith.