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Money
From the beginning Mother
used to count the money offered, carefully separating the notes according to
the denominations, clipping them and so on. She would arrange notes in a
uniform manner - heads up, same size notes in one bundle etc. If anyone had put
together notes topsy turvy and somehow packeted them, she would at times
exclaim: Clumsy ways of people!
She said that she
herself was handling money because when it was so treated, money tended to flow
in more and more.
‘Champaklal Speaks’
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Dining Room Food
Some one had complained to
the Mother that some people were taking their food in carriers and sharing it
with unauthorised persons in their rooms.
Mother: People are
dishonest. (She repeated this remark thrice and showed her displeasure by her
expression.)
She remained
quiet.
After some time
that day I asked:
Suppose I take my
loaf which comes to me as my quota, I give it to somebody who has permission to
stay here but is so poor that he cannot afford to pay for food from Dining
Room. The person is very anxious to stay here. If I give my share to him, under
these circumstances, is it still dishonest, is it stealing?
Mother: Yes.
C: Mot
Waste
Food
… 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 more than they can
digest and never asking for
more than they can eat.
The Mother
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Refusal
I asked “Prosperity" for two hard-cover
notebooks, but they weren’t given. Did You refuse them?
No,
I didn’t refuse anything; they must have run out of note-books and
new ones will have to be made. But to tell the truth, you use a fantastic
number of notebooks. I am sure that you have a large number of them
in which only a few pages are written on, and they could well be used
for something else. It is never good to waste things --- too many
people in the world do not have what they need.
The Mother
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Work – Cooking – Waste
Too strong a fire burns the
food, spoils the vessel and wastes the fuel. A slow fire means a little longer
time for the cooking but also a nicer result in cooking.
Hurried work is always bad
work; time must be given if you want good results.
The
Mother
‘Champaklal
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Mother’s
Ways
Someone once gave to Mother
small bits of fine paper. Mother used it. And the next time that person came,
she showed and told him: see how I have used your paper.
Naturally he was
very happy and went on to share the happy news with others. Very soon people
started sending all kinds of paper, blocks after blocks of paper began to pour
in. One day someone brought old paper. And Mother was obliged to use that paper
first because that would be spoilt earlier. So it was kept on Mother’s table.
I saw it but what
could I do? Still I said: Mother, people like to keep your writing and they
preserve the papers on which you write to them. These papers are old. Why
Mastery of the
Material
Wanton waste, careless
spoiling of physical things in an incredibly short time, loose disorder, misuse
of service and materials due either to vital grasping or to tamasic inertia are
baneful to prosperity and tend to drive away or discourage the Wealth-Power.
These things have long been rampant in the society and, if that continues, an
increase in our means might well mean a proportionate increase in the wastage
and disorder and neutralise the material advantage. This must be remedied if
there is to be any sound progress.
Asceticism for
its own sake is not the ideal of this yoga, but self-control in the vital and
right order in the materi
Old Soap-Bits and World’s
Economy
Mother gave a new soap for
Sri Aurobindo’s use and asked me if I had kept the little bits of old ones. She
knew I must have preserved them. I said: Yes. Mother: Then bring them; they will
be given to Pavitra and he will make a nice big cake out of them. I give all my
bits to him and he prepares a big cake out of them. (It was war-time and there
was difficulty in getting soaps from France.)
Mother noticed from my
expression that I was not enthusiastic. She went on to ask me: Are you using
them?
C: No, Mother.
Mother: Then, why waste? If
you were using them it would be all right; otherwise why not use them this way?
Now ha
Prevent Waste
When I first joined the
Ashram there was a wonderful organization there to prevent waste. Bits of soap
or candle, empty match boxes, even half burnt match-sticks, pieces of paper,
old envelops, pieces of cloth, all the things we normally throw away were
collected at the Ashram in a very organized manner. There was a special place
or receptacle where each group of things had to be kept and they were then put
to use in some form or other. Bits of soap were melted and made into soap for
our use. The same with candles. Used envelopes were turned inside out and
re-used. Scraps of paper went to the making of hand-made paper. Pieces of cloth
were joined together and m
Wastage
…The ways of Nature are slow, obscure and
complicated. She takes a very long time to do a thing which could probably be
done much more rapidly, easily and without wastage by means of the spirit. At
present there is a terrible wastage in the world. But the thing is done.
The Mother
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