Yes, but for that the calm must be perfect in all parts of the being so that the power can express itself through him.

(The children's notebooks had been sent to Mother for

her assessment.}

I have put marks in the children's notebooks without making any classification. Is this classification really necessary? Each one has different merits and it is difficult to grade them.

 June-July 1960

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(Extract from one of the teacher's letters:} I trust You

and I trust the children because of You; as for myself,

I know nothing and I want nothing, except what You

want for us. Only show me at every step what should

be done and how to answer. Lead us, and may we

follow You silently in the depths of our hearts, what-

ever the outer results may be. Only let the children

grow and flower in Your Peace and Love and let us

all live together for You.

The relationship that has really been established between the class, you, the children and me, is certainly the most important thing and it must be preserved at all costs. But that depends on an inner attitude much more than on an outer framework or material organisation. In fact, this same attitude should be present throughout the whole school and all the classes, in all the teachers and all the students. This is what must be obtained and what we must strive for.

(There was a considerable improvement in the class.

The teacher wrote) All this, which has so completely

changed, is the result of Your work in us, isn't it?

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Yes, certainly.

(The teacher asked whether, because of the experi-

ment which was going on with Mother, it would not

be better to keep the same children the following year,

rather than to take another group.}

An experiment should be flexible and plastic enough to be applicable and adapted to all the children, with any changes in detail that their different characters may require. So you may rest assured that the experiment will continue. Only the children may not be the same ones.

(The teacher had organised work-groups with the

children. The results were uneven and the class was

noisy. The teacher asked whether they should con-

tinue.}

Let them continue with the experiment. Little by little things will settle down and the results will improve.

(After an excellent period, the work with the children

became more difficult.}

This slackening is no doubt due to the approach of the holidays.

October 1960

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Mother's Action in a Class of Children

Aged Seven to Nine

(Mother gave the name “Arbre Ensoleillé” [“Sunlit

Tree”] to the class according to ideas expressed by the

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