Anie's Letter and Mother's Reply
Narad,
Here is a copy of a dream experience during my days at the Nursery. It was sent to Mother and I have also enclosed Her response.
Her answer certainly seems to underscore the importance of the work of the Nursery and Gardens.
Those Trees and plants now surrounding the Matrimandir stand as living symbols of all the love, consciousness and care that went into the planting of those initial seedlings by the early pioneers of Auroville. As I see it, they imbibe the Very Force and Presence of the Mother.
In Her Light,
Anie
1971 (A year before Mother gave me the name, Narad)
My Dearest Richard,
I have just had the most wonderful dream about you which I shall record and try to send to you by Ramachandra before I see you in the afternoon.
You and I and some other people (I don't remember anyone in particular, although it seems that Mr. Chandler was present) were walking about what seems to have been a campus. We were standing in front of a very large structure which appeared to be that of St. Paul's School in England where Sri Aurobindo studied. (I had seen a picture of the school before going to sleep as I am again reading Life of Sri Aurobindo). Forming a pinnacle around the top of the school were some tree tops which appeared to have no trunks or roots in the earth.
Suddenly with a great burst of energy you said 'I must get them for my teacher'. With this you began to scale the wall of the school, by rope, with a pair of pruning clippers. All were aghast, but suddenly the branches began to fall and we could see you in the top pruning away.
When we went to see the branches there were all golden and shimmering. When you came down we were all rejoicing and there was much happiness and joy in the atmosphere. You said, 'Now we can transplant them in the earth'.
Afterwards we all began to walk about among the most beautiful plants and flowers I have ever seen, but nothing I could clearly identify. The dream ended here.
I felt so good, as I work up immediately after the dream. It seems to have been more like an experience than a dream.
With love in Their Light.
Anne
It is not quite a dream,
and it is a very good indication
about the work you are doing.
I hope Richard will recover soon.
The packet enclosed is for him.
With love and blessings
Mother
It was only two years ago that I recounted this dream to Vladimir at Savitri Bhavan.
After a moment he quoted this line from Savitri: ' A branch of heaven transplant to human soil'.