(Regarding a Playground Talk of March 17, 1951, published in the latest "Bulletin," in which Mother says that when she returned from Japan in 1920, she felt Sri Aurobindo's atmosphere two nautical miles away from Pondicherry:) It appears that in 1958 we said one thing and that this time we said another, so they ask me which is correct. It's about Sri Aurobindo's atmosphere which I felt at sea. So in 1958 (I probably remembered more precisely then) I said ten nautical miles (I remember having asked on the ship, just so I would know), and it appears that this time I said two miles. So they tell me ...What does it matter!That's how they are, they are stupid. Yes.It's enough to crush you. So I answered ... You answered it was nine point eight hundred and seventy-five miles?!(Mother laughs) Exactly! I didn't tell them that, I simply said (because that I remember) that the shore couldn't be seen. But now, it's like a previous life for me.... But what does it matter?!Absolutely! They're stupid. page 222 , Mother's Agenda , volume 6 , 21st Aug - 1965 |