Evidently the gods of the Puranas are a good deal worse than human beings, as we saw in that film the other day' (and that story was absolutely true). The gods of the Overmind are infinitely more egocentric - the only thing that counts for them is their power, the extent of their power. Man has in addition a psychic being, so consequently he has true love and compassion - wherein lies his superiority over the gods. It was very, very clearly expressed in this film, and it's very true. The gods are faultless, for they live according to their own nature, spontaneously and without constraint; it is their godly way. But if one looks at it from a higher point of view, if one has a higher vision, a vision of the whole, they have fewer qualities than man. In this film, it was proved that through their capacity for love and self-giving, men can have as much power as the gods, and even more - when they are not egoists, when they can overcome their egoism. Certainly man is nearer the Supreme than the gods. Provided he fulfills the necessary conditions, he can be nearer - he isn't so automatically, but he can be, he has the power, the potentiality to be. page 187 , Mother's Agenda , volume 1 , 9th Aug. - 1958

The gods of the Puranas are merciless gods who respect only power and have nothing of the true love, charity or profound goodness that the Divine has put into the human consciousness - and which compensate psychically for all the outer defects. They themselves have nothing of this, they have no psychic.2 The Puranic gods have no psychic, so they act according to their power. They are restrained only when their power is not all-powerful, that's all. page 215 , Mother's Agenda , volume 1 , 4th Nov. - 1958