Each element, let us say each individual element (even though it is not exactly like that), is in its place according to whether the Grace acts on the individual or on the collectivity. When the Grace acts on the collectivity, each thing, each element, each principle, is put in its place as the result of a karmic logic in the universal movement. This is what gives us the impression of disorder and confusion as we see it. When the Grace acts on the individual, it gives to each the maximum position according to what he is and what he has realized. And then, there is a super-grace, as it were, which works in a few exceptional cases, which places you not according to what you are but according to what you are to become, which means that the universal cosmic position is ahead of the individual's progress. And it is then that you should keep silent and fall on your knees. page 173 , Mother's Agenda , volume 1 , 52nd July - 1958 |
(Regarding the New Year message: "Men, countries, continents! The choice is imperative: Truth or the abyss." A disciple asks Mother, "What is the meaning of 'abyss' in your New Year Message?" Mother's reply, in English:) Right now there is a great tension. They have all taken positions as if to start war. It is the blind passion that men put into their international relations. At the base of it all there is fear, general distrust, and what they believe to be their "interests" (money, business) - a combination of these three things. When these three lowest passions of humanity are brought into play, that is what I call "the abyss." When someone has decided to consecrate his life to the seeking for the Divine, if he is sincere, that is to say, if the resolution is sincere and carried out sincerely, there is absolutely nothing to fear, because all that happens or will happen to him will lead him by the shortest way to this realisation. That is the response of the Grace. People believe that the Grace means making everything smooth for all your life. It is not true. The Grace works for the realisation of your aspiration and everything is arranged to gain the most prompt, the quickest realisation - so there is nothing to fear. Fear comes with insincerity. If you want a comfortable life, agreeable circumstances, etc., you are putting conditions and restrictions, and then you can fear. But it has no business in the sadhana!page 156 , Mother's Agenda , volume 8 , 26th May - 1967 |
But this message of Sri Aurobindo about the Grace has almost been a revelation to me. [[Message given for the April 24 darshan: "The best possible way is to allow the Divine Grace to work in you, never to oppose it, never to be ungrateful and turn against it - but to follow it always to the goal of Light and Peace and unity and Ananda." ]] I thought, "What! There are people who refuse the Grace ...." And since then, several people have told me so. It was something almost unthinkable for me. page 155 , Mother's Agenda , volume 10 , 26th April - 1969 |
Basically, this message of Sri Aurobindo is almost this: Do not go out of this Consciousness, do not refuse this Consciousness. It is sent by the Grace, do not refuse it. page 157 , Mother's Agenda , volume 10 , 26th April - 1969 |