I was asked a question: "What is youth?" Here is what I replied (Mother holds out a note): "To be young is to live in the future for the future. To be young is to be always ready to abandon what one is in order to become what one ought to be.... And above all, the most important: "To be young is never to admit the irreparable." page 86-87 , Mother's Agenda , volume 8 , 29th March - 1967 |
Then Mother takes out another note she has just written to a disciple: "One is always deeply disgusted at one's own faults when one encounters them in others" (!) page 87 , Mother's Agenda , volume 8 , 29th March - 1967 |
Yet another note: "Europeans attach the greatest importance to the words uttered. Indians are much more sensitive to the feeling, which more often than not those words veil." page 87 , Mother's Agenda , volume 8 , 29th March - 1967 |
A last note: It's in reply to an Ashram "association." They asked: "What is the need of the hour?""Do not try to deceive the Divine!" (Mother laughs wholeheartedly) page 87 , Mother's Agenda , volume 8 , 29th March - 1967 |
"The Divinity mentioned by Sri Aurobindo ... It was Sri Aurobindo speaking to me, but he said it like that! "The Divinity mentioned by Sri Aurobindo is NOT A PERSON... He insisted a lot on this. "... is not a person, but a condition to be shared and lived by all those who prepare themselves for it." So I was walking (I always walk a half-hour in the morning, saying the mantra), and he went on and on and on repeating it, like that, until this expression came. Then, when I had noted it on paper, it was over. Afterwards, he told me to put it into French like this: "La Divinité dont parle Sri Aurobindo n'est pas une personne, mais un état auquel parti ciperont tous ceux qui se sont préparés à le recevoir." page 136-37 , Mother's Agenda , volume 8 , 6th May - 1967 |
(At the end of the conversation, Mother shows Satprem a note she wrote the same morning:) "Instead of excluding each other, religions should complement each other." Sri Aurobindo said that to me; it's so simple, so simple! I was looking at all those religions, seeing them as facets, innumerable facets that harden and brace themselves against each other, and he seemed to be saying, "Well, put it all together, it will be so simple!" Just one sentence, not one word too many.page 214 , Mother's Agenda , volume 8 , 12th July - 1967 |
(Mother, laughing, holds out to Satprem a note she has just written:) "The goal we aim at is immortality. Of all habits, death is certainly the most inveterate!" We could call our world "the world of bad habits."page 236 , Mother's Agenda , volume 8 , 26th July - 1967 |
"We are not here to make our life easy and com fortable. We are here to find the Divine, to become the Divine, to manifest the Divine. "What happens to us is the Divine's outlook, it is not our concern. "The Divine knows better than us what is good for the progress of the world and our own." page 266 , Mother's Agenda , volume 8 , 19th Aug - 1967 |
Someone has taken it into his head to print a brochure for February 21 next year [when Mother will be ninety], so they sent me the brochure and asked me to write a message on the first page. And for that brochure they have solicited (!) the opinion of all prominent people: there is Indira Gandhi, India's president, and what have you. And everyone says what has always been said millions of times over: "A great personality, this and that...." All the usual ineptitudes. So I wrote this: There is no other consciousness than the Supreme Consciousness. There is no other will than the Supreme Will. There is no other life than the Supreme Life. There is no other personality than the Supreme Personality, the One and the All.All the usual platitudes they do all over again! I thought it would teach them a lesson. page 299 , Mother's Agenda , volume 8 , 20th Sep - 1967 |
"Because men still imagine that in order to do anything useful, they must gather together in groups. It is the caricature of organization." It will do, won't it? page 355 , Mother's Agenda , volume 8 , 25th Oct - 1967 |
There is something apparently paradoxical, but it's very inter esting. It's this (Mother takes a piece of paper and writes): "The best way to prepare oneself to receive Divine Love is to adhere integrally to the Truth." (Mother then writes a second note:) "Adhere totally to the Truth and you will be ready to receive Divine Love." When you say that to intelligent good folks, their heads spin! ... (Mother laughs) I must say that making their heads spin is great fun for me!page 413-14 , Mother's Agenda , volume 8 , 16th Dec - 1967 |
"Divine life in the process of evolution, the divine Consciousness at work in Matter - here is, so to speak, what this existence represents." And at the same time, there was the clear vision, the very clear consciousness of the whole thing from the point of view of the earth's evolution: what's being worked out in the earth's evolution. page 126 , Mother's Agenda , volume 9 , 4th May - 1968 |
Mother holds out the text of a note: "Through the widening of its consciousness, this body is more or less identified with those around it. "Every effort made towards the purification of one's physical consciousness is so much less work for this body." If everyone made an effort... (Mother nods her head) page 140 , Mother's Agenda , volume 9 , 22nd May - 1968 |
The first note is dated August 22:"For several hours, the landscapes were wonderful, perfectly harmonious. " For a long time too, visions inside immense temples, with living godheads. Each thing with a precise reason and purpose, to express nonmentalized states of consciousness. "Constant visions. "Landscapes. "Constructions. "Cities. " The whole thing immense and very diverse, covering the entire visual field and expressing states of consciousness of the body. "Many, a great many constructions, immense cities being built.... Yes, the world being built, the future world being built. I couldn't hear anymore, couldn't see anymore, couldn't speak anymore: I was living inside that all the time, all the time, night and day. So, as soon as I could write a note, I noted that. "... All kinds of building styles, mostly new, inexpressible. "These are not pictures seen, but places where I am." Yes, that's right. I'll explain to you what happened. There's another note which is the beginning: "The vital and the mind sent packing so that the physical may truly be left to its own resources." All by itself! All alone. And I realized the extent to which the vital and the mind are what make you see and hear and able to speak. It was ... I could see, in the sense that I was able to move about, but it quite lacked precision. It lacked precision. I heard still less than before, that is to say, very little - a little: sometimes the same as before; sometimes a very faint sound, very far away, which others couldn't hear, I heard; and when they spoke to me, I wouldn't hear: "What are you saying?" I don't know. And that was continuous, night and day. One night (this is to tell you how everything was upset), one night I was in pain; something had happened and there was a rather strong pain: impossible to sleep. I remained concentrated like that, and the night went by in what seemed to be a few minutes. While at other times, on other days, at other moments, I was concentrated, and off and on I would ask for the time; once I thought I had remained like that for hours and hours, and I asked, "What time is it?" - Only five minutes had gone by.... You understand, everything was, I can't say upset, but of a completely different order, completely different. page 228-30 , Mother's Agenda , volume 9 , 28th Aug - 1968 |
Night of the 26th "Powerful and prolonged penetration of the supramental forces into the body, everywhere at the same time.... Penetration into the body. Yes, penetrations of currents I had had several times, but that night (two nights ago, that is), what came all of a sudden was as though there was nothing anymore except a supramental atmosphere. Nothing remained except that. My body was in it. And it was PRESSING to enter, from everywhere, but everywhere at the same time - everywhere. You understand, it wasn't a current flowing in, it was an atmosphere penetrating from everywhere. It lasted for at least four or five hours. And there was only one part that was BARELY penetrated: it was from here to here (gesture between the throat and the top of the head). Here it seemed gray and dull, as if the penetration were less ... My teeth are in a dreadful state, my head is in a dreadful state - I tell you, I can't see anymore, can't hear anymore, can't ... All this (from head to throat) is in need of a great transformation. But apart from it, all the rest without exception - it was pouring and pouring and pouring in.... I had never, ever seen that before, never! It lasted for hours - hours. Perfectly consciously. So when it came and while it was there, I was conscious: "Oh, that's why, that's why! That's what You want from me, Lord, that's what! That's why, that's what You want." At that moment I had an impression that SOMETHING was going to happen. I was hoping it would come back last night, but there was nothing. It's the first time. For hours. Only That remained. And this (the body) was like a sponge soaking up. But the head, it's still gray, dull - gray and dull. And the teeth quite spoilt, anyway still in a condition ... But still, a very clear vision of all that has happened to this body for the past few months and ... almost a hope. Almost a hope, as if I were told something might take place here. So there. And that was in response to what the body had said, two or three days earlier perhaps, which I told you at the beginning: that it was quite ready to be dissolved (the surrender is perfect) and was quite ready to go on living in any circumstances, but not in this condition. Not in this state of decomposition. To that there was no response for two days, till that Penetration took place. That is to say, the very next day I was a little better, I could start ... I couldn't even remain standing! I had no sense of balance, I had to be held up. I had lost the sense of balance, I couldn't take one step. That was when I protested. And the very next day, it started coming back. Then came the 23rd, when I saw A., and I realized that when he was here, the BODY was wide awake - you understand, it wasn't the mind or the vital: they were gone! ... I don't know if you can realize what it means!Yes, it's fantastic.A body without mind and without vital. It was in that state. There were only those perceptions [cities, constructions, temples], it was living in soul states: there were others' soul states, the soul states of the earth, the soul states ... Those soul states were expressed in pictures. It was interesting. I can't say it wasn't interesting - it was - but there was no contact with material life, very little: I could hardly eat and couldn't walk.... Anyway it had become something others had to look after. And through the contact with A., the body began to be interested in all that, asking questions quite spontaneously, without knowing why. It asked and asked, "Oh, so this is how we're made...." And it began to be amused. It will take a little time. When that Penetration came two nights ago, I thought, "Ah! ..." I hoped the curve was going to accelerate and we would emerge soon, but last night there was nothing. Which makes me say it's going to take some more time. But strangely, in your note of the 26th, you add:"As if the entire body were bathing in forces penetrating it everywhere at the same time with a slight friction...." Then you say:"The head down to the neck was the least recep tive region." It's strange that it should be the least receptive?No, it's the most mentalized region. It's the mind that obstructs. Strangely, every time you've had those great moments, orviolent blows, if I may say so, every time it's the mind and vital that were swept away. The first time too, in 1962.Yes, every time. I know, it's like that: the mind and vital have been instruments to ... knead Matter - knead and knead and knead in every possible way: the vital through sensations, the mind through thoughts - knead and knead. But they strike me as transitory instruments which will be replaced by other states of consciousness. You understand, they are a phase in the universal development, and they will be ... they will fall off as instruments that have outlived their usefulness. So then, I had the concrete experience of what this matter kneaded by the vital and the mind is, but WITHOUT vital and WITHOUT mind ... It's something else. But with that "perception of soul states," there were things ... marvels! No mental conception, none at all, can be as wonderful - none. I lived moments ... All that one can humanly feel and see is NOTHING in comparison with that. There were moments ... absolutely wonderful moments. But without thought, without thought. We could put that little "Apropos" ... (where I poke fun at people!), then with all this you could prepare the "Notes." There are a few more notes here, which I haven't read to you.You say:"For man, in most cases, consciousness begins with sensation. For the body, all sensations had as if lessened, or rather dimmed: eyesight and hear ing as if behind a veil. But an extremely clear per ception of the degree of harmony or disharmony. Pictorial expression, NOT THOUGHT nor even felt. I told you, I saw ... It's not "seen" as you see a picture: it's BEING IN, being in a certain place. I've never seen or felt anything so beautiful! And it wasn't felt, it was ... I don't know how to explain it. There were some absolutely wonderful, marvelous moments - unique. But it wasn't thought, I couldn't even describe - how can you describe? You can only start describing when you start thinking. There's one more note:"The body's state of consciousness and the quality of its activity depend on the individual or individuals among whom it is.... Ah, that was very interesting! It was very interesting because I saw like this (gesture like a film unfolding), it was changing. If someone came near me, it would change. Near me were P., V., the doctor, and C. less often, now and then, but C. didn't have much effect on the atmosphere. But the other three, especially P. and V.... One day, mon petit, I don't know what happened to them: they were superhuman. A day when I must have been apparently in danger, I don't know. One day, the whole day long, the pictures (not "pictures": those places where I was) were so wonderfully beautiful, harmonious.... It was inexpressible, inexpressible. And with the slightest thing changing in their consciousness, lo and behold, everything would start changing! It was a sort of perpetual kaleidoscope, day and night. If there had been some way to record it ... it was unique. Unique. And the body was in it, you understand, almost porous - porous, without resistance, as if the thing were passing through it. I lived hours ... the most wonderful hours, I believe, that one can live on earth. And it was so expressive, so revealing! So expressive. One night, for two hours, there were those temples I mentioned (it wasn't physical), with such immensity and majesty ... and LIVING godheads, mon petit! Not pictures. And I know what it is. And then, the state of consciousness of Eternity, oh! ... As if above all circumstances. There were UNIQUE things, but how to tell them? ... Impossible. Impossible: not even enough consciousness to be able to write. The note goes on:"The seat and field of its [the body's] Conscious ness as well as the quality of its activity change and vary according to the persons present, over a complete range, from the most material to the most spiritual, going through all the different types of intellectual activity. "But the perception of the Presence is constant and associated with all the states of consciousness, whatever they may be ... Ah! I noticed that the cells, everywhere, you know, constantly, all the time, were repeating, OM NAMO BHAGAVATE, OM NAMO BHAGAVATE ... constantly, all the time. "... and OM Namo Bhagavate is repeated spon taneously and automatically in a sort of 'hazy' peace." That's why we can't say the body was suffering, you understand, we can't say it was ill, that's not possible! It's not possible. There was only one moment when really something in the body (I don't know what) said ... (But I didn't note that, because I don't want it to be said, it mustn't be said; I am saying it to you simply to explain, but it mustn't be published, it mustn't be said, I don't want....) The body said (it was in its Communion), it said, "I am ready for complete dissolution. I am ready for eternal life. But not this, not this state of semi-decomposition: I must get out of it." And from that moment on, things took a turn upward. page 232-37 , Mother's Agenda , volume 9 , 28th Aug - 1968 |
(Mother first shows a note she has written about religions:)
A benevolent goodwill towards all worshippers. All religions are partial approaches to the one page 152 , Mother's Agenda , volume 10 , 26th April - 1969 |
Maybe I had something else to tell you, I don't remember ... (Mother looks around and finds a piece of paper) It may be this. Why do men want to worship? ...(Mother laughs) It's this Consciousness again! It is much better to become than to worship!(Mother repeats vigorously) Better to become! Why do men want to worship the Divine? Better to become! [[Later Mother added: "It's out of laziness to change that people worship." ]] It's quite like this Consciousness! It's just like it. page 162 , Mother's Agenda , volume 10 , 30th April - 1969 |
Now here's something else (Mother takes a file out of a pile of letters and various other things). I receive this notebook every two days. Let's see if there's something interesting .. "To be what Mother wants," is that not to be transformed?Very easy to answer (Mother writes): "Undeniably. For everyone: to prepare oneself for this transformation. For a few: to begin the work of transformation. "For a very small number: to hasten the process of transformation."(Mother laughs) I see him every day for a minute or two. He asked me, "Is it possible to have a new birth every day?" I said, "It's possible ... if one is capable of it!" So we'll see his reaction (Mother seems very amused). page 219-220 , Mother's Agenda , volume 10 , 25th June - 1969 |
Then there is this ... (Mother shows a note). You know that a Commission came from the government, and when they left, they asked if I could give them something. I gave them this: "There is a Supreme Divine Consciousness. Wewant to manifest this divine Consciousness in the physical life. page 244 , Mother's Agenda , volume 10 , 19th July - 1969 |
I gave him a ... consolation letter, and then this message I had given the other day: "It is in the silence of complete identification withthe Divine that true understanding is obtained."I gave him that without saying anything and let him go. I said "good-bye," he shook my hand like this (!) and left. Page 409 , Mother's Agenda , volume 10 , 1st Nov - 1969 |
I have something here: To listen is good but not sufficient,(Laughing) I sent that to America. Page 455 , Mother's Agenda , volume 10 , 29th Nov - 1969 |
(Mother suddenly picks up a desk pad near her and writesan answer to a letter she had read at the beginning. [[A letter in which a disciple said he had some spare time between 1:00 and 3:00 p.m. and asked the best way to use it. ]] ) Is it readable? Because I'm not sure, I don't see clearly. (Satprem reads) "It is an excellent time to read, meditate, and,little by little, go into a receptive silence that will enable the higher Consciousness to enter the body in order to transform it."It came like that; that's how it takes place: all of a sudden, brff! and it stays on, it won't go away until I've written. It's amusing! Page 472 , Mother's Agenda , volume 10 , 13th Nov - 1969 |
I've had a revelation. Ah!It was very interesting. That is, I was completely silent, and all of a sudden, it came, and as always it kept insisting until I noted it down. It came in the wake of a question: "What is death? ..." But then, the answer wasn't at all on the ordinary plane, which means that the mind was perfectly silent. It came like this, imperative (Mother laughs): Death is the decentralization of the consciousness contained in the body's cells. With a whole world of perceptions at the same time (Mother makes a gesture around her), like a general terrestrial consciousness, with examples showing that it's only when the consciousness contained in the cells is decentralized that one is dead. Otherwise, nothing, not even the heart stopping, can cause death. Naturally, this decentralization stems from innumerable causes, but they are causes we might call psychological. And the cells contained in the body, or composing the body, are held in form by a centralization of the consciousness in them, and as long as that power of concentration is there, the body cannot die. It's only when the power of concentration disappears that the cells scatter. And then one dies. Then the body dies. The sequel was like this .... (Mother takes another note) The habitual concentration of Nature (produced by Nature) is a MECHANICAL concentration which is subject to all sorts of mechanical laws too, but ... (Mother reads out her note) Here is what came:The very first step towards immortalityis to replace the mechanical centralization by a willed centralization.... which comes from the inner Presence, which means that through its will, the divine Presence concentrates the cells. There. In English, I put it like this: Death is the consequence of the decentralisation of the Consciousness contained in the cells composing the body.And then: This centralisation produced by Nature ismechanical and it must be replaced by a willed centralisation. Page 475-76 , Mother's Agenda , volume 10 , 17th Dec - 1969 |
"Truth is a difficult and arduous conquest. One needs to be a true warrior, a warrior who fears nothing, neither enemies nor death, for, despite all opposition, with or without a body, the fight goes on and shall end in Victory." page 28 , Mother's Agenda , volume 11 , 7th Jan - 1970 |
Then, while sorting out papers (this is much less interesting), I found a few things.... (Mother holds out a first note) Why do men want to worship? It is much better to become than to worship. [[Italicized words or sentences are spoken or written by Mother in original English. ]](Mother laughs) I remember that, I wrote it long ago.... In April '69 [on the 26th].Some people wrote to me letters and did all kinds of things to express their adoration and so on, and I felt so clearly that it's out of a LAZINESS to change that they worship! (Mother laughs) Another one: If you want to find your soul, to know and obeyit, stay here at any cost. If that is not the goal of your life and you areready to live the life of the great majority of people, you can certainly go back to your family.That's good, too. There are so many who ask, "Why stay here?..." I thought it could be useful. And the last:
The harm you have caused willfully alwayscomes back to you in one form or another. [[See Agenda X of 26 April 1969. ]] Below there is a note: "Dictated by the S. M. [superman]consciousness." page 29 , Mother's Agenda , volume 11 , 7th Jan - 1970 |
Someone wrote to me from France that he had tried everything, that everything had failed, that he is quite desperate and ... So I answered this:
It's useful for many. It has been said I don't know how many times, but it always seems necessary to repeat it. page 62 , Mother's Agenda , volume 11 , 31st Jan - 1970 |
"For the moment still, liberty, equality, fraternity are nothing but words loudly proclaimed but never put into practice yet. They cannot be, so long as men remain as they are, governed by their ego and all its desires instead of being governed solely by the One Supreme and supremely Divine."And I added: "Liberty cannot be manifested until all men know thefreedom of the Supreme Lord. "Equality cannot be manifested until all men are conscious of the Supreme Lord. "Fraternity cannot be manifested until all men feel equally issued from the Supreme Lord and 'one' in His Unity"It appears impossible to humanity, but it will probably be possible for the new species. page 80 , Mother's Agenda , volume 11 , 11th Feb - 1970 |
Another thing ... (Mother holds out another note). I can't see clearly.... It was a young girl who was terribly troubled by other's opinions, so I answered her: "The Supreme Lord's opinion alone matters. "The Supreme Lord alone deserves all our love and gives it back a hundredfold." page 80 , Mother's Agenda , volume 11 , 11th Feb - 1970 |
I found some old papers again.... (Satprem reads) "When you stand in the light of the Supreme Consciousness you must not make a shadow." page 329 - Mother's Agenda , volume 11 , 23rd Sep - 1970 |
"To calm all personal ambitions, I must declare that If, for any reason, this body becomes unusable,the universal Mother will again start manifesting in hundreds of individualities according to their capacity and receptivity, each one being a partial manifestation of the Universal Consciousness." page 346 - Mother's Agenda , volume 11 , 14th Oct - 1970 |
(On this day all the disciples filed silently past Mother, who is still unwell, sitting in her chair.) 1971 Blessed are those who take a leap towards the Future page 17 - Mother's Agenda , volume 12 , 1st Jan - 1971 |
(A note of Mother's.) There is a Supreme Divinity, page 57 - Mother's Agenda , volume 12 , 1st Mar - 1971 |
(Mother gives Satprem a note she has just written.) "When men become disgusted with the falsehood they live in, then the world will be ready for the reign of Truth." page 214 - Mother's Agenda , volume 12 , 11th Aug - 1971 |
(Mother hands Satprem two notes.) "We are at a moment of transition in the history ofthe earth. It is a moment only in terms of the eternity of time. But compared to human life this moment is long. Matter is in the process of changing to prepare for a new manifestation; but the human body is not suffi ciently plastic and offers resistance. This is why the number of incomprehensible disorders and diseases is increasing and becoming a problem for medical science. November 18, 1971 "Those who want to progress have an exceptional chance; because the transformation begins by opening the consciousness to the working of the new forces; and thus individuals have a unique and marvelous oppor tunity to open to the divine influence."November 20, 1971 page 303-04 - Mother's Agenda , volume 12 , 20th Nov - 1971 |
I have some notes that can be used for February -- things I said. (Mother hands a piece of paper to Satprem) "A victory won over the lower nature willgive a deeper and more lasting joy than any outer success." page 308 - Mother's Agenda , volume 12 , 27th Nov - 1971 |
"The Divine has an equal love for all human beings, but it is the obscurity of consciousness of most men which prevents them from perceiving this divine love...." page 309 - Mother's Agenda , volume 12 , 27th Nov - 1971 |
(Mother gives Satprem a note she has just written.) Our human consciousness has windows opening on the Infinite. But generally men keep the windows tightly closed. We must open them wide and let the Infinite penetrate us freely to transform us. Two conditions are required to open the windows. 1. Ardent aspiration. 2. Progressive abolition of the ego. The divine help is assured to those who set to work sincerely.page 323 - Mother's Agenda , volume 12 , 8th Dec - 1971 |
(A note by Mother) Communications from the psychic do not come in a mental form. They are not ideas or reasonings. They have their own character quite distinct from the mind, something like a feeling with a self-contained meaning and influence.By its very nature, the psychic is calm, quiet and luminous, understanding and generous, wide and progressive, it is forever striving for understanding and progress. The mind describes and explains. The psychic sees and understands. page 331-32 - Mother's Agenda , volume 12 , 13th Dec - 1971 |
I sent you this note, can it be used for something? Yes, Mother, certainly.It came imperiously. page 332 - Mother's Agenda , volume 12 , 15th Dec - 1971 |
Send him the Christmas message. And then this: "The red lotus is the flower of Sri Aurobindo,but specially for his centenary we shall choose the blue lotus, which is the colour of his physical aura, to symbolise the centenary of the manifestation of the Supreme upon earth." page 343 - Mother's Agenda , volume 12 , 22nd Dec - 1971 |
(A note by Mother in English) We are at a decisive hour in the history of the earth.The earth is preparing for the advent of the supramental being, and because of this the old way of living loses its value. One must launch oneself consciously on the path of the future in spite of the new exigencies. The pettinesses tolerable at one time are no more so; one must widen oneself to receive that which shall be born. page 349-50 - Mother's Agenda , volume 12 , 29th Dec - 1971 |
Sincerity, humility, perseverance and an insatiable thirst for progress are essential for a happy and fruitful life, and above all, to be convinced that the possibility of progress is limitless. Progress is youth; one can be young at a hundred years. January 14, 1972 page 35 - Mother's Agenda , volume 13 , 15th Jan - 1972-1973 |
In the depths of our being, in the silence of contemplation, a luminous force permeates our consciousness with a vast and luminous peace which prevails over all petty reactions and pre pares us for union with the Divine, the meaning of individual existence. Thus, the purpose and goal of life is not suffering and struggle but an all-powerful and happy realization. All the rest is but a painful illusion. page 54-55 - Mother's Agenda , volume 13 , 7th Feb - 1972-1973 |
In the beginnings of humanity, the ego was the unifying element. It is around the ego that the various states of being were formed. But now that a superhumanity is about to be born, the ego must disappear and leave place for the psychic being which has slowly developed through divine agency to manifest the Divine in man. The Divine manifests in man under the psychic influence, and that is how the coming of superhumanity is prepared.The psychic being is immortal, so through it immortality can manifest on earth. Hence, the important thing now is to find one's psychic being, unite with it, and allow it to replace the ego, which will be forced either to convert itself or disappear. page 55-56 - Mother's Agenda , volume 13 , 8th Feb - 1972-1973 |
The first thing one learns on the way is thatgiving brings much greater joy than taking. Then, gradually, one learns that selflessness isthe source of an immutable peace. Later, in this selflessness one finds the Divine, and that is the source of an unending bliss.... One day Sri Aurobindo told me that if peopleknew that and were convinced of it they would all want to do yoga. page 56 - Mother's Agenda , volume 13 , 9th Feb - 1972-1973 |
The complete unification of the whole being around the psychic center is the essential condition to realize a perfect sincerity. [[Original English. ]] page 57 - Mother's Agenda , volume 13 , 9th Feb - 1972-1973 |
Human consciousness is so corrupt that peopleprefer the misery and ignorance of the ego to the luminous joy that comes from sincere surrender to the Divine. Their blindness is so great that they refuse even to attempt the experience and prefer to be subjected to the misery of their ego rather than make the necessary effort to free themselves from it. Their blindness is so total that they would nothesitate to make the Divine a slave to their ego, if such a thing were possible, just to avoid giving themselves to the Divine. page 62 - Mother's Agenda , volume 13 , 10th Feb - 1972-1973 |
Supreme Lord, teach us to be silent, that in this silence we may receive Your force and understand Your will. page 62 - Mother's Agenda , volume 13 , 11th Feb - 1972-1973 |
All day long on the 21st I had a strong feelingthat it was everybody's birthday, and I felt an urge to say "happy birthday" to everyone. A very strong impression that something new was manifesting in the world, and that all those who were ready and receptive could incarnate it. In a few days, probably, we will know what it was. page 69 - Mother's Agenda , volume 13 , 22nd Feb - 1972-1973 |
I don't know about those papers I gave you. There were one or two very important things. I don't know if they're there. What's the last one? Life on earth is essentially a field for progress; how short life is for all the progress we have to make! To waste time seeking the gratification of one'spetty desires is sheer folly. True happiness can be attained only by finding the Divine.Almost all human miseries come from the fact that human beings are almost always persuaded they know better than the Divine what they need and what life is supposed to bring them.. Supreme Lord, Perfection we must become,Perfection we must manifest. This body lives only by You and says to You over and over again: "What You will What You will" until the day it knows it automatically becauseits consciousness will be completely united with Yours. page 70-73 - Mother's Agenda , volume 13 , 23rd Feb - 1972-1973 |
To prepare for immortality, the consciousness of the body must first become one with the Eternal Consciousness. page 92 - Mother's Agenda , volume 13 , 17th Mar - 1972-1973 |
The truth, which man has vainly sought toknow, will be the privilege of the new race, the race of tomorrow, the superman. To live according to the Truth will be hisprivilege. Let us do our best to help prepare the advent ofthe New Being. The mind must fall silent and be replaced by the Truth-Consciousness - the consciousness of details integrated with the consciousness of the whole.page 94 - Mother's Agenda , volume 13 , 19th Mar - 1972-1973 |
Sri Aurobindo is an emanation of the Supreme who came on earth to announce the manifestation of a new race and the new world, the Supramental. Let us prepare for it in all sincerity and eagerness. page 210 , Mother's Agenda , volume 13 , 17th June - 1972-1973 |
I had some things for you (Mother feels the objects on the table near her), it was in an envelope. "One must not confuse a religious teaching and aspiritual teaching. Religious teaching belongs to the past and stops all progress, spiritual teaching is the teaching of the future. It enlightens the consciousness and prepares it for the future realization. A spiritual teaching is above religions and strivestowards a total truth. It teaches us to come into direct contact with the Divine."It's for a lady who came from I don't know where and wanted to teach in a parochial school. So I replied with that page 223 , Mother's Agenda , volume 13 , 15th July - 1972-1973 |
Man is the creation of yesterday. Sri Aurobindo has come to announce the creation of tomorrow. page 230 , Mother's Agenda , volume 13 , 22nd July - 1972-1973 |
"When you are conscious of the whole world atthe same time, then you can become conscious of the Divine."My idea is not that being conscious of the world automatically makes you conscious of the Divine, but when your consciousness is vast enough to see and be conscious of the whole world, then you become capable of.... How can I say it? ... I don't want to be too specific. I mean I want each one to understand according to his capacity - you follow? Do you follow what I mean? Yes, yes, Mother!A person with a superficial consciousness will understand in that way, but one with a deeper consciousness will understand the real meaning. Now I'll put it in French (Mother dictates): Quand vous devenez conscient du monde toutentier en meme temps, alors vous etes capable d'etre conscient du Divin.Is it all right? Yes, Mother, but "alors" [=then] isn't necessary: "Quand vous devenez conscient du monde tout entier en meme temps, vous etes capable d'etre conscient du Divin. "I purposely put "alors" [then] because otherwise it would mean that by becoming conscious of the whole world, you automatically become conscious of the Divine - which isn't true. It's but one aspect of the Divine. That's why I put "alors." All right ? page 284 , Mother's Agenda , volume 13 , 13th Sep - 1972-1973 |
Before dying falsehood rises in full swing. Still people understand only the lesson of catastrophe.Will it have to come before they open their eyes to the truth ? I ask an effort from all so that it has not to be. It is only the Truth that can save us: truth in words,truth in action, truth in will, truth in feelings. It is a choice between serving the Truth or being destroyed page 316 , Mother's Agenda , volume 13 , 26th Nov - 1972-1973 |
Here we have no religion. We replace religion with spiritual life, which is truer and both deeper and higher, that is to say, closer to the Divine. For the Divine is in all things, but we are not conscious of it. This is the immense progress that men must make. page 379 , Mother's Agenda , volume 13 , 19th March - 1972-1973 |