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I found myself upon an immense ship, which is the symbolic representation of
the place where this work is being carried out. This ship, as big as a city, is
thoroughly organized, and it had certainly already been functioning for quite
some time, for its organization was fully developed. It is the place where
people destined for the supramental life are being trained. These people (or at
least a part of their being) had already undergone a supramental transformation
because the ship itself and all that was aboard was neither material nor
subtle-physical, neither vital nor mental: it was a supramental substance. This
substance itself was of the most material supramental,
the supramental substance nearest the physical world, the first to manifest.
The light was a blend of red and gold, forming a uniform substance of luminous
orange. Everything was like that - the light was like that, the people were
like that - everything had this color, in varying
shades, however, which enabled things to be distinguished from one another. The
overall impression was of a shadowless world: there were shades, but no
shadows. The atmosphere was full of joy, calm, order; everything worked
smoothly and silently. At the same time, I could see all the details of the
education, the training in all domains by which the people on board were being
prepared.
This immense ship had just arrived at the shore
of the supramental world, and a first batch of people destined to become the
future inhabitants of the supramental world were about to disembark. Everything
was arranged for this first landing. A certain number of very tall beings were
posted on the wharf. They were not human beings and never before had they been
men. Nor were they permanent inhabitants of the supramental world. They had
been delegated from above and posted there to control and supervise the
landing. I was in charge of all this since the beginning and throughout. I
myself had prepared all the groups. I was standing on the bridge of the ship , calling the groups forward one by one and having them
disembark on the shore. The tall beings posted there seemed to be reviewing
those who were disembarking, allowing those who were ready to go ashore and
sending back those who were not and who had to continue
their training aboard the ship. While standing there watching everyone, that
part of my consciousness coming from here became extremely interested: it wanted
to see, to identify all the people, to see how they had changed and to find out
who had been taken immediately as well as those who had to remain and continue
their training. After awhile, as I was observing, I began to feel pulled
backwards and that my body was being awakened by a consciousness or a person
from here' - and in my consciousness, I protested: 'No, no, not yet! Not yet! I
want to see who's there!' I was watching all this and noting it with intense
interest ... It went on like that until, suddenly, the clock here began striking
three, which violently jerked me back. There was the sensation of a sudden fall
into my body. I came back with a shock, but since I had been called back very
suddenly, all my memory was still intact. I remained quiet and still until I
could bring back the whole experience and preserve it. page 138 , Mother's Agenda , volume 1 , 3rd Feb. - 1958 |
In the experience of February 3, I saw certain people from here (and from elsewhere) who already belong to the supramental world in a part of their being, but there is no connection, no link. But now the hour has come in universal history for this link to be built. page 235 - Mother's Agenda, volume 1, 15th Nov. - 1958 |
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The people on that ship had these two capacities: one, the capacity
for indefinite expansion of consciousness on all planes, including the
material; and two, limitless plasticity in order to follow the movement
of the Becoming.
It was taking place in the subtle physical. The people who had
patches on their bodies and had to be sent back were always the ones who
lacked the plasticity those two movements required. But the main thing
was the movement of expansion; the progressive movement, the movement of
following the Becoming, seemed to be a subsequent preoccupation - for
those who had landed. The preparation on the boat concerned that
capacity for expansion.
Another thing I didn't mention to you when I related the
experience was that the ship had no engine. Everything was set in motion
through will power - people, things (even the clothes people wore were a
result of their will). And this gave all things and every person's
shape a great suppleness, because there was an awareness of this will -
which is not a mental will but a will of the Self, what could be called a
spiritual will or a soul-will (to give the word soul that particular
meaning). I have that experience right here when there's an absolute
spontaneity in action, I mean when the action - for instance, an
utterance or a movement - is not determined by the mind, and not even
(not to mention thought or intellect), not even by the mind that usually
sets us in motion. Generally, when we do something, we can perceive in
ourselves a will to do it; when you watch yourself, you see this: there
is always (it can happen in a flash) the will to do. When you are
conscious and watch yourself doing something, you see in yourself the
will to do it - this is where the mind intervenes, its normal
intervention, the established order in which things happen. But the
supramental action is decided by a leap over the mind. The action is
direct, with no need to go through the mind. Something enters directly
into contact with the vital centers and activates them without going
through the mind - yet in full consciousness. The consciousness doesn't
function in the usual sequence, it functions from the center of
spiritual will straight to matter. page 39 - Mother's Agenda, volume 3, 12th Jan. - 1962 |