"Today is a day of great Grace for you"

- Varadharajan

I have been staying in and working for Auroville from 1969 onwards and participated in some of the Aspiration talks with the Mother. Coming nearer and nearer to Her, I like to recapitulate my Pranam to the Mother in March, 1973.

I had asked for the time, had gone to the terrace near the Mother's Room and was waiting to go to Her. Three or four persons were there along with me. Champaklalji told us that Mother will not be able to see us that day. Somehow he went into the Mother's Room, came back and said that She may allow us, but he was not sure. It may take some time to know the answer. He said that we can go and attend to our work and if somebody wants to stay, he may do so. After some time all except me went away. I decided that I will wait till something definitive is known. After about 10 or 1 5 minutes, Champaklalji came and told me that I can go inside and do Pranam.

When I went inside, Mother was on Her couch, in deep trance. The silence was vibrant. I stood near Her for a few minutes silently, did Pranam without touching Her. Mother, myself and Champaklalji at the door were the only three people. As I came out, Champaklalji told me "Today is a day of great Grace for you." Indeed it is so, I felt that Mother had come out of Her trance to indicate to Champaklalji that I can be allowed and it was extreme kindness on the part of Champaklalji to have facilitated this. It was Her last physical act towards me in Her overflowing Love and there are no adequate words to express my gratitude to the Supramental Avatar when She came in Her physical body to bless me and all of us. Something in me feels that what I received at that

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time is going to all others who are in the same state of consciousness.

(Varadharajan is a resident of Auroville since 1969. In the early years of Auroville he was the contact person for the local people. Now he is a faculty member of SAIIER, Auroville, conducting Auroville Outreach Educational Programme.)

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