Prospects of the Physical Transformation* A CLARIFICATION OF THE PROBLEM Wide-eyed amazement, dim-eyed despondence, cold-eyed scepticism, sharp-eyed opposition as well as calm-eyed acceptance have met our reasoned presentation1 of Nolini's brief pronouncement that the physical transformation, though not cancelled, has been postponed because of the Mother's giving up her body. We argued that this transformation in the sense intended by Sri Aurobindo and the Mother—a transformation supramentalising the body, turning the body totally divine— could be achieved only if either an Avatar of the Supermind was physically present amongst us or else th

Some Diary Notes* (Coming from a private record, the following two selections are naturally very personal matter and "I" and "me" are all over the place. But as these "I" and "me" are the sadhak and not the mere ego-individual it is hoped that they will be considered as representative of all who have ventured forth on the delightfully difficult path of the Integral Yoga. As both the delight and the difficulty are bound to be basically common in spite of surface variations, one sadhak's experiences cannot but prove helpful to other toilers towards the depths and heights. ) 1 March 4-14,1953 Wednesday, 4th—Came back from Villupuram a little depressed, thinking that

-29_This Secret Splendour (Minnie N. Canteenwalla).htm This Secret Splendour* Thou hast withdrawn with flying golden banners, Golden trumpets with music mute— Our hearts lie injured, bleeding—a barren world— A Krishna with a voiceless flute! I have loved Thee for these forty years and more, But now is still Thy radiant smiling face. Reveal to us the meaning of this secret splendour, The mystery of Thy seeming withdrawal of Grace. Yes, merely "seeming" to our stunned saddened eyes— For, Thy eternal glorious Promise we know. Thy undying Consciousness pervades all time, Only the beloved outer being is now laid low. Thou art still the Keeper

-22_The Mother's Statement on how Pavitra (Philippe Barbier St. Hilaire) Passed Away on May 16 1969.htm The Mother's Statement on how Pavitra (Philippe Barbier St.-Hilaire) Passed Away on May 16,1969* It was very interesting, the experience I had that night. Nothing like it I ever had in my life. It was the night before the day he passed away. The time was 9 o'clock. I felt he was withdrawing, withdrawing in an extraordinary manner. He was coming out of himself and gathering and pouring himself into me. He was coming out consciously and deliberately with the full force of a concentrated will. He continued to do so steadily, ceaselessly for hours. It ended at about 1 o'clock, I looked at the

-20_What the Mother Endured and Achieved for the Earth in 1962 (K. D. Sethna).htm What the Mother Endured and Achieved for the Earth in 1962* 1 INTRODUCTORY REPORT1 The Mother was not well for some time in early 1962. But she kept on working. She even came to the Balcony now and again to give the morning Darshan as usual. But the 18th of March was the last day. After that, she fell seriously ill and did not come down from her room on the second floor. She began to have heart-attacks. One day she had them twice in twenty-four hours. They were severe. A third followed the next day. Some time later she recounted to a disciple the experience connected with the heart-attacks. No definitive

November 17, 1974* A LOOK BACKWARD AND FORWARD 1 November 17,1974, marks the passage of a full year since the Mother left her body. Along with the understandable human reaction to the passing away of a most cherished presence, there has been a deep sense of something unimaginably great done by the withdrawal from the immediate visible scene, there has been the conviction of a reader pour mieux sauter, a "drawing back in order to make a spring". Not only amongst those who have been around the Mother for decades but also amongst people far away an urge has arisen to cleave closer to her light and love. From distant Europe and still more from farther America, men and wom

The Mother— Warrior of the Supermind* A NOTE ON THE ESSENTIAL TRUTH AND SOME SEEMING DISCREPANCIES Right up to the end the Mother is said to have fought indomitably for the work entrusted to her by Sri Aurobindo: transformation of her body so as to complete the Supramental Yoga and initiate a new Race. But at the same time we have been told of certain moments and moods during her last illness, where she appears helpless or hopeless—a striking contrast to her accepted role as Warrior of the Supermind. And the impression that she was helpless and hopeless reaches its acme when we come to think of her as leaving her body because she who had s

A Message by Nolini* Mother once told me—"If ever I leave my body my Consciousness will remain with you." Mother is present amongst us and Her work continues. Let us once more dedicate ourselves for Her work of transformation with utmost sincerity and faithfulness. 21-11-1973 * Mother India, December 5,1973. Page-176

-33_A Message Heard on November 17 1974 (Sehra).htm A Message Heard on November 17, 1974* BEFORE PASSING IN A QUEUE THROUGH THE MOTHER'S ROOM "Do not look for me only in my room. I have liberated myself from my human's body. I am now everywhere." SEHRA * Mother India, February 21, 1975. Page-184

THE MOTHER The Mother* SOME GENERAL TRUTHS AND PERSONAL FACTS The One whom we call the Supreme is the utter Unmanifest. The creative Conscious Force of the Supreme is the Divine Mother in Her transcendent poise, Aditi, holding the Truths that have to be manifested out of the absolute Mystery. Through the transcendent Mother and by Her creativity the whole universe has taken birth. And when the Supreme manifests in the world His own personal being, He does it also through Her transcendence. In Her universal aspect She is Mahashakti. All the Gods and Goddesses are of Her making—they are but powers that express Her. There are many powers of the universal Mother