Part VI REMARKS AND OBSERVATIONS OF THE MOTHER Keep faith and confidence and remain cheerful. Be sincere and I am ready to correct your mistakes a thousand times if necessary. The best way of helping is to let the consciousness that has come down upon earth work in you for transformation. If in the work you meet with some difficulties, look sincerely into yourself and there you will discover their origin. The path is long, but self-surrender makes it short; the way is 1 difficult, but perfect trust makes it easy. The idea that woman should cook for males is against my principles. Are they

Part III BIRTHDAY MESSAGES BIRTHDAY REPORTS Once I had a- long talk with Mother and what she told me was very interesting. I was deeply moved. The next day I asked Mother if she would write for me what she had said. She wrote out: Champaklal, 1. Be always faithful to the Divine in your heart. - 2. Let nothing interfere with the absoluteness of your consecration or stop your progress which has been up to now quite satisfactory. 3. Take the present circumstances and the coming back of... as a test and face it victoriously. 4. Be vigilant. 12.2.1932 THE MOTHER As you see she gave

Champaklal Speaks Preface Sri Aurobindo in Guest House, 1915- 18 Be simple, * Be happy, Remain quiet, Do your work as well as you can, Keep yourself always open towards me. This is all that is asked from you. The Mother *When Champaklal started working with the Mother, during a conversation she told him what is written above. Champaklal requested the Mother to write it and the Gracious Mother wrote and gave it to him. — Champaklal's note In the night as in the day be always with me.* In sleep as in waking let me feel in me always the reality of your presence. Let it sustain and make to grow in m

Part I RECOLLECTIONS AND DIARY NOTES LOOKING BACK: THE HAND OF GRACE I was a simple lad, .somewhat introverted, unable to mix freely with others, with little understanding of things. I had no interest in studies. My teacher, whatever else he may have been, was always friendly. Another teacher was a friend of my father's and he felt he could exercise all rights upon me and say whatever he pleased. In the classroom he would openly ask me questions which I could not answer, then mock at me saying that I had grown only in body but not in mind. The students would naturally laugh and he joined in the laughter. I could do nothing about it except pray t

APPENDIX LETTER TO BARINDRA KUMAR GHOSE 7th April 1920 I have received your three letters, but up to now I have not managed to write an answer. It is a miracle that even now I sat down to write, because letter writing for me takes place once in a blue moon — especially writing in Bengali which I have not done for five or six years. The miracle would be complete if I could finish this letter and put it in the post. First about your Yoga. You wish to give me the charge of your Yoga and I am willing to take it, that is to say to give it to Him who is moving by His divine Shakti both you and myself whether secretly or openly. But you must know the necessary result will b

IV MISCELLANY SOME NAMES GIVEN BY SRI AUROBINDO AND MOTHER Abhi (the bold) Narottam's son The Mother Abhinava (The new one) Son of Mangal Sikka 1.7.59 The Mother 9.11.60 Ahuta (The called) Son of Srikrishnaprasad The Mother Antarjyoti (Inner Light) Mahabeer 2.10.61 The Mother Anurakta (Lovingly devoted) Tony Scott 16.11.61 The Mother Ashatita (Unexpected) (The son of Amolokchand) 16.7.5

PREFACE The plan of this volume is substantially the same as the one adopted for the earlier volume in this series, Champaklal Speaks. The papers have been arranged section-wise as follows: Reminiscences Correspondence with Champaklal Correspondence with Others Mother's Memos and Notes Miscellany of various items of interest Quotes from Mother's remarks or writings An additional feature of this book is its Appendix. An explanation is perhaps necessary about its contents. During the pre- Ashram years and even in the early years of the Ashram (after 1926), sadhaks — at any rate some of them — used to maintain a file of copies of certain

II CORRESPONDENCE WITH PUNAMCHAND To Punamchand I. Separation of Purusha and Prakriti to establish tranquillity of heart and mind. (a) Separated Purusha, calm, observing Prakriti. (b) Prakriti in the heart and mind attending calmness. II. Offering of all the actions, all that is done in your life as a sacrifice to the Lord. III. Realisation of the higher Divine Shakti doing all the works. (a) Living with the constant idea that it is the Shakti which does the work. (b) Feeling of the Divine Shakti descending from above the mind and moving the whole being. 1921 SRI AUROBINDO Punamchand As regards the amount of R

-05_Memos and Notes from The Mother^s Papers.htm III MEMOS AND NOTES FROM THE MOTHER'S PAPERS MYSELF AND MY CREED THE DECLARATION OF A TRUE SLAVE OF GOD I belong to no nation, no civilisation, no society, no race but to the Divine. I give obedience to no master, no ruler, no law, no social convention, but to the Divine. To Him I have surrendered all, will, life and self; for Him I am ready to give all my blood, drop by drop, if such is His will, with complete joy; and nothing in His service can be sacrifice for all is perfect delight. "Ah! since India is the cradle of religion, since all the Gods preside over her destiny, what is he who will accomplis

V QUOTES FROM THE MOTHER It may be said that perfection is attained, though it remains progressive, when the receptivity from below is equal to the force from above which wants to manifest. 3.1.51 Collaboration and reciprocal goodwill are indispensable for good work. 11.8.54 The closer you come to the Divine the more you live under a shower of overwhelming evidences of His immeasurable Grace. 15.8.55 . Before getting angry for the mistakes of others one should always remember one's own mistakes. It is by combined and patient effort that. all good.