8:57 a.m. Lord, help me to develop a more consistent call, in waking and in sleep, in thought and dreams, to speak Thy name in silence and aloud, to chant my hymns of thankfulness with a heart open and supple enough to allow Thy Grace to enter. May I always be grateful for the gift of Mary Helen and the divine light I have felt behind those blue and lucent eyes.

Prayer of May 12, 1963 O Lord, close my eyes to all things but thy holy presence. And when, my God, I have learned to see all things in thee and thee in al things, then open thou my eyes to be filled with thy sacred Awe, and my lips so that I may sing forth thy praise over all the earth with a song silent and immutable upon the vibrations of life.

Prayer Surgery Day-Sept. 28, 1998-7 10;56 a.m. I have called Thee O Lord from the dwelling place of my soul deep in the mystic cavern of my heart. I pray not for myself but for this kind and gentle spirityou have allowed to share my life for nearly thirty years. I cannot begin to recount the blessings of that life, so full of the beauty of flowers and love for the earth, reverence for its manifold creaturesand the sheer delight of Thy miraculous creation and its wonders we have experienced, the special Grace that has allowed us, for a time, to tread the path together, enriching all experience, enhancing all our fragrant memories.

Prayer of October 23, 1967 My dearest Lord, Thou for whom I would aspire to give all I am or ever in this vast evolution shall be, help me to become aware of Thee with every breath and in every cell of my body. I find so much narrowness in this being. To be fully consecrated – that certainly is the goal for me. To know Thy will at each moment, to listen only to Thy voice and to feel Thy hand moulding me into an instrument, a vehicle, an expression of Thee. O Divine Mother, Thou who art the reason I breathe, let me grow in awareness of Thee. May my every breathe sound the mantra of Thy name. Into the East West Cultural Cente

Prayer of March 23, 2001 Thou who art with me day and night and at every moment, help me to know and live consciously in Thy Presence.

-12_Prayer for Mary Helen (June 10, 2000).htm Prayer for Mary Helen June 10, 2000 Divine Mother, For the soul known in its present manifestation as Mary Helen, I offer these prayers in humility and adoration. May she ever be wrapped in the folds of Thy love. May she know and feel concretely at each moment Sri Aurobindo's force protecting and enveloping her. May she experience in each part of her being, even the very cells, Thy Grace and transforming power. May she grow progressively and constantly towards the Supramental consciousness. May I in the purifying golden light of Thy truth be purged of all pettiness, egoism, desire, impatience, anger, ego, to

Prayer Surgery Day-Sept. 28, 1998-5 9:27 I now await, on the physical plane, the words from the doctor. He has prepared us for the worst - but what can be tragic if we rest anchored in Thee. If we truly love Thee and lift ourselves to meet Thee on the summits of our being, we have nothing to fear. My faith is firm, I am in Thy hands. My prayer to Thee is to allow Mary Helen to make the greatest possible inner progress though this illness and I know that Thou hast heard my prayers and hers and that at all times do what is best for our souls. I thank Thee, Mother, always. 9:38 a.m. I have said before, a thou

Prayer Surgery Day – September 28, 1998 9:02 a.m. Divine Puissance, descend into her today, heal all that is suffering and failing, infuse her body with Thy concrete Peace, Thy rapture of delight and the sweetness of Thy touch on her human heart. 9:05 a.m. In these long and painful moments when nothing I can see and with the limited progress of this soul, nothing know, I trust alone to Thy wisdom, Thy divine beneficence and Thy love for this special earth and Thy errant children who struggle so violently with the unseen and the unknown, with the forces of greed, ego, ambition, hatred and rage: descen

June 24, 1997 Mother, I have not soared to Thee. The great potentialities you told me that you saw in me lie unexpressed. Rather, as I approach my 59th year, I am still bound up in the conflicts of the mental-vital-physical. How I remember those moments with Thee - more living than life itself - and the times when Sri Aurobindo came to me. I realize that all my life has now become an unparalleled blessing through Thy grace, and though I falter and fail, yet Thy name remains upon my lips, rising from the core of my inner being. For more than 35 years now I have held the Word, erratic at times, inconsistently at others, but returning again and again to speak within

Prayer of December 10, 2001 Day after day the need for an essential silence of the being deepens as does the need to draw deeper within. I am being shown the areas that need immediate attention and these are addressed in my prayers at the feet of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo. And then, there is so much to pray for, especially for others. For this being She named Narad, the flaws and weakness are highlighted in the simplest actions, brought to awareness of the deeper self and offered up for transformation. I pray for the purification of the heart, for a full and joyous surrender, for a total sincerity in all parts of the being, for the demolition of the