February 7, 1968 Something very amusing has happened to me with flowers. I had arranged roses; I had selected roses to give people, and when they came, I took a rose I had kept aside. But it had opened too much, it didn't look so nice anymore, so I looked, I thought, "Is it nice enough to be given?" I was holding it loosely, like that.... Mon Page 48 petit, under my very eyes it turned around and stuck its thorn into my finger! I've had other examples of consciousness in flowers, but this one was remarkable. When I take them and tell them that they're pretty and sweet, they open out - that often happens; but this one turned around (of course I wasn't holding it tight)

August 30, 1968 I thought it would be better to add a short introductory notebefore your last "Apropos," because not all those who read the Bulletin know what has happened. I propose to add this: "This Apropos was written by Mother following an ordeal that threatened her physical body." It's a bit dramatic! But after all, that's what happened. (After a silence) Yes, you're right, it's better to say it's a purely physical question - "over there," there are no more ordeals! Only the body needs them. (Then Satprem reads Mother the "Notes on the Way" put together from the last conversation. Mother is unsure whether publishing those experiences is appropr

January 17, 1968 (Regarding an old conversation of Mother's on "Savitri," noted down from memory by a young disciple.) They're so happy, so enthusiastic! Everyone comes and says, "Oh, how fine it is!" I thought, "How much must one err for people to find it fine! When one no longer errs, they no longer like it." There you are. And they want to publish it. * * * Soon afterwards, regarding a passage from the same text on "Savitri" Sri Aurobindo used to write at night, and in the night I would have the experience; in the morning he would read it to me and I would recognize my experience - I hadn't said anything to him, he hadn't said anything to me. Interesting ... B

October 8, 1969 (Regarding a letter from the healer in which he asks Mother if he could contact the Indian government and obtain its collabo ration to spread the "Spiritual message" as he understands it.) I got a letter from A.R. You should read it .... I am absolutely convinced that he can't do ANYTHING with the government, absolutely nothing. But just to please him, I arranged a meeting with N.S. [[N.S. is a disciple of Mother's who accompanied Indira Gandhi during her visit of October 6, and who holds a minister's post. ]] and she accepted, but she had something else to do and couldn't be there. Did he tell you anything? He didn't mention it to me, but he did

April 26, 1969 (Mother first shows a note she has written about religions:) The attitude to be taken towards religions: A benevolent goodwill towards all worshippers. An enlightened indifference towards all religions. All religions are partial approaches to the one simple Truth that is far above them. Then replies to questions from the New Age Association: In what sense is our Yoga an adventure? We may say it is an adventure because it is the first time that the yoga aims at the transformation and divinization of physical life, instead of aiming at escaping from it. Why is faith supremely important in the yoga? Because we are

February 5, 1969 I have a feeling there was something, and then ... (Mother searches for something on the table beside her). There was positively something to be done ... and you'll see, once you've left, I'll find it again! I remember having said, "Ah, I will do this on Wednesday with Satprem." Oh, maybe it's here (Mother looks at her cluttered table), there's a heap of letters ... frightening! Too bad. It was something interesting .... (long silence) At the same time, I remember a vision of the night in which I did a work with numbers and put the numbers - figures and groups of figures - in a certain position. That's what I wanted to tell you. In Page 44 the "d

December 17, 1969 I've had a revelation. Ah! It was very interesting. That is, I was completely silent, and all of a sudden, it came, and as always it kept insisting until I noted it down. It came in the wake of a question: "What is death? ..." But then, the answer wasn't at all on the ordinary plane, which means that the mind was perfectly silent. It came like this, imperative (Mother laughs): Death is the decentralization of the consciousness contained in the body's cells. Page 475 With a whole world of perceptions at the same time (Mother makes a gesture around her), like a general terrestrial consciousness, with examples showing that it's only w

November 8, 1969 (The conversation begins ten minutes early. Mother hands a "Transformation "flower to Satprem.) <413> Would you like one? Yes, it's necessary! They're pretty ... Only one is necessary: all the way down, this one (Mother gives the flower, laughing). To you (to Sujata) I give four. There. But does it get done independently of our effort? Something is done, that I know. Something is done. The Pressure is very strong, and some people even take it to be discomfort. I made the experiment on my body: the moment of the change of authority - you know, it goes from one authority to another - is always difficult, and if one isn't aware one can t

December 20, 1969 (Mother gives Satprem a Champak flower.) Do you know what it is? ... It's the "divine psychological perfection." So someone asked me, "What's divine psychological perfection?" - A smile in any circumstance ... Good .... You know that I went to the Madras airport yesterdayto bring my mother here. Every time, I really feel as if I had entered a world ... I don't know ... another world. Another world. Really, I've never had in my life that impression to such a point, as if entering a nonhuman world, I don't know what world that is - like a dream world, a world devoid of existence, false, empty. Page 478 Mechanical.

September 27, 1969 (A.R., the healer, enters; Mother gives him a red rose.) (A.R.:) Thank you ... I come to you as a child thirsting and hungering for Truth, Justice, and the Knowledge of spiritual laws. Please give me this nourishment that is the knowledge of the laws, so I may serve the Divine in the most perfect universal Harmony. (silence) (To Satprem:) Did you tell him that I don't speak? (Satprem to A.R.:) Mother doesn't speak. If he has something to say, he can do so. (Satprem:) What is the central question that preoccupies you? (A.R.:) The central question ... The central question for me,with regard to past experiences, is t