November 3, 1965 (Before going into the music room where Mother will play the organ for the birthday of Sunil, a disciple who is a musician.) The other day I told you about that comet, and something amusing has happened. Just for fun I said to myself, "Oh, it would be quite interesting to see this comet as it can be seen through the most powerful telescope ever invented." And barely had the thought come (it was last night) when I heard, "Look." So I opened my eyes, and I saw the comet, big like this, very big, as it could be seen with the most powerful telescope, quite bright, with its tail! And the interesting thing was that just beside it (not like the comet's tail, but just next

January 31, 1965 (From Mother to Sujata) Sujata, my dear child, I am with you always and with Satprem too. You must both be calm and trusting, all will be well. With all my tenderness Signed: Mother Learn, Satprem and you, to feel CONCRETELY my presence in your hearts. This is a wonderful opportunity to make this progress. Page 23 February

December 10, 1965 What do you have to say?... Tell me. I am a bit troubled because I've got the news that my friend has committed suicide. Tell me about it. Which friend? A Gold Washer. But you've had many friends in life, haven't you? No. Had you kept in touch with him? He was the person closest to me. Did you see him last time when you went back to France? No. Where was he? Oh, around the world, in Africa lately, here and there. And where does he write you from? From Paris. How old is he? A bit younger than me. What does he write? Do you have his letter? Give it to me. He was a rebel. Yes. Page 323 He didn't find. Bu

March 6, 1965 (Mother looks at a letter not yet opened) I wrote something to K. and he must have replied ... very indignantly, no doubt! What did you tell him? (Mother looks for a note) "We have faith in Sri Aurobindo, he represents for us something that we formulate for ourselves with the words we find the most adequate to express our experience. For us those words are obviously the best to formulate our experience. But if in our enthusiasm we were convinced that they are the only ones suitable to express correctly what Sri Aurobindo is and the experience he gave us, we would become dogmatic and would be on the verge of founding a religion." Oh, yes, indeed! I had written to

March 3, 1965 Have you brought something? There's a beautiful aphorism. (Satprem reads:) 109 - All things seem hard to man that are above his attained level and they are hard to his unaided effort; but they become at once easy and simple when God in man takes up the contract. It's perfect. There is nothing to say. Just two or three days ago I wrote something in reply to a question, and I said something like this: Sri Aurobindo is the Lord, but only a part of the Lord, not the Lord in His totality because the Lord is All - all that is manifested and all that is not manifested. Then I wrote: There is nothing that isn't the Lord, nothing - there is nothing that isn't the Lord,

January 24, 1965 (From Mother to Satprem) (All of Satprem's letters from Vellore, like the others, unfortunately disappeared. Satprem had written to Mother asking for a mantra, especially since he had given up the Tantric discipline.) January 24, '65 Satprem, Here is Ganesh who dances so you may be cured SOON. Tenderness Signed: Mother Page 22 P.S. I heard your request, and I have sent you a mantra that begins with OM. I would like you to hear it within. Try. With my love. Signed: Mother Page 23>

June 9, 1965 So, how is your mantra? Fine, Mother, it's a beautiful Mantra. I had a rather interesting experience. You know, there is always an impression that if you let someone else know the Mantra, it will lose some of its force, but I said to myself, "Never mind, I will do it," and the minute the decision was made, naturally I stopped thinking about it - it was gone. And in the evening of the day when I told you the Mantra, towards the end of the day, suddenly the words came with a warmth and intensity, as if ... (how can I put it?) they were rounded out with force. Then, at the same time, I remembered I had told you the Mantra, so I looked, and I saw it was what your consciou

November 13, 1965 Sweet Mother, for two or three weeks, some blood has been coming again. They gave you a treatment, are you following it? Yes, very scrupulously. That's troublesome. I don't have faith in their treatments. Doctors would not exist without diseases, you understand. I am not saying that they consciously encourage them, but they are on quite ... friendly terms. It's very subtle, but absolutely true. I see a given vibratory phenomenon of the cells with the Consciousness (let's call it universal Consciousness), and then the very Page 293 same thing seen in a medical consciousness - if you knew how changed it is! It takes on a very concrete char

October 20, 1965 (Satprem had sent Mother a letter complaining about his lack of experiences, in particular the fact that he never saw Sri Aurobindo, except once eleven years earlier, and that in addition Mother told him she saw him only rarely. In the end Satprem wrote, "I wonder what I am doing here?") I am not going to eat you, don't be afraid! (Satprem's denial) Tell me, have you anything new to add? Has anything happened since you wrote?... Nothing. You are in the same state? Calmer. Oh, good. But it's the same state, because it has been there for a long time. For a long time I have been saying to myself, "What does all this mean?" I don't very well understand. T

February 4, 1965 (From Mother to Satprem in hospital) February 4, '65 Satprem, mon cher petit, Your mind is still too critical, too anxious for traditional or classical accuracy. That is why you haven't received the mantra. Page 23 But do not worry, I will give it to you orally when you are back. In the meantime, rest peacefully in the Eternal. With you, in love and deep joy. Signed: Mother Page 24