October 11, 1972 (After inquiring about Satprem's health.) And in general is it better? Yes. I don't know, how do you see it yourself? (Mother laughs) I mean, is it better on the whole? ... Can't you hear? Yes, yes, of course I can hear! You mean the whole of ... Page 294 Of you? Oh, me.... I don't know, I'm a speck of dust ... that is tryingto be a little useful, that's all. (Mother nods her head) But I don't know what "me" is. Whenever I see that "me," itseems quite ridiculous and dark. (Mother laughs) Everything good in me isn't "me" at all. That I understand! So I really don't know. That's very good. Yes, but the person I

December 16, 1972 (Mother gives Satprem an egg) I have nothing.... I've become poor! Then the world is poor! (Mother laughs) How are you? Quite well, Mother, yes, quite well. Inside, I know. What does the world look like to you from that otherconsciousness ? (Mother does not seem to have heard the question) Page 325 As I told you: I am happy - are you satisfied? Oh, yes! Certainly! Well, there you are; it's true. I find you are making progress. Ah, God willing! Shall we go there together? Yes, Mother! But Id like to be able to follow you. (Mother smiles, making a gesture of pulling Satprem with a rope) Hem! ... I'll pull you! G

April 8, 1973 (The next day, as agreed, I came to see Mother. From now on, the attendant was barely visible anymore, but she secretly recorded our conversations. [[Mother was well aware of it and had even said to her son, "She records when she isn't supposed to." ]] The whole time of this meeting is spent in meditation. I keep having the feeling that Mother is trying to build another kind of bridge with me. Towards the end.) Will I see you tomorrow? It seems there are "still too many people".... All right, Mother. And.... (Mother plunges in again) [397] Page 397

March 4, 1972 (Mother has a cold. She remains in contemplation for hall an hour.) Nothing to say? What about you, Mother, how are you? I have a fever. It was mad yesterday, they made me see two hundred people. Yes, it's too much. It's mad. (Mother plunges in again) Nothing? And you, nothing to say? (Mother shakes her head) What time is it? Ten to eleven, Mother. Do you want to stay ten minutes more? Page 79 Yes, if you like, Mother, gladly! Willingly. When I remain quiet like this, I am all right. (Mother plunges in) Page 80

December 13, 1972 Weren't we supposed to have a meditation? A meditation? Yes, Mother, you said you wanted to try an experiment withme. You said you wanted to take me with you into that con sciousness.... Would you like to? Yes, if you'd like to! Well, personally, I am always there. So.... What's difficult for me is to become conscious of the world as it is. What did I tell you last time? You said you wanted to try an experiment. You wanted to takeme with you into that consciousness to see my sensation. Page 324 Ah! Very good. Now? Yes, rather! Give me your hand. (Mother takes Satprem's hand for a moment then plunges in for a full ho

February 26, 1972 (Mother hands Satprem her message for February 29, the fourth anniversary of the "supramental descent" of February 29, 1956.) It is only when the Supramentalmanifests in the body-mind that its presence can be permanent. [[Mother's translation from the French. ]] Mother This message comes from Sri Aurobindo - although it is made to appear as mine. It was Sri Aurobindo who wrote it. All I said was: Sri Aurobindo said "permanent." Page 72 But, Mother, it's also your own experience, isn't it?... Yes, evidently. (Mother laughs silence) But wiser to let it settle in before we talk about it! Once things are established, then....

May 19, 1973 The last meeting (Sujata gives Mother a pale yellow, slightly golden hibiscus with a red heart. Mother holds the flower without seeing it. That day, I don't know why, I was full of questions.) What is it? It's "Ananda in the physical." We badly need it! Yes, Mother! And you? I was thinking about something Sri Aurobindo wrote.... In Page 417 "Savitri," he clearly says, "Almighty powers are shut in Nature's cells." [IV.IIL370.] In ... ? In Nature's cells. Ohh! ... Oh, that is interesting! ALMIGHTY powers. (silence) He doesn't say anything else? No, not on that subject.... The consciousness of the cells seems to be

August 12, 1972 Nothing to ask? Is there anything new? Oh, it's always new! And you, what's new with you? Nothing, Mother, I'm a little upset about my lack of consciousness during sleep.... I wonder what on earth I do at night! Page 267 (after a silence) Does anyone see Pavitra at night? (Sujata:) I see him almost every night. Oh, you see him.... Me, I see him just as when he was here; and he's busy doing things - a totally conscious and active life. Last night, he was speaking to some people, organizing meetings, he was extraordinarily active. Besides, he was among people who still have a physical body, who were sleeping, I mean who had come out of thei

July 22, 1972 I have some things for you. (Mother gropes for something on the table beside her and hands Satprem a note in English) Man is the creation of yesterday. Sri Aurobindo has come to announce the creation of tomorrow. Is that all? I wrote it in French and I put, "The creation of tomorrow, the advent of the supramental being." Because they are likely to call it "superman" if I don't put "supramental being." The advent of the supramental being. We are just in between. No longer this, not yet that - the time that's the most.... (brief silence) *** Page 230 (Thus, I sent to SABDA and All India Press the note signed by Mother. As was to be expec

May 24, 1972 You are ... (Mother holds Satprem's hands). I don't know if you are aware of it, but you are associated in all this work of transformation, like this (gesture of being carried along in the wake) ... as if you were fastened to it. (silence) But the work is taking place in a region beyond words. Yes.... For some time now I've been very much feeling your presence. Ahh! ... As for me, I always feel you're there, as though you were clinging to me, so each time something is accomplished, it is naturally passed on to you. (Laughing) Clinging like a child. Yes, I really feel it's the only solution. (long smiling silence while holding Satprem's hands) A