March 22, 1972 (For the last three days, Mother has been "ill": violent vomiting, etc. She gasps for breath as she speaks.) This time it's serious. Page 94 I haven't been able to eat - I can't eat (gesture of vomiting). The body is reduced to the minimum. We shall see. If it holds on, it will be all right. But three nights ago, I saw a gigantic tidal wave - a tidal wavesubmerging everything. Aah! When I see that, there's usually a catastrophe the next day. Butthere was no catastrophe the next day - it seems to have fallen on you. I don't know ... a gigantic tidal wave. (after a silence) At night, I don't sleep, you know, but I go into a deep rest, a

January 2, 1972 (Message from Mother) When Sri Aurobindo left his body he said that he would not abandon us. And in truth, during these twenty-one years, he has always been with us, guiding and helping all those who are receptive and open to his influence. In this year of his centenary, his help will be stronger still. It is up to us to be more open and to know how to take advantage of it. The future is for those who have the soul of a hero. The stronger and more sincere our faith, the more powerful and effective will be the help received. Page 22

July 15, 1972 Do you have something? No, nothing in particular, except that it's difficult. No questions? It's difficult. (silence) I had some things for you (Mother feels the objects on the table near her), it was in an envelope. "One must not confuse a religious teaching and aspiritual teaching. Religious teaching belongs to the past and stops all progress, spiritual teaching is the teaching of the future. It enlightens the consciousness and prepares it for the future realization. A spiritual teaching is above religions and strivestowards a total truth. It teaches us to come into direct contact with the Divine." It's for a lady who came from I d

June 4, 1972 (Mother sees Sujata) ... People are so corrupt, you know, that were the Grace to withdraw but one hour, everything would go ... brrm! (gesture of violent explosion). Page 204

February 8, 1973 (This is an extract from a meeting with a few teachers from the school. We owe these recordings to the kind cooperation of one of them.) What is the best way of preparing ourselves? For one clearly feels that all this is going to require a rather extensive prepa ration. To broaden and enlighten your consciousness, naturally. But how to do that ? ... How do you broaden and enlighten your Page 360 consciousness? If each one of you could find his psychic being and unite with it, all problems would be solved. The psychic being is the Divine's representative in the human being. It's true, you know: the Divine isn't something far-off and out

April 13, 1972 (Conversation with Sujata. From now on, none of the recordings made in Mother's room by her attendant will be communi cated to Satprem. What follows was noted down from memory by Sujata. She first reads to Mother a letter from one of the schoolchildren; Sujata was trying to build a bridge between Mother and the mass of anonymous people who truly loved her but had no access to her.) Sweet Mother, It seems that you no longer see everyone on theirbirthdays. Is it because of a lack of time or for some occult reason? People say that seeing too many people every day tires you, but if such is the reason, twenty peo ple coming to receive your Blessing

June 21, 1972 (Satprem reads to Mother a few fragments of "Notes on the Way" for the next Bulletin. Towards the end of the second fragment, Mother seems to be elsewhere. Suddenly, she moans and hides her face in her hands. We pray.) 211

December 30, 1972 (Mother distributes presents) So, a new year is coming.... Do you have a feeling about the new year? (after a silence) Things have taken an extreme form. There's a sort of lifting of the whole atmosphere towards an almost ... inconceivable splendor, but at the same time, there's a feeling that one can ... die any moment - not "die," but the body could dissolve. Both things together make up a consciousness in which... (Mother shakes her head) all past experiences seem puerile, childish, unconscious. And this ... is stupendous and wonderful. But the body, the body has a single prayer - always the same: Make me worthy of knowing You Make me worthy o

M o t h e r's   A g e n d a   Undated_1958 Undated 1958 When you are exteriorized during sleep and conscious in the vital world, you can live a vital life as conscious as the physical life. I have known people who had this capacity and who were so intensely interested in their experiences in the vital world that they returned only with regret to their bodies. If you are conscious and master of yourself in the vital world and if you possess a certain power there, the circumstances are marvelous, infinitely more varied and more beautiful than in the physical world. Page 223 Suppose, for example, that you are very tired and need to rest. If you know how to exteriorize yourself and consciously enter i