March 7, 1958 (Letter to Mother from Satprem) Kataragama, March 7, 1958 Sweet Mother, Since my departure, I have been feeling your Force continually, almost constantly. And I feel an infinite gratitude that you are there, and that this thread from you to me keeps me anchored to something in this world. Simply knowing that you exist, that you are there, that I have a goal, a center - fills me with infinite gratitude. On a street in Madras, the day after I left, I suddenly Page 149 had a poignant experience: I felt that if 'that' were not in me, I would fall to pieces on the sidewalk, I would crumble, nothing would be left, nothing. And this experience remains. Li

November 26, 1960 (Mother had wanted this personal conversation to be erased and remain untranscribed, but considering its importance, we thought it better to preserve it.) Your force cured me in one hour in a spectacular waywould understand if you had merely cured my flu, for that's something more general, and with a good general vibration it can be removed; but the force acted with an astonishing preci sion and accuracy: first it wiped out my flu, then it touched a toothache that's been hurting for the last three days, and in five minutes that was gone. Finally, I had a pulled ligament which for three or four years now has periodically give

August 2, 1952 Only when it is no longer necessary for my body to resemble the bodies of men in order to make them progress will it be free to be supramentalized.2 ** Only when men shall depend exclusively upon the Divine and upon nothing else will the incarnate god no longer need to die for them. 2 1. Original English. In another version, Mother wrote, 'a ray of the Consciousness.' 2. Note written by Mother in French. Page 28

April 24, 1960 (Letter from Mother to Satprem) ... It is to make you understand that whenever you are ill, something is ill in your being. Page 365 ISBN 2-902776-33-0

May 1959 (Letter to Mother from Satprem) Pondicherry, May 1959 Sweet Mother, I read your letter to X.' He immediately said, 'I shall explain tomorrow.' Then he added this: 'Usually, before going to Mother I concentrate on the Divinity on which we are going to meditate, or by which we are going to get help. Thus, some Divinity (goddess) comes and with it the ceremony and ritual and colors. I shall explain more tomorrow.' As I am wary of his 'tomorrows,' I insisted, especially in regard to the luminous globe 2 and I asked if it were the same thing as the Shakti of the other experiences. He said it was not, that it was different, and he repeated 'more tomorrow.' Then, by way of conclud

December 17, 1960 (Mother gives the disciple a cadamba flower which she has named 'Supramental Sun' - a striking orange ball consisting of innumerable stamens) It's beautiful, isn't it? It's all together, but it's innumerable. It's ONE thing going in all directions. And what a color! The tree is glorious. Nature is a marvelous inventor - everything She does is beautiful. I don't believe that man has succeeded in producing anything so perfect. Later, it's true, some new species were developed by him, but nevertheless Nature still remains the origin. Yes, ugliness seems to begin with man. Page 493 1. The tantric guru. During his periodic visits to the Ashram,

September 21, 1951 O mon doux Seigneur, suprême Vérité j'aspire à ce que cette nourriture que j'absorbe, infuse dans toutes les cellules de mon corps Ta toute-connaissance, Ta toute-puissance, Ta toute-bonté. (translation) O my sweet Lord supreme Truth, I aspire that this food I take may infuse into all the cells of my body Your all-knowledge, Your all-power, Your all-kindness. Page 337 ISBN 2-902776-33-0

November 28, 1958 (Extract from the last Friday class) As it is, the physical body is really only a very disfigured shadow of the eternal life of the Self, but this physical body is capable of a progressive development; the physical substance progresses through each individual formation, and one day it will be able to build a bridge between physical life as we know it and the supramental life that is to manifest. Page 251 ISBN 2-902776-33-0

Undated OM Om, Seigneur Suprême, Dieu de bonté et de miséricorde, Om, Seigneur Suprême, Dieu d'amour et de compassion, Om, Seigneur Suprême, prends possession de ces cellules, Om, Seigneur Suprême, prends possession de ce cerveau, Om, Seigneur Suprême, prends possession de ces nerfs , Om, Seigneur Suprême, prends possession de cette pensée, Om, Seigneur Suprême, prends possession de cette parole, Om, Seigneur Suprême, prends possession de cette action, Om, Seigneur Suprême, prends possession de ce corps, Om, Seigneur Suprême, prends possession de ce cÏur, Om, Seigneur Suprême, prends possession de cette matière, Om, Seigneur Suprême, prends possession de

October 1, 1958 (Mother speaks of an experience She had during, the Wednesday class at the playground:) It was so strong, so strong that it was really inexpressible. The negative expel fence of no longer being an individual, or in other words, the dissolution of the ego, took place a long time ago and still takes place quite often: the ego completely vanishes. But this was a positive experience of being ... not just the universe in its totality, but something else - ineffable, yet concrete, absolutely concrete! Unutterable' - and yet utterly concrete: the divine Person beyond the Impersonal. The experience lasted for only a few minutes. And I knew, then, that all our words