INTRODUCTION When we have passed beyond humanity, then we shall be the Man. Sri Aurobindo This AGENDA ... One day, another species among men will pore over this fabulous document as over the tumultuous drama that must have surrounded the birth of the first man among the hostile hordes of a great, delirious Paleozoic. A first man is the dangerous contradiction of a certain simian logic, a threat to the established order that so genteelly ran about amid the high, indefeasible ferns - and to begin with, it does not even know that it is a man. It wonders, indeed, what it is. Even to itself it is strange, distressing. It does not even know how to climb tre

October 25, 1958 (Concerning the disciple's tantric guru) When X does his puja, I clearly see the particular form of the Mother he is invoking - I see her descending. Each one is in touch with the universal expression of an aspect or a will or a mode of the Supreme, and if one aspires for this, it is this that comes, with an extraordinary plasticity. And when that happens, I even become the Witness (not the witness in the way of the Purusha2: a witness far more ... infinite and eternal than the Purusha). I see what responds, why it responds, how it responds. This is how I know what people want (not here below, nor even in their highest aspiration). I see it even when the pe

May 24, 1960 It happened last night. For approximately three hours, the physical ego disintegrated for the first time in such a total way. Nothing remained but the Force, nothing remained but Sat-Chit-Ananda,' and not only in the consciousness but in the physical sensation - the divine Satchidananda spreading in a constant flood throughout the universe. These experiences are always absolute, as long as they last; then, through certain signs that I know (I am accustomed to it), I notice that the body consciousness begins closing up again. Or rather, 'something' - evidently a Supreme Wisdom - decides it's sufficient for this time and that the body has had enough. It ought not to b

May 25, 1959 (Letter from Mother to Satprem) Tuesday, 1 o'clock Satprem, my dear child, I can only repeat the prayer that I made to the Supreme Lord this morning: 'May Your Will be done in all things and at every moment. And may Your Love manifest.' Page 302 As for you, I received your promise made very solemnly at a moment of clear consciousness, and I am sure you will not fail in it. My love is with you. Signed: Mother (Satprem's reply) May 27, 1959 Mother, If it is to make me feel all my wrongs that you remind me of my 'solemn promise,' then I am ready to acknowledge all these wrongs. I am guilty, without any extenuating circumstances, and I expect

July 26, 1960 I woke up at three o'clock (what I mean is, I came out of my nightly activities). I had an hour ahead of me before getting up. So I concentrated and went within. I came out of the concentration at 4:10 - quite late. For I was VERY busy! I was in some sort of small house similar to my room, but it was at the top of a tower, for you could see the landscape from above. It was similar to my room here, with large windows. And I was much taller than I actually am, for there was a ledge below each window (there was a cupboard below each window, as in my room), and this ledge came quite low on me; in my room, it comes up to my chest, whereas it was much lower in my vision. A

M o t h e r's   A g e n d a   Topographical_ Topographical Note From the time of Sri Aurobindo's departure (1950) until 1957, we have only a few notes and fragments or rare statements noted from memory. These are the only landmarks of this period, along with Mother's Questions and Answers from her talks at the Ashram Playground. A few of these conversations have been reproduced here insofar as they mark stages of the Supramental Action. From 1957, Mother received us twice a week in the office of Pavitra, the most senior of the French disciples, on the second floor of the main Ashram building, on some pretext of work or other. She listened to our queries, spoke to us at length of yoga, occultis

April 22, 1957 (Letter to Mother from Satprem) Pondicherry, April 22, 1957 Sweet Mother, The book is finished.' I would like to give it to you personally, if it would not disturb you, whenever you wish. Your child, Signed: Satprem July 3, 1957 (Extract from the Wednesday class) I have been asked if we are doing a collective yoga and what are the conditions of a collective yoga. First, I could tell you that to do a collective yoga, there has to be a collectivity! ... And I could speak to you about the different conditions required to be a collectivity. But last night (smiling), I had a symbolic vision of our collectivity. This vision took place early

July 24-25, 1959 [[Note written by Mother in French regarding a crucial experience to which She will later refer a number of times. ]] First penetration of the supramental force into the body. Sri Aurobindo alive in a concrete and permanent subtle physical body. 1. Shortly afterwards, Satprem left on a journey and returned only two months later. Page 25 ISBN 2-902776-33-0

Undated 1957 (Letter from Mother to Satprem) Thursday My dear child, Those to whom I have said, 'You are my children,' are always so, no matter where they are or what they do. Thus you are sure of always remaining my child - for the rest, act according to your heart, and you will always have my blessings. Signed: Mother Page 109 ISBN 2-902776-33-0

December 2, 1960 (After meditating together) A sort of unification is taking place [in you], as if you had become a more uniform whole within-without. I don't know how to explain this - it feels more unified, more organized - uniform. Not some parts more developed and others less so, some more luminous and others less so; it's much more uniform, and uniform even in the vibration, a kind of ... really a uniformity in all its movements, responses, vibrations, light. And this kind of powdering of the new light which I see is much more widespread. It's as if everything, everything ... what is happening is really a work of unifying - stabilizing, unifying. And this powdering of gold