August 5, 1961 (Mother gives Satprem some flowers.) This is Skill in Works. [[Phlox. ]] And Mahalakshmi, [[Nymphea (Water Lily), pure white with golden center. ]] which means success. Tomorrow I'm going downstairs. Oh, yes? You didn't know? Tomorrow is Sunday, I'm distributing saris and napkins. Page 301 So, mon petit, do you have any questions? Not many more. Some small details. [[For the preparation of Satprem's book on Sri Aurobindo. ]] Could you hand me a fan? The mosquitoes are a nuisance. Well then? First of all, in the 'Questions and Answers' you speak of the 'reversal of consciousness.' Is this synonymous with the psychic realizati

Undated (Regarding the ego and the ancient religious initiations which taught: 'You are That' or 'You are the All.) A moment comes when self-observation is no longer possible. Even in these expressions 'All is You' or 'You are the All' (and the same holds for 'You are the Divine' or 'The Divine is you'), there is still something watching. A moment comes - it comes in flashes and doesn't easily remain - when it's the All who thinks, the All who knows, the All who feels, the All who lives. There's not even - not even - the feeling that you have reached this state. Then it is good. But up to this point there is still a small corner [of the 'I'] somewhere - generally the observer

May 12, 1961 Aphorism 60 - There is no mortality. it is only the Immortal who can die; the mortal could neither be born nor perish. Page 203 The Immortal can pass from the condition of life to the condition of death (but not 'death' as we understand it); 'can die' means 'can change condition.' The Immortal can pass from this condition to that condition and back and forth again. We call it 'death,' but it has nothing to do with either life or death. They are changes of state. (silence) I've had this notebook [[The notebook of a disciple who asks questions on the Aphorisms which Mother 'must' answer regularly. ]] for days - don't feel like answering. You're not well?

September 10, 1961 (Concerning the tantric guru:) Has A. spoken to you about this? ... X told him that you were the bridge between him and me (he even spoke in English): 'Oh, Satprem was the bridge.' (Mother smiles) And a second later he added, 'But now we don't need it anymore!' (Mother laughs merrily) I was much amused! * (A little later, regarding the book on Sri Aurobindo:) Anything one can write is so flat, so flat in comparison with what one perceives! Yes, in comparison with Sri Aurobindo's contact (the vibration that comes from him, if you like), it always seems meager, always flat. Even the most ... you know, spiritual experiences that have been described,

April 15, 1961 I am in a state that is ... how can I put it? ... Non-existent. Nonexistent because .... I would rather say nothing. Let's work. * (Later, after the work:) All kinds of things are coming up from the subconscient. We seem to be constantly descending instead of ascending. Oh, the subconscient! Every night it's a real invasion of things that are so ... the WHOLE subconscient keeps coming up, coming up, coming up - not just mine but everybody's. There seems to be no end to it. But now I have the knack of forgetting - I just forget. Because when I used to remember, I had to fight for entire days. So as soon as I wake up, I erase it right away: go away! Go

December 20, 1961 (Satprem reads Mother some extracts from the letter he has just received from his publisher in Paris.) I'm skipping over the carefully phrased introduction.... 'Dear Sir ... I must begin by telling you that although this text is an excellent essay, it is not, in its present form, a book for the "Spiritual Masters" series. Let us enumerate the reasons for this. First of all, the general impression is of an ABSTRACT text. I can straight-away imagine your reaction to this and I dread misunderstandings! But putting myself in the reader's place, since, once again, it does involve a collection intended for a wide public that we are beginning to know well,

D Dalai Lama 17:307 Dance as expression of inner 1ife 3:111-12 Russian 3:ll2 Danger a»uidin9 8:224,229-30 cry of material consciousness 17:199 feeling of 16:42-43 of abandoning reason 10:15 Jot rapturous 'state of' consciousness 10:175-76 of tapasya 4:72 of yoga 3:4-5 I progress and 12:l55; 16:335 protection against 3:101; 16:351 Dante 10:345-46 Darkness consciousness dispel 3:l01 falling into 16:l42 1 feeling lost in 17:59,131 light and 16:408 reign of 16:7 return of 17:99 rising in the consciousness 17:97-98,124,158 Darshan 11:102-05 ; 16 1335; 17:1l6,286 at the balcony 7:257; 16:230 Dates 17:371 Significance of 8:90-91,93

C Caesar death of 10:61 Call(s)cal1ing calm 6:377 the Divine 3:160;7:415;8:93;16:290; 17:238,365,378-7 down the Truth 17:249,356 from family in illness 17:318 For protection 17:403-04 the Grace 5:367-68 the guru 4:l29 the Mother 6!201-02; 7:88; 16 :44-45,967,164 ,189,215;17:43,253 responding to the Divine 3:2;8:223 response and 16:388 spiritual, and Yoga 16:25 Sri Aurobindo (invocation of) 17:43,298,378,414, world of delight 16:2I55 Calm/'Calmness 8:286;12:ll4;14:140-141;17:8 , action and 8:330-31 agitation of mind and vital 17:69 aspiration for 5:396-97;17:111-12 brining down 16:231 calling

P Pain 8:83-85; 10;246; 12:295-96 artistic creation and 6:379-83 curing, methods of- 7 : 130-32 ,149-50 ; 8 : 213-14 delight and 10:158,334-35,351 the Divine Mother and 10:170 fear and 10:l71 from suggest ions 17:158 go right to heart of 12:75 healed by Sri Aurobindo 9:254 how not to feel 16:325 illness and 6:406-08 knowledge, ignorance and 6:287-89 mind and 10:359 of wrongly re-entering the body 17:412 only during sleep 17: 414-15 progress and 8:214 ; 12:75 separation and 7:401 sexual desires and 12:296 suffering, the Divine and 5:385-86 ; 6:287-89 ; 16:411 teaching body to bear 10:17

Y Yasa 3:207 Yoga 13:137; 14:32-63 abstaining from accept all that happen 16:156 advancing, condition for 4:99 adverse forces attack aspirants of 5:157-59 advice to aspirants of 9:169-70,180,241-42 aim/goal of 3:30 ambition in 7:265 cause of fall 5: 8 application for 17: 16 4 approaches to: power,peace, etc. 4:64,66 art and 3: 104-113; 8:158-59 as first duty of teacher's 12:376 ascent and descent, double line of 3:30 aspiration for 7:214 attachment contrary to 17:44 attitude, ideal in difficulty 9:423-24 attitude in action 4:133,279-80 attitude in effort for progress 9 :316-18,426-