-34_Going Down the Memory Lane Relating to the Divine Mother (Dr. Suresh Dey & Mrs. Tripti Dey).htm 4 Going Down the Memory Lane Relating to the Divine Mother An Interview with Dr. Suresh Dey & Mrs. Tripti Dey Beena: There are moments when this happens—when you feel like leaving and you feel, what is this? Where is Auroville? And while expressing to Syamala one day about the possibility of publishing (in a book form) the experiences of the devotees who had met the Mother or had worked under Her instruc-tions, we felt that it was like "Food for the Soul". At the same time the task is like.... "Pumping the Air"! To organize something on a large scale it takes some time an

-38_I Had Her Darshan (Jayant Thakkar).htm 8 "I Had Her Darshan" Jayant Thakkar I started my life in a poor family. By the grace of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo, I am here since the last 30 years. I was in jail for 15 months in Sabarmati, Ahmedabad, as a freedom fighter. Leaving my medical studies I had decided myself that I would never enter politics —that was not my cup of tea. In jail, by god's grace I met saintly people. I could read Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa, Sri Aurobindo etc. I was in touch with some good people who showed me what greatness is, what is divine and how to change one's life. You cannot change anybody; we have to change ourselves first. During jail life; I could mee

-26_What Do You Know about His Destiny (S. Mahalingam).htm 20 "What Do You Know about His Destiny?" S. Mahalingam When one speaks of the contacts with Avatars like the Mother and Sri Aurobindo, people would naturally expect to hear wonderful, miraculous happenings. But in my life, nothing extraordinary has happened. Of course things have happened in my life which for me are important, precious and I cherish them and I am grateful for the grace that made those things possible, but for others it may not be so. Firstly I am just going to say how I came to the Mother and Sri Aurobindo. When I was twenty-one I read the complete works of Swami Vivekananda and all that was available of R

-59_We Remember (The Remembering Team).htm WE REMEMBER... When asked for a message, from our respected brother Nirod-da for a session, he expressed: "What can I say about Her? She is the great mystery... no words can describe Her, vast, immense, indefinable.... * * * Amal-da from his bed at Nursing Home recited this poem for us saying he will be present in spirit. The recorded poem was played at the session. THIS ERRANT LIFE This errant life is dear although it dies; And human lips are sweet though they but sing Of stars estranged from us; and youth's emprise Is wondrous yet, although an unsure thing. Sky-lucent Bliss untouched by earthiness! I fear t

-37_Even the Little Sparrow Was Very Important (Richard).htm 7 Even the Little Sparrow Was Very Important Richard I would like to begin with a little-known passage written by the Mother, it is part of a series of visions described by her and published in the Bulletin where she describes the meeting of herself with the soul who was to share her work completely (Sri Aurobindo)—it is very poetic, very short and very beautiful also. In silence they exchanged the depths of their souls and thoughts. In silence they spoke of the greatness of the work to be done And at the splendour of the victory to come Of which the dazzling radiance about him seems a glorious pledge.

-49_It Is Still the Same (Nergez).htm 3 It Is Still the Same Nergez In January 1972, I with some of my friends from our Hatha Yoga class was going by taxi from Bombay [Mumbai] to Pune. I heard them discussing about their trip to Pondicherry in February. Since I had heard from friends and family about the Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, I was curious. I asked them if I could also join them. So, on 19th February, 18 of us from Bombay came to Pondicherry. On 21st February, being Mother's Birthday, She gave 'balcony darshan'. That was my first glimpse of Her and I must confess: I was not much impressed. As one of our group members knew most of the Ashram Trustees, we managed to get Her darsha

-24_One Look Was Enough to Put You into an Absolutely Different Dimension (Shirley Lyons).htm 18 "One Look Was Enough to Put You into an Absolutely Different Dimension" Shirley Lyons I am like a butterfly that flies into Auroville for three or four months and then leaves. I have been doing this since 1972. When I read about this program I came here because I have had an intense meeting with the Mother. I don't know if you are exhausted or want to hear another story. Seventy-two years ago, I was born into a Dutch Christian Reform family. From the age of eight through eleven, my brother and I would spend every weekend at the home of my very religious grandparents. Each Sunday we

-15_I Told You I Will Do the Work (Kailas).htm 9 "I Told You I Will Do the Work" Kailas When I was living in America, whenever I asked the Mother if I could come to the Ashram, Her answer was: "Not yet." One day, I just asked: "Mother, what's the duration of this 'not yet'?" And She wrote to me: "Those who have lived in America and are accustomed to American comforts would find life in the Ashram very dry, hard and difficult. So, I am not calling you." One day, I saw in an advertisement in a newspaper that a cargo ship was due to leave for India in a month and seats were available. I couldn't immediately buy the tickets because I had to write and ask the Mother. They agreed to keep

-07_Our Mother (Shyam Sunder).htm 2 Our Mother Shyam Sunder My association with Auroville has been from the very beginning. In fact there was a time when Auroville was to be started in 1965, and somehow or the other, I happened to be associated with it from the first day that the idea of Auroville was given by Mother to the world. But my association with Mother started still earlier although not so early as Aster's. My first darshan of Mother was in 1949. It was in February 1949, and next month— after a few days—it will be 52 years since I saw her first. I was a youth of 22 at that time and I do not remember having seen even Mother's photo before I came here but once I was here a relationship

PART II Page-107 1 Sri Madanlal Himatsingka 16.7.71 Bonne Fete To Madanlal with love appreciation of his good work and blessings for the realisation of his aspirations Mother * * * Savitri Bhavan September 2001 We were all touched by the heart-warming words simply said by Shri Madanlalji. Extraordinary stories throwing light on the power of the Mahashakti embodied in the Mother who nevertheless was felt as the Mother by her children. We all felt that Presence, as he recounted some happenings in his personal life. All aims in her were lost, then found in her; His base was gathered to one pointing