Page-165 ".........................before Thee we bow down and implore that we may never forget, even for a moment, all we owe to Thee." The Mother 09-12-1950 Remembering Sri Aurobindo A Programme: at SAVITRI BHAVAN Date: 05th December, 2004 Day: Sunday Time: 3:30 EM. "Division ceased to be, for God was there. The soul lit the conscious body with its ray, Matter and Spirit mingled and were one." Book II, 8 "O Divine Victor, all earth sings Thy praise and all forces will obey Thee. For the Lord has said, "The hour has come". And all obstacles will be surmounted, — The Mother "All we owe to Thee" was the

-27_If the Mother Is with Me, Then I Don't Need Anything (Lachman Ben).htm 21 "If the Mother Is with Me, Then I Don't Need Anything" Lachman Ben Remembering the Mother? It is actually no more remembering; She is with us, being a part of us, and working through us. She has just moulded our life and we have to keep ourselves open to Her. This is what I feel. I remember when I first heard about Auroville—I was in Bombay—immediately I had this thought: "Oh, I would like to have a plot of land and live there." But it took its own time. I came here on my 40th Birthday in 1969. I had placed my head on the Mother's lap and given myself to Her. A new life started for me. Actually I was

-51_Everything Happened around the Mother's Movements and Her Timetable (Tapas Bhatt).htm 5 Everything Happened around the Mother's Movements and Her Timetable Tapas Bhatt The life at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram was a unique experience. To be a student in the Ashram School from my early age of four is a special privilege to be educated under the direct guidance of the Mother. How did I happen to be there in the year 1956 with my parents, older sister Chetana, my younger brother Manan and my grandfather Dr.Becharlal Bhatt ? Short background of my family Dadaji, as I used to call my grandfather was already connected to Sri Aurobindo and the Mother's Yoga from many many y

-60_From Light to Delight (Varadharajan).htm From Light to Delight Varadharajan The Mother had declared 1971 as 'A sweet year' and Auroville is a special beneficiary of that sweetness. In the new millennium, as a manifestation of the recapturing of that sweetness, a 'Remembering the Mother' and 'Remembering Sri Aurobindo' programme was started in the beginning of 2001 and continued till the end of 2004, the leap year. Each time it was a special occasion. This book is a collection of many of these sharings. We hope that through all these remembrances that are gathered here, the Sweet Presence of our Mother and Sri Aurobindo which was felt during the happenings is recaptured again and is carri

-35_She Was Like a Mother, Not an Awesome Figure (Prof Kittu Reddy).htm 5 "She Was Like a Mother, Not an Awesome Figure" An Interview with Prof. Kittu Reddy Q: Can you tell us something about the days when you came to the Ashram as a young boy? Kittu Reddy: Except on the darshan days, we used to meet the Mother four or five times a day: in the morning 'balcony darshan', then again at '9 o' clock Blessings'—when she used to give tomatoes or fruits to the children—at midday Vegetable darshan' and often in the evenings at the Playground. So, four times a day. This was from the year 1943 to 1958. Q: What was the place of children in the Ashram in early days? Kittu Reddy: Children were

-39_No VIP Treatment (N. K. Krishnamurti).htm 9 No VIP Treatment N. K. Krishnamurti Fifty-three years ago, in 1950, as a teenager I came to Pondicherry for the first time and had the Darshan of the Lord. I did not know much about Pondicherry. I went to my friend's house in Cuddalore (a town close to Pondicherry) and was escorted to Pondicherry on 23rd November, evening. I stayed overnight and the next day was the Darshan day. In those days one had to get prior permission (of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother) for the Darshan. It was very difficult to get the permission. My friends at Madras tried many times; they could not get any answer. I was very much discouraged but some friends told me, "You

-20_She Was with Us; We Felt the Heaven Was with Us (Deepshika Reddy).htm 14 "She Was with Us; We Felt the Heaven Was with Us" Deepshika Reddy I saw the Mother for the first time when I was 13 years old, in 1959. I came from the Delhi branch of the Ashram. The day was the 1st of December, and the Mother was distributing Prosperity to all the Ashramites in the room above the Reception hall, which is the one you see just as you enter the Ashram. When I went to her, she smiled and gave me a small soap cake as prasad. To the rest of the students she gave a delicate pink rose flower to each. The first memory and impression that I have of the Mother is something very ethereal because sh

-56_A Child of Mine Should Never Be Afraid (Lisbeth).htm 10 "A Child of Mine Should Never Be Afraid" Lisbeth I came to Auroville in May 1971, having travelled with J... from Holland overland in a five-month long road trip. First we heard about Auroville in an underground magazine called Hit week! Aloha: a small article talked about the galaxy concept and moving sidewalks ! We had also obtained with difficulty a first Swiss edition of Satprem's i\dventure of Consciousness'. We stayed in a guesthouse in Rue Romain Rolland and on the advice of a friendly sadhak we found the blue Auroville school bus, leaving for Auroville from the Ashram every day. Finding ourselves on the red, b

-58_Memorable Moments with the Mother (Peter A.).htm 12 Memorable Moments with the Mother Peter A. It was at the end of December 1970 when I was landing at New Delhi airport on a four weeks surprise trip to India. I was warmly greeted by the golden rays of an early morning sun when coming down the gangway and breathing in the fresh air of a misty dawn. It was my first encounter with India and it was during that first day that I was struck by an overwhelming and deep sensation of finally coming home. When travelling through Northern India the following weeks that intensive impression never left me and did warmly colour my daily encounters. It was like looking through the eyes of th

-09_Aspiration(Crist of).htm 4 Aspiration Cristof When we came to live in Aspiration, we were babies, and we still are babies. But like babies, we had such faith in our Mother, in Her new creation: everything was going to change, today, or may be tomorrow... From the red earth a new world would arise, because "All's miracle here and can by miracle change." After some time, we felt the need to come closer to Her, I mean physically, and to put before Her the problems, day to day problems that we had. I wrote to Her and She agreed to see the three of us, Alain, Jean Pierre (Bhagawan Das) and myself, once a week on Tuesdays at three o' clock in the afternoon." Most of the time we were r