12 January 1965 The whole thing is to hold on. And to hold on, I have found only one way; it is this Calm, the inner calm ― a calm that has to become all the more... (how to say it?) complete, as the struggle is more material. There has been for some time past (particularly since the first of January) a kind of bombardment of adverse forces ― a fury, you know. Then you must remain like this (Mother becomes immobile like a statue), that is all. And when physically you have been shaken, you must not ask too much of the body, you must give it a good deal of tranquillity, a good deal of rest. The difficulty is that I am very much absorbed by the  condition of this b

9 June 1971 There is a rush of adverse forces. A mad rush. But the Response has started coming – it is just a small beginning. In everyone it was as though a hurricane – it has not gone completely. All that was believed to have been conquered and repulsed, rushes back again – in the most unexpected persons – in all forms, but especially in character, oh !... doubts and revolts and all that.... (Silence) A message was asked from me for the whole of India. I have given it. (Mother hands the text to the disciple.) Supreme Lord, Eternal Truth Let us obey Thee alone and live according to Truth. It is a terrible onrush of Falsehood. It

* THE MOTHER - 1969

9 February 1972 This talk begins with Mother's comments on the message to be distributed on the Darshan of 21 February 1972. “The complete unification of the whole being around the psychic centre is the essential condition to realise a perfect sincerity.” I have observed that people were insincere simply because one part of the being says one thing and another part says another thing. It is that which constitutes insincerity. But it is very difficult to have a state of consciousness that is permanent, to have always the same conscious ness ruling all the time. But that is true so long as one is not unified, my child. As

13 March 1968 In her talk of 27 May 1953, Mother gave the following answer to the question of a disciple: “Can the Divine withdraw from us?” “That is an impossibility. Because if the Divine with- drew from something, immediately it would collapse, for it would not exist. To put it more clearly: The Divine is the only existence.” Now I would have answered: it is as though you asked whether the Divine could withdraw from Himself! (Mother laughs.) That is the trouble: when one says “Divine'', they understand “God''.... There is only That: That alone exists. That, what is it? That alone exists! (Silence) Even this mornin

29 September 1971 Durga Puja: Victory Day (Vijaya Dashami) It was clear, very clear today, a strong Pressure to say: Victory, it is Harmony; Victory, it is the Divine; and for the body, Victory is good health. Each and every ailment, each and every illness is a falsehood. It came this morning. And it was so clear. It was convincing. So, it is all right. It is as though by the Pressure all Falsehood had come out. The most unexpected things – in people, in objects, in circumstances. And it is truly... no imagination can equal that. It is unbelievable. But it is a good sign, isn't it? Oh, yes! Oh, yes!... It is as though there had been a poison,

1 January 1969 About the descent of what Mother later identified as the superman consciousness (la conscience du surhomme). In the night it came slowly and on waking up this morning, there was as though a golden dawn, and the atmosphere was so light. The body felt: “Well, it is truly, truly new.'' A golden light, transparent and... benevolent. “Benevolent'' in the sense of a certainty – a harmonious certainty. It was new. There you are. And when I say “Bonne année” to people, it is this which I pass on to them. And this morning, I have passed my time like this, spontaneously, saying: “Bonne année, Bonne année.'' So... Page – 14

2 April 1972 Extracts from a conversation with some disciples. Mother spoke the first four paragraphs in English. For centuries and centuries humanity has waited for this time. It is come. But it is difficult. I don't simply tell you we are here upon earth to rest and enjoy ourselves, now is not the time for that. We are here ... to prepare the way for the new creation. The body has some difficulty, so I can't be active, alas. It is not because I am old, I am not old. I am not old, I am younger than most of you. If I am here inactive, it is because the body has given itself definitely to prepare the transformation. But the consciousness is clear an

7 February 1973 On Mother's message of 31 December 1972. “There is only one solution for falsehood. “It is to cure in ourselves all that contradicts in our consciousness the Presence of the Divine.” Yes, I insist on that; it is very true, very true. It may not be easy to understand, but it is a very profound truth. All that veils and deforms and prevents the manifestation of the Divine in us: it is that, the falsehood. It is quite a labour! This is what I have been doing all the while – every day and the whole day long, even while I see people. It is the only thing worth living for. Page - 331 10 March 1973

4 June 1969 I looked into the matter a great deal after you left me last time, the whole day.... There is some sense that that¹ would be a wonderful solution. When you said it, something became concrete all of a sudden. But there was no personal sense within... the body has none at all, at all, no ambition or desire whatsoever or even aspiration to become that, but there was only a kind of delight in the possibility of “that'' being done; if it were done, it matters not who or where or how: only let that be done. And I looked at it with very, very close attention; not for a moment was there the idea: “It must be this'' (Mother pinches her skin with her fingers), you un