Meeting the Mother   Right Attitude during Interviews with the Mother   The right attitude in approaching the Mother when she sees one, is to keep the being perfectly quiet and open to receive, without any activity of the mind or desire in the vital, with only the surrender and the psychic readiness to accept whatever is given. Tomorrow, 24th, the Mother sees you  —for meditation, so that she may see and do whatever is needed. 23 February 1932   *     It is a strange thing, but it seems to be absolutely clear that the Mother wants me to go to her. Everything in me says, "Yes, yes, it is true  —there is no doubt about it." A

Relation between the Mother and Her Children   True Relation with the Mother   What is our true relation with the Mother  —the relation of the Mother and her child? The relation of the child to the Mother is that of an entire, sincere and simple trust, love and dependence.   *     The relation of the disciple to the Guru in the Guruvada is supposed always to be that of worship, respect, complete happy confidence, unquestioning acceptance of the guidance. It is only in this Asram that another theory has sometimes been advanced and reached its height as a result of the misapplication or wrong extension of the relation with

Part Two   Letters on the Mother     The Mother is always with you. Put your faith in her, remain quiet within and do with that quietude what has to be done. You will become more and more aware of her constant Presence, will feel her action behind yours and the burden of your work will no longer be heavy on you. Sri Aurobindo     Final paragraph of a letter written by Sri Aurobindo to a disciple living outside the Ashram

Forms, Powers, Personalities and Appearances of the Mother   Nirguna and Saguna (Formless and with Form)   My being rose higher and higher. I saw God's power of creation, and from there worlds, beings and gods were spreading out. Even God, through this power of creation, was getting expressed as different forms: Saguna, Nirguna, etc. God and this creative power are one; this creative power is his Shakti, the Mother. Is this correct? It is right. There is no difficulty about it. Nirguna, Saguna are only aspects taken by the Divine in the manifestation. It is the Mother who manifests (creation is only manifestation) the Saguna or the Nirguna Ishwara. 28 Jun

Aspects of the Mother's Life in the Ashram   The Mother's Music   It is not by knowledge of music that the understanding [of the Mother's music] comes; nor is it by effort of the mind  —it is by becoming inwardly silent, opening within and getting the spontaneous feeling of what is in the music. 1932   *     I feel within me a tendency for music, but I understand nothing of harmony, tune and rhythm. Yet sometimes when I hear the Mother's music, I am spellbound and lose all sense of time. It is not necessary to have technical knowledge in order to feel what is behind the music. Mother of course does not play for the sake of a technical musical eff

Section Two   The Mother, Sri Aurobindo and the Integral Yoga   Two in One   One Consciousness   The opposition between the Mother's consciousness and my consciousness was an invention of the old days (due mainly to X, Y and others of that time) and emerged in a time when the Mother was not fully recognised or accepted by some of those who were here at the beginning. Even after they had recognised her they persisted in this meaningless opposition and did great harm to them and others. The Mother's consciousness and mine are the same, the one Divine Consciousness in two, because that is necessary for the play. Nothing can be done without

Helpers on the Way   Sadhana through the Mother and Sri Aurobindo   These are questions that I cannot answer  —it is not for me to reply to such queries.1 I can only say that the final aim of the Yoga here is to bring down the supramental Truth (all other aims and stages being preliminary and instrumental) and organise its action. The Asram proceeds on the assumption that this has to be done through myself and the Mother and in accepting this aim and the descent of this Truth the sadhaks accept myself and the Mother and must be guided by us and receive from us what is descending and cannot attain it otherwise. If they follow or want some othe

    VOLUME 32 THE COMPLETE WORKS OF SRI AUROBINDO © Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust 2012 Published by Sri Aurobindo Ashram Publication Department Printed at Sri Aurobindo Ashram Press, Pondicherry PRINTED IN INDIA     The Mother   with Letters on the Mother     Publisher's Note   This volume consists of two different but related works of Sri Aurobindo: The Mother and Letters on the Mother. It also includes his translations of passages from the Mother's Prayers and Meditations. These three constituents make up the three parts of the volume.

The Mother in Visions, Dreams and Experiences   Seeing the Mother in Visions and Dreams   Recently I notice that before the Mother comes down from the terrace in the evening she stands there for a long time. I feel that at that time she gives us something specially, so I concentrate to receive and feel what she gives. But this evening suddenly I saw (while looking at her) that her physical body disappeared  —there was no sign of her body, as if she were not there! Then after a few seconds her figure reappeared. I felt at that moment that she mixed with the ether and became one with all things. Why did I see like this? The Mother makes an invoca

The Mother's Presence   She Is Always Present   Why do I sometimes feel myself far from the Mother? I want to be able to feel her constantly with me. The Mother is always there with you. You have only to throw away the forces of Ignorance to feel her with you always. 1 August 1933   *     You have said: "Always behave as if the Mother was looking at you; because she is, indeed, always present."1 Does this mean that the Mother knows all our insignificant thoughts at all times, or only when she concentrates? It is said that the Mother is always present and looking at you. That does not mean that in her physical mind she is t