The Palms   Bonjour! All right? (Mother smiles) What? Is it all right?... Fine?   Mother, you know whether everything is all right or not.   Yes, that I know; what I see, I know. It is all right on the whole, I know that, but what you feel, that you must tell me. What do you feel? Is it all right?   Yes, Mother, it is all right.   All right? What is all right? I have put something, did you feel it?   Yes, Mother.   All right, it is good.   But, Mother, I do not know what it is.   I do not know either (in a teasing tone).... Well, I was seeing whether you were receptive... and I am satisfied with the result. It is all right.... And

The Extraordinary Power of Savitri   Some days when I went to the Mother, if She found that something was not all right with me or something was tormenting me, She would ask me the reason for it. Often I could not reply. Then She would say: "Let us see if we can find out what is disturbing you." She would take up Savitri, concentrate for a while, open it with a paper cutter and pinpoint a passage. Invariably the lines contained the answer to my problem and I would feel relieved. She told me to try it out for myself. On one occasion, the Mother spoke to me about the extraordinary power of Savitri.   Later I noted down what She had said, and took it to

-029_The March Past-^I am There Doubly Present^ The March Past "I AM THERE DOUBLY PRESENT"   Mother, now that You are not coming to the Playground for the March Past, what should be our attitude? The same as if I were present there. In fact, I am present there more than I would be if I were there physically. For even being there physically, I might still say that I was not there, because my consciousness would go to other places of the world where I had been called or where I had some important thing to do, according to the need.   So you see, being there for the March Past, I was not actually there for the March Past.... Only, the body was there physically, and my consciousness was far a

-022_^Concentration^ 'Concentration'   (Mother gives me 'Concentration'1 flowers and a bunch of 'New Birth'2 leaves)   Here is a bunch of 'Concentration' and of 'New Birth'.   To concentrate for developing the intelligence, for developing the inborn faculties which are hidden in us....   To concentrate is to find oneself. It is the quest, the means to follow. It is the shortest way to achieve something. One has only to concentrate — but deeply — and toc! You get the thing, the word, the idea, the feeling, the place you want to discover, the plane of consciousness, and with perseverance, the Self, and with a constant effort, — the Soul. To concentrate in order to find the soul. On

Transformed Body   Bonjour!   Bonjour, Sweet Mother.   You know, when people come to see me, I do not look at the outer appearance, but what they have within, their soul, the aspiration, the effort for progress, whether they are conscious of their inner being, whether they have an urge to perfect themselves, or whether they are very developed mental beings and who are exclusively guided by their mental ideas; then I see only this force, this consciousness and what they are capable of. I see their soul, their capacity to hold the consciousness. I never see the exterior of a man, but all that he has potentially, what he can truly make of his life, if he has a possibilit

To be Guided   ... Do not think that I shall do everything for you.   But, Mother, that's what I am aspiring for: that you take charge of me and act through me.   Ah, that is different. When you have made the effort and you are able to open yourself to me, then only I will do everything, not for you personally.... But the One who is within, there, (indicating the heart) it is the same thing that He does, only it will be me who will be acting through you then. Page-77

Birthdays   It is your birthday tomorrow?1   Yes, Mother.   How old will you be?   Twenty-six, Mother.   I shall see you tomorrow then, and give you something special. You will see, I do not mean a material thing — that, I shall give you, a card and all that — but something.... You will see tomorrow. Now, go home and prepare yourself quietly so that you may be ready to receive it.   Yes, Mother.   Do you know, my child, what "Bonne Fête" signifies, that is, what we wish here on the birthday?   Like that, I know what it means, Mother, but not the special significance You want to tell me.   Yes, it is truly a special day in one's l

-002_Ther Mother^s Signature The Mother's Signature   Do you know what this means? (Mother points to Her signature) No, Mother.   No? Wait. I'll show you. (Mother draws a bird above the signature) Do you see it? Yes, Mother.   This is a graphic representation of the signature. It means: *The Bird of Peace Descending upon Earth. It has its wings tilted towards the earth.* It is coming down to the earth. You see the angle of its wings and how it is descending towards the earth? It is to bring Peace. It is the messenger of Peace. *The Bird of Peace Descending upon Earth.* You see? Yes, Mother, but...   Now I will explain to you how this bird corresponds to the signature

-028_The March Past-^I am there Every Evening^ The March Past   From the mid-forties till the end of 1958, the Mother used to come almost every evening to the Playground for the March Past, to take the Salute. She would stand for the Salute, in the same place where we have the map of undivided India. One by one, the groups would file past Her. This action had a profound and deep significance. She also supervised the other physical education activities.   The Mother has explained what she tried to do during the March Past. She says: "...the March Past ...is... a way of opening oneself to the energy, the universal energy, to prepare for the action... the March Past is for stimulating the receptivity

Savitri - A Revelation   Mother, this is about Savitri, what You had spoken to me.   Oh, about Savitri?   You had asked me to bring it today. You wanted to hear it, to see if it is correct or not, if there is something to correct.   To correct? I do not know, but let me hear it. Read it.... (Indicating the sheets of paper I had with me) It is all this?   Yes, Mother.   Well, start.   (I then read out to the Mother the full text of my recollection of what She had spoken earlier about Savitri.) Page-44 Do you read Savitri?   Yes, Mother.   You have read the whole of it?   Yes, Mother, I have read it twi