Diary September 28, 1998 Surgery Day 8:35 a.m. My beautiful and eternal bride, Hear my voice as I sing to Thee of a love transcendent. All the eons of our births have brought us to this moment on our beloved earth, to join together in a sacred seeking. This world Sri Aurobindo calls "the spirit's manifest home", we so love and admire. You know that I am with you in the most difficult and challenging times as in the days of gladness and steady progress. But now I sing a deeper song that res

Diary Surgery Day- Sept. 28, 1998-4 10:32 a.m. These words I write are not catharsis, for the peace that descended last night and enveloped us both stilled all care and concern. You said that I had wrapped you in a cocoon of strong and luminous calm, but indeed, beloved, Mother has brought it into both of us. As I drove home I felt the concrete, physical peace in which no sound could be discerned, carry me above the waves of sorrow and grief to our home, its protection inviolable. Peace to thee this night, sleep and rest

Ashram Meditation December 2002 Tonight at the 7:30 meditation the strong fragrance of jasmine and tuberose mixed with the coils of incense rose into the skies of God. All the lights in the courtyard are turned off with the exception of one light over the Samadhi. A pleasant breeze comes from the Bay of Bengal and the moon casts phosphorescent shadows in the 'Service Tree'. There is so much love and devotion here. One is transported into higher realms of consciousness merely by being in the atmosphere. I am greeted here not as a

Diary   ̶ Early 1960's I find myself vowing again to put forth all energy towards surrender and aspiration for Calm. Yet, I am so hypocritical. Can one ever find enough gratitude in the entire being for having seen Thee once? And yet, I have met and spoken with Thee, Mother. Thou hast touched me, smiled at me, given me every conceivable gift, encouraged me and filled me with such a great force. And Thee, Master, my father, I cannot find words to express my feelings when Thou came to me, allowed me to sit next to Thee, touched me on the heart with Thy hand and with Thy gray-

Diary Mary Helen Feb. 16, 2002 In that moment when she embraced me, folding her thin, frail arms around me, I knew she had transcended human love and I was enveloped in the rapture of her soul's embrace. All the sweetness, all the tenderness of this beautiful being I knew as Mary Helen flowed into me and no human emotion will ever again approach that divine and selfless expression. In later years the intensity of our human love turned more and more towards its divine source and in doing so deepened the sacred atmosphere around us. I don'

Auroville and the Ashram Diary April 30, 2002 When Aurovilians will realize collectively that the Ashram is the center of Mother and Sri Aurobindo's Integral yoga and that Auroville is a radiant field of that vibrating core, things will develop more harmoniously for Auroville and the world.

Diary - March 30, 1963 Dearest Divine Mother, Many things have happened to me lately and I feel the need to write of them.  I am working again with my father (something that was furthest from my mind during February 1962) in order to earn passage for Anne.  Anne and I are working very well now, the vibrations between us are usually very harmonious.  I have asked her to prepare herself for this long journey into the soul and I am certain that she will. I thought of Thee often this day and meditated on the words Thou hast spoken to me.  When I call to Thee a calm enters me and although I cannot feel Thee deep within my heart center as yet, I know ?Thou art with me.  I r

Diary Diary-Surgery Day- Sept. 28, 1998-8 11:30 a.m. Mary Helen, These words flow from a heart filled with the love you have imbued.  I feel no longer any need of words when I look into your eyes or watch the sweetness in your face or the unalloyed delight that brightens your countenance when we share the transcendent beauty of the flowers. I am so grateful that we have had the opportunity to work all these months on the revision of "Flowers and Their Messages".  We have both been given new insights and understanding of the meaning of flowers