The cells have no personal choice; their attitude is really like this: "What You will, what You will ..." for everything, everything. With only an increasing, intensifying, more and more constant, uninterrupted sensation that the sole support is - the Supreme Lord. There's only He, only He. And that's inside, in the body. At the same time, a very precise perception.... You know, once (years ago) I was asked, "What is purity?" I answered, "Purity is to be exclusively under the influence of the Supreme Lord and to receive nothing but from him." Then, a year or two later, while reading Sri Aurobindo, I found a sentence in English which said exactly the same t

I would very much like to have a 'true mantra.' I have a whole stock of mantras; they have all come spontaneously, never from the head. They sprang forth spontaneously, as the Veda is said to have sprung forth. I don't know when it began - a very long time ago, before I came here, although some of them came while I was here. But in my case, they were always very short. For example, when Sri Aurobindo was here in his body, at any moment, in any difficulty, for anything, it always came like this: 'My Lord!' - simply and spontaneously - 'My Lord!' And instantly, the contact was established. But since He left, it has stopped. I

But now they're beginning to think that perhaps that's not the way! (Mother laughs) And that perhaps they should try another way.... In a month I have already seen four ministers. One is from here, the Chief Minister; it seems I saw him when he was a child (I don't remember, but he remembers that I had caressed him), and when he came the other day he told me (I gave him a flower and a "blessings packet"), he said, "There, I will wear it on me, and with it I will do your work in the government." And quite resolute. A young man, about forty, I think, and rather strong. [[Farooq Marecar. ]] page 258 , Mother's Agenda , volume 8 , 12th Aug - 1967

So their atmosphere is a problem. Unless one is in harmony with them, like this poor M., for instance. You know, when she went to the Vellore hospital, she felt as if she were entering a heaven. So, for her it will do a lot of good, it's harmonious (!) But how can it be harmonious! Mon petit, people who have vice are in harmony with vice; malicious people are in harmony with malice. Yes, but she isn't like that. She is a nurse - she is in harmony with doctors. And it has given her fresh heart. Because they have told her she had come in time - just in time - and that they would save her, so now she is full o

But mentally, you know ... (Mother makes a gesture: completely obtuse). There is a prince of Kashmir who came here once, a young man [[Yuvaraj Karan Singh. ]]; he went to England, and there he wrote a thesis on Sri Aurobindo's political life, Sri Aurobindo, Prophet of Indian Nationalism, with a preface by Jawaharlal Nehru. I read the preface, but afterwards, the day after I saw Nehru - it's awful! Understands nothing, he understands nothing, nothing, nothing, absolutely obtuse. It's very kind, but written by someone who understands nothing.... I will tell you the thing: between my first and second visits here, while I was away in Japan and Gandhi was star

There are moments while reading the Synthesis of Yoga when I feel so clearly why he put this particular word in that particular place, and why it could not have been otherwise - that's what makes the translation difficult. For the placement of words is not the same in English and in French. In English, for example, the place an adverb occupies is of major importance for the precise meaning. In French also, but generally it's not the same! If at least it were exactly the opposite of English it would be easier, but it's not exactly the opposite. It's the same thing for the word order in a series of modifiers or any string of words; usu

Rita: "The actual fact of death evokes in me an experience in which one is thrust into space and soars up." Amusing! I found it very amusing. She is the only one, besides, the others are quite practical. [[This young girl, to whom death looked so graceful, was to die four years later. ]] Dilip: "A cessation of all physical activity caused by the absence of a source of energy (or soul)." It's not clear.... The other two are quite practical (!) Anand: "When the brain stops functioning and the body starts decomposing, it's death." (Mothe

(Mischievously) Did you tell them Mother was happy? - They couldn't care less! (Mother laughs) (Unruffled) They don't exactly know who 'Mother' is. No, fortunately not! Fortunately, my child! Fortunately. (Just at the doorstep, as She is leaving, Mother tells the disci ple that She had seen three books, a trilogy, and the third one would be about Her. And She adds:) Sri Aurobindo came during my japa to tell me, 'I will help him all through.' page 413 , Mother's Agenda , volume - 1, 20 Aug. 1960

And part of 'The Secret of the Veda,' as well as two other things because they contain many of Sri Aurobindo's letters: I re-read Z's book on Sri Aurobindo, since there are many letters in it, and.... Yes, only unfortunately he has tampered with it. Sri Aurobindo had made certain statements about me in those letters, and Z deleted them. (Anyway, it makes no difference for your book, because I'm not at all keen on having any statements about me published.) But Z is not honest. He hasn't been honest at all.... We were forced to intervene once or twice because his deletions distorted the meaning. We finally