4 November 1958 Do the gods of the Puranas and the gods of Greek and Egyptian mythology have any real existence? Between the gods of the Puranas and the gods of Greek and Egyptian mythology, all kinds of similarities are found; it could be an interesting subject for study. To the modern Western world, all these divinities − the Greek gods and other “pagan” gods, as they call them − are simply a product of human imagination and correspond to nothing real in the universe. But this is a gross error.       To understand the mechanism of universal life, even that of terrestrial life, one has indeed to know that all these are real and living beings, each in its own

22 November 1958 KARMA       This sort of fatality that one sometimes feels weighing heavy on one’s life, which is called Karma in India, is the result of past lives; indeed, it is something that has to be exhausted, something that weighs on one’s consciousness.       This is how things happen: the psychic being passes from one life to another, each life on earth being the occasion and means for a further progress, for a further growth. But it can happen that the psychic takes birth with the intention of going through a certain experience, of learning a certain thing, of developing a certain faculty through a definite experience. Then, in that life, in the life in w

is removed, the cooking will be as regularly good as it was before.       24 December 1937 *       I have heard so many contradictory reports on the effects of food, spices, etc. that logically I have come to the conclusion that it must be − like all the rest − a personal affair and consequently no general rule can be made and, still less, enforced. This is the cause of my leniency.       Nothing was told to me about the aluminum vessels of which I do not approve because aluminium is not good for cooking. I am speaking of my own experience.       You know that I am not enthusiastic about servants handling the food − but many people seem to like it, throug

WILL TO CONQUER ILLNESS             Wake up in yourself a will to conquer. Not a mere will in the mind but a will in the very cells of your body. Without that you can’t do anything; you may take a hundred medicines but they won’t cure you unless you have a will to overcome the physical illness.             I may destroy the adverse force that has possessed you. I may repeat the action a thousand times. But each time that a vacuum is created it will be filled up by one of the many forces that try to rush in. That is why I say, wake up the will to conquer. 20 October 1957 *             Do not love your ill health and the ill health will leave you. 28

      It is true that “we” are passing through a difficult period (“we” means the world) but those who remain steady will get out of much stronger than before.             We are definitely not living at a time when men have been left to their own means.             The Divine has sent down His consciousness to enlighten them.             All who are able to do so, should profit by this.             Truth will conquer in spite of the turmoil.             Even within the confusion, there is the seed of the Divine order. Inwardly things seem to be improving; outwardly a sort of disintegration seems to be at the door. Where do we stand?

BIRTHDAY MESSAGES¹       My dear child, my love and blessings are and will be with you throughout the year. Let them help you to make one more progress on the way towards the divine goal.       Let this year be a year of progress and transformation − one more step on the way leading to the Divine Realisation.  2 February 1930 *       Let this year be for you the year of a complete opening and of the breaking of all limitations.  2 February 1943 *       Let this year bring you the true faith − a faith that no darkness can obscure.  2 February 1944 *       Let this day of your birth be for you an occasion to give yourself a little mo

THE NEW CONSCIOUSNESS¹ To be able to receive the new consciousness without deforming it: One must be able to stand in the light of the Supreme Consciousness without casting a shadow. 16 April 1969 *             There is only one new fact − from the beginning of this year a new consciousness has manifested and is working energetically to prepare the earth for the new creation. 17 April 1969 * Of late, I am constantly feeling, flowing in my system from above, a Force which I concretely experience like a sweet fluid. It flows continuously in my whole system and, from time to time, I feel completely drenched and saturated with it. It giv

      The mind must be silent to allow the Supramental Consciousness to take its place.       The Truth-Consciousness must pervade all the being, dominate all the movements and quiet the restless physical mind. These are the preliminary conditions for the manifestation.       Wisdom in the physical mind: a first step towards the supramental manifestation upon earth. (Message for the fourth anniversary of the Supramen- tal Manifestation upon earth) It is only when the Supramental manifests in the body-mind that its presence can be permanent. 29 February 1972 *       It is indispensable that each one finds his psychic and unites

Transformation and the Supramental TRANSFORMATION             There is a Supreme Divine Consciousness. We want to manifest this Divine Consciousness in the physical life. Blessings.               The goal is not to lose oneself in the Divine Consciousness. The goal is to let the Divine Consciousness penetrate into Matter and transform it.             The Divine Consciousness is at work to transform you and you must open to it in order to let it work freely in you. 17 October 1937 * Page - 91             Of all things the most difficult is to bring down the Divine Consciousness into the material world; must th

. genius. And even for such a person it is very difficult to make a correct horoscope. Thirdly, when people say that the stars in this or that house at the time of birth rule your life, they are quite wrong. The stars under which you are born are only “tape-recorders” of physical conditions. They do not rule the future of the soul. There is something beyond, which rules the stars themselves and everything else. The soul belongs to this Supreme Being. And if it is doing Yoga, then all the more it should never believe in the power of the stars or in any other power. An astrologer who predicts a catastrophe for you is like a joker. Many jokers say things like, “Today you will br