April 10, 1968 P.L. has left. He had me asked for "blessings packets" to help him ... (laughing) through four different people, to make sure he got them! He said about the same thing to everyone - that he was about to do something very hard and he needed my very active help.... So I gave four packets! It occurred to me to ask him to wire me as soon as he knows the date and time of his interview with the Pope. It's a good idea. It seems he is a minister's son.... I forget who he confided in, but he said his father is (or was) prime minister in [such and such a country], and he himself is a lawyer and manages several people's fortunes. He said he has to manage something like t

March 9, 1968 (Regarding an old Playground Talk of May 27, 1953, in which Mother says in particular, "When the consciousness behind is developed, when you have the power to concentrate it, whatever you do that consciousness will act.") That was this morning's very experience. The experience was like this: the important thing is to keep the consciousness of the Presence, which means that the Presence must be concrete; then, in everything you do, everything you say - whatever you may do, whatever you may say - it's this Presence that expresses itself. And this morning's experience was to find the difference between the direct expression and the more or less veiled expression

December 21, 1968 There have been a lot, a whole lot of things these last few days.... But that's enough! (Mother has just listened to a conversation to be published in the next Bulletin). Do you have something to say?... what? Someone (not me) has asked a question. It seems it's "typical" of the questions people ask after reading your "Notes".... Would you like to know? It must again be something ... I'll read it to you: "While describing her experiences of lastAugust and September, the Mother refers to the 'exclusion of the mind and vital.' Why do they have to be eliminated for a rapid and effective transformation of the body? Doesn't the supramental consciousn

July 27, 1968 (Mother seems unwell.) No voice.... It's not getting any better? Page 213 The cold came down, and the day before yesterday I did something foolish: I took a medicine. It gave me a dreadful night and ... now it's difficult. It cut the consciousness off. So now it's difficult. The consciousness has come back, but ... And you, any news? If you could send a little force on my publisher over there: themanuscript of the "Human Cycle" is stranded there. Where? With my publisher, in Paris. [[For six years until 1973, Satprem had to fight before he could obtain the first publication of French translations of Sri Aurobindo's works. And when those pub

February 7, 1968 Something very amusing has happened to me with flowers. I had arranged roses; I had selected roses to give people, and when they came, I took a rose I had kept aside. But it had opened too much, it didn't look so nice anymore, so I looked, I thought, "Is it nice enough to be given?" I was holding it loosely, like that.... Mon Page 48 petit, under my very eyes it turned around and stuck its thorn into my finger! I've had other examples of consciousness in flowers, but this one was remarkable. When I take them and tell them that they're pretty and sweet, they open out - that often happens; but this one turned around (of course I wasn't holding it tight)

August 30, 1968 I thought it would be better to add a short introductory notebefore your last "Apropos," because not all those who read the Bulletin know what has happened. I propose to add this: "This Apropos was written by Mother following an ordeal that threatened her physical body." It's a bit dramatic! But after all, that's what happened. (After a silence) Yes, you're right, it's better to say it's a purely physical question - "over there," there are no more ordeals! Only the body needs them. (Then Satprem reads Mother the "Notes on the Way" put together from the last conversation. Mother is unsure whether publishing those experiences is appropr

January 17, 1968 (Regarding an old conversation of Mother's on "Savitri," noted down from memory by a young disciple.) They're so happy, so enthusiastic! Everyone comes and says, "Oh, how fine it is!" I thought, "How much must one err for people to find it fine! When one no longer errs, they no longer like it." There you are. And they want to publish it. * * * Soon afterwards, regarding a passage from the same text on "Savitri" Sri Aurobindo used to write at night, and in the night I would have the experience; in the morning he would read it to me and I would recognize my experience - I hadn't said anything to him, he hadn't said anything to me. Interesting ... B

October 8, 1969 (Regarding a letter from the healer in which he asks Mother if he could contact the Indian government and obtain its collabo ration to spread the "Spiritual message" as he understands it.) I got a letter from A.R. You should read it .... I am absolutely convinced that he can't do ANYTHING with the government, absolutely nothing. But just to please him, I arranged a meeting with N.S. [[N.S. is a disciple of Mother's who accompanied Indira Gandhi during her visit of October 6, and who holds a minister's post. ]] and she accepted, but she had something else to do and couldn't be there. Did he tell you anything? He didn't mention it to me, but he did

April 26, 1969 (Mother first shows a note she has written about religions:) The attitude to be taken towards religions: A benevolent goodwill towards all worshippers. An enlightened indifference towards all religions. All religions are partial approaches to the one simple Truth that is far above them. Then replies to questions from the New Age Association: In what sense is our Yoga an adventure? We may say it is an adventure because it is the first time that the yoga aims at the transformation and divinization of physical life, instead of aiming at escaping from it. Why is faith supremely important in the yoga? Because we are

February 5, 1969 I have a feeling there was something, and then ... (Mother searches for something on the table beside her). There was positively something to be done ... and you'll see, once you've left, I'll find it again! I remember having said, "Ah, I will do this on Wednesday with Satprem." Oh, maybe it's here (Mother looks at her cluttered table), there's a heap of letters ... frightening! Too bad. It was something interesting .... (long silence) At the same time, I remember a vision of the night in which I did a work with numbers and put the numbers - figures and groups of figures - in a certain position. That's what I wanted to tell you. In Page 44 the "d