January 3, 1970 (Continuation of the conversation of 31 December 1969 about Auroville and the Matrimandir.) Mother, I told Paolo [the Italian architect] to come, he is waiting outside. Yes.... There is an interesting thing. For a long time I had been feeling something, then we spoke about it the other day, and I SAW ... I told R. [Auroville's architect] about it, I asked him to see Paolo, and I also told him that I had seen what should be done. Naturally, he didn't say no, he said yes to everything, but I felt he wasn't too keen.... But here is what happened. I clearly saw - very, very distinctly saw, which means it was like that, and it still IS like that, it's ther

July 11, 1970 Someone sent me a letter on the body's transformation, if youare interested. Page 254 Let's see.... It seems that a Tamil yogi [Swami Ramalingam] of this region,who lived around 1850, had experiences, which he described in a poem and appear rather connected.... Experiences of the trans formation of the skeleton, bones, etc. It's a Tamilian who sent me this letter, asking me to put the question to you. All right. "The Mother may throw light on the nature and extentof the transformation the Swami had in the last part of his life. The Swami often declared affirming the transformation and deathlessness of his body by the power of what

July 18, 1970 (Mother begins with the translation of two letters of Sri Aurobindo for the next issue of the Bulletin.) "It is much easier for the Sadhak [disciple] byfaith in the Mother to get free from illness than for the Mother to keep free - because the Mother by the very nature of her work had to identify herself with the Sadhaks, to support all their difficulties, to receive into herself all the poison in their nature ... Very kind of them! (Mother laughs) "... to take up besides all the difficulties of theuniversal earth-Nature, including the possibility of death and disease in order to fight them out. If she had not done that, not a single Sadhak

September 16, 1970 (Mother looks much better. After giving "Transformation" flowers, she goes into a long peaceful contemplation.) Peace has returned.... Still now and then, a tension. (long silence) Do you have anything to ask? No, Mother. (Mother goes into a contemplation again) No questions? The impression is that the Power [near Mother] is growing moreand more powerful. (after a silence) People who had fallen ill have recovered. [[In particular Mothers attendant, Vasudha, who was operated on for cancer in Bombay (and is still there). Unfortunately, she will never resume her work near Mother. ]] But has something begun to move from s

October 24, 1970 (Mother translates a few fragments from Savitri which were chosen for her.) Page 356 A miracle of the Absolute was born, Infinity put on a finite soul, All ocean lived within a wandering drop, A time-made body housed the Illimitable. To live this Mystery out our souls came here. ........... A figure sole on Nature's giant stair, He mounted towards an indiscernible end On the bare summit of created things. II.I.101-102 That's really good. It's a pity it was cut into small bits! *** (Then Satprem reads the fifth chapter of Supermanhood: "The New Consciousness.") That's very good, it's crea

July 8, 1970 (Mother looks tired. Her face is still swollen.) Difficult moments ... (long contemplation till the end) Do you have anything to ask?... (To Sujata:) And you? You know, Mother, it's very strange, three nights in a row, I dreamed of you and of food. Did you feed me? I fed you, or else I looked for food, or I prepared some. How did you feed me?... Did you give me things to eat? Or you fed me like a baby?! No, the first time, you were lying down, thirsty, there were manypeople and no one did anything.... (Mother nods her head) And I told someone to go and get some pomegranate juice.... [[The pomegranate tree is the symbol of Divi

November 5, 1970 (Mother records a message in French for All-India Radio.) We want to be messengers of light and truth. And first of all, a future of harmony is waitingto be announced to the world. The time has come for the old habit of ruling through fear to be replaced with the rule of love. Page 367

June 17, 1970 (Mother listens to a few extracts from Sri Aurobindo for the August issue of the Bulletin.) "Certainly, when the Supramental does touch earthwith a sufficient force to dig itself into the earth consciousness, there will be no more chance of any success or survival for the Asuric Maya." 18 October 1934 On Himself, 26.472 This is very good.... It's magnificent! The "Asuric Maya," is it the whole present Falsehood? Page 234 Yes. Right now you feel ... (gesture of struggling). It's a truly extraordinary moment ... but not exactly very pleasant! Things resist as they can. (Satprem reads another text) "All these good people lam

May 2, 1970 I have something for you ... (Mother points to a written note). It was two or three days ago, it came imperatively like that, in connection with some business. They have gatherings in Auroville, at "Aspiration"; I think it's meditations, or something of the sort, I don't know. One of them came and put my photo; so another rushed to his room and came back with a cross!... And he said, "Well, if you put a photo of Mother, I'll put my cross." They told me that story. They told me, because the one who put the cross had come to see me with the others (they come once a week, a few of them, four or five), but I didn't know. He came and sat in front of me.... I found him a rather inqu

July 4, 1970 I wondered if we couldn't add to the "Notes" what you said lasttime about this psychic being that will become the supramental being? What do you say? I say it's important! Yes!... I mean about the effect [on people].... I am afraid everyone will suddenly ... have a psychic being! (general laughter) Oh, Mother, you're priceless! (Mother laughs) Never mind!... It's all right.... It'll cause a stir *** (Then Mother listens to a few extracts from Sri Aurobindo for the August Bulletin.) The conception of the Divine as an external omnipotentPower who has "created" the world and governs it like an absolute and arbitrary monarch - the Chri