April 26, 1972 (Mother hands Satprem a letter:) This is what I sent to Indira. You can read it to me, I don't even remember what I put. Page 162 "India shall take her true place in the world only when she will become integrally the messenger of the Divine Life." [[Original English. ]] What was the occasion? She wrote me a very nice letter to express her gratitude, and she asked if I had something to tell her, so that's what I replied. It seems she speaks in earnest about India's spiritual mission. She's worried about America. She wants to send people to America to try to create a harmonious atmosphere. We shall see. But isn't the danger rather from the

June 23, 1972 (Mother gives Sujata the manuscript of a note she wrote for Auroville.) "Jesus is one of the many forms the Divine hasassumed to come in contact with the earth. But there are and will be many others. Auroville's children must replace the exclusivism of one religion by the vast faith of Knowledge." Page 211

March 17, 1972 (A note by Mother) To prepare for immortality, the consciousnessof the body must first become one with the Eternal Consciousness. Page 92

July 5, 1972 I barely eat anymore. I don't know ... I can't swallow. But isn't energy penetrating the body? I don't know. I don't feel weak. But I don't "feel" energy penetrating the body. (silence) I don't know.... You don't have anything to ask? If only one could open EVERY SINGLE part of the being to yourLight - is it possible? Of course it's possible! (Mother plunges in) Page 220

November 15, 1972 (Mother seems very impersonal and far away.) So? I have a feeling I sometimes see you at night. (Mother nods: yes, yes) And you, the work, Mother? Page 310 What? Your work? "My" work.... Poetically, I could say: a few seconds in heaven and ... hours in hell. It's better not to speak about it. (Mother moans while in trance) Page 311

M o t h e r's   A g e n d a   1972-04-02 April 2, 1972 (Meeting with Auroville's architect, N. and U. - N. is the Secretary of the Sri Aurobindo Society and U., his rival, the Secretary of Sri Aurobindo's Action. The architect gives Mother a flower.) What is it? I think it's "Supramental Clarity" or Vibration. (Mother speaks in English) I will tell you that we are preaching unity - unity of humanity - Page 124 and we are all quarreling - horrible quarrels, resentments and all sorts of urgings that we condemn in the others. We are giving a nice example, and people laugh! Voila. It has come to me from many quarters. Begin with yourself, they say, and they are right.

August 16, 1972 (Today is the day after Sri Aurobindo's centenary. Hordes of people line up in Mother's corridors.) This morning I am seeing two hundred people ... two hundred! How was it yesterday? I'd rather not say anything because.... According to what I had heard before, [[Conversation of August 2 (the two rival "formations"). ]] according to that, it was a big victory. But nothing was visible. I didn't say anything to anybody. Even so, several people felt it was the beginning of something. It's a long story.... Some adverse forces had banded together and decided that I was going to die yesterday. And it was true, it happened, there was an attack. In that sense a

July 1, 1972 Do you like patience? (Mother hands Satprem her garland of "Patience") Yes, one needs it, it seems. What would you like to tell me? Have you found the new attitude? I don't know. I am no longer the same person, I don't know. All, absolutely all the reactions are new. But I don't find the.... My only impression is that of CLINGING to the Divine every minute of the day. It's the only way out. That's how the body functions. The body's experience is that without the Divine, it would ... crumble. That's all. It has in fact a growing sense of nonexistence - of the absence of a separate individuality (Mother touches the skin of her hands). But it i

April 25, 1973 (For the last ten days, all the meetings have been spent in contemplation.) How are you getting on? It's not easy. No - it's more than difficult.... I am sorry, I thought I was suffering for everybody - but I see it isn't the case. (silence) What would you like? I'd like you to keep me. Yes, but materially? You mean keep you like now? (Mother takes Satprem's hands and prepares to meditate) Yes, Mother. Are you comfortable? Page 404 Yes, Mother, very! You shouldn't have any ache anywhere. (Mother plunges in for half an hour, then suddenly moans [[Coincidentally, Mother's former assistant, who has a cancer, enters the room

November 11, 1972 (Mother does not look too well.) We'll need a message for the November darshan. (Mother remains silent then writes with her eyes closed) Beyond all preferences and limitations, there is a ground of mutual understanding where all can meet and find their harmony: it is the aspiration for a divine consciousness. [[Original English. ]] (With a charming smile) Nothing to ask? (Satprem shakes his head Mother keeps her eyes closed) Page 310