December 15, 1971 I sent you this note, can it be used for something? Yes, Mother, certainly. "Difficult periods come on earth to compel mento overcome their small personal egoism and to turn exclusively to the Divine for help and light. The wisdom of men is ignorant. Only the Divine knows." It came imperiously. What wants Peace and Harmony was in me and....[[Mother is alluding to the Bangladesh war. Mother's note was probably written in reference to that war. ]] I was feeling a sort of pressure, and that came. It came imperatively -- plain, imperative. Without that, men would never have progressed -- they would never progress. (silence) That war is very abs

April 21, 1971 I've received some news from my friend in Paris who lookedafter "The Gold-Washer" and "The Adventure of Consciousness." I mentioned "The Sannyasin" to him, or rather the difficulties of the "Sannyasin," and also "Supermanhood." On the Way to Supermanhood is the important one. My friend thinks the two should be presented as a unit. But On the Way to Supermanhood is like this (gesture above) in relation to the Sannyasin. They're two very different kinds of book. Oh, definitely!... Supermanhood is the important one for me. We shouldn't draw the attention to the other one and then.... Page 105 No, what will happen is that they'll probably take

October 20, 1971 (Mother begins by translating into French the message by Sri Aurobindo that she wants to give on 24 November.) "One must rely on the Divine and yet do someenabling sadhana -- the Divine gives the fruit not by the measure of the sadhana but by the measure of the soul's sincerity and its aspiration. Also, worrying does no good -- 'I shall be this, I shall be that, what shall I be?' Say: 'I am ready to be not what I want but what the Divine wants me to be,' -- all the rest should go on that base." April 13, 1935 Sri Aurobindo Letters on Yoga, XXIII.582 They have found some letters -- some old letters -- from Sri Aurobindo to Barin and the l

April 1, 1971 (On this day Mother gave the following message for the opening of the sports season.) "We are at one of those Hours of God, when the old bases get shaken, and there is a great confusion; but it is a wonderful opportunity for those who want to leap forward, the possibility of progress is exceptional. Will you not be of those who take advantage of it? Let your body be prepared through physical education for this great change!" Page 81

November 20, 1971 (Mother hands Satprem two notes.) "We are at a moment of transition in the history ofthe earth. It is a moment only in terms of the eternity of time. But compared to human life this moment is long. Matter is in the process of changing to prepare for a new manifestation; but the human body is not suffi ciently plastic and offers resistance. This is why the number of incomprehensible disorders and diseases is increasing and becoming a problem for medical science. The remedy lies in union with the divine forces which are at work and in a confident and quiet receptivity that facilitates the process." November 18, 1971 "Those who want to progre

September 18, 1971 What do you have to tell me? You gave me a "new creation" [tuberose] the other day,through Sujata.... It's for you. Does that mean that.... Yes. Something is going to come? It means you haven't finished! (Laughing) You haven't finished writing! [[Alas, Satprem's next book will be the trilogy on Mother, in 1975. ]] (Mother gazes long at Satprem, then goes within) Something to ask? Page 244 No, but what about you, Mother? Anything to say? No, Mother.... (silence) I had the rather strong impression several days ago that we arefull of phantoms, I mean there really aren't any difficulties or problems or resistance or an

February 10, 1971 Good morning, Mother. Well, what's new?... How are you, Mother? It's not coming very fast.... It's all right, the leg is almost better -- almost, there's still a tiny little something in the foot, but it's nothing at all. But the eyesight is not too clear. It's better -- everything is improving, but very, very slowly. And willpower seems to have nothing to do with it. It's something entirely beyond my control -- what is it exactly? I don't know. It must depend on the rest of the world, perhaps? Page 46 Yes, probably.... Yes, it's not a personal question because.... The personal will is there, but it's kept like this (motionless gesture in the

July 3, 1971 You know, it's as if the two extremes -- a marvelous state and a general decomposition -- were here like this (gesture of being inextricably intertwined). Everything, but everything is falling apart: people you count on give way, it seems there's a general dishonesty spreading, people getting sick all the time.... As difficulties go, there have NEVER been so many, never, and compounded: big difficulties with ruinous ones. But at the same time, for ... a flash (it comes for a few minutes, then it goes away), there is a ... marvelous state (the body feels it), unimaginable, you know, like the extreme opposite. As if it wanted to take over -- but the other fights back fierce

September 12, 1964 (Satprem reads Mother an old "Talk" of February 24, 1951, in which she refers to the memory of past lives and the unbridled imagination of certain people.) I didn't name her, but it was Annie Besant. She recounted all her lives with all the details - right from the ape! I didn't read her books, incidentally. Oh, I tried several times, but it's really all stories, it gets on your nerves. Yes, that's what I call "spiritual storybooks." Worse than that: spiritual pulp novels! It's shallow. And it has done a great deal to devalue true knowledge. (Mother nods her head) * * * Page 187 (Then Satprem reads a passage in which Mother talks about yo

December 10, 1964 (From Sujata to Mother, following a visit to Pondicherry's hospital) Little Mother, Satprem says he loves you dearly and he asked me how you are. Your child, Signed: Sujata (Mother's answer) Sujata, tell Satprem that I love him very much and that I am Page 311 with him all the time. If he follows Sri Aurobindo's advice, Live inside, he is sure to feel this. Tenderness Signed: Mother Page 312