SWEET MOTHER Luminous Notes       Conversations with the Mother recollected by Mona Sarkar         Sri Aurobindo Ashram Pondicherry     First published as Sweet Mother: Harmonies of Light (Parts I and II) Now combined, revised, and enlarged First edition 2009   (Typeset in New Century Schoolbook 11.5/14)   Rs 95 ISBN 978-81-7058-899-3   © Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust 2009 Published by Sri Aurobindo Ashram Publication Department Pondicherry 605 002 Web http://www.sabda.in   Printed at Sri Aurobindo Ashram Press, Pondicherry PRINTED IN INDIA       T

Responsibility   (Sometimes when there was some additional work to be done, like carrying logs, harvesting, shifting a generator, night vigil etc., the Mother would ask me to organise it with the help of the boys of Group C1 and others. And She would give Her protection and blessings for the work. On one occasion something went wrong and I asked pardon from the Mother for not being able to do the work in the proper manner.)   Mother, forgive me. You had given me the responsibility, and even then this has happened. I...   What? Responsibility!   Yes, Mother.   Responsibility of whom, of what, when? Have I lost my senses that I have given you the responsibil

OM   Every month since 1967 I used to take to the Mother a calendar with paintings of flowers and She would write a prayer on it. This talk was held in the month of February, 1972. The Mother looks at the previous prayer, and asks me to read it.   Is it January? Yes, Mother — it is January.   Read what is written here. "In this year of Sri Aurobindo's centenary, let us strive to be worthy of Him..."   And then? "...by following His teaching faithfully in order to prepare the advent of the superman. Happy New Year."   What flower is this? (pointing to the painted flower) 'Superhumanity'.   Eh? A1: This is 'Superhumanity'? The

A Privilege   Mother, do You have any objection if we go to the 'Lotus pond', about thirty-five miles from here? If You do not want that, we shall go happily to the 'Lake'1 instead.   No, my child, I have no objection. I said that if they wish to go on foot, they could, but I will not give any transport because the vehicles are not in working condition and yesterday X spent more than two thousand rupees to repair them. And I do not want to spend more on this long excursion; besides, six vehicles are out of order.   If You give us Your permission, we shall manage. Some will go on cycle. We have Y's jeep and another of Z...   Z has given you his jeep, that's very kin

Message of the Flowers   The Mother has given names to about 900 flowers, revealing their true significance, explaining what they represent in the earth consciousness, their spiritual value and their deeper meaning corresponding to the inner life.   The Mother has said that flowers are very receptive, and She used them as a means to transmit to us the needed help, communicating with our psychic by giving us particular flowers with the spiritual qualities required.   We too offered Her flowers that expressed our aspiration. This exchange of flowers was a means of communication on the psychical plane and one of the ways in which She worked on our subtle being.

What She has Done for Us   All that I say, all that I do, projects itself up there. It is like a well-prepared niche with all that is needed for the realisation in the world of being, in the world of becoming. Here, one does not see the result.... But there, in the world that is preparing to manifest itself, it makes all the difference.   Whatever I do, the least gesture, whatever I say or utter, has a stupendous effect in the other world. The vibrations that emanate from me become realised realities up there. Outwardly, you do not see anything here, any result of what I say. But up there, there is a whole world of difference... if you have the opportunity to visit tha

The Palms   Bonjour! All right? (Mother smiles) What? Is it all right?... Fine?   Mother, you know whether everything is all right or not.   Yes, that I know; what I see, I know. It is all right on the whole, I know that, but what you feel, that you must tell me. What do you feel? Is it all right?   Yes, Mother, it is all right.   All right? What is all right? I have put something, did you feel it?   Yes, Mother.   All right, it is good.   But, Mother, I do not know what it is.   I do not know either (in a teasing tone).... Well, I was seeing whether you were receptive... and I am satisfied with the result. It is all right.... And

The Extraordinary Power of Savitri   Some days when I went to the Mother, if She found that something was not all right with me or something was tormenting me, She would ask me the reason for it. Often I could not reply. Then She would say: "Let us see if we can find out what is disturbing you." She would take up Savitri, concentrate for a while, open it with a paper cutter and pinpoint a passage. Invariably the lines contained the answer to my problem and I would feel relieved. She told me to try it out for myself. On one occasion, the Mother spoke to me about the extraordinary power of Savitri.   Later I noted down what She had said, and took it to

-029_The March Past-^I am There Doubly Present^ The March Past "I AM THERE DOUBLY PRESENT"   Mother, now that You are not coming to the Playground for the March Past, what should be our attitude? The same as if I were present there. In fact, I am present there more than I would be if I were there physically. For even being there physically, I might still say that I was not there, because my consciousness would go to other places of the world where I had been called or where I had some important thing to do, according to the need.   So you see, being there for the March Past, I was not actually there for the March Past.... Only, the body was there physically, and my consciousness was far a

-022_^Concentration^ 'Concentration'   (Mother gives me 'Concentration'1 flowers and a bunch of 'New Birth'2 leaves)   Here is a bunch of 'Concentration' and of 'New Birth'.   To concentrate for developing the intelligence, for developing the inborn faculties which are hidden in us....   To concentrate is to find oneself. It is the quest, the means to follow. It is the shortest way to achieve something. One has only to concentrate — but deeply — and toc! You get the thing, the word, the idea, the feeling, the place you want to discover, the plane of consciousness, and with perseverance, the Self, and with a constant effort, — the Soul. To concentrate in order to find the soul. On