On Sri Aurobindo (From a meditation written on the day after the Mother first saw Sri Aurobindo) It matters little that there are thousands of beings plunged in the densest ignorance, He whom we saw yesterday is on earth; his presence is enough to prove that a day will come when darkness shall be transformed into light, and Thy reign shall be indeed established upon earth. O Lord, Divine Builder of this marvel, my heart overflows with joy and gratitude when I think of it, and my hope has no bounds. My adoration is beyond all words, my reverence is silent. 30 March 1914 A day will

Meditation When you sit in meditation you must be as candid and simple as a child, not interfering by your external mind, expecting nothing, insisting on nothing. Once this condition is there, all the rest depends upon the aspiration deep within you. And if you call upon Divinity, then too you will have the answer. 26 January 1935 Each meditation ought to be a new revelation, for in each meditation something new happens. Even if you are not apparently successful in your meditation, it is better to persist and to be more obstinate than the opposition of your lower nature. page 5

Mental Education Of all lines of education, mental education is the most widely known and practised, yet except in a few rare cases there are gaps which make it something very incomplete and in the end quite insufficient. Generally speaking, schooling is considered to be all the mental education that is necessary. And when a child has been made to undergo, for a number of years, a methodical training which is more like cramming than true schooling, it is considered that whatever is necessary for his mental development has been done. Nothing of the kind. Even conceding that the training is given with due measure and discrimination and

-018_Sri Aurobindo's Room.html Visiting Sri Aurobindo's room Somebody wants to visit Sri Aurobindo's room again and sit there to meditate for some time. What are his qualifications and titles to such a great privilege? Visiting again is all right. People can come to Sri Aurobindo's room. But to be allowed to sit and meditate there, one must have done much for Sri Aurobindo. 11 June 1960 page 29, vol -13, Words of The Mother Sweet Mother, You have said that to be allowed to sit in Sri Aurobindo's room and meditate there, “one must have done much for Him”¹ What do You mean by that, Mother? What can one do for the Lord which will be this “much”? To do something fo