Undated The task of completing Sri Aurobindo's vision has been given to the Mother. The creation of a new world, a new humanity, a new society expressing and embodying the new consciousness is the work she has undertaken. Because of the very nature of things, it is an ideal that seeks to broaden the base of the attempt to establish harmony between body and Soul, Spirit and Matter, ... Page 389

May 20, 1967 (Mother gazes at a flower she called "divine purity": lobelia longiflora.) Can you tell me what divine purity is?... I no longer know. What can it mean? Page 148 Obeying the true Impulsion? If we mean "divine purity in beings," I quite understand, but if we mean "the Divine's purity," I no longer understand. Divine purity in beings means they are closed to any influence except the Divine's. (Mother counts the petals) Five petals ... *** Soon afterwards I go on seeing throngs of people whom I don't know. And with more than half, it's per-fect-ly useless: curiosity, pride, bragging. That's all. So they can say, "Oh, you know, I saw the Mother." So

October 5, 1967 (From Satprem to Mother) Sweet Mother,I have seen the monk. My impression is favorable nevertheless. With love Signed:Satprem Page 326

M o t h e r's   A g e n d a   1967-05-10 May 10, 1967 (Satprem reads Mother an old Playground talk of May 23, 1956, in which Mother suddenly asked various questions about the pronunciation of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.) Was there something special that triggered your questions? At one time, I was very interested in knowing about it. I tried to recall the memory of the elements that lived at that time, but ... Yes, you say, "I wondered how they retrieved the names of the pharaohs and gods." Then you ask, "Is the Egyptians' language contemporary with the most ancient Sanskrit, or still more ancient?... Or is there another human language older than the oldest Sanskrit?" You also ask, "Is this hierog

May 27, 1967 Do you remember S.B.? He was here.... He was a man with many disciples, he had yogic powers. He came here and was thunderstruck, as it were, when he saw Sri Aurobindo: he fainted. He Page 156 said afterwards it was because of the power of the revelation. He stayed here for years and years; he lived there, downstairs. Then he went away; you see, he used to receive all his disciples here, so I said, "No, that won't do, it's better to have a room elsewhere." Then he left. And for years and years he wasn't heard of again. He has been making contact again lately (I have seen him relatively often at night), and he's made contact again with such ardor, such enthusiasm! He ha

July, 1965 Om, Supreme Lord, God of kindness and mercy. Om, Supreme Lord, God of love and beatitude. I am tired of our infirmity, but it is not to rest that this body aspires, it aspires to the plenitude of Your consciousness, it aspires to the splendor of Your light, it aspires to the magnificence of Your power - above all, it aspires to the glory of Your all-powerful and eternal love. Page 387

August 26, 1967 (Regarding the group "World Union") This World Union, oh, how outmoded they are!... There are hundreds and hundreds of such groups that chatter, do nothing and change absolutely nothing whatsoever. Yes, it has always seemed to me childishness and chatter. Page 268 Oh! ... Moreover, as soon as the group was set up, they kicked out the man who had started it! They did it under the pretext he was dishonest, but still he was the founder. He had gone to Russia, and it was in Russia that the idea of World Union came to him. So four or five of them came together to form this World Union, and fifteen days later they started quarreling - a year later they kicke

November 25, 1967 Regarding Mother's mail It's very often like that: I get nearly twenty-five or thirty letters every day; out of them, I have time to read eight or ten, and at the time of reading them, most often there is no answer: they're at least ninety-eight percent useless. When there is something [worthwhile in the letter], the answer comes right away. Or when there is no answer right away, sometimes (often) I put it aside, and when I am alone, Sri Aurobindo comes and says to me, "Why don't you tell him this?" Then I immediately write it down. It happens very often. And always an answer, oh, with a sense of ridiculousness, of humor touching the exact point where the wea

December 2, 1967 Mother gives "Transformation" flowers and slips one through her buttonhole A general transformation! I have my own here.... So it withers, and when I have my bath I take it out and put it in a glass of water - half an hour later, it's as fresh as if it had just been born! It's very pretty. It's my joy in life. Every morning, I must say, I spend three quarters of an hour arranging flowers like that, and it's all joyful - light, light in everything, without darkness. *** (Then Satprem asks Mother about the conversation of November 22 - the turning point of 1962 and the awakening of the cells' consciousness - which he would like to publish in

October 28, 1967 (Mother tries in vain to slip a "transformation" flower through her buttonhole.) Can I help you? No (Mother closes her eyes and slips the flower through her button hole). When I close my eyes, I see (laughter). But it's true! And I don't do it deliberately: when I want to see, I close my eyes, and I see! It's so natural and spontaneous that I don't even realize it: when I want to do something, if I want to see clearly I close my eyes. *** (Nolini comes in to read Mother his English translation of "Notes on the Way" for the next Bulletin.) I have been wondering about this: maybe if I didn't listen I'd hear quite clearly! (Nolini stares