June 4, 1972 (Mother sees Sujata) ... People are so corrupt, you know, that were the Grace to withdraw but one hour, everything would go ... brrm! (gesture of violent explosion). Page 204

February 8, 1973 (This is an extract from a meeting with a few teachers from the school. We owe these recordings to the kind cooperation of one of them.) What is the best way of preparing ourselves? For one clearly feels that all this is going to require a rather extensive prepa ration. To broaden and enlighten your consciousness, naturally. But how to do that ? ... How do you broaden and enlighten your Page 360 consciousness? If each one of you could find his psychic being and unite with it, all problems would be solved. The psychic being is the Divine's representative in the human being. It's true, you know: the Divine isn't something far-off and out

April 13, 1972 (Conversation with Sujata. From now on, none of the recordings made in Mother's room by her attendant will be communi cated to Satprem. What follows was noted down from memory by Sujata. She first reads to Mother a letter from one of the schoolchildren; Sujata was trying to build a bridge between Mother and the mass of anonymous people who truly loved her but had no access to her.) Sweet Mother, It seems that you no longer see everyone on theirbirthdays. Is it because of a lack of time or for some occult reason? People say that seeing too many people every day tires you, but if such is the reason, twenty peo ple coming to receive your Blessing

June 21, 1972 (Satprem reads to Mother a few fragments of "Notes on the Way" for the next Bulletin. Towards the end of the second fragment, Mother seems to be elsewhere. Suddenly, she moans and hides her face in her hands. We pray.) 211

December 30, 1972 (Mother distributes presents) So, a new year is coming.... Do you have a feeling about the new year? (after a silence) Things have taken an extreme form. There's a sort of lifting of the whole atmosphere towards an almost ... inconceivable splendor, but at the same time, there's a feeling that one can ... die any moment - not "die," but the body could dissolve. Both things together make up a consciousness in which... (Mother shakes her head) all past experiences seem puerile, childish, unconscious. And this ... is stupendous and wonderful. But the body, the body has a single prayer - always the same: Make me worthy of knowing You Make me worthy o