Words of the Mother

Two

Contents

Part One

Man's Relationship with the Divine

The True Aim of Life

The Divine is with You

The Divine and the Man

Relationship with the Divine

The Ways of Working of the Lord

Part Two

The Path of Yoga

The Path	Yoga	The Integral of Yoga	Yogic Action
Aspects of Sadhana	Tapasya	Ascetic Practice	Concentration
Meditation	Experiences and Vision	The Guru	General

Part Three

Elements of Yoga

Sincerity	Insincerity Pretension and self-deception	Aspiration	Aspiration Calling and Pulling	Faith and the Divine Grace
Confidence	Certitude	The Divine Grace	The Divine Help	Faith in the Divine Grace and Help
Trust in the Divine Grace and Help	The Divine Grace and Difficulties	Devotion and Self-giving	Worship	Offering
Consecration	Self-giving	Service to the Divine	Surrender to the Divine Will	To Will What the Divine Wills
Difficulties of Surrender	Divine Love	Divine Love and Human Love	Love and Sexual Desire	Love for the Divine
General	Peace and Silence	Quite	Peace	Silence
Openness and Receptivity	Wideness	Plasticity	Receptivity	Purity and Humility
Simplicity	Humility and Modesty	Gratitude and Faithfulness	Faithfulness	Obedience
Will and Perseverance	Resolution	Determination	Steady Effort	Persistence
Perseverance	Endurance	Patience	Heroism and Bravery	Boldness
Courage	Strength Force and Power	Prudence and Balance	Enthusiasm and Straightforwardness	Nobility and Refinement
Happiness and Joy	Happiness	Joy	Beatitude and Bliss	Harmony and good Will
Collaboration	Good will	Benevolence	Tolerance	Freedom
Truth and Speech	Falsehood and Truth	Truth is above Mind	Opinion and Truth	Honesty
Speak always the Truth	Control of speech	Speech and Practice

Part Four

Difficulties

Circumstances: Results, Not Causes	Circumstances: Results of Past Actions	Circumstances and ones Inner condition	Difficulties
Never complain about Difficulties	Never worry about Difficulties	Forget about Difficulties	Face and overcome Difficulties
Mistakes: Mistakes can be effaced	Mistakes: No Torment, Worry and Sadness	Mistakes: Recognise and Correct Them	Weakness: Fear
Doubt	Depression	Suffering	Laziness, Tiredness, Fatigue, Tamas
Material Desires	Greed (for food)	Desire, Impulses and Self-Control	Ego
Selfishness	Pride	Vanity	ambition
Jealousy	Quarrels	Narrowness and One-sidedness

Part Five

Human Relationships

Judging Others

Helping others and the world

Opinions of others

Attachment to others

Duty towards the Divine and other

General

Men and Women

Marriage and Children

Part Six

Work

Work as an Offering to the Divine	Progress and Perfection in Work	Collaboration and Harmony in Work	Difficulties in Work
Work Silently	Care of Material Things	General

Part Seven

Parts of the Being

The Soul	The Mind: Only an Instrument	Mental limitation and Weakness	Quiet Mind, Calm Mind Silent Mind	The Heart
The Vital	The Senses	The Body	The Subconscient	General

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.

Mother,

I would like to know from you if it is good for me to devote more time to meditation than I am doing at present. I spend about two hours, morning and evening together. I am as yet not quite successful in meditation. My physical mind disturbs me a lot. I pray to you that it may become quiet and my psychic being may come out. It is so painful to find the mind working like a mad machine and the heart sleeping like a stone. Mother, let me feel your presence within my heart always.

The increase of time given to meditation is not very useful unless the urge for meditation comes spontaneously from inside and not from any arbitrary decision of the mind.

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My help, love and blessings are always with you.

17 October 1939

To keep constantly a concentrated and in-gathered attitude is more important than having fixed hours of meditation.

When you give us a subject for meditation, what should we do about it? Keep thinking of it?

Keep your thought focused upon it in a concentrated way.

And when no subject is given, is it enough to concentrate on your Presence in the heart-centre? Should we avoid a formulated prayer?

Yes, concentration on the Presence is enough.

(Examples of subjects for meditation)

New birth. Birth to a new consciousness. The psychic consciousness.

5 July 1957

How to awaken in the body the aspiration for the Divine.

26 July 1957

Turning one's gaze inward. Looking within oneself.

August 1957

The ill-effects of uncontrolled speech.

9 August 1957

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