DARSHAN MESSAGES¹ 

24 April 1950 

The disciples judge the forms by the Master.

Outsiders judge the Master by the forms.   

15 August 1950

      Our sadhana has reached a stage in which we are mostly dealing with the subconscient and even the inconscient. As a consequence the physical determinism has taken a predominant position bringing an increase of difficulties on the way which have to be faced with an increase of courage and determination.  

¹ The four Darshan Days are: 21 February, the Mother’s birthday (1878); 24 April, the Mother’s final arrival in Pondicherry (1920); 15 August, Sri Aurobindo’s birthday (1872); 24 November, Siddhi Day (Victory Day), the descent of Krishna, the Overmind Godhead, into the physical (1926).

Here and in the sections which follow, only the messages written by the Mother are published; those from the writings of Sri Aurobindo are not included.

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      In any case, whatever happens and whatever you do, do not allow fear to invade you. At the slightest touch of it, react and call for help.

      You must learn not to identify with your body and treat it as a young child who needs to be convinced that it must not fear.

      Fear is the greatest of all enemies and we must overcome it here, once and for all.

21 February 1952 

      Make of us the hero warriors we aspire to become. May we fight successfully the great battle of the future that is to be born, against the past that seeks to endure; so that the new things may manifest and we may be ready to receive them.

24 November 1952

      To follow Sri Aurobindo in the great adventure of his integral Yoga, one needed always to be a warrior; now that he has left us physically, one needs to be a hero.  

21 February 1954 

      When you fear death it has already defeated you.  

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 24 April 1956

      The manifestation of the Supramental upon earth is no more a promise but a living fact, a reality.

      It is at work here, and one day will come when the most blind, the most unconscious, even the most unwilling shall be obliged to recognise it.

24 November 1956

      Without care for time, without fear for space, surging out purified from the flames of the ordeal, we shall fly without stop towards the realisation of our goal, the supramental victory.

24 April 1957

      In the eternity of becoming each Avatar is only the announcer, the forerunner of a more perfect future realisation.

21 February 1958

      To celebrate the birth of a transitory body can satisfy some faithful feelings.

      To celebrate the manifestation of the eternal Consciousness can be done at every moment of the universal history.

      But to celebrate the advent of a new world, the supramental world, is a marvellous and exceptional privilege.  

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 24 April 1958

      There are two complementary aspects of the liberating action of the Divine Grace upon earth among men. These two aspects are equally indispensable, but are not equally appreciated.

      The sovereign immutable peace that liberates from anxiety, tension and suffering.

      The dynamic all-powerful progress that liberates from fetters, bondages and inertia.

      The peace is universally appreciated and recognised as divine, but the progress is welcomed only by those whose aspiration is intense and courageous.

15 August 1961

      In the depths of the Inconscient there also shines the Divine Consciousness, resplendent and eternal.

21 February 1965

      Above all the complications of the so-called human wisdom stands the luminous simplicity of the Divine’s Grace, ready to act if we allow It to do so.

21 February 1968

The best way to hasten the manifestation of the Divine’s Love is to collaborate for the triumph of the Truth.  

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 21 February 1969

      It is only immutable peace that can make possible eternity of existence.

21 February 1970

      Truth is a difficult and strenuous conquest. One must be a real warrior to make this conquest, a warrior who fears nothing, neither enemies nor death, for with or against everybody, with or without a body, the struggle continues and will end by Victory.

21 February 1971

A life consecrated to union with the Divine is the only life worth living.

24 April 1971

Needless to say that those who aspire to Truth must abstain from telling lies.

21 February 1972 

The complete unification of the whole being around the psychic  

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centre is the essential condition to realise a perfect sincerity.  

15 August 1972

Sri Aurobindo’s message is an immortal sunlight radiating over the future.

24 November 1972

      Beyond all preferences and limitations, there is a ground of mutual understanding where all can meet and find their harmony: it is the aspiration for a divine consciousness.

21 February 1973

      The more we advance on the way, the more the need of the Divine Presence becomes imperative and indispensable.

24 April 1973 

Beyond man’s consciousness

Beyond speech

O Thou, Supreme Consciousness

Unique Reality

Divine Truth  

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MESSAGES FOR THE  SUPRAMENTAL MANIFESTATION UPON EARTH 

29 FEBRUARY 1956

The Golden Day

 Henceforth the 29th February will be the day of the Lord.  

1960

29 February 1956

During the common meditation on Wednesday

      This evening the Divine Presence, concrete and material, was there present amongst you. I had a form of living gold, bigger than the universe, and I was facing a huge and massive golden door which separated the world from the Divine.

      As I looked at the door, I knew and willed, in a single movement of consciousness, that “the time has come,” and lifting with both hands a mighty golden hammer I struck one blow, one single blow on the door and the door was shattered to pieces.

      Then the supramental Light and Force and Consciousness rushed down upon earth in an uninterrupted flow.

 Written in 1956

1968

 Truth alone can give to the world the power of receiving and manifesting the Divine Love.  

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 1972

      It is only when the Supramental manifests in the body-mind that its presence can be permanent.

MESSAGES FOR THE MOTHER’S FIRST ARRIVAL IN PONDICHERRY ¹

29 MARCH 1914 

1950

      I need not appear to be good if my sincerity is perfect.

      It is better to be than to seem.

1952

      Never forget that you are not alone. The Divine is with you helping and guiding you. He is the companion who never fails, the friend whose love comforts and strengthens. Have faith and He will do everything for you.

¹The  messages for the Mother’s final arrival in Pondicherry (24 April 1920) are published in this section under “Darshan Messages” 

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 1956

29 February − 29 March 

Lord, Thou hast willed, and I execute:

A new light breaks upon the earth,

A new world is born.

The things that were promised are fulfilled.  

1958

When you are in need of an external change, it means that you do not progress internally. For he who progresses internally can live always under the same external conditions; these constantly reveal to him new truths.  

1961

Our Path

      To walk on the path you must have a dauntless intrepidity, you must never turn back upon yourself with this mean, petty, weak, ugly movement that fear is.

      An indomitable courage, a perfect sincerity, a total self-giving to the extent that you do not calculate or bargain, you do not give with the idea of receiving, you do not offer yourself with the intention of being protected, you do not have a faith that needs proofs, − this is indispensable for advancing on the path, − this alone can shelter you against all dangers.  

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