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\n


\nOPENING  AND  SURRENDER  TO  THE  MOTHER
\n<\/font><\/b> <\/P>
\n

THE  CENTRAL  SECRET  OF  SADHANA
\n<\/b> <\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n

By remaining psychically open to the Mother, all that is necessary for work
\nor Sadhana
\ndevelops progressively, that is one of the chief secrets, the central secret of the Sadhana.<\/P>
\n

13-2-
\n1933<\/font><\/b><\/P>
\n


\n*<\/font><\/i><\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n

But it is not by upadeśa<\/i> that this Sadhana is given or carried on. 
\nIt is only those who are capable by
\naspiration and meditation on the Mother to open and receive her action and working within
\nthis
\nYoga.<\/P>
\n

21-6- 1937<\/font><\/b><\/P>
\n


\n*<\/font><\/i><\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n

It is a mistake to exercise the mind about these things and try to arrange
\nthem with the ordinary mind.  It is by confidence in the Mother that the
\nopening needed will come when your consciousness is ready.  There is no harm in
\narranging your present work so that there will be time and energy for some meditation, but it
\nnot by meditation alone
\nthat what is needed will come.  It is by faith and openness to the Mother.<\/P>
\n

9-10-1934<\/font><\/b><\/P>
\n


\n*<\/font><\/i><\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n

Keep yourself open to the Mother and in perfect union with her. Make yourself 
\nentirely plastic to her touch
\nand let her mould you swiftly towards perfection.<\/P>
\n

9-3- 1934<\/font><\/b><\/P>
\n


\n*<\/font><\/i><\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n

Page – 121<\/P>
\n

<\/p>\n

You have only to aspire, to keep
\nyourself open to the Mother, to reject all that is contrary to her will and to
\nlet her work in you ―<\/font> doing also all your work for her and in the faith that it
\nthrough her force that you can do it. If you remain open in this way, the
\nknowledge and realisation will come to you in due course.<\/P><\/p>\n

 <\/P>
\n\t\t


\n\t\t*<\/font><\/i><\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n\t\t

To practise Yoga implies the will to overcome all attachments
\nand turn to the Divine alone.  The principal thing in the Yoga is to trust in the
\nDivine Grace at every step, to direct the thought continually to the Divine and
\nto offer oneself till the being opens and the Mother’s force can be felt working
\nin the ādhāra<\/i>. <\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n\t\t


\n\t\t*<\/font><\/i><\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n\t\t

All things are the Divine because the Divine is there, but
\nhidden not manifest;  when the mind goes out to things, it is not with the sense
\nof the Divine in them, but for the appearances only which conceal the Divine.  It
\nis necessary therefore for you as a Sadhak to turn entirely to the Mother in
\nwhom the Divine is manifest and not run after the appearances, the desire of
\nwhich or the interest in which prevents you from meeting the Divine. Once the
\nbeing is consecrated, then it can see the Divine everywhere ―<\/font> and then it can
\ninclude all things in the one consciousness without a separate interest or
\ndesire. <\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n

RIGHT  WAY  OF  OPENING
\n<\/b> <\/P>
\n

Q:<\/b>  What is the meaning of opening ? <\/i>
\n\t\t<\/P>
\n

A:<\/b>  I t is the receptivity to the Mother’s presence and her
\nforces. <\/P>
\n

Q:<\/b>  What is the right and perfect way to get this opening ?
\n<\/i>
\n<\/P>
\n

A:<\/b>  Aspiration, quietude, widening of oneself to receive, rejection of all that tries to shut you to the Divine. <\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n

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\n

<\/p>\n

Q:<\/b>  How to know that I am opening to the Mother and not to
\nother forces ? <\/i> <\/P>
\n

A: <\/b> You have to be vigilant and see that there is no movement
\nof disturbance, desire, ego. <\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n

Q:<\/b>  What are the indications of a real opening to the
\nMother ? <\/i> <\/P>
\n

A:<\/b>  That shows itself at once ―<\/font> when you feel the divine peace,
\nwideness, light, Ananda, Knowledge, strength, when aware of the Mother’s
\nnearness or presence or the working of her Force, etc., etc.  If any of these
\nthings are felt, it is the opening ―<\/font> the more are felt, the more complete the opening.<\/P>
\n

April,  1933 <\/font><\/b> <\/P>
\n


\n*<\/font><\/i><\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n

Q:<\/b>  Opening ―<\/font> what does it mean ?  Is it:  “not to keep anything
\nsecret from the Mother” ? <\/i> <\/P>
\n

A:<\/b>  That is the first step towards opening.<\/P>
\n

17-6-1933 <\/font><\/b> <\/P>
\n


\n*<\/font><\/i><\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n

Q:<\/b>  How to open to the Divine Mother ?
\n<\/i> <\/P>
\n

A:<\/b>  By faith and surrender in a quiet mind.<\/P>
\n

18-6-1933 <\/font><\/b> <\/P>
\n

OPENNESS  TO  THE  MOTHER
\n<\/b> <\/P>
\n\t\t

 <\/P>
\n

To be open is simply to be so turned to the Mother that her force
\ncan work in you without anything refusing or obstructing her action.  If the mind
\nis shut up in its own ideas and refuses to allow her to bring in the Light and
\nthe Truth, if the vital clings <\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n

Page – 123<\/P>
\n

<\/p>\n

to its desires and does not admit the true initiative and impulsions that the Mother’s power brings, if the physical is shut up in its desires,
\nhabits and inertia and does not allow the Light and Force to enter in it and
\nwork, then one is not open.  It is not possible to be entirely open all at once
\nin all the movements, but there must be a central opening in each part and a
\ndominant aspiration or will in each part  (not in the mind alone)  to admit only
\nthe Mother’s  “workings”,  the rest will then be progressively done.<\/P>
\n

28-10-1934<\/font><\/b><\/P>
\n


\n*<\/font><\/i><\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n

To remain open to the Mother is to remain always quiet and happy
\nand confident ―<\/font> not restless, not grieving or despondent, to let her force work
\nin you, guide you, give you knowledge, give you peace and Ananda.  If you cannot
\nkeep yourself open, then aspire constantly but quietly that you may be
\nopen. <\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n\t\t


\n\t\t*<\/font><\/i><\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n\t\t

Q:<\/b>  Some dissatisfactions come and affect the heart which is
\nopening to the Mother. <\/i> <\/P>
\n

A:<\/b>  Get rid of these dissatisfactions, they prevent the permanent
\npsychic opening. <\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n\t\t


\n\t\t*<\/font><\/i><\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n\t\t

Q:<\/b>  Perhaps it is because the psychic is just opening that it
\ncomes under the influence of these dissatisfactions ? <\/i> <\/P>
\n

A: <\/b> What the psychic always feels is  “What the Mother does is for
\nthe best”, and accepts all with gladness.  It is the vital part of the heart that
\nis easily touched by the suggestions. <\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n

OPENING  OF  THE  INNER  BEING
\n<\/b> <\/P>
\n\t\t

 <\/P>
\n

Q:<\/b>  Does the inner being open to the Mother by itself ?
\n<\/i>
\n<\/P>
\n

Page – 124<\/P>
\n

<\/p>\n

A:<\/b>  The inner being does not open except by Sadhana, or by
\nsome psychic touch in the
\nlife.<\/P>
\n

30-11-1933<\/font><\/b><\/P>
\n


\n*<\/font><\/i><\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n

Q:<\/b>  What is this part which feels like opening to the
\nMother through
\nwriting, even when it is the same thing that goes on being repeated ? <\/i>
\n\t\t<\/P>
\n

A:<\/b>  It maby the inner mental, it may be the psychic.<\/P>
\n

28-11-1933 <\/font><\/b>
\n<\/P>
\n

RECEIVING  THE  MOTHER’S  GRACE
\n<\/b> <\/P>
\n

Q:<\/i><\/b>  Is the Mother’s Grace only general ? <\/i>
\n\t\t<\/P>
\n

A:<\/b>  Both general and special.<\/P>
\n

8-2- 1934 <\/font><\/b> <\/P>
\n

Q:<\/b>  How to receive what she grants in general ?
\n<\/i> <\/P>
\n

A:<\/b>  You have only to keep yourself open and whatever you need and can receive
\nat the moment will come.<\/P>
\n

10-2- 1934<\/font><\/b><\/P>
\n


\n*<\/font><\/i><\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n

Q:<\/b>  Is it the Purusha who consents to the action of the Mother’s
\nGrace in the whole being ?<\/i><\/P>
\n

A:<\/b>  Yes<\/P>
\n

Q:<\/b>  If the Purusha does not give consent, does it mean that the
\nother beings also cannot come to the front to enable the Sadhak to receive the
\nMother’s Grace ?<\/i><\/P>
\n

A:<\/b>  No. The Purusha often holds back and lets the other beings
\nconsent or
\nreject in his place. <\/P>
\n

Page – 125<\/P>
\n

<\/p>\n

Q:<\/b>  When the Mother’s Grace comes down to Sadhak, is it by the
\nconsent of the Purusha  ? <\/i> <\/P>
\n

A:<\/b>  What do you mean  “by the consent” ?  The Mother’s Grace comes
\ndown by the Mother’s will.  The Purusha can accept or reject the Grace.<\/P>
\n

April,  1933<\/b><\/font><\/P>
\n

THE  CONDITION  FOR  PROGRESS
\n<\/b> <\/P>
\n\t\t

 <\/P>
\n

Q:<\/b>  If a Sadhak even after a long time cannot fully open
\n<\/b>himself
\nto the Mother owing to obstacles in his nature does it mean that he will not be
\naccepted by the Mother ? <\/i> <\/P>
\n

A:<\/b>  There is no meaning in such a question.  Those who follow the
\nYoga here are accepted by the Mother ―<\/font> for  "accepted"  means  “admitted into the
\nYoga, accepted as disciples".  But the progress in the Yoga and the siddhi
\n<\/i>in the
\nYoga depend on the degree to which there is the opening.<\/P>
\n

24-6-1933 <\/font><\/b> <\/P>
\n

SINCERITY,  OPENNESS  AND  TRANSFORMATION
\n<\/b> <\/P>
\n\t\t

 <\/P>
\n

Q:<\/b>  X says that the Mother told him that if the sincerity is
\nperfect there would be transformation in a day.  I do not understand how that
\ncould be possible ―<\/font> a long process of change and
\nconversion compressed in a single day ! <\/i> <\/P>
\n

A:<\/b>  By sincerity Mother meant being open to no influence but the
\nDivine’s only.  Now, if the whole being is sincere in that sense even to every
\ncell of the body, what could prevent the most rapid transformation ?  People cannot be like that,
\nhowever much the enlightened part of them may want to, because of the nature of
\nthe Ignorance out of which the ordinary
\nprakṛti<\/span> 
\n<\/i>has been built ― <\/font>
\nhence the necessity of a long and laborious working. <\/P>
\n

26-7-1934 <\/font><\/b> <\/P>
\n

Page – 126<\/P>
\n

<\/p>\n

PROGRESSIVE  OPENING <\/b> <\/P>
\n\t\t

 <\/P>
\n

Openness  is not always complete from the first ―<\/font> a part of the
\nbeing opens, other
\nparts of the consciousness remain still closed or half open only ―<\/font> one has to aspire till
\nall is open.  Even with the best and most powerful Sadhaks the full opening takes
\ntime;  nor is
\nthere anyone who has been able to abandon everything at once without any struggle.  There
\nis no reason to feel therefore that if you call you will not be heard ―<\/font> the Mother
\nknows the
\ndifficulties of human nature and will help you through.  Persevere always, call always
\nand then after each difficulty there will be a progress.<\/P>
\n

20-4- 1935 <\/font><\/b> <\/P>
\n

THE  INNER  AND  THE  HIGHER  OPENING
\n<\/b> <\/P>
\n\t\t

 <\/P>
\n

It is the constant remembrance that the being is prepared for opening.  By the opening of the heart the Mother’s
\npresence begins to be felt and, by the opening to
\nher Power above, the Force of the higher consciousness comes down into the body and works
\nthere to change the whole nature.<\/P>
\n

7-8- 1934<\/font><\/b><\/P>
\n


\n*<\/font><\/i><\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n

There is no method in this Yoga except to concentrate, preferably in the heart, and call the presence and power of the Mother to
\ntake up the being and by the
\nworkings of her force transform the consciousness ;  one can concentrate also in the head or
\nbetween the eyebrows, but for many this is a too difficult opening.  When mind falls
\nquiet and the concentration becomes strong and the aspiration intense, then there
\nis a beginning of experience. The more the faith, the more rapid the result is
\nlikely to be.  For the rest one must not depend on one’s own efforts only, but
\nsucceed
\nin establishing a contact with the Divine and a receptivity to the Mother’s Power
\nand Presence. <\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n


\n*<\/font><\/i><\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n

Page – 127<\/P>
\n

<\/p>\n

The direct opening of the psychic
\ncentre is easy only when the ego-centricity is greatly diminished and also if
\nthere is a strong bhakti <\/i>for the Mother.  A spiritual humility and sense of submission and dependence is necessary<\/P><\/p>\n

16-7-1936<\/font><\/b><\/P><\/p>\n


\n*<\/font><\/i><\/P>
\n

 <\/P><\/p>\n

Yes, it is by quieting the mind that you will become able to
\ncall the Mother and open to her.  The soothing effect was a touch from the
\npsychic ―<\/font> one of the touches that prepare the opening of the psychic with its
\ngift of inner peace, love and joy.<\/P>
\n

17-9-1934 <\/font><\/b> <\/P>
\n


\n*<\/font><\/i><\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n

The Mother’s peace is above you ―<\/font> by aspiration and quiet
\nself-opening it descends.  When it takes hold of the vital and the body, then
\nequanimity becomes easy and in the end automatic.<\/P>
\n

28-8-1933 <\/font><\/b> <\/P>
\n

OPENNESS  TO  THE  MOTHER’S  FORCE  AND  AVOIDANCE  OF  OTHER 
\nFORCES <\/b> <\/P>
\n\t\t

 <\/P>
\n

Keep yourself open to the Mother’s Force, but do not trust all
\nforces.  As you go on, if you keep straight, you will come to a time when the
\npsychic becomes more predominantly active and the Light from above prevails more
\npurely and strongly so that the chance of mental constructions and vital
\nformations mixing with the true experience diminishes.  As I have told you, these
\nare not and cannot be the supramental Forces;  it is a work of preparation
\nwhich is only making things ready for a future Yoga- Siddhi.<\/P>
\n

18-9- 1932<\/font><\/b><\/P>
\n


\n*<\/font><\/i><\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n

Let the power of the Mother work in you, but be careful to avoid
\nany mixture or substitution, in its place, of either a magnified <\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n

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\n

<\/p>\n

ego-working or a force of Ignorance presenting itself as Truth.  Aspire
\nespecially
\nfor the elimination of all obscurity and unconsciousness in the nature.<\/P><\/p>\n

 <\/P><\/p>\n

LOYALTY  AND  FIDELITY  TO  THE  MOTHER
\n<\/b> <\/P>
\n\t\t

 <\/P><\/p>\n

If an adverse Force comes, one has not to accept and welcome its suggestions, but to
\nturn to the Mother and to refuse to turn away from her.  Whether one can open or not, one
\nhas to be loyal and faithful.  Loyalty and fidelity are not qualities for
\nwhich one has to do
\nYoga.  They are very simple things which any man or woman who aspires to the Truth
\nought to be able to accomplish.<\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n

THE  ONLY  WAY  TO  SUCCEED
\n<\/b> <\/P>
\n\t\t

 <\/P>
\n

There is in a very fundamental part of your nature a strong formation of
\nego-individuality which has mixed in your spiritual aspiration a clinging element of
\npride and spiritual ambition.  This formation has never consented to be broken up in order
\nto give place to something more true and divine.  Therefore, when the
\nMother has put her
\nforce upon you, or when you yourself have pulled the force upon you, this in you has
\nalways prevented it from doing its work in its own way.  It has begun itself
\nbuilding building according to the ideas of the mind or some demand of the ego,
\ntrying to make its
\nown creation in its  “own way”,  by its own strength, its own Sadhana, its own Tapasya.  There has never
\nbeen here any real surrender, any giving up of yourself freely and simply into the hands of the Divine Mother.  And yet that is the way to succeed in the
\nsupramental Yoga.  To be a Yogi, a Sannysi, a Tapaswi is not the object here.  The
\nobject is transformation, and the transformation can only be done by a force
\ninfinitely greater than your own;  it can only be done by being truly like a child in
\nthe hands of the Divine Mother. <\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n


\n*<\/font><\/i><\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n

Page – 129<\/P><\/p>\n

\n

Everyone who is turned to the Mother
\nis doing my Yoga.  It a great mistake to suppose that one can  “do”  the Purna Yoga
\n― <\/font>i.e. carry out and fulfil all the sides of the Yoga by one’s
\nown effort.  No human being can do that.  What one has to do is to put oneself in the Mother’s hands and
\nopen oneself to her service, by Bhakti, by aspiration;  then the Mother by her
\n1ight and force works in him so that the Sadhana is done.  It is a <\/b>
\nmistake also to
\nhave the ambition to be a big Purna Yogi or a supramental being and ask oneself
\nhow far have I got towards that.  The right attitude is to be devoted and given to
\nthe Mother and to wish to be whatever she wants you to be.  The rest is for
\nthe
\nMother to decide and do in you.<\/P><\/p>\n

April,  1935 <\/font><\/b> <\/P>
\n


\n*<\/font><\/i><\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n

If there is a refusal of the psychic new birth, a refusal to
\nbecome the child new-born from the Mother, owing to attachment to intellectual
\nknowledge or mental ideas or to some vital desire, then there will be a failure in
\nthe Sadhana. <\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n\t\t


\n\t\t*<\/font><\/i><\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n\t\t


\n\t\tQ:<\/b>  In our Sadhana, at times we experience large
\ndescents of
\nPeace, Force, Ananda, etc.  which are usurped by our little human ego to make us
\nfeel that we <\/b>shell belong to the Mother’s select band of Supermen.  I this not a
\nmistake ?<\/i><\/P>
\n

A:<\/b>  To want to be a Superman is a mistake.  It only swells
\nthe
\nego.  One can aspire for the Divine to bring about the supramental transformation, but that also should not be done till
\nthe being has become
\npsychic and spiritualised by the descent of the Mother’s peace, force, light and
\npurity.<\/P>
\n

22-2-1936 <\/font><\/b> <\/P>
\n

Page – 130<\/P><\/p>\n

\n

Q:<\/b>  What poise or mode
\nshould we keep for the supramental descent ?<\/i><\/P><\/p>\n

A:  <\/b> As for poise or mode ―<\/font> that you need
\nnot trouble yourself about. An entire faith, opening, self-giving to the Mother condition
\nnecessary throughout.<\/P><\/p>\n

23-9-1935 <\/font><\/b> <\/P>
\n

THE  VITAL’S  RESISTANCE  TO  SURRENDER <\/b> <\/P>
\n\t\t

 <\/P>
\n

I have said that the human vital does not like to be controlled or dominated by
\nanother and I said that that also was a reason why Sadhaks find it difficult to surrender to
\nthe Mother.  For the vital wants to affirm its own ideas, impulses, desires, preferences and
\nto do what it likes, it does not want to feel another force than that of its own nature leading or
\ndriving it;  but surrender to the Mother means that it must give up all these personal
\nthings and allow her Force to guide and drive it in the ways of a higher Truth
\nwhich are not
\nits own ways:  so it resists, does not want to be dominated by the Truth Light and the
\nMother’s Force, insists on his own independence and refuses to surrender. 
\nThese ideas of breakdown and personal frustration are again wrong suggestions
\nand the dissatisfaction with the Mother would be.  It prevents the
\nconfidence and
\ncourage necessary for following the path of the Sadhana.  You must dismiss these
\nsuggestions from you. <\/P>
\n

8-10-1936 <\/font><\/b> <\/P>
\n

NECESSITY  OF  SURRENDER  TO  THE  MOTHER
\n<\/b> <\/P>
\n\t\t

 <\/P>
\n

There is not much spiritual meaning in keeping open to the Mother if you
\nwithhold your surrender.  Self-giving or surrender is demanded of those who practise this
\nYoga, because without such a progressive surrender of the being it is quite impossible to
\nget anywhere near
\nthe goal.  To keep open means to call in her Force to work in you, and if you do not
\nsurrender to it, it <\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n

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\n

<\/p>\n

amounts to not allowing the Force to
\nwork in you at all or else only on condition that it will work in the way you want
\nand in its own way which is the way of the Divine Truth.  A suggestion of this kind
\nis usually made by some adverse Power or by some egoistic element of mind or vital
\nwhich wants the Grace or the Force, but only in order to use it for its own purpose,
\nand is not willing to live for the Divine Purpose, ―<\/font> it is willing to take from the
\nDivine all it can get, but not to give itself to the Divine.  The soul, the true
\nbeing, on the contrary, turns towards the Divine and is not only willing but eager
\nand happy to surrender.<\/P>
\n

 <\/P><\/p>\n

In this Yoga one is supposed to go beyond every me
\nidealistic culture.  Ideas and Ideals belong to the mind and are half-truths only;  the mind too is, more often than not,
\nsatisfied with merely having an ideal, with
\nthe pleasure of idealising, while life remains always the same, untransformed or
\nchanged only a little and mostly in appearance.  The spiritual seeker does turn aside
\nfrom the pursuit of realisation to mere idealising;  not to idealise, but to
\nrealise the Divine Truth is always his aim, either beyond or in life also
\n―<\/font> and in the latter case it is necessary to transform mind and life which cannot be done
\nwithout surrender to the action of the Divine Force, the Mother.<\/P>
\n

 <\/P><\/p>\n

To seek after the
\nImpersonal is the way of those who want  to withdraw from life, but usually they try
\nby their own effort and not by an opening of themselves to a superior Power or
\nby the
\nway of surrender;  for the Impersonal is not something that guides or helps, but
\nsomething to be attained and it leaves each man to attain it according to the way
\nand capacity of his nature.  On the other hand, by an opening and surrender to the
\nMother one can realise the Impersonal and every other aspect of  Truth also.<\/P>
\n

 <\/P><\/p>\n

The
\nsurrender must necessarily be progressive.  No one can make the complete surrender
\nfrom the beginning, so it is quite natural that when one looks into oneself, one
\nshould find its absence.  That is no reason why the principle of surrender should not
\nbe accepted and carried out steadily from stage stage, from field to field,
\napplying it successively to all the parts of the nature.<\/P>
\n

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\n*<\/font><\/i><\/P>
\n

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It is then a <\/font><\/b><\/i>
\n
\nsaṅkalpa<\/span> of surrender.  But the surrender must be
\nto the Mother ―<\/font> not
\neven to the Force, but to the Mother herself.<\/P>
\n

4-10-1936 <\/font><\/b> <\/P>
\n


\n*<\/font><\/i><\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n

If the psychic manifests, it will not ask you to surrender to it, but to the
\nMother. <\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n\t\t


\n\t\t*<\/font><\/i><\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n\t\t

The best way is to live in the psychic being, for that is always surrendered to the Mother and can lead the others in the right
\nway.  For control one has
\nto centralise somewhere ―<\/font> some do it in the mind or above the mind, others do it in
\nthe heart and trough the heart in the psychic centre.<\/P>
\n

11-6-1933 <\/font><\/b> <\/P>
\n

REAL  AND  COMPLETE  SUBMISSION<\/b> <\/P>
\n\t\t

 <\/P>
\n

It is necessary if you want to progress in your Sadhana that you should 
\nmake the submission and surrender of which you speak sincere, real and complete.  This cannot be as long as you
\nmix up your desires with your spiritual aspiration.  It cannot be as long as you cherish vital attachment to family, child or anything
\nor anybody else.  If you are to do this Yoga, you must have only one desire and
\naspiration, to receive the spiritual Truth and manifest it in all your thoughts,
\nfeelings, actions and nature.  You must not hunger after any relations with
\nanyone.  The relations of the Sadhak with others must be created for him from
\nwithin, when he has the true consciousness and lives in the Light.  They will be
\ndetermined within by the power and will of the Divine Mother according to
\nthe supramental Truth for the divine life and divine work;  they must not be
\ndetermined by his mind and his vital desires.  This is the thing you have to
\nremember.  Your psychic being is capable of giving itself to the Mother and
\nliving and growing in the Truth;  but your lower vital being <\/P>
\n

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\n

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\n

<\/p>\n

has been full of attachments and
\nsaṁsk<\/span>ā<\/font>r<\/font><\/span>as<\/span><\/i> and an impure movement of desire
\nand your external physical mind was not able to
\nshake of its ignorant ideas and habits and open to the Truth.  That was the
\nreason why you were unable to progress, because you were keeping up an element and
\nmovements which could not be allowed to remain;  for they were the exact opposite of
\nwhat has to be established in a divine life.  The Mother can only free you from
\nthese things, if you really want it, not only in your psychic being, but in your
\nphysical mind and all your vital nature.  The sign will be that you no longer
\ncherish or insist on your personal notions, attachments or desires, and that whatever the distance and wherever you may be, you will feel
\nyourself open and the
\npower and presence of the Mother with you and working in you and will be
\ncontented, quiet, confident, wanting nothing else, awaiting always the Mother’s
\nWill. <\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n\t\t


\n\t\t*<\/font><\/i><\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n\t\t

Put all before the Mother in your heart so that her Light may work on it for the best.<\/P>
\n

21-4-1931 <\/font><\/b> <\/P>
\n


\n*<\/font><\/i><\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n

The life of <\/font><\/b>
\nsaṁsk<\/span>ā<\/span>ras<\/span><\/i> is in its nature a field of unrest
\n―<\/font> to go through it in the right way one has to offer one’s life and actions to the Divine
\nand pray for the peace of the Divine within.  When the mind becomes quiet, one can
\nfeel the Divine Mother supporting the life and put everything into her hands.<\/P>
\n

16-4-1933 <\/font><\/b> <\/P>
\n

THE  NECESSARY  EFFORT<\/b> <\/P>
\n\t\t

 <\/P>
\n

What you say of Sadhana is true.  Sadhana is necessary and the
\nDivine Force cannot do things in the void but must lead each one according to
\nhis nature to the point at which he can feel the <\/P>
\n

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\n

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\n

<\/p>\n

Mother working within and doing all for him.  Till then the Sadhak\u00b4s
\naspiration, self-consecration, assent and support to the Mother\u00b4s workings, his
\nrejection of all that comes in the way is very necessary ―<\/font> indispensable.<\/P>
\n

25-9-1936<\/font><\/b><\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n


\n*<\/font><\/i><\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n

The effort demanded of the Sadhak is that of aspiration, rejection and
\nsurrender.  If
\nthese three are done the rest is to come of itself by the Grace of the Mother and the
\nworking of her force in you.  But of the three the most important is surrender of which
\nthe first necessary form is trust and confidence and patience in difficulty. 
\nThere is no rule
\nthat trust and confidence can only remain if aspiration is there.  On the contrary,
\nwhen even aspiration is not there because of the pressure of inertia, trust and
\nconfidence and patient can remain.  If trust and patience fail when aspiration is
\nquiescent,
\nthat would mean that the Sadhak is relying solely on his own effort ―<\/font> it would mean,  “Oh, my aspiration has failed,
\nso there is no hope for me.  My aspiration fails, so what
\ncan Mother do ?”  On the contrary, the Sadhak should feel,  “Never
\nmind, my aspiration
\nwill come back again. Meanwhile I know that the Mother is with me even when I do
\nnot feel her;  she will carry me even through the darkest period".  That is the fully
\nright attitude you must have.  To those who have it depression can do nothing;  even if
\nit comes it has to return baffled.  That is not tamasic surrender.  Tamasic
\nsurrender is when one says,  “I won’t do anything;  let Mother do everything.  Aspiration, rejection, surrender even are not necessary.  Let her do all that in
\nme".  There is a great difference between the two attitudes.  One is
\nthat of the shirker who
\nwon’t do anything, the other is that of the Sadhak who does his best, but when he is
\nreduced to quiescence for a time and things are adverse, keeps always his trust
\nin the Mother’s force and presence behind all and by that trust baffles the opposition
\nforce and calls back the activity of the Sadhana. <\/P>
\n

26-10-1936 <\/font><\/b> <\/P>
\n

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\n

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\n

<\/p>\n

IN  THE  MOTHER’S  LAP
\n<\/b> <\/P>
\n\t\t

 <\/P>
\n

Q:<\/b>  I find it very difficult to do the right kind of concentration.  Since I can’t concentrate properly, would it not be best for me to
\nimagine myself lying eternally in the Mother’s lap ? <\/i> <\/P>
\n

A:<\/b>  This is the best possible kind of concentration.<\/P>
\n

12-8-1935 <\/font><\/b> <\/P>
\n

 <\/P>
\n

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