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\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tMarch 1, 1914<\/font><\/a><\/span><\/b>
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\n<\/a>
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>It is in one’s own self that all the obstacles lie, it is in one’s own
\nself that all the difficulties are found, it is in one’s own self that there is
\nall the darkness and ignorance. Were we to travel throughout the earth, were we
\nto go and bury ourselves in some solitude, break with all our habits, lead the
\nmost ascetic life, yet if some bond of illusion held back our consciousness far
\nfrom Thy absolute Consciousness, if some egoistic attachment cut us off from the
\nintegral communion with Thy divine Love, we would be no nearer Thee despite all
\nouter circumstances. Can any circumstances be considered more or less
\nfavourable? I doubt it; it is the idea we have about them which enables us to
\nprofit much or little by the lessons they give us. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>O Lord, I implore Thee! Grant that I may be perfectly conscious and
\nmaster of all that constitutes this personality, so that I may be delivered
\nfrom myself and Thou alone mayst<\/span> live and act through
\nthese multiple elements. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>To live in Love, by Love, for Love,
\nindissolubly united to Thy highest manifestation…. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Always more light, more beauty, more truth!
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – <\/font><\/span>86<\/p>\n

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\nMarch 3, 1914<\/font><\/a><\/span><\/b>
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\n<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/b>
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>As the day of departure draws near, I enter into a kind of
\nself-communion; I turn with a fond solemnity towards all those thousand little
\nnothings around us which have silently, for so many years, played their role of
\nfaithful friends; I thank them gratefully for all the charm they were able to
\ngive to the outer side of our life; I wish that if they are destined to pass
\ninto other hands than ours for any length of time, these hands may be gentle to
\nthem and know all the respect that is due to what Thy divine Love, O Lord, has
\nbrought out from the dark inconscience of chaos. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Then I turn towards the future and my gaze becomes more solemn still.
\nWhat it holds in store for us I do not know nor care to know; outer
\ncircumstances have no importance at all; my only wish is that this may be for
\nus the beginning of a new inner period in which, more detached from material
\nthings, we could be more conscious of Thy law and more one-pointedly
\nconsecrated to its manifestation; that it may be a period of greater light,
\ngreater love, of a more perfect dedication to Thy cause. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>In a silent adoration I contemplate Thee….
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – <\/font><\/span>87<\/p>\n

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\nMarch 4, 1914<\/font><\/a><\/span><\/b>
\n<\/font>
\n<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/b>
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>It is likely to be the last time for a long while that I am writing at
\nthis table, in this calm room all charged with Thy Presence. For the next three
\ndays I shall probably not be able to write…. In an indrawn state I
\ncontemplate this turning page, vanishing into the dream of the past and look at
\nthe new page all full potentially of the dream of the future…. And yet how
\ntrifling this seems, how childish and unimportant, when seen in the light of
\nThy eternity. The only thing that is important is to obey Thy law with love and
\njoy. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>O Lord, grant that everything in us may adore and serve Thee. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>May Peace be with all!
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage –<\/font><\/span>88<\/p>\n

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\n
\n
\nGeneva<\/font><\/a><\/span><\/b>,
\n<\/font>
\n<\/span><\/b>
\nMarch 6, 1914<\/font><\/span><\/b> <\/font> <\/b><\/span><\/a>
\n
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>After having suffered acutely from their suffering, I turned towards
\nThee, trying to heal it by infusing into it a little of that divine Love which
\nis the source of all peace and all happiness. We must not run away from
\nsuffering, we must not love and cultivate it either, we must learn how to go
\ndeep down into it sufficiently to turn it into a lever powerful enough for us
\nto force open the doors of the eternal consciousness and enter the serenity of
\nThy unchanging Oneness.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Surely this sentimental and physical attachment which causes an
\nagonizing wrench when bodies are separated, is childish from a certain point of
\nview, when we contemplate the impermanence of outer forms and the reality of
\nThy essential Oneness; but, on the other hand, is not this attachment, this
\npersonal affection, an unconscious effort in men to realise outwardly, as far
\nas possible, that fundamental oneness towards which they always move without
\neven being aware of it? And precisely because of that, is not the suffering
\nthat separation brings one of the most effective means of transcending this
\nouter consciousness, of replacing this superficial attachment by the integral
\nrealisation of Thy eternal Oneness? <\/span><\/p>\n

\n      T<\/span>his is what I wished for them all; this is
\nwhat I ardently willed for them, and that is why, assured of Thy victory,
\ncertain of Thy triumph, I confided their grief to Thee that by illuminating it
\nThou mayst<\/span>
\nheal it. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 <\/span>
\n    <\/span> <\/span>O
\nLord, grant that all this beauty of affection and <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – <\/font><\/span>89<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>tenderness<\/span> <\/span> may be transformed into glorious
\nknowledge. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Grant that the best may emerge from everything and Thy happy Peace reign
\nover the earth.
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – <\/font><\/span>90<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
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\nOn board the \u201cKaga<\/span> Maru<\/span>\u201d, <\/font> <\/span><\/b>
\nMarch 7, 1914<\/font><\/a><\/span><\/b>
\n<\/font>
\n<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/b>
\n
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Thou wert<\/span> with us yesterday as the most
\nmarvellous of protections; Thou didst permit Thy law to triumph even in the
\nmost external manifestation. Violence was answered by calm, brutality by the
\nstrength of sweetness; and where an irreparable disaster would have occurred,
\nThy power was glorified. O Lord, with what fervent gratitude did I greet Thy
\nPresence. It was for me the sure sign that we would have the strength to act,
\nto think, to live in Thy name and for Thee; not only in intention and will, but
\neffectively in an integral realisation. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>*This
\nmorning my prayer rises to Thee, always with the same aspiration: to live Thy
\nlove, to radiate Thy love, with such potency and effectiveness that all may
\nfeel fortified, regenerated and illumined by our contact. To have power to heal
\nlife, to relieve suffering, to generate peace and calm confidence, to efface
\nanguish and replace it by the sense of the one true happiness, the happiness
\nthat is founded in Thee and never fades…. O Lord, O marvellous Friend, O
\nall-powerful Master, penetrate all our being, transfigure it till Thou alone livest<\/span> in us and through us!* <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 9<\/font><\/span>1<\/p>\n

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\nMarch 8, 1914<\/font><\/a><\/span><\/b> *<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>In front of this calm sunrise which turned all within me into silence
\nand peace, at the moment when I grew conscious of Thee and Thou alone wast<\/span> living in me, O Lord, it seemed to me that I adopted
\nall the inhabitants of this ship, and enveloped them in an equal love, and that
\nso in each one of them something of Thy consciousness would awake. Not often
\nhad I felt so strongly Thy divine power and Thy invincible light, and once
\nagain total was my confidence and unmixed my joyful surrender. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>O Thou who relievest<\/span> all suffering and dispersest<\/span> all ignorance, O Thou the supreme healer, be
\nconstantly present on this boat in the heart of those whom it shelters that
\nonce again Thy glory may be manifested!
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 9<\/font><\/span>2<\/p>\n

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\nMarch 9, 1914<\/font><\/a><\/span><\/b> *<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Those who live for Thee and in Thee may change their physical
\nsurroundings, their habits, climate, \u201cmilieu\u201d, but everywhere they find the
\nsame atmosphere; they carry that atmosphere in themselves, in their thought
\nconstantly fixed on Thee. Everywhere they feel at home, for everywhere they are
\nin Thy house. No longer do they marvel at the novelty, unexpectedness, picturesqueness<\/span> of things and countries; for them, it is
\nThy Presence that is manifest in all and Thy unchangeable splendour, which
\nnever leaves them, is apparent in the least grain of sand. The whole earth
\nchants Thy praises; in spite of the obscurity, misery, ignorance, through it
\nall, it is still the glory of Thy love which we perceive and with which we can
\ncommune ceaselessly everywhere. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>O Lord, my sweet Master, all this I constantly experience on this boat
\nwhich seems to me a marvellous abode of peace, a temple sailing in Thy honour
\nover the waves of the subconscient passivity which we have to conquer and
\nawaken to the consciousness of Thy divine Presence. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Blessed was the day when I came to know Thee, O Ineffable Eternity.
\n <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

    Blessed among all days be that day when
\nthe earth at last awakened shall know Thee and shall live only for Thee.<\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 9<\/font><\/span>3<\/p>\n

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\nMarch 10, 1914<\/font><\/a><\/span><\/b>
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\n<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/b>
\n
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>In the silence of the night Thy Peace reigned over all things, in the
\nsilence of my heart Thy Peace reigns always; and when these two silences were
\nunited, Thy Peace was so powerful that no disturbance of any kind could resist
\nit. Then I thought of all those who were watching over the boat to safeguard
\nand protect our course, and in gratefulness I wanted to make Thy Peace spring
\nup and live in their hearts; then I thought of all those who, confident and
\nfree from care, slept the sleep of inconscience, and with solicitude for their
\nmiseries, pity for their latent suffering which would arise in them when they
\nawoke, I wanted that a little of Thy Peace might live in their hearts and
\nawaken in them the life of the spirit, the light that dispels ignorance. Then I
\nthought of all the inhabitants of this vast sea, both visible
\nand invisible, and I willed that Thy Peace might spread over them. Then I
\nthought of those we had left far behind and whose affection goes with us, and
\nwith a great tenderness I wanted Thy conscious and lasting Peace for them, the
\nplenitude of Thy Peace as far as they could receive it. Then I thought of all
\nthose towards whom we are going, who are troubled by childish preoccupations and
\nfight in ignorance and egoism for petty rivalries of interest; and ardently, in
\na great aspiration, I asked for them the full light of Thy Peace. Then I thought
\nof all those we know, all those we do not know, all the life in the making, all
\nthat has changed its form, all that is not yet<\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\nPage – <\/span>
\n94<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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in form, and for all these, even as for all
\nthat I cannot think about, for all that is present to my memory and for all that
\nI forget, in a deep contemplation and mute adoration I implored Thy Peace.
\n<\/span>
\n
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – <\/font><\/span>95<\/p>\n

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\nMarch 12, 1914<\/font><\/a><\/span><\/b>
\n<\/font>
\n<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/b>
\n
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>O Lord, my one aspiration is to know Thee and serve Thee better every
\nday. What do outer circumstances matter? They seem to me each day more vain and
\nillusory, and I take less and less interest in what is going to happen to us in
\nthe outer life; but more and more am I intensely interested in the one thing
\nwhich seems important to me: to know Thee better in order to serve Thee better.
\nAll outer events must converge upon this goal and this goal alone; and for that
\nall depends upon the attitude we have towards them. To seek Thee constantly in
\nall things, to want to manifest Thee ever better in every circumstance, in this
\nattitude lies supreme Peace, perfect serenity, true contentment. In it life
\nblossoms, widens, expands so magnificently in such majestic waves that no storm
\ncan any longer disturb it. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>O Lord, Thou art our safeguard, our only happiness, Thou art our
\nresplendent light, our pure love, our hope and our strength. Thou art our life,
\nthe reality of our being! <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>In a reverent and joyful adoration I bow to Thee.
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\nPage – <\/span>
\n96<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\nMarch 13, 1914<\/font><\/a><\/span><\/b>
\n<\/font>
\n<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>How many different levels there are in consciousness! This word should
\nbe reserved for what is illumined in a being by Thy Presence, is identified
\nwith Thee and partakes of Thy absolute Consciousness, for that which has
\nknowledge, that which is \u201cperfectly awakened\u201d, as the Buddha says. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Outside this state there are infinite grades of consciousness, going
\nright down to complete darkness, the veritable inconscience which may be a
\ndomain yet untouched by the light of Thy divine Love (but this seems improbable
\nin physical substance), or which is, for some kind of reason of ignorance,
\noutside our individual range of perception. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>This is, however, only a way of speaking, and a very incomplete one; for
\nwhen the being becomes aware of Thy presence and is identified with Thy
\nconsciousness, it is conscious in all things and everywhere. But the fleeting
\nduration of this supreme consciousness can be explained only by the complexity
\nof the elements of the being, by their unequal illumination and by the fact
\nthat they enter into activity successively. It is, moreover, because of this
\nsuccessive activity that they can gradually become aware of themselves as a
\nresult of their experiences, both objective and subjective (which are really
\none and the same), that is, discover Thee in their unfathomable essence. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>The subconscient is the intermediate zone between precise perception and
\nignorance, total darkness; it is<\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – <\/font><\/span>97<\/p>\n

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probable that most beings, even human beings,
\nlive constantly in this subconscient; few emerge from it. This is the conquest
\nthat is to be made; for to be conscious in the true sense of the word is to be
\nThyself integrally; and is not this the very definition of the work to be
\naccomplished, the mission to be fulfilled upon earth? <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Deliver us, O Lord, from darkness; grant that we may become perfectly
\nawake…. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Sweet Master of Love, grant that all my consciousness may be
\nconcentrated in Thee so that I may live only by love and light and that love
\nand light may radiate through me and awaken in all on our journey; may this
\nphysical journey be like a symbol of our action and may we leave everywhere a
\ntrace of Thee like a trail of light and love.
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>O divine Master, eternal Teacher, Thou livest<\/span>
\nin all things, in all beings, and Thy love bursts upon the sight of even the
\nmost ignorant. Grant that all may become aware of it in the depths of their
\nbeing and that hatred may disappear for ever from their hearts. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>My ardent gratitude rises to Thee like a tireless chant.
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\nPage – <\/span>
\n98<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\nMarch 14, 1914<\/font><\/a><\/span><\/b>
\n<\/font>
\n<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/b>
\n
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>In the immutable solitude of the desert there is something of Thy
\nmajestic presence, and I understand why one of the best means of finding Thee
\nhas always been to withdraw into these immense stretches of sand. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>But for one who knows Thee, Thou art everywhere, in all things, and none
\nof them seems more suitable than another for manifesting Thee; for all things
\nthat exist \u2013 and many others that yet do not \u2013 are necessary to express Thee.
\nEach thing, by virtue of Thy divine intervention of love, is an effort of life
\ntowards Thee; and as soon as our eyes are unsealed, we perceive this effort
\nconstantly. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>O Lord, my heart is athirst for Thee and my thought seeks for Thee
\nconstantly. In a mute adoration I bow to Thee. <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – <\/font><\/span>99<\/p>\n

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\n
\n\u00a0<\/font><\/a><\/span><\/b>March 15, 1914<\/font><\/span><\/b> <\/font> <\/b><\/span><\/a>
\n
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>My thought is filled with Thee, my heart is full, all my being is filled
\nwith Thy Presence, and peace grows ever deeper, giving rise to that happiness,
\nso special, so unmixed, of a calm serenity, which seems vast as the universe,
\ndeep as the unfathomable depths which lead to Thee. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Oh, these silent and pure nights when my heart overflows and unites with
\nThy divine Love to penetrate all things, embrace all life, illumine and
\nregenerate all thought, purify all feeling, awaken in every being the
\nconsciousness of Thy marvellous Presence and of the ineffable peace that flows
\nfrom it! <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Grant, O Lord, that this consciousness and peace may constantly grow
\nwithin us, so that we may be more and more the faithful intermediaries of Thy
\ndivine and absolute law.
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 10<\/font><\/span>0<\/p>\n

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\nMarch 17, 1914<\/font><\/a><\/span><\/b>
\n<\/font>
\n<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/b>
\n
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>When physical conditions are a little
\ndifficult and some discomfort follows, if one knows how to surrender completely
\nbefore Thy will, caring little for life or death, health or illness, the
\nintegral being enters immediately into harmony with Thy law of love and life,
\nand all physical indisposition ceases giving place to a calm well-being, deep
\nand peaceful. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>I have noticed that when one enters into an activity that necessitates
\ngreat physical endurance, what tires one most is anticipating beforehand all
\nthe difficulties to which one will be exposed. It is much wiser to see at every
\nmoment only the difficulty of the present instant; in this way the effort
\nbecomes much easier for it is always proportionate to the amount of strength,
\nthe resistance at one’s disposal. The body is a marvellous tool, it is our mind
\nthat does not know how to use it and, instead of fostering its suppleness, its
\nplasticity, it brings a certain fixity into it which comes from preconceived
\nideas and unfavourable suggestions. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <\/span><\/span>But the supreme science, O Lord, is to unite
\nwith Thee, to trust in Thee, to live in Thee, to be Thyself; and then nothing
\nis any longer impossible to a man who manifests Thy omnipotence.
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\n  
\n<\/font> <\/span>\u00a0
\n<\/span>Lord, my aspiration rises to Thee like a silent canticle, a mute
\nadoration, and Thy divine Love illumines my heart. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>O divine Master, I bow to Thee!
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 10<\/font><\/span>1<\/p>\n

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\nMarch 18, 1914<\/font><\/a><\/span><\/b>
\n<\/font>
\n<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/b>
\n
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Thou art perfect knowledge, absolute consciousness. He who unites with
\nThee is omniscient \u2013 while the union lasts. But even before attaining this
\nstage, he who has given himself to Thee in all the sincerity of his being, with
\nall his conscious will, he who has resolved to make every effort to help in the
\nmanifestation and triumph of Thy divine law of Love in himself and the whole
\nfield of his influence, sees all things in his life change, and all
\ncircumstances begin to express Thy law and assist his consecration; for him it
\nis the best, the very best that always happens; and if in his intelligence
\nthere is still some obscurity, some ignorant desire which at times prevents him
\nfrom becoming aware of it immediately, he recognises sooner or later that a
\nbeneficent power seemed to protect him even from himself and secure for him
\nconditions most favourable to his blossoming and transfiguration, his integral
\nconversion and utilisation.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>As soon as one becomes conscious and convinced of this, one can no
\nlonger worry about future circumstances or the turn events take; it is with
\nperfect serenity that one does at every moment what one thinks best, convinced
\nthat the best too is sure to come from it, even if it is not the result which
\nwe, with our limited reasoning, expected from it.
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>That is why, Lord, our heart is light, our thought in repose. That is
\nwhy we turn to Thee in all confidence and say peacefully: <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>May
\nThy will be done, in it true harmony is realised.
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 1<\/font><\/span>02<\/p>\n

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\n

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\nMarch 19, 1914<\/font><\/a><\/span><\/b>
\n<\/font>
\n<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/b>
\n
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>O Lord, eternal Teacher, Thou whom we can neither name nor understand,
\nbut whom we want to realise more and more at every moment, enlighten our intelligence,
\nillumine our hearts, transfigure our consciousness; may everyone awaken to the
\ntrue life, flee from egoism and its train of sorrow and anguish, and take
\nrefuge in Thy divine and pure Love, source of all peace and all happiness. My
\nheart so full of Thee seems to expand into infinity and my intelligence, all
\nillumined with Thy Presence, shines like the purest diamond. Thou art the
\nwonderful magician, he who transfigures all things, from ugliness brings forth
\nbeauty, from darkness light, from the mud clear water, from ignorance knowledge
\nand from egoism goodness. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>In Thee, by Thee, for Thee we live and Thy law is the supreme master of
\nour life. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>May Thy will be done in every place, may Thy peace reign upon all the
\nearth.
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 1<\/font><\/span>03<\/p>\n

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\n

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\nMarch 20, 1914<\/font><\/a><\/span><\/b>
\n<\/font>
\n<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/b>
\n
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Thou art consciousness and light, Thou art peace in the depth of all
\nthings, the divine love that transfigures, the knowledge that triumphs over
\ndarkness. To feel Thee and aspire to Thee one should have emerged from the
\nimmense sea of the subconscient, one should have begun to crystallise, to grow
\ndistinct so as to know oneself and then give oneself as that alone which is its
\nown master can do. And what effort and struggle it takes to attain this
\ncrystallisation, to emerge from the amorphous state of the environment; and how
\nmuch more effort and struggle yet to give oneself, to surrender once the
\nindividuality has been formed. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Few beings consent willingly to make this effort; so life with its
\nbrutal unforeseen events obliges men to make it unintentionally, for they
\ncannot do otherwise. And little by little Thy work is accomplished despite all
\nobstacles.
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 1<\/font><\/span>04<\/p>\n

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\n

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\nMarch 21, 1914<\/font><\/a><\/span><\/b>
\n<\/font>
\n<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/b>
\n
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Every morning my aspiration rises ardently to Thee, and in the silence
\nof my satisfied heart I ask that Thy law of Love may be expressed, that Thy
\nwill may manifest. And in anticipation I adhere with joy and serenity to those
\ncircumstances which will express this law and this will. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Oh, why be restless and want that for oneself things should turn out in
\none way and not another! Why decide that a particular set of circumstances will
\nbe the expression of the best possibilities and then launch into a bitter
\nstruggle so that these possibilities may be realised! Why not use all one’s
\nenergy solely to will in the calm of inner confidence that Thy law may triumph
\neverywhere and always over all difficulties, all darkness, all egoism! How the
\nhorizon widens as soon as one learns to take this attitude; how all anxiety
\nvanishes giving place to a constant illumination, to the omnipotence of
\ndisinterestedness! To will what Thou willest<\/span>, O Lord,
\nis to live constantly in communion with Thee, to be delivered from all
\ncontingencies, to escape all narrowness, to fill one’s lungs with pure and
\nwholesome air, to get rid of all useless weariness, be relieved of all cumbrous
\nloads, so as to run briskly towards the
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

only goal worth attaining: the triumph of
\nThy divine Law! <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>O Lord, with what joy and trust I greet Thee this morning!… <\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\nPage – 1<\/span>0<\/span>5<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n

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\nMarch 22, 1914<\/font><\/a><\/span><\/b>
\n<\/font>
\n<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/b>
\n
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>O Lord, divine Master of Love, enlighten their consciousness and their
\nhearts. They have made an effort to reach out towards Thee but because of their
\nignorance their prayers probably did not rise to Thee, and their false
\nconceptions have barred the way to their aspiration. Yet in Thy mercy Thou dost
\nturn all goodwill to account and a flash of sincerity is enough for Thy divine
\nlight to use it to illumine the intelligence, for Thy sublime love to penetrate
\ninto all hearts and fill them with that pure and lofty benevolence which is one
\nof the best expressions of Thy law. What I willed for them, with Thy will, in
\nmoments when I could be in true communion with Thee \u2013 grant that they may have
\nreceived it on the day when, striving to forget all outer contingencies, they
\nturned to their noblest thought, their best feelings. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>May the supreme serenity of Thy sublime Presence awake in them. <\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\nPage – 1<\/span>0<\/span>6<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n

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\nMarch 23, 1914<\/font><\/a><\/span><\/b>
\n<\/font>
\n<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/b>
\n
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>As I see it, the ideal state is that in which, constantly conscious with
\nThy Consciousness, one knows at every moment, spontaneously, without any
\nreflection being necessary, exactly what should be done to best express Thy
\nlaw. That state I know, for I have experienced it at certain moments, but very
\noften the knowledge of the \u201chow\u201d is veiled by a mist of ignorance and one must
\ncall in reflection which is not always a good counsellor \u2013 let alone all that
\none does at every instant without having any time for reflection, on the spur
\nof the moment. How far does it conform with or oppose Thy law? That depends
\nupon the state of the subconscient, on what is active in it at that time. Once
\nthe deed is done, if it has any importance, if one can look at it, analyse it,
\nunderstand it, it serves as a lesson, enables one to become aware of one’s
\nmotive of action and hence of something in the subconscient which still governs
\nthe being and has to be mastered.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Every action on earth is bound to have a good and a bad side. Even the
\nactions which best express the most divine law of Love carry in them something
\nof the disorder and darkness inherent in the world as it is today. Some people,
\nthose who are called pessimists, perceive almost exclusively the dark side of
\neverything. The optimists, on the other hand, see only the side of beauty and
\nharmony. And if it is foolish and ignorant to be an unwitting optimist, is it
\nnot making a happy conquest to become a willing optimist? In the eyes<\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\nPage – 1<\/span>0<\/span>7<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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of pessimists, whatever one does will
\nalways be bad, ignorant or egoistic; how could one satisfy them? It is an
\nimpossible task. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>There is only one recourse; to unite as perfectly as possible with the
\nhighest and purest light that one can conceive, to identify one’s consciousness
\nas completely as possible with the absolute Consciousness, to strive to receive
\nall inspirations from that Consciousness alone so as to foster as best one can
\nits manifestation upon earth, and, trusting in its power, to regard all events
\nwith serenity. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Since everything is necessarily mixed in the present manifestation, the
\nwisest thing is to do one’s best, striving towards an ever higher light and to
\nresign oneself to the fact that absolute perfection is for the moment
\nunrealisable. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>And yet how ardently must we always aspire for that inaccessible
\nperfection!…
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\nPage – 1<\/span>0<\/span>8<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n

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\nMarch 24, 1914
\n<\/font>
\n<\/a> <\/span><\/b>
\n
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>The result of all my reflections of yesterday is the finding that the
\nonly disturbance I experience comes from my fear of not having been or of not
\nbeing perfectly identified with Thy law. And this disturbance comes precisely
\nfrom the fact that the identification is not complete; for if it were, I could
\nnot ask myself whether it is so and, on the other hand, as I know from
\nexperience, all disturbance would become impossible for me.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>But in face of an error or blunder, the true thought to have is not to say
\nto oneself, \u201cI should have done better, I should have done this instead of
\nthat\u201d, but rather \u201cI was not sufficiently identified with the eternal
\nConsciousness, I must strive to realise better this definitive and integral
\nunion.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Yesterday afternoon, during those long hours of silent contemplation, I
\nunderstood at last what is meant by true identification with the object of
\none’s thought. I touched this realisation, as it were, not by achieving a
\nmental state, but simply through steadiness and control of thought. I
\nunderstood that I would need long, very long hours of contemplation to be able
\nto perfect this realisation. This is one of the things I expect from the
\njourney to <\/span>India<\/span>, if indeed Thou dost consider it useful
\nfor Thy service, Lord. <\/span>     <\/p>\n

\n     <\/span>My progress is slow, very slow, but I hope that in compensation it may
\nbe lasting and free from all fluctuation. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Grant that I may accomplish my mission, that I may help in Thy integral
\nmanifestation.
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\nPage – 1<\/span>0<\/span>9<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n

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\nMarch 25, 1914<\/font><\/a><\/span><\/b> *<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Silent and unseen as always, but all-powerful, Thy action has made
\nitself felt and, in these souls that seemed to be so closed, a perception of
\nThy divine light is awake. I knew well that none could invoke Thy presence in
\nvain and if in the sincerity of our hearts we commune with Thee through no
\nmatter what organism, body or human collectivity<\/span>,
\nthis organism in spite of its ignorance finds its unconsciousness wholly
\ntransformed. But when in one or several elements there is the conscious
\ntransformation, when the flame that smoulders under the ashes leaps out
\nsuddenly illumining all the being, then with joy we salute Thy sovereign
\naction, testify once more to Thy invincible puissance and can hope that a new
\npossibility of true happiness has been added to the others in mankind. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>O Lord, an ardent thanksgiving mounts from me towards Thee expressing
\nthe gratitude of this sorrowing humanity which Thou illuminest<\/span>,
\ntransformest<\/span> and glorifiest<\/span>
\nand givest<\/span> to it the peace of Knowledge.
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\nPage – 1<\/span>10<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\n

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\nMarch 28, 1914
\n<\/font>
\n<\/a> <\/span><\/b>
\n
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>From the time we started and every day more and more, in all things we
\ncan see Thy divine intervention, everywhere Thy law is expressed, and I need
\nall my inner conviction to feel that this is perfectly natural, so that I do
\nnot pass from wonder to wonder. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>At no moment do I feel that I am living outside Thee and never have the
\nhorizons appeared vaster to me and the depths at once more luminous and
\nunfathomable. Grant, O Divine Teacher, that we may know and accomplish our
\nmission upon earth better and better, more and more, that we may make full use
\nof all the energies that are in us, and Thy sovereign Presence become manifest
\never more perfectly in the silent depths of our soul, in all our thoughts, all
\nour feelings, all our actions. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>I find it almost strange to speak to Thee, so much is it Thou who livest<\/span> in me, thinkest<\/span> and lovest<\/span>.
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 1<\/font><\/span>11<\/p>\n

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\nPondicherry,
\n<\/font>
\nMarch 29, 1914 <\/font> <\/a> <\/span><\/b>
\n
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>O Thou whom we must know, understand, realise, absolute Consciousness,
\neternal Law, Thou who guidest<\/span> and illuminest<\/span>
\nus, who movest<\/span> and inspirest<\/span>
\nus, grant that these weak souls may be strengthened and those who fear be
\nreassured. To Thee I entrust them, even as I entrust to Thee our entire
\ndestiny.
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\n
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\nMarch 30, 1914
\n<\/font>
\n<\/a> <\/span><\/b>
\n
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>In the presence of those who are integrally Thy servitors, those who
\nhave attained the perfect consciousness of Thy presence, I become aware that I
\nam still far, very far from what I yearn to realise; and I know that the
\nhighest I can conceive, the noblest and purest is still dark and ignorant
\nbeside what I should conceive. But this perception, far from being depressing,
\nstimulates and strengthens the aspiration, the energy, the will to triumph over
\nall obstacles so as to be at last identified with Thy law and Thy work. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Gradually the horizon becomes distinct, the path grows clear, and we
\nmove towards a greater and greater certitude. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>It matters little that there are thousands of beings plunged in the
\ndensest ignorance, He whom we saw yesterday is on earth; his presence is enough
\nto prove that a day will come when darkness shall be transformed into light,
\nand Thy reign shall be indeed established upon earth. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>O Lord, Divine Builder of this marvel, my heart overflows with joy and
\ngratitude when I think of it, and my hope has no bounds. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>My adoration is beyond all words, my reverence is silent.
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

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