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\n August 2, 1914<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>What are these powerful gods whose hour of manifestation upon earth has
\ncome, if not the varied and perfected modes of Thy infinite activity, O Thou
\nMaster of all things, Being and Non-Being and What is beyond, Marvellous
\nUnknowable One, our sovereign Lord? …. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>What are these manifold brilliant intellectual activities, these
\ncountless sunbeams illumining, conceiving and fashioning all forms, if not one
\nof the modes of being of Thy infinite Will, one of the means of Thy manifestation,
\nO Thou Master of our destinies, sole unthinkable Reality, sovereign Lord of all
\nthat is and all that is not yet…. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>And all these mental powers, all these vital energies, and all these
\nmaterial elements, what are they if not Thyself in Thy outermost form, Thy
\nultimate modes of expression, of realisation, O Thou whom we adore devotedly
\nand who escapest<\/span> us on every side even while
\npenetrating, animating and guiding us, Thou whom we cannot understand or define
\nor name, Thou whom we cannot seize or embrace or conceive, and who art yet
\nrealised in our smallest acts….
\n <\/span>   <\/p>\n

 <\/span>   <\/span>
\n<\/span>And all this enormous universe is only an atom of Thy eternal Will. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>In the immensity of Thy effective Presence all things blossom! <\/span><\/p>\n

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 <\/span><\/span>August 3, 1914<\/font><\/a><\/span><\/b> <\/font> <\/a> <\/span><\/b>\n<\/p>\n

\n
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>All the being, this morning, is mute adoration and the immensity of Thy
\nlove fills its soul…. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>The preparation and the work, the work and the preparation alternate and
\ninterpenetrate to such an extent that sometimes it becomes difficult to
\ndistinguish them; and their combination constitutes Thy divine life upon earth.
\nWhat one must be, what one must do: the perfecting of Thy instrument and its
\nutilisation go together; sometimes Thou wantest<\/span> it to
\nenrich itself and grow, to open all its doors on infinite horizons, to unite
\nwith the god it can manifest, to develop its power of conscious relation with
\nthe various worlds, and sometimes Thou wantest<\/span> that,
\nlosing so to speak all consciousness of itself, it may be nothing but Thy force
\nin action. And in the two is found the supreme law of communion with Thy will. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>All the being, this morning, is mute adoration and the immensity of Thy
\nlove fills its soul.
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 2<\/font><\/span>12<\/p>\n

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\nAugust 4, 1914<\/font><\/a><\/span><\/b> <\/font> <\/a> <\/span><\/b>
\n
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>O
\nLord, O eternal Master! <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Men, driven by the conflict of forces, are performing a sublime
\nsacrifice, they are offering their lives in a bloodstained holocaust…. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>O Lord, O eternal Master, grant that all this may not be in vain, grant
\nthat the inexhaustible torrents of Thy divine Force may spread over the earth
\nand penetrate its troubled atmosphere, the struggling energies, the violent
\nchaos of battling elements; grant that the pure light of Thy Knowledge and the
\ninexhaustible love of Thy Benediction may fill men’s hearts, penetrate their
\nsouls, illumine their consciousness and, out of this obscurity, out of this sombre,
\nterrible and potent darkness, bring forth the splendour of Thy majestic
\nPresence! <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>My being is laid before Thee in a holocaust conscious and complete, that
\ntheir unconscious holocaust may by it be made effective. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Accept the offering, answer our call: Come!
\n <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 2<\/font><\/span>13<\/p>\n

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\nAugust 5, 1914<\/font><\/a><\/span><\/b> <\/font> <\/a> <\/span><\/b>
\n
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>O Eternal Master, Thou art in all things like a vivifying breath, a
\nsweet peace, a sun of luminous love piercing the clouds of darkness. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Grant that we may be Thy vivifying breath, Thy sweet peace, Thy luminous
\nlove upon the earth amidst our ignorant and sorrowful human brothers. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>O divine Master, accept the offering of all myself as a holocaust that
\nThy work may be accomplished and the time may not pass by in vain. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>In a serene ecstasy I give myself to Thee, that Thou mayst<\/span>
\nonce again become the Master of what is Thine<\/span>, the
\npossessor of Thyself in each one of the countless atoms and in the
\nconsciousness that is synthetic and one. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>O divine Master, accept this offering, this complete holocaust that the time
\nmay not have come in vain. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>My whole being is transformed into a living flame, a flame of sacrifice
\nof pure love. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Become once again the king of Thy kingdom, deliver the earth from the
\nheavy weight which is crushing it, the weight of its own inert, ignorant, and
\nobscure ill will. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>O my sweet Master, my being is ablaze with the ardent flame of the sacrifice of love:
\naccept my offering that the obstacle may be overcome.
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 2<\/font><\/span>14<\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>What then are the defects, the blemishes that prevent the offering from
\nbeing complete enough for Thee to welcome it, the holocaust from seeming to
\nThee worthy to be received?… There are still some limitations in this being,
\nbut wilt Thou not shatter them? <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>O Lord, we know that it is an hour of great gravity for the earth: those
\nwho can be Thy intermediaries to it to make a greater harmony arise from the
\nconflict and from its dark ugliness a diviner beauty, must be ready for the
\nwork. O Lord, O eternal Master, we entreat Thee, answer our endeavour, enlighten
\nit, show us the way, give us the strength to break down all inner resistance
\nand overcome every obstacle. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>O my sweet Master, I prostrate myself at Thy feet; my entire being cries
\nto Thee in an ardent supplication…. \u201cDeliver me from the incapacity of the
\npersonal being.\u201d
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\nPage – 2<\/span>15<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>My pen is silent…. So absorbing is this material world! Why must we
\nlet it take so much place in our consciousness? Is it an incapacity in us? Is
\nit Thy Will? <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>O my sweet Master, I would live only in Thee but Thou hast told me that
\nI must live for Thee, and in thus living for Thee our consciousness turns
\ntowards external fields and we seem to go far from Thee. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>I know this is not altogether true; but there is a resistance still in
\nthe being which refuses to yield, there is a door which remains closed, a
\ncertain door of luminous intelligence which no effort has been able till now to
\nopen, and this terribly impoverishes Thy manifestation. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>When wilt Thou decide that the hour has come for all this resistance to
\ndisappear? <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Monstrous forces have swooped down upon the earth like a hurricane,
\nforces dark and violent and powerful and blind. Give us strength, O Lord, to
\nillumine them. Thy splendour must break out everywhere in them and transfigure
\ntheir action: their devastating passage must leave behind it a divine
\nsowing….<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

     O my divine Master, do not reject my offering. Make me worthy to be
\nwholly Thine<\/span> in the plenitude of the giving and the
\nfullness of the manifestation. <\/span>  <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 2<\/font><\/span>16<\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Lord, we are before Thee that Thy will may be done. Remove from our
\nthought all obstacles, doubts, all weaknesses, limitations, all that veils our
\nknowledge and obscures our understanding. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>I am athirst for Thy consciousness, I am athirst for an integral union
\nwith Thee, not in inaction and a flight from physical activity but in a
\ncomplete, absolute, perfect accomplishment of Thy will. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>The splendour of Thy supreme light must spring forth from all the
\ndarkness that has swept down upon the earth.
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\nPage – 2<\/span>17<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\nAugust 11, 1914<\/font><\/a><\/span><\/b> <\/font> <\/a> <\/span><\/b>
\n
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>O My sweet Master, enter into all these confused thoughts, all these
\nanguished hearts; kindle there the fire of Thy divine Presence. The shadow of
\nthe earth has fallen back upon it, it has been completely shaken by it; but this
\nshadow was hiding Thy immutable sun, and now that it has crashed down upon this
\npoor world, rocking its very foundations and transforming it into a formidable
\nchaos, wilt Thou not once again move upon the chaos and speak Thy will: \u201cLet
\nthere be Light\u201d? <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>O Thou marvellous Unknown One, Thou who hast not yet manifested Thyself,
\nThou who awaitest<\/span> the propitious hour and hast sent
\nus upon earth to prepare Thy ways, all the elements of this being cry to Thee,
\n\u201cMay Thy will be done\u201d and give themselves to Thee in a supreme, unconquerable
\nurge…. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Envelop this sorrowful earth with the strong arms of Thy mercy, permeate
\nit with the beneficent outpourings of Thy infinite love. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>I am the powerful arms of Thy mercy. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>I am the vast bosom of Thy boundless love…. My arms have enfolded the
\nsorrowful earth and press it tenderly to my generous heart; and slowly a kiss
\nof
\n supreme benediction is laid upon this
\nstruggling atom: the kiss of the Mother which soothes and heals…. <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 2<\/font><\/span>18<\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>The being stands before Thee, with arms lifted, palms open, in an ardent
\naspiration. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>O sweet Master, it is a Love more wonderful and formidable than any
\nmanifested so far which the earth needs; it is for this Love that it yearns….
\nWho will be capable and worthy of being its intermediary to it? Who? That
\nmatters little; but it must be done. O Lord, answer my call, accept the
\noffering of my being despite its little worth and its limitations: Come. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>More, always more; may the regenerating streams roll over the earth in
\nbeneficent waves. Transfigure and illumine. Work this supreme miracle so long
\nawaited, and break all ignorant egoisms; awaken Thy sublime flame in every
\nheart. Do not let us become benumbed in a tranquil serenity. We ought not to
\ntake any rest before Thy new and sovereign Love is manifested. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Listen to our prayer; answer our call: Come!
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\nPage – 2<\/span>19<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\nAugust 16, 1914<\/font><\/a><\/span><\/b> <\/font> <\/a> <\/span><\/b>
\n
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>For three days I waited in an ardent prayer, hoping to see the new
\nthings… and all the obstacles surged up to veil, retard, deform Thy
\nmanifestation. And now we do not seem any nearer the goal than before. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>O my sweet Master, why hast Thou told me to leave the blessed place in
\nThy heart and return to earth to attempt a realisation which everything seems
\nto prove impossible?… What dost Thou expect of me that Thou hast torn me away
\nfrom my divine and wonderful contemplation and plunged me again into this dark,
\nstruggling universe? When Thy force descends towards the earth in order to
\nmanifest, each one of the great Asuric beings who have resolved to be Thy
\nservitors but preserved their nature’s characteristic of domination and
\nself-will, wants to pull it down for itself alone and distribute it to others
\nafterwards; it always thinks it should be the sole or at least the supreme
\nintermediary, and that the contact of all others with Thy Power cannot and
\nshould not be made except through its mediation. This unfortunate meanness is
\nmore or less conscious, but it is always there, delaying things indefinitely.
\nIf even for the greatest it is impossible in the integral manifestation to
\nescape these lamentable limitations, why, O Lord, impose upon me the calvary<\/span> of this constraint?… If Thou willest<\/span>
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

that it be thus, Thou shouldst<\/span>
\nrend the last veil and Thy splendour come in all its purity and transfigure the
\nworld! <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Accomplish this miracle or else let me withdraw into Thee. <\/span><\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>All errors, all prejudices, all misunderstandings must vanish in this
\nwhirlwind of destruction that is carrying away the past…. The light must
\nbecome perfectly pure, free from all limitation, so that Thou canst manifest
\nThyself fully within it. Lord, Thou hast the Power and Thou wilt realise this
\nsupreme miracle…. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Into this consciousness Thou hast put the certitude of victory!
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 2<\/font><\/span>21<\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Let me turn to Thee in a profound and silent contemplation; let me place
\nthis integral being and its multiple activities at Thy feet as an offering; let
\nme stop all the play of these forces, unify all these consciousnesses, so that one
\nalone may persist, the one which is able to hear Thy command and understand it;
\nlet me plunge again into Thee as in a sovereignly beneficent sea, that which
\npurifies from all ignorance. I feel as if I have gone down very deep into an
\nunfathomable abyss of doubt and darkness, as if I am exiled from Thy eternal
\nsplendour; but I know that in this descent is the possibility of a higher
\nascent which will enable me to span a vaster horizon and draw a little nearer
\nto Thy infinite heavens. Thy light is there, steady and guiding, shining
\nwithout intermission in the depths of the abyss as in the luminous splendours;
\nand a serene confidence, a calm indifference, a tranquil certitude dwell
\npermanently in my consciousness…. I am like a boat which has long enjoyed the
\ndelights of the port and, despite the dark storm-laden clouds which hide the
\nsun, unfurls its sails to launch forth into the great unknown, towards shores
\nunheard of, towards new lands.
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span>    <\/span>
\n<\/span>I am Thine<\/span>, Lord, without any restriction or
\npreference; may Thy will be done in all its rigorous plenitude; all my being
\nadheres to it with a joyous acceptance and a calm serenity. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 <\/span>
\n   <\/span> <\/span>I have no longer any idea about the future:
\nit is<\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 2<\/font><\/span>22<\/p>\n

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\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nThou who wilt awaken the new conception more closely answering Thy law. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>In a most perfect surrender and a most entire trust I wait: Thy voice
\nshowing me Thy path.
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 2<\/font><\/span>23<\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>To see the goal from a new angle which may usefully light up the others,
\nwe should constantly renew the experience of the inner discovery and return to
\nthe extreme limit of consciousness without at any time postulating beforehand
\nwhat the end of our journey will be. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>But instinctively the mind remembers the impression that it received
\nfrom one or from some of the former contacts of our consciousness with the
\nultimate centre, and tells itself: \u201cThat is what one finds at the end of the
\nroad.\u201d It does not realise that the \u201cThat\u201d which is in its thought is only one
\nof countless ways of translating the goal or even of travestying it, nor does
\nit perceive that the intellectual conception should follow the experience and
\nnot precede it. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>To retrace the path in all innocence as though one had never before
\ntravelled it, is the true purity, the perfect sincerity \u2013 the sincerity that
\nbrings an uninterrupted progress, growth, an integral perfectioning<\/span>.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Despite myself, in the silence of all thought, that is, of all conscious
\nformulas, something in my being, deeper than words, turns to Thee, O ineffable
\nLord, in an ardent aspiration, giving Thee in offering all its activities, all its elements, all its modes of being,
\nand imploring for all these the supreme illumination. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n   <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>O
\nThou, whom I cannot think, but whom with certitude I know!
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 2<\/font><\/span>24<\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>O Lord, Lord, the whole earth is in an upheaval; it groans and suffers,
\nit is in agony… all this suffering that has descended upon it must not be in
\nvain; grant that all this bloodshed may produce a swifter germination of the
\nseeds of beauty and light and love which must blossom and cover the earth with
\ntheir rich harvest. Out of the depths of this abysm of darkness the whole being
\nof the earth cries to Thee that Thou mayst<\/span> give it
\nair and light; it is stifling, wilt Thou not come to its aid? <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>O Lord, what must we do to triumph? <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Hear us, for we must conquer at any price. Break down every resistance:
\nappear!
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 2<\/font><\/span>25<\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Lord, it is in a heart-felt gratitude that I draw near to Thee. Thou
\nhast given me the first words of the knowledge I so longed for, and with this
\nknowledge has come effectivity, the true power in each field of realisation. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>It is only a beginning, it is not an accomplishment; but the road opens,
\nvisible and straight, there is nothing to do but to follow it; the veil is rent
\nin answer to the humble but all-powerful effort of the dark days. Grant, O
\nLord, that the path may be thus lit up for all, and that after having seen
\nclearly into ourselves there may not be any new difficulties for the knowledge
\nto become conscious in others. Despite everything, a human being, no matter how
\ngreat, is limited, at least for a long time, by the very fact that he is human
\nand because, even when he is in contact with immensity, this immensity is
\ntranslated in his outer consciousness from the angle of his own personality. It
\nis very difficult for him not to have a perspective partially obliterated as it
\nwere by his own viewpoint. But these last obstacles must be overcome,
\ndefinitively broken down, so that they may no longer be able to rise again. The
\nroad must be entirely free and the knowledge that has been glimpsed become
\nfirmly established. Thy grace is
\n with us, Lord, and it never leaves us,
\neven when appearances are dark; night is sometimes necessary to prepare more
\nperfect dawns. But perhaps this time Thou hast placed us in the presence of the
\nDawn that does not pass away….<\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 2<\/font><\/span>26<\/p>\n

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\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Receive the offerings of our ardent gratitude and our integral
\nsurrender.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>I knew that this notebook would end with the closing of one phase of my
\nspiritual life. That is indeed what is happening. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>The light has come, the road has opened; with a grateful bow to the
\nlaborious past, we shall move swiftly forward on the new way opened wide by
\nThee before us. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>On the threshold of this new field of a vaster and more conscious
\nrealisation, we bow before Thee, O Lord, in an integral surrender and
\nadoration. We give ourselves to Thee without reservation. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Once again it is Thou who livest<\/span> in us, and
\nThou alone. Thou hast once more become the King of Thy kingdom, but a kingdom
\nvaster and more perfect, a kingdom more worthy of Thy rule.
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 2<\/font><\/span>27<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

\n
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>O Lord, let Thy Will be done, Thy work be accomplished. Fortify our
\ndevotion, increase our surrender, give us light upon the path. We erect Thee
\nwithin us as our supreme Master that Thou mayst<\/span>
\nbecome supreme Master of all the earth. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Our speech is still ignorant: enlighten it. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Our aspiration is still imperfect: purify it. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Our action is still powerless: make it effective. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>O Lord, the earth groans and suffers; chaos has made this world its
\nabode. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>The darkness is so deep that Thou alone canst dispel it. Come, manifest
\nThyself, that Thy work may be accomplished. <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 2<\/font><\/span>28<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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\n
\nAugust
\n26, 1914 <\/font> <\/a> <\/span><\/b>
\n
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>O my sweet Master, O Lord of Felicity, all these worlds of felicity
\ninterpenetrating and completing one another are an immensity difficult to
\nperceive in their totality. Give us the knowledge of these laws, give us the
\npower to awaken the earth to an understanding and perception of the aim so
\nblindly pursued. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>In all things Thou art the happiness without alloy, a blessed
\nfelicity… but the felicity is perfect only when it is integral, from the most
\nexternal manifestations down into the most unfathomable depths. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>O Lord, Thou hast placed me on a threshold of wonder; confirm me in this
\nknowledge. Establish me in that centre of consciousness whence all my
\nactivities will be an unmixed expression of Thy law. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>In a potent and mute adoration, I wait.
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 2<\/font><\/span>29<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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\n
\nAugust
\n27, 1914<\/font><\/a><\/span><\/b> * <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>To be the divine love, love powerful, infinite, unfathomable, in every
\nactivity, in all the worlds of being \u2013 it is for this I cry to Thee, O Lord.
\nLet me be consumed with this love divine, love powerful, infinite,
\nunfathomable, in every activity, in all the worlds of being! Transmute me into
\nthat burning brazier so that all the atmosphere of earth may be purified with
\nits flame. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Oh, to be Thy Love infinitely….
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 2<\/font><\/span>30<\/p>\n

\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>O Lord, O eternal Master, my thought lies mute and powerless before Thee
\nbut my heart calls to Thee; awaken all my being that it may be for Thee,
\nentirely, the needed instrument, the perfect servitor. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Oh,
\nto be infinitely Thou, Thou in all things, Thou everywhere, Thou always, the
\nabsolute silence, the absolute movement… <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>To be nothing other than the One, all-containing, contained in all \u2013 free
\nfrom every limitation and from all blindness. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>O Supreme Triumphant, triumph over every obstacle.
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 2<\/font><\/span>31<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>What would be the use of man if he were not created to throw a bridge
\nbetween That which is eternally but is unmanifested and that which is
\nmanifested, between all the transcendences and splendours of the divine life
\nand all the dark and sorrowful ignorance of the material world? Man is the link
\nbetween What must be and what is; he is the footbridge thrown across the abyss,
\nhe is the great cross-shaped X, the quaternary connecting link. His true
\ndomicile, the effective seat of his consciousness should be in the intermediary
\nworld at the meeting-point of the four arms of the cross, just where all the
\ninfinitude of the Unthinkable comes to take a precise form so that it may be
\nprojected into the innumerable manifestation…. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>That centre is a place of supreme love, of perfect consciousness, of
\npure and total knowledge. There establish, O Lord, those who can, who must and
\ntruly want to serve Thee, so that Thy work may be accomplished, the bridge
\ndefinitively established, and Thy forces poured unwearyingly over the world.
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 2<\/font><\/span>32<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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\nAugust 31, 1914<\/font><\/a><\/span><\/b> *<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>In this formidable disorder and terrible destruction can be seen a great
\nworking, a necessary toil preparing the earth for a new sowing which will rise
\nin marvellous spikes of grain and give to the world the shining harvest of a
\nnew race…. The vision is clear and precise, the plan of Thy divine law so
\nplainly traced that peace has come back and installed itself in the hearts of
\nthe workers. There are no more doubts and hesitations, no longer any anguish or
\nimpatience. There is only the grand straight line of the work eternally
\naccomplishing itself in spite of all, against all, despite all contrary
\nappearances and illusory detours. These physical personalities, moments
\nunseizable in the infinite Becoming, know that they will have made humanity
\ntake one farther step, infallibly and without care for the inevitable results,
\nwhatever be the apparent momentary consequences: they unite themselves with Thee,
\nO Master eternal, they unite themselves with Thee, O Mother universal, and in
\nthis double identity with That which is beyond and That which is all the
\nmanifestation they taste the infinite joy of the perfect certitude.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n     <\/span>Peace, peace in all the world…. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>War is an appearance, <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Turmoil is an illusion, <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Peace is there, immutable peace. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Mother, sweet Mother who I am, Thou art at once the destroyer and the
\nbuilder. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 <\/span>
\n  <\/span>
\n<\/span>The whole universe lives in Thy breast with
\nall its
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 2<\/font><\/span>33<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span> life innumerable and
\nThou livest in Thy immensity in the least of its atoms. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>And the aspiration of Thy infinitude turns towards That which is not
\nmanifested to cry to it for a manifestation ever more complete and more
\nperfect. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>All is, in one time, in a triple and clairvoyant total Consciousness,
\nthe Individual, the Universal, the Infinite.
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

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