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\n
\nMessages<\/font><\/span><\/i>  <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

NEW
\nYEAR MESSAGES <\/span>
\n\u00b9<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

1933<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Let the
\nbirth of the new year be the new birth of our consciousness. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Leaving the
\npast far behind us, let us run towards a luminous future. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1934<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Lord, the year
\nis dying and our gratitude bows down to Thee. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Lord, the
\nyear is reborn, our prayer rises up to Thee. <\/span><\/p>\n

Let it be for us also the dawn of a new
\nlife. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n


\n1935<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>We
\nsurrender to Thee this evening all that is artificial and false, all that pretends
\nand imitates. Let it disappear with the year that is at an end. May only what
\nis perfectly true, sincere, straight and pure subsist in the year that is
\nbeginning. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

1936<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

O Lord! Grant that this year may be the
\nyear of Thy Victory. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b9<\/font><\/span>Messages given annually on New Year\u2019s Day (January 1). <\/span>
\n<\/font> <\/span><\/p>\n


\nPage – 178<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

<\/span><\/div>\n

We aspire for a perfect faithfulness which would make
\nus worthy of it. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

1937<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Glory to
\nThee, O Lord, who triumphest over every obstacle! <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Grant that nothing
\nin us may be an impediment to Thy work. <\/span> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

1938<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Lord, grant
\nthat everything in us may be ready for Thy Realisation. On the threshold of the
\nnew year we bow down to Thee, O Lord, Supreme Realiser. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

1939<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

Will be the year of purification. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>O Lord, all
\nthose who take part in the divine work implore Thee that by a supreme
\npurification they may be liberated from the domination of the ego. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

1940<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

A year of silence and expectation\u2026 Let us find, O
\nLord, our entire support in Thy Grace alone.  <\/span><\/p>\n


\nPage – 179<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

<\/span><\/div>\n

 1941<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The world
\nis fighting for its spiritual life menaced by the rush of hostile and undivine
\nforces. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Lord, we
\naspire to be Thy valiant warriors so that Thy glory may manifest upon<\/span> the earth.  <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

1942<\/span><\/b>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Glory to Thee, O Lord, conqueror of every
\nfoe ! Give us the power to endure and share in Thy victory. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

1943<\/span><\/b>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The hour has come when a choice has to be
\nmade, radical and definitive. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Lord, give
\nus the strength to reject falsehood and emerge in Thy truth, pure and worthy of
\nThy victory.  <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

1944<\/span><\/b>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>O Lord, the world implores Thee to prevent
\nit from falling back always into the same stupidities. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Grant that
\nthe mistakes recognised may never be renewed. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Grant lastly
\nthat its actions may be the exact and sincere expression of its proclaimed
\nideals.  <\/span><\/p>\n


\nPage – 180<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

<\/span><\/div>\n

\n


\n1945<\/span><\/b>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

The earth will enjoy a lasting and living
\npeace only when men understand that they must be truthful even in their
\ninternational dealings.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>O Lord, it
\nis for this perfect truthfulness that we aspire. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n


\n1946<\/span><\/b>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Lord, it is Thy Peace we would have and
\nnot a vain semblance of peace, Thy Freedom and not a semblance of freedom, Thy
\nUnity and not a semblance of unity. For it is only Thy Peace, Thy Freedom and
\nThy Unity that can triumph over the blind violence and the hypocrisy and
\nfalsehood that still reign upon earth. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Grant that
\nthose who so valiantly struggled and suffered for Thy Victory, may see the true
\nand genuine results of that victory realised in the world.  <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\n
\nPage – 181<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t<\/p>\n
\n

<\/span><\/div>\n

1947<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>At the very
\nmoment when everything seems to go from bad to worse, it is then that we must
\nmake a supreme act of faith and know that the Grace will never fail us. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

1948<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

Forward, for ever forward! <\/span><\/p>\n

At the end of the tunnel is the light\u2026 <\/span><\/p>\n

At the end of the fight is the victory ! <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

1949<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Lord, on the eve of the new year I asked Thee what I
\nmust say. Thou hast made me see two extreme possibilities and given me the
\ncommand to keep silent. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

1950<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t speak. Act. <\/span><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t announce. Realise. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

1951<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Lord, we are upon<\/span>
\nearth to accomplish Thy work of transformation. It is our sole will, our sole
\npreoccupation. Grant that <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span>Page – 182<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

<\/span><\/div>\n

it may be also our sole occupation and that all our actions
\nmay help us towards this single goal.  <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

1952<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>O Lord,
\nThou hast decided to test the quality of our faith and to pass our sincerity on
\nThy touchstone. Grant that we come out greater and purer from the ordeal.  <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

1953<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

\n


\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Lord, Thou hast told us: Do not give way,
\nhold tight. It is when everything seems lost that all is saved. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span>Page – 183<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

<\/span><\/div>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1954<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>My Lord,
\nhere is Thy advice to all, for this year: \u201cNever boast about anything, let your
\nacts speak for you.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1955<\/span><\/b>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>No human will can finally prevail against
\nthe Divine\u2019s Will. Let us put ourselves deliberately and exclusively on the
\nside of the Divine, and the Victory is ultimately certain. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

1956<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The
\ngreatest victories are the least noisy. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The
\nmanifestation of a new world is not proclaimed by beat of drum. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nPage – 184<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

<\/span><\/div>\n

\n\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n1957<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>A Power greater than that of Evil
\ncan alone win the victory. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>It is not a
\ncrucified but a glorified body that will save the world.  <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n
\n <\/span><\/p>\n


\nPage – 185<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

\n

1958<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>O Nature,
\nMaterial Mother, thou hast said that thou wilt collaborate and there can be no
\nlimit to the splendour of this collaboration. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1959<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>At the very bottom of the inconscience
\nmost hard and rigid and narrow and stifling I struck upon an almighty spring that
\ncast me up forthwith into a formless limitless Vast vibrating with the seeds of
\na new world. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

1960<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

To know is good, <\/span><\/p>\n

to live is better, <\/span><\/p>\n

to be, that is perfect. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

1961<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>This wonderful
\nworld of delight waiting at our gates for our call, to come down upon earth\u2026 <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

 1962<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

We thirst for perfection. Not this human
\nperfection which  <\/span><\/p>\n


\nPage – 186<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

<\/span><\/div>\n

is a perfection of the ego and bars the way to the
\ndivine perfection. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>But that one
\nperfection which has the power to manifest upon earth the Eternal Truth. <\/span>
\n <\/font><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\n<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

1963<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Let us prepare for the Hour of God.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

1964<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Are you ready?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nPage – 187<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

<\/span><\/div>\n

 1965<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Salute to the advent of Truth.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1966<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Let us serve the Truth.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

1967<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

Men, countries, continents ! <\/span><\/p>\n

The choice is imperative: <\/span><\/p>\n

Truth or the abyss. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1968<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Remain young, never stop striving towards
\nperfection.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1969<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

No words – acts.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1970<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

The world is preparing for a big change.<\/span><\/p>\n

Will you help?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nPage – 188<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

<\/span><\/div>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\n<\/p>\n

\n


\n1971<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Blessed are those who take a leap towards
\nthe Future. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

1972<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Let us all
\ntry to be worthy of Sri Aurobindo\u2019s centenary. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

1973<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

When you are conscious of the whole world
\nat the same time, then you can become conscious of the Divine. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

COMMENTS
\nON NEW YEAR MESSAGES <\/span><\/b>\u00b9<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

1943<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The hour
\nhas come when a choice has to be made, radical and definitive. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Lord, give
\nus the strength to reject falsehood and emerge in Thy truth, pure and worthy of
\nThy victory. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This is no question of general theory; it belongs to
\nthe actuality of things. The Asura is the force of falsehood, antidivine, which
\nreigns as sovereign over the physical world; his influence is felt everywhere,
\nit is in everything in Matter. But the time has now <\/span><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00b9 \u00a0<\/span>Additional comments on New Year Messages may
\nbe found in Volume 12 on pages 309, 312, 314 and 316.<\/span><\/font> <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n


\nPage – 189<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

<\/span><\/div>\n

come when the separation, the purification, can be
\nmade, the falsehood, the Asuric influence, rejected and there can be an
\nexclusive living in the Divine Truth. <\/span><\/p>\n

3 January 1943<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\n\u00a0<\/span>1947<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>This is not
\na prayer, but an encouragement. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Here is the
\nencouragement and a comment upon it: <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cAt the
\nvery moment when everything seems to go from bad to worse, it is then that we
\nmust make a supreme act of faith and know that the Grace will never fail us.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The hours
\nbefore the dawn are always the darkest. <\/span><\/p>\n

The servitude just before freedom comes is
\nthe most painful of all. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>But in the
\nheart endowed with faith burns the eternal flame of hope which leaves no room
\nfor discouragement. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

1961<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

This wonderful world of delight waiting at
\nour gates for our call, to come down upon earth\u2026 <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Is
\n\u201cthis wonderful world of delight\u201d the same as the Supramental New World that
\nwas born on <\/span><\/i>29 February 1956<\/span><\/i>, or is it different? Since You have
\nspoken of it as the \u201cworld of delight\u201d it cannot be merely the Delight or
\nAnanda of the Supramental World already born. Does it mean that, after the
\nmanifestation of the Supramental World, now one more new world is \u201cwaiting at
\nour gates for our call\u201d to manifest on earth? <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n


\nPage – 190<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

<\/span><\/div>\n

It has always been waiting, since the beginning of the
\ncreation. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Is
\nthis world the world of Ananda which, in the hierarchical gradation of the planes
\nof existence, is situated above the world of Supermind? If so, does it mean
\nthat after six years of its birth the Supramental World is now sufficiently
\nwell-established on earth to make the manifestation of a still higher world
\npossible? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Not necessarily. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

The
\nabove question arises because, according to Sri Aurobindo, the Ananda plane
\ncannot manifest in the earthly evolution until the Supramental is
\nwell-established in it. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

This is absolutely evident. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

What is meant by \u201cwaiting at our gates\u201d? Does it mean that it has come
\ndown up to the subtle physical plane? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

I did not specify what gates they are. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cWaiting at our gates for our call, to come down upon earth… \u2018\u2018does
\nthis mean that it will not come down upon earth until it is called? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Certainly not. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

What
\nis the best way of calling down this world of delight? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Understand and be sincere.  <\/span><\/p>\n


\nPage – 191<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

<\/span><\/div>\n

Have
\nthe printed copies of Your five photographs, with significance given to each, which
\nYou distributed on <\/span><\/i>21 January 1961<\/span><\/i>, anything to do with the calling down of
\nthe world of delight? If they are given as an aid to call, how best to make use
\nof them for the purpose? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Each one must find that for himself. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Will
\nit be helpful to call down this world if Your Message itself is converted into
\nan invocation and repeated in silent concentration as follows: \u201cO wonderful
\nworld of delight waiting at our gates for our call, come down upon earth… \u2018\u2018 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

For those who spontaneously feel like doing it, it
\nwill be helpful. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Unlike
\nevery year, You read the Message this time first in English and then in French.
\nWhy this change of procedure? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Because I received it in English first. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

The
\ndots at the end of the Message give an impression as if something is left
\nunsaid. Is it so? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

There is always something − many things − left
\nunsaid. <\/span><\/p>\n

5 March 1961<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

1964<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Are you ready?<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The
\nquestion means: Are you ready for the Hour of God? \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nPage – 192<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

<\/span><\/div>\n

1966<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Let us serve the Truth<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

What
\nis the Truth? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

He who wants sincerely to serve the Truth, will know
\nthe Truth. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1967<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

Men, countries, continents ! <\/span><\/p>\n

The choice is imperative: <\/span><\/p>\n

Truth or the abyss. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

About
\nthe New Year Message of 1967, you say that the choice is between truth or the
\nabyss. The abyss seems to be gaping just in front, yet there is a confidence
\nthat it will be removed from the way. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

The confidence is quite legitimate. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>The message is only for those who are still
\nasleep and quite satisfied with their sleep. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

What is the meaning of \u201cabyss\u201d in your New Year\u2019s Message or, put
\nanother way, what should a sadhak fear? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Right now there
\nis a great tension. They have all taken positions as if to start war. It is the
\nblind passion that men put into their international relations. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>At the base of all there is fear, general
\ndistrust, and what  <\/span><\/p>\n


\nPage – 193<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

<\/span><\/div>\n

they believe to be their \u201cinterests\u201d (money, business)
\n− a combination of these three things. When these three lowest passions
\nof humanity are brought into play, that is what I call \u201cthe abyss\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>When
\nsomeone has decided to consecrate his life to the seeking for the Divine, if he
\nis sincere, that is to say, if the resolution is sincere and carried out
\nsincerely, there is absolutely nothing to fear, because all that happens or
\nwill happen to him will lead him by the shortest way to this realisation. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>That is the
\nresponse of the Grace. People believe that the Grace means making everything
\nsmooth for all your life. It is not true. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The Grace
\nworks for the realisation of your aspiration and everything is arranged to gain
\nthe most prompt, the quickest realisation − so there is nothing to fear. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Fear comes
\nwith insincerity. If you want a comfortable life, agreeable circumstances,
\netc., you are putting conditions and restrictions, and then you can fear. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>But it has
\nno business in the sadhana<\/span> ! <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>26 May 1967 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span>1970<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

The world is preparing for a big change.<\/span><\/p>\n

Will you help?<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

How should we help the big change in the world, about which your New
\nYear\u2019s Message speaks? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

The best way of helping is to let the Consciousness
\nthat has come down upon earth work in you for transformation. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>9 January
\n 1970<\/span><\/i>
\n<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span> <\/span>Page – 194<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

<\/span><\/div>\n

What
\nis it \u201cto work for the Future\u201d? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

To begin with, not to stick to the old habits
\nindividual and national. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>
\n<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nLet the
\ndawn of the New Year be for us also the dawn of a new and better life. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

May this year be a year of luminous peace
\nin the joy that comes from true kindness − the human child of Divine
\nCompassion. <\/span><\/p>\n

Let us hope also that this year will not
\npass without bringing us together once more. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

        Mother,
\ndispel all my ignorance and egoism with the <\/span><\/i>first ray of sunlight of the New Year. <\/span><\/i>
\n
\n
\n <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n


\nPage – 195<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

<\/span><\/div>\n

Make Your Light shine out in me and may this Light give birth in me to a
\nconsciousness full of Your supreme delight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, the New Year must dispel the smoke of ignorance
\nand make the Light shine forth. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>My
\nblessings are with you. <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\u00a0<\/span>Page – 196<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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