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\nPersonal Advice <\/font><\/span><\/i><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

SHORT REPLIES<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

My mind is so entirely clouded by doubts and
\nother lower influences that I feel if my body passed away just now, it would be
\nso much for the better! In spite of all that, as a Purusha<\/span>
\nI am indifferent to any such absurd movements. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, they are
\nabsurd − shake it off. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>With my blessings. <\/span><\/p>\n

1933 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know why for some time I have not
\nbeen feeling well. My mind is troubled, my vital is sad and my body is sick. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Do not worry,
\nremain quiet, keep your faith intact. It will pass. <\/span><\/p>\n

1 February 1933<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know how thoughts that are harmful
\nto my consecration slip into my mind and upset me. I try my best to drive them
\naway and to remain absorbed in contemplation of You, but very often they
\nreturn. Why are they repeated, and where do they come from? Do they belong to
\nthe universal nature which is not yet purified, and will they keep on returning
\nuntil my entire human nature is transformed? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, they belong
\nto the unregenerate universal Nature. But to the extent that we ourselves are
\ntransformed, we can keep them  <\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\nPage – 253<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

at a distance and
\nthey no longer trouble us.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Always to prefer what belongs to others is a vital movement. Do not pay
\nany attention to it. <\/span><\/p>\n

2 June 1934<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Do you mean that only your mind is open to
\nmy action? That would not be correct, because I act on you through the heart
\nmuch more than through the mind. <\/span><\/p>\n

4 June 1934<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

We are always unconscious of the real
\ninner cause of our actions and movements. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, the movements
\nof the being are always very complex. <\/span><\/p>\n

5 June 1934<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

My physical being thirsts for Your love;
\ndo not delay, Mother. You know that the child will not listen to reason, he
\nonly wants to remain on his Mother\u2019s breast. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

You know very well
\nthat I am always with you and in you, in the physical consciousness as in the
\nothers. <\/span><\/p>\n

10 July 1934<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Yes, the outer nature must become calm and
\nquiet and turn towards the Divine. <\/span><\/p>\n

21 December 1936<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\nPage – 254<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

We are at least mentally convinced about
\nour misunderstanding and error and we are determined to give a vital push for their
\nrectification and we believe by Your Gracious Power it will be materialised<\/span> rapidly. Of course, it may not be within a
\nvery short time, but surely it will come. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Why should it not
\nbe at once? With good will and faith nothing is impossible. <\/span><\/p>\n

6 July 1939<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mother, when someone asks me what I have
\ndone during all the years I have been here, I say that I have served with
\ndevotion, and that is my sadhana<\/span>. I do not understand
\nanything else. It is true that it has taken me a long time to understand this,
\nand that I have sometimes been anxious. By Mother\u2019s Grace I understand a little
\nabout Her service, and in it I feel Her Force and Her Love, and I find that it
\nis quite sufficient for me. Isn\u2019t it so, Mother? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Certainly you
\nunderstand and you act better and better, with a consciousness that is
\nprogressing towards a total light. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

It is rather difficult to refuse when
\nanyone asks me for something. I think it is a failing in my nature. Isn\u2019t it
\nso, Mother? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

It all depends on how
\nyou look at it and the spirit in which it is done.  <\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\nPage – 255<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

Mother, today I made a fan out of these
\nshavings. I offer it at Your feet, but I don\u2019t know if You will accept it for
\nits artistic merits, because it does not have any − I must admit it in
\nall sincerity. Mother, I believe You will accept it as a symbol of my physical
\noffering. For my part, I consider that more important than the other qualities
\nof any work we do. Of course, I do not mean that artistic beauty should be
\nneglected. Mother, am I right? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, you are
\nright, and besides the fan is not unattractive, it has a charm of its own. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

I feel very sorry that I have created an
\nimpression that I am pulling at money and diverting it from where it `should go
\n− to the Mother. My endeavour<\/span> is that all
\nwealth belongs to the Mother and we must use it as directed by Her. Wherever I
\nhave a say I do this, and feel sorry that I have created an opposite
\nimpression. I write this to take a certain burden off my mind. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

I do not know who
\nhas spread this rumour<\/span>, but I can assure you that I
\nknow it is not true. So, do not worry and let peace settle in your heart with
\nmy blessings. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>What you seek is always there ready for
\nyou. Let the psychic turn grow complete and it will of itself bring you to that
\nfor which you aspire. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>My love and blessings. <\/span><\/p>\n

15 February 1939<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\nPage – 256<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

At times I seriously think about but do
\nnot understand what my being wants. How is it that I do not feel a sense of a real
\nbeing which is and which has the delight of being and becoming? Why do I not
\nfeel any real interest in any creative activity? My mind is active, it wants to
\nunderstand and become luminous and see and know the truth of things, and I feel
\nmy mind is growing in this direction. At times I feel an urge of the heart to
\nseize something which can really satisfy my self, but the urge does not last
\nlong. It disappears into some flat state of existence. What do you think my
\nreal being wants? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

T<\/span>HE <\/span>D<\/span>IVINE<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

I also felt that you were not quite
\nsatisfied with me. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Nothing of the
\nkind. Each one has his difficulties and I am here to help him out of them. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>My love and blessings. <\/span><\/p>\n

25 February 1942<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

A thought came to me that even when I do
\nnot get any direct suggestion or direction from you, I should, in the interest
\nof your work, do whatever I myself can, to serve you in my own way\u00b9 and to the
\nbest of my ability. Graciously enlighten me and correct me if I am wrong.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

This is always
\ndangerous. One must learn to serve the Divine \u00a0<\/span>not in one\u2019s own way <\/i>but in
\nthe Divine\u2019s way. <\/span><\/p>\n

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

10 April 1947<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\n\u00a0<\/span>\u00b9 Mother underlined these four words.<\/font><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\nPage – 257<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

For taking decisions I have found a trick.
\nI postpone the matter and put it to you inwardly. Automatically a solution
\ncomes. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

This is indeed the
\ntrue way and ought to be used in all cases. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Let me be able to do what you want me to
\ndo, knowingly or unknowingly. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

This is the right
\nthing and the very best. <\/span><\/p>\n

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

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>My dear child, you have indeed passed from
\none life to another; but it is in your body that this new birth took place, and
\nnow the road is wide open before you for a new progress. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>With my love and blessings. <\/span><\/p>\n

19 April 1960<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u201cI
\nknow the path, but what can I do if the robbers rob me on the way?\u201d \u2014 Maulana<\/span> Azad<\/span>. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Call the Lord to
\nCatch the robbers. <\/span><\/p>\n

26 October 1963<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

I seek the Mother\u2019s light on the following
\nquestion. The world being what it is, we have to work under the existing
\nconditions. Why not use the available conditions, gather strength and then endeavour<\/span> to manifest the Divine Will in its purity? <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\nPage – 258<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

But the very fact
\nof living upon earth means that we are \u201cusing the available conditions\u201d,
\notherwise it would be impossible to live. <\/span><\/p>\n

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

18 March 1965<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

Divine Mother, <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

If I should have
\nan attack of any kind in the future, could I send you a note immediately,
\ninstead of people just taking me off to the hospital? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Surely, let me
\nknow at once<\/i>, so that I can help. <\/span><\/p>\n

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

30 September 1966<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

Divine Mother, <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

I am having some difficulty in my vital.
\nWould you please help me.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

If you were to do
\nsome work?\u2026 <\/span><\/p>\n

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

25 May 1967 <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

Divine Mother, <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

What I want is to move all of my being
\ninto the future. Will you help me with those parts that need a push? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

This is quite a
\ngood resolution. The push is and will be given. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Now, do not resist. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Love and blessings. <\/span><\/p>\n

20 May 1968<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\nPage – 259<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

Divine Mother, <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

I am ready. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Start. <\/span><\/p>\n

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

1 July 1969<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Since yesterday\u2019s darshan<\/span>
\nI feel something revolting in me against a spiritual life. I am afraid of this
\nrevolt. What shall I do? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

What revolted in you
\nwhen you were in front of me is exactly what prevents you from leading a
\nspiritual life. Now that you are conscious of the enemy you can throw him out
\nof you if so you decide. <\/span><\/p>\n

21 November 1969<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

I had collected some money for books. One
\nday I passed it on to you. Immediately afterwards somebody presented me with
\nall those books that I wanted and more! <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

This kind of thing
\nhas happened hundreds of times and is happening more and more − but to me
\nit seems quite \u201cnatural\u201d, although I am unwilling to explain. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

X is very pleased to have the photographs
\nof You and Sri Aurobindo<\/span>. He told me that he felt a
\ndistinct change in the atmosphere of his room after he had opened them. Mother,
\nwhen I kept in my room that  <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\n
\nPage – 260<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

photograph of Sri Aurobindo<\/span>,
\nwhich I received from Your hands, I too felt that it was vibrating with life.
\nIsn\u2019t this because of Your touch? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Sri Aurobindo<\/span> and I always put a force into the photographs we
\nsign. In the present case Sri Aurobindo<\/span> had also looked
\nat the frame and admired it. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

(About difficulty in writing) <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Be receptive <\/i>and it will be all right. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Go on writing. How do you know if the inspiration <\/i>is not ready, waiting to
\ncome to you? <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Inspiration brings its manifold gifts to
\nthe one who knows how to receive them. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Sweet Mother, <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

A young man who
\nhas finished the Higher Course came to see me a few days ago and said he wanted
\nto study <\/span><\/i>The Life Divine with me. As I have not read the book except
\nin bits and pieces, I told him that I could not help him. But he was very
\ninsistent and I had eventually to agree to his request. <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

He asks me questions, some of them quite
\ndifficult, from the book.
\n <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\n
\nPage – 261<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

\n
\nAnd though I do not know the
\nanswers, I give them as they come to me. Both of us have found out the answers
\nare correct, and quite often the language of my answers is very nearly the same
\nas Sri Aurobindo\u2019s<\/span> own in the book. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>I
\nwish to know: <\/span><\/i>(1)
\nIs this intuition? <\/i>(2) Is there a plane where all knowledge exists,
\nand if one can open to that plane, he can get whatever knowledge he needs? <\/i>(3)
\nIf teaching is my vocation, what should I
\ndo to develop the receptivity? <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

You are in
\nconscious connection with Sri Aurobindo\u2019s<\/span> teaching,
\nwhich is universal and immortal, in the higher mental world. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The more you are silently attentive, the
\nmore clearly you will receive it. <\/span><\/p>\n

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

13 June 1968<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

(The <\/span><\/i>Sri<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i>Aurobindo<\/span><\/i><\/span> <\/span><\/i>Research<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i>Academy<\/span><\/i> was established on <\/span><\/i>24 April 1970<\/span><\/i> to provide guidance to research scholars
\nintending to study the works of Sri Aurobindo<\/span> and the
\nMother at an advanced level. When the Academy was first proposed, Mother wrote
\nto its founder:) <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Anything that is
\ndone can contribute to the progress of humanity, but all depends on the way of
\ndoing it. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>My blessings are with you and your
\nproject. <\/span><\/p>\n

March 1970 <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

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