{"id":4085,"date":"2013-07-13T01:53:19","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=4085"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:53:19","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:53:19","slug":"46-mistakes-vol-14-words-of-the-mother-volume-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/02-works-of-the-mother\/01-cwmce\/14-words-of-the-mother-volume-14\/46-mistakes-vol-14-words-of-the-mother-volume-14","title":{"rendered":"-46_Mistakes.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\nMistakes <\/span><\/font><\/i><\/b> <\/span> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n


\nMISTAKES CAN BE EFFACED<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

If errors and mistakes
\ncould not be effaced at every moment, there would be no hope of salvation for
\nthe world. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Do not give too much
\nimportance to the little incidents of life. <\/span><\/p>\n

The importance of these
\nincidents lies in the extent to which they have served you to make a progress. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>And
\nonce the progress has been made, the consequences of past errors, if there are
\nany, disappear through the intervention of the divine Grace. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

For the Supreme Lord,
\nsin does not exist <\/span>―<\/span> all defect can be effaced by sincere aspiration and by
\ntransformation. <\/span><\/p>\n

What you feel is the
\naspiration of your soul that wants to discover the Divine and live Him. <\/span><\/p>\n

Persevere, be more and
\nmore sincere and you will succeed. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>24 April 1964<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

Sin belongs to the world
\nand not to yoga. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

If you make one mistake
\nin life, then you may have to suffer all your life. It does not mean that
\neverybody suffers like <\/span>that.  <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage
\n<\/span>
\n―<\/span> 251<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

\nThere are people who go on making
\nmistakes and yet they do not suffer. But those who are born for a spiritual
\nlife have to be very careful. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n


\nMISTAKES: NO TORMENT, WORRY OR SADNESS<\/a><\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

If the sense of
\nunworthiness fills you with overflowing gratitude and throws you at Sri Aurobindo’s<\/span> feet in an ecstasy of joy, then you can know
\nthat it comes from a true source; if, on the contrary, it makes you miserable
\nand brings an impulse to hide or to run away, then you can be sure that its
\norigin is hostile. To the first you can open freely; the second must be
\nrejected. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>4 February 1933 <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

One must not torment
\noneself over errors that one may commit, but one must keep a perfect sincerity in one’s aspiration <\/i>and in the end everything
\nwill be all right. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>4 January 1934 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Thinking too much about
\none’s impurities does not help. It is better to keep the thought fixed on the
\npurity, light and peace that one wants to acquire. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>7 February 1934 <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

It is always our
\nweaknesses that make us sad, and we can easily recover by advancing one step
\nmore on the way. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>12 May 1934 <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage
\n<\/span>
\n―<\/span> 252<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

The more I try to become conscious of Your presence within me, the
\nmore something in me comes in the way. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

You must not worry about these little
\nthings <\/span>―<\/span> they have no importance in themselves; their value is to show us
\nwhere unconsciousness still exists in our nature, so that we can bring the
\nlight there. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>13 July 1934 <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

It is all right to see
\nthe imperfections and deficiencies but only on condition it brings a greater
\ncourage for a new progress, an increase of energy in the determination and a
\nstronger certitude of victory and future perfection. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>22 January 1935 <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

These ideas of
\nincapacity are absurd, they are the negation of the truth of progress <\/span>―<\/span> what cannot be done today, will be done another day, if the
\naspiration is there. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>6 February 1935<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Even if things are not
\nas they ought to be, worry does not help to make them better. A quiet
\nconfidence is the source of strength. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>11 November 1936<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

Whenever you have made a
\nmistake I always told you very frankly without hiding anything from you.
\nEverybody makes mistakes and everybody has to learn and to progress. Moreover I
\nhave given you a big responsibility. I appreciate fully what you have done but
\nthere is still much to learn and I am sure <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage
\n<\/span>
\n―<\/span> 253<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

that you will be quite glad to acquire
\nknowledge and experience. <\/span><\/p>\n

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


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>13 October 1943<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

It is quite wrong to go
\non brooding about the past. The true attitude is to remember that nothing
\nhappens but by God’s will and to submit to that will quietly. If you have made
\nmistakes in the past it is by lack of true surrender and the only way to repair
\nthe mistakes is to surrender truly. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

But it is not a reason
\nfor being upset about it. There is only to remain quite cool and do our best
\nwithin the limits that the human nature ascribes to us. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>After
\nall, the whole, entire responsibility <\/i>is
\nthe Lord’s and nobody else’s. So there is nothing to worry about. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

It is good to recognise<\/span> your mistakes, but you must not torment yourself.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

You must not suffer, you
\nmust correct yourself instead. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Mother, I am tired because every day some new catastrophe befalls
\nme. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

My dear child, <\/span><\/p>\n

You must not torment
\nyourself about these little mishaps. Keep very calm and these accidents will not
\nhappen any more. <\/span><\/p>\n

My blessings are always
\nwith you. <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage
\n<\/span>
\n―<\/span> 254<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

The buns did not rise today. We don’t know why. We are afraid that
\nthe buns are not good. So at the last minute we prepared a kind of sabl\u00e9<\/span> [biscuit] which burned too. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Tell us, Mother, why do things go against us? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

You must not worry about these little
\nthings, and above all do not believe in fatality. These little failures always
\nhave a cause that can be avoided with a little more experience, which is sure
\nto come.<\/span><\/p>\n

I tasted the bun <\/span>―<\/span> the taste is very good. They did not rise because they are not
\ncooked enough. The oven must have been too hot, the bun burned and the outside
\nbegan to brown before the inside was cooked. <\/span><\/p>\n

As for the sabl\u00e9s<\/i><\/span>, they are
\nnot burnt, they are very good.<\/span><\/p>\n

My blessings are always
\nwith you. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\nMISTAKES: RECOGNISE AND CORRECT THEM<\/a><\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

When a mistake is made,
\nit must always be used as a means for progress; once the necessary change is realised<\/span>, the mistake and its cause disappear and there can
\nbe no repetition. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>6 April 1937<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

It is very good that you
\nhave become conscious of the mistakes and defects of the nature. Once you are
\nconscious it is always possible to rise out of them and to change the nature. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>23 January 1938<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage
\n<\/span>
\n―<\/span> 255<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

It seems to me, on the
\ncontrary, that the best way is to remain where you are and make an effort to
\ndiscover your own faults <\/span>―<\/span> you are bound to have some as everybody has <\/span>―<\/span> and try to correct them. To be conscious of one’s own mistakes is
\nthe surest way to come out of a difficulty. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

A mistake recognised<\/span> is a mistake pardoned. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>14 October 1939<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

A mistake one denies is a
\nmistake one refuses to set right. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Repentance: the first
\nstep towards rectifying mistakes. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

It is no use excusing
\nyourself; you must have the will never to fall back into the faults you have
\ncommitted. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Before going to sleep
\nevery night, we must pray that the mistakes we may have committed during the
\nday should not be repeated in future. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>20 June 1954<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

In this last day of the
\nyear, let us take the resolution that all our weaknesses and obstinate
\nobscurities will drop from us along with the finishing year. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>30 December 1954<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage
\n<\/span>
\n―<\/span> 256<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

 <\/span>A strong and effective
\nresolution not to commit the same faults any more and a complete trust in the
\nDivine’s Grace are the only remedy. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>28 February 1955<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage
\n<\/span>
\n―<\/span> 257<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

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