{"id":4102,"date":"2013-07-13T01:53:26","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=4102"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:53:26","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:53:26","slug":"60-difficulties-in-work-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\/60-difficulties-in-work-vol-14-words-of-the-mother-volume-14","title":{"rendered":"-60_Difficulties-in-Work.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\nDifficulties in Work <\/font><\/span><\/i><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

This morning I felt tired after five
\nminutes’ work. It was only polishing furniture! <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

All manual work is
\ntiring the first few times one does it. But gradually the body gets used to it
\nand becomes strong. However, when you feel really tired, you must stop and
\nrest. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>11 February 1933<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

With consecration the work can be done much more easily and happily. But
\nnobody must be asked a greater effort than what he can do. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>27 February 1935<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

The best way to work without getting tired is to offer the work you do
\n(whatever work it is) to the Divine and to find in the Divine the support you
\nneed − for the Divine’s Force is inexhaustible and He answers always to
\nwhatever offer is made to Him sincerely. <\/span><\/p>\n

Then, when you will feel that it is the Divine’s Force that has done the
\nwork in you and through you, in your sincerity you will know that the merit is
\nHis and not yours − so there is no more reason to be proud. <\/span><\/p>\n

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

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Do not worry about the work; the more you will do it quietly and calmly,
\nthe more it will become effective. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>29 July 1935<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage − 337<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sometimes I fear that the rigidity of my
\nnature does not allow you to act properly in me.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

But through work
\nthe nature becomes less rigid, more plastic and supple. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

I trust you fully and know you are capable of fulfilling quite well your
\nresponsibilities. As for the difficulties and deficiencies, everybody has some
\nand one is here to overcome them. This is the meaning of the sadhana<\/span> of works. Go on courageously with your duties,
\nkeeping all faith in the Divine and relying only on the Divine’s help and
\ngrace. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>6 January 1942<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

      <\/span>I do not see why you should feel oppressed. It is not an easy job to run
\nan establishment like X Garden and many bitter experiences may be necessary
\nbefore you learn the job. I only ask that you should keep a good will to learn and to improve your
\ncapacities. <\/i>For the rest, that is to say the results, we must be patient. <\/span><\/p>\n

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

\u00a0<\/span>1 May 1944 <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

Here, for each work given, the full strength and Grace are always given
\nat the same time to do the work as it has to be done. If you do not feel the
\nstrength and the Grace, it proves that there is some mistake in your attitude.
\nThe faith is lacking or you have fallen back on old tracks and old creeds and
\nthus you lose all receptivity. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>1 October 1952<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage − 338<\/span><\/p>\n

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The resistance with which we meet in the accomplishment of our work is
\nproportionate to its importance. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>10 October 1954<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

For work the present is the most important thing: the past must not come
\nin the way and the future must not pull you away. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>21 December 1954<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

Your work can never be good if you go on thinking of the next thing. For
\nwork, it is the present that is most important. The past should not drag you
\nbehind, the future should not pull you forward. You must be fully concentrated
\non the present, on what you are doing. You must be so concentrated on what you
\nare doing that it is as if the salvation of the whole world depended only upon
\nyour work.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Unless you work hard you do not get energy, because in that case you do
\nnot need it and do not deserve it. You get energy only when you make use of it.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>13 August 1955<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

Be sincere in the work you have undertaken and the Grace will always be
\nthere to help you. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>14 April 1959<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

Concentrate on your work − it is that that gives you strength. <\/span><\/p>\n

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

\u00a0<\/span>10 September
\n1961 <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage − 339<\/span><\/p>\n

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Continue doing your work with a simple and peaceful heart and a quiet
\nmind. The aspiration will come gradually according to the need. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>21 April 1965 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

I have been feeling for quite some time
\nthat I should limit my outward activity and confine myself to quiet work where
\nI have not to do much running about. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

I am facing some
\nkind of inner crisis. My life is becoming aimless. A persistent dream warns me
\nof my inner instability. It is my urgent necessity that I should achieve inner
\npoise and stability. The obscurity and heavy inertia must diminish. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

If the Mother
\nwould permit me I would like to be free from my department work. However I
\nshall do as the Mother directs me. Kindly guide me. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

If you leave the
\ndepartment, the work will be ruined! As soon as I have a moment free I shall
\ncall you in the morning and we shall talk it over. <\/span><\/p>\n

The more I grow, the more I know that it is in work that Sri Aurobindo’s<\/span> integral yoga is best done<\/i>. <\/span><\/p>\n

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

9 October 1966<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

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

My mind is greatly
\nperplexed. I do not know where I stand. The work we have taken up is huge. The
\ncommitments are many. What I have to do is not clear from outside or from
\nwithin. Every day the decisions are altered, new questions posed, the ego
\nconfronted with unacceptable situations. I pray to the Mother that I be
\nreleased from the department work <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage − 340<\/span><\/p>\n

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till such time as
\nI have some clear guidance or the Mother’s definite directions as to the work I
\nhave to do. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

This is a personal
\ncrisis. I have no quarrels or complaints about people. I wish to keep my mouth
\nclosed and wait and learn to read the message of light that should appear
\nbefore me. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

I pray for the
\nMother’s light. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

It would be so
\ngood if you were not affected and continued the work just now that there is so
\nmuch to do and the help of all is so badly needed. <\/span><\/p>\n

If you want to see me, I shall be glad to see you, but you know that I
\nam never alone and it is difficult to speak. <\/span><\/p>\n

In any case, be sure that my love and blessings are with you always. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>7 August 1969<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

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

I am facing a personal problem and I pray
\nfor the Mother’s guidance. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

As yet I do not have any sense of inner
\nguidance. My days are not well spent. I am sticking on with the department work
\nalthough I often feel I am not wanted or trusted. But I do not wish to be
\nguided by any ordinary thought or feeling. I crave for isolation at times. I
\npray that I may have a surer feeling that I am doing what my Master wishes of
\nme. Let my personal likes, dislikes and egoism not tarnish the purity of action
\nor word. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cMother\u201d has been my mantra and I take
\nrefuge in Her.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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

You are not only
\nwanted but indispensable <\/i>for the work
\nwhich  <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage −341<\/span><\/p>\n

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would not be done
\nproperly without you. So I ask you to be patient and not to attach importance
\nto the difficulties on the way. <\/span><\/p>\n

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

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>3 May 1970 <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

Take up the work and have faith, the force will come in proportion to
\nthe need; and your receptivity depends on your faith and confidence. <\/span><\/p>\n

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

\u00a0<\/span>24 December
\n1971 <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage − 342<\/span><\/p>\n

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