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\n2
\n April 1972<\/font><\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/font> <\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n


\nExtracts from a conversation with some disciples. <\/font> <\/span><\/p>\n


\nMother spoke the first four paragraphs in English. <\/font> <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

For
\ncenturies and centuries humanity has waited for this time. It is come. But it
\nis difficult. <\/span><\/p>\n

I don’t simply tell you we are here upon earth to rest and enjoy
\nourselves, now is not the time for that. We are here … to prepare the way for
\nthe new creation. <\/span><\/p>\n

The body has some difficulty, so I can’t be active, alas. It is
\nnot because I am old, I am not old. I am not old, I am younger than most of
\nyou. If I am here inactive, it is because the body has given itself definitely
\nto prepare the transformation. But the consciousness is clear and we are here
\nto work \u2013 rest and enjoyment will come afterwards. Let us do our work here. <\/span><\/p>\n

So I have called you to tell you that. Take what you can, do what
\nyou can, my help will be with you. All sincere effort will be helped to the
\nmaximum. <\/span><\/p>\n

It is the hour to be heroic. <\/span><\/p>\n

Heroism is not what it is said to be: it is to become wholly
\nunified \u2013 and the Divine help will always be with those who have resolved to be
\nheroic in full sincerity. There! <\/span><\/p>\n

You are here at this moment, that is to say upon earth, because
\nyou chose it at one time \u2013 you do not remember it any more, but I know it \u2013
\nthat is why you are here. Well, you must rise to the height of the task. You
\nmust strive, you must conquer all weaknesses and limitations; above all you
\nmust tell your ego: \u201cYour hour is gone.\u201d We want a race that has no ego, that
\nhas in place of the ego the Divine Consciousness. It is that which we want: the
\nDivine Consciousness which will allow the race to develop itself and the supramental
\nbeing to take birth. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 307<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

If you believe that I am here because I am bound \u2013 it is not true.
\nI am not bound, I am here because my body has been given for the first attempt
\nat transformation. Sri Aurobindo told me so. Well, I am doing it. I do not wish
\nanyone to do it for me because … because it is not very pleasant, but I do it
\nwillingly because of the results; everybody will be able to benefit from it. I
\nask only one thing: do not listen to the ego. <\/span><\/p>\n

If there is in your hearts a sincere Yes, you will satisfy me
\ncompletely. I do not need words, I need the sincere adhesion of your hearts.
\nThat’s all.<\/span> <\/p>\n

\nPage – 308<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n


\n
\n12
\n April 1972<\/font><\/a><\/span><\/b> <\/font> <\/a> <\/span> <\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n


\nMother
\nhands the disciple a card on which is printed her photo and the following text:
\n<\/font>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

No human will can
\nfinally prevail against the Divine’s will. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Let us put
\nourselves deliberately and exclusively on the side of the Divine and the victory
\nis ultimately certain.” <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n


\nThe Mother <\/span><\/font> <\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

It is
\nstrange how human nature resists that. Ordinary human nature is such that it
\nprefers defeat through its own will to victory gained otherwise. I am
\ndiscovering things… incredible \u2013 incredible. <\/span><\/p>\n

The depth of human stupidity is incredible. Incredible. <\/span><\/p>\n

It is as though this Force of which I have spoken\u00b9 was going down
\nlike that (gesture of an imperturbable
\ndescent<\/i>), deeper and deeper, towards the subconscient<\/span>.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

In the subconscient<\/span>, there are things
\n… incredible \u2013 incredible. I am passing night after night seeing that. And
\nthe Force goes down and down, imperatively. <\/span><\/p>\n

And then the human subconscient<\/span> cries
\nout, \u201cOh! Not yet, not yet \u2013 not so soon!\u201d And it is against that that one must
\nstruggle. It is the general subconscient<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

And naturally, the resistance brings about catastrophes, but then
\none says, \u201cJust see, see how beneficial is your action! It brings
\ncatastrophes.\u201d Incredible, incredible stupidity. <\/span><\/p>\n

One must remain … remain clinging to the Divine.<\/span><\/p>\n

Don’t you see? Has it not good reasons for itself? It says, \u201cJust
\nsee, just see where it leads, you see.\u201d … Oh! It is … it is not merely
\nresistance, it is perverse.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\u00b9 <\/font> <\/span>The descent of <\/font> <\/span>21
\n February 1972<\/span><\/font> (\u201ca frightful Pressure to
\nbring about the desired progress\u201d<\/font><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 309<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

Yes. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

It is a
\nperversity. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, yes, Mother, I see
\nit very clearly. I see very clearly that it is really a perversity. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

It is a
\nperversity. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

But one has the feeling
\nthat there is something which obeys nothing. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

No, there is only to … If one were able not to listen, it would
\nbe better; but if you listen, you have only to answer, \u201cI don’t care, I don’t
\ncare\u201d \u2013 all the while. \u201cYou will become a fool\u201d \u2013 \u201cI don’t care.\u201d \u201cYou will
\nspoil all your work\u201d \u2013 \u201cI don’t care.\u201d… To all these perverse arguments you
\nanswer: \u201cI don’t care.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

If you can have the experience that it is the Divine who is doing
\neverything, then with an unshakable faith you say, \u201cAll your arguments have no
\nvalue; the delight of being with the Divine, conscious of the Divine, surpasses
\neverything \u2013 surpasses the creation, surpasses life, surpasses happiness,
\nsurpasses success, surpasses everything.\u201d (Mother
\nraises a finger<\/i>) That! <\/span><\/p>\n

Then everything is all right, there is an end of the thing. <\/span><\/p>\n

It is as though That was pushing into the light, was forcing into
\nthe light, into contact with this Force all the worst that there is in the
\nnature … so that it may be ended. <\/span><\/p>\n

And then That clings to what in us was of goodwill. <\/span><\/p>\n

A moment does come when it is absolutely wonderful, but you pass
\nthrough hours that are not pleasant. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, yes, there are
\nmoments when one asks oneself if everything is not going to be swept away. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

(Mother laughs<\/i>) That is absurd, absurd!
\nIt is the resistance  <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 310<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

that will be
\nwholly swept away. <\/span><\/p>\n

But …  <\/span><\/p>\n

(Mother goes within.<\/i>)<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

I have more and more the feeling that there is only one way…. (Mother laughs<\/i>) It makes an amusing
\npicture: sit upon the mind. Sit upon the mind: \u201cKeep quiet.\u201d That is the only
\nway. <\/span><\/p>\n

You sit upon the mind (Mother
\ngives a little tap<\/i>): \u201cKeep quiet.\u201d  <\/span><\/p>\n

(Silence<\/i>)<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

In the subconscient<\/span> there is the memory
\nof bygone pralayas<\/span>, so it is this memory that always
\ngives the feeling that everything will be dissolved, everything will collapse. <\/span><\/p>\n

But if one looks with the true light, it can only be one
\nmanifestation that will dissolve and there will be a more beautiful
\nmanifestation. Th\u00e9on<\/span> had told me that this was the
\nseventh and the last. I told Sri Aurobindo what Th\u00e9on<\/span>
\nhad said and Sri Aurobindo agreed, because he said: This one will see the
\ntransformation towards the Supramental. But for that, for the Supramental, the
\nmind must fall silent: and that gives me always the feeling (Mother laughs<\/i>) that a child is sitting
\non the head of the mind and playing (gesture,
\nof a child beating with his legs<\/i>) on the head of the mind!… If I could
\nstill draw a picture, it would be truly amusing. The mind \u2013 this fat earthly
\nmind (Mother puffs out her cheeks<\/i>)
\nwhich considers itself so important and indispensable, and then the child
\nsitting on its head and playing! It is very amusing. <\/span><\/p>\n

Ah, my child, we have no faith. As soon as one has faith … We
\nsay, \u201cWe want the divine life\u201d \u2013 yet we are afraid of it! But as soon as fear
\ngoes away and we are sincere … everything changes truly. <\/span><\/p>\n

We say, \u201cWe do not want any more this life\u201d, and (Mother laughs<\/i>) something is there that
\nclings to it!<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 311<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

It is so ridiculous. <\/span><\/p>\n

We cling to our old ideas, our old … to this old world which
\nmust disappear \u2013 and we are afraid! <\/span><\/p>\n

And the Divine child seated on the head of the mind and playing
\n!… I wish I could draw this picture, it is wonderful. <\/span><\/p>\n

We are so stupid that we even come to say (Mother assumes a tone of offended dignity<\/i>): \u201cThe Divine is wrong,
\nhe should not do like that.\u201d It is comical, my child.  <\/span><\/p>\n

(Silence<\/i>)<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

For me, the best remedy (that is to say, the easiest) is: \u201cWhat
\nThou willest<\/span>. What Thou willest<\/span>\u201d,
\nin all sincerity. And then \u2013 then comes understanding. Then you understand. But
\nyou do not understand mentally, it is not there (Mother touches her head<\/i>). <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat Thou willest<\/span>.\u201d <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 312<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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


\n
\n6 May 1972<\/font><\/a>
\n<\/font><\/span>
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Mother \u201clooks inwardly\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Do you see something? <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

(Silence<\/i>)<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

I believe I
\nalready told you that there is as though a golden Force which is pressing down (gesture
\nof pressing) that has no material consistence and yet seems to be tremendously
\nheavy … <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, yes. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

…and which
\nis pressing upon Matter, thus, to compel it to turn towards the Divine inwardly
\n\u2013 not an outward escape (gesture upward<\/i>),
\nbut inwardly to turn to the Divine. And so the apparent result is as though
\ncatastrophes were inevitable. And yet along with this perception of inevitable
\ncatastrophe, there are at the same time solutions to the situation, events
\nwhich come about that are by themselves altogether miraculous. It is as though
\nthe two extremes were becoming more extreme, as though what is good was
\nbecoming better and what is bad becoming worse. It is like that. With the
\nformidable Power that is pressing upon the world \u2013 that was my impression. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Yes, it is perceptible. <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Yes, it is
\nfelt like that (Mother fingers the air). And then in the circumstances, many
\nthings that happen generally in an indifferent way become acute; situations,
\ndifferences become acute; bad wills become acute; and, at the same time,
\nextraordinary miracles \u2013 extraordinary! People are saved who were  <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 313<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

about to
\ndie, things that were inextricable all of a sudden get sorted out.<\/span><\/p>\n

And then, for individuals also, it is the same thing. <\/span><\/p>\n

They who know how to turn towards … (how to say it?) who
\nsincerely call the Divine, who feel that it is the only salvation, the only way
\nout, and who sincerely give themselves, then (gesture of breaking through<\/i>) in a few minutes it becomes wonderful.
\nFor the smallest things \u2013 there is nothing small or big, important or
\nunimportant \u2013 it is all the same. <\/span><\/p>\n

The values change. <\/span><\/p>\n

It is as though the vision of the world changes.  <\/span><\/p>\n

(Silence<\/i>)<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

It is, as it were, to give an idea of the change in the world by
\nthe descent of the Supramental. Truly things that were neutral become absolute:
\na little error becomes categorical in its consequences, and a little sincerity,
\na little true aspiration becomes miraculous in its result. The values have
\nintensified in people, and even from the material point of view the smallest
\nfault, the very smallest, has big consequences, and the least sincerity in the
\naspiration has wonderful results. The values have intensified, become precise. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Mother, you speak of
\nfault, error \u2013 I do not know if it is an aberration, but I am having a more and
\nmore precise impression that fault, error, all that is not true. It is not like
\nthat. It is a means … how to say? Yes, it is a means for widening the field
\nof aspiration. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, yes,
\nperfectly so. <\/span><\/p>\n

The perception of the whole is that everything is… everything is
\nwilled with a view to the conscious ascent of the world. The consciousness is
\npreparing to become divine. And it is per<\/span>fectly<\/span><\/span> true: <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 314<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

what we consider as
\nfaults are altogether part of the ordinary human conception, altogether,
\naltogether.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

The only fault \u2013 if
\nthere is any \u2013 is not to want the other thing. But from the time one wants the
\nother thing… <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

But it is
\nnot a fault, it is an imbecility! <\/span><\/p>\n

Well, it is very simple. The whole creation must want nothing but
\nthe Divine, nothing but to manifest the Divine. And all that it does, even all
\nits so-called errors, are only means towards making it inevitable for the whole
\ncreation to manifest the Divine \u2013 but not the \u201cDivine\u201d as man conceives him to
\nbe, \u201cthis and not that\u201d, with all kinds of restrictions: a Totality of
\ntremendous power and light. It is truly the Power in the world, a new and
\ntremendous Power that has come into the world and must manifest itself and must
\nmake \u201cmanifestable<\/span>\u201d (if one may so put it) this
\nDivine All-Power. <\/span><\/p>\n

I have come to this conclusion. I have looked, I have observed and
\nI have seen that what we call \u201csupramental\u201d, lacking a better word, this Supramental
\nmakes the creation more sensitive to the higher Power; we call that \u201cdivine\u201d
\nbecause we… It is divine in relation to what we are, but … It is something
\n(gesture of descent and pressure<\/i>)
\nwhich must make Matter more sensitive and more … \u201cresponsive\u201d to the Force.
\nHow to say it? At present whatever is invisible or insensible is unreal for us
\n(I mean to say for the human being in general). We say that there are
\n\u201cconcrete\u201d things and things that are not so; yet this Puissance, this Power
\nthat is not material, becomes more concretely powerful upon earth than earthly
\nmaterial things. Yes, it is that. <\/span><\/p>\n

This is the protection and the means of defence<\/span>
\nfor supramental beings. It will be a thing which is not material in appearance
\nbut which has a greater power over Matter<\/i>
\nthan material things. This is becoming more and more true from day <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 315<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

to day, from
\nhour to hour \u2013 the feeling that this Force, when it is directed by what we call
\n\u201cthe Divine\u201d, it can, truly it can \u2013 you understand \u2013 it has the power to move
\nMatter, it can produce a material accident; and it can efface the consequences
\nof an absolutely material thing \u2013 it is stronger than… Matter. This is what
\nis altogether new and incomprehensible; and therefore it produces a kind of panic
\nin the ordinary consciousness of people. Yes, it is that. It seems… it is no
\nmore what it was. And truly there is something new \u2013 it is no more as it was. <\/span><\/p>\n

All our common sense, all our logic, all our practical sense is
\ndashed to the ground! Useless! It has no force any more, no reality any more;
\nit no longer corresponds to what is. It is truly a new world.  <\/span><\/p>\n

(Silence<\/i>)<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

It is this in the body which finds it difficult to adapt itself to
\nthis new Power and creates the disorder and difficulties, the illnesses. But
\nall of a sudden one feels that if one were wholly receptive, one would become
\nformidable. That is the impression \u2013 the impression I am having more and more,
\nthat if the whole consciousness (the whole of the most material consciousness \u2013
\nthe most material) were receptive to this new Power… one would become for-mi-da-ble<\/span>.  <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

(Mother closes her eyes.<\/i>)<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

But one essential condition: the reign of the ego must be ended.
\nThe ego is now the obstacle. The ego must be replaced by the divine consciousness
\n\u2013 Sri Aurobindo himself called it \u201csupramental\u201d; we can call it supramental so
\nthat there might not be any misunderstanding, because when one speaks of \u201cthe
\nDivine\u201d, immediately people think of a \u201cGod\u201d, and that spoils everything. It is
\nnot that. No, it is not that. (Mother
\nslowly brings down her closed fists<\/i>) It is the descent of the supramental
\nworld, which is not a purely imaginative thing (gesture <\/i><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 316<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

upward<\/span><\/i>), it is an absolutely material Power. But
\n(Mother smiles<\/i>) it has no need of
\nmaterial means. <\/span><\/p>\n

A world which wants to take a body in the world.  <\/span><\/p>\n

(Silence<\/i>)<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Several times there have been moments when my body felt a kind of
\nnew unease and anxiety; and there was as though something which was not a
\nvoice, but which translated itself in words in my consciousness: \u201cWhy are you
\nafraid? It is the new consciousness.\u201d It came several times. And then I
\nunderstood.  <\/span><\/p>\n

(Silence<\/i>)<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

You understand; it is this which in the human common sense says: \u201cIt
\nis impossible, that has never been\u201d; it is this which has come to an end. It is
\nfinished, it is foolish. It has become a stupidity. One might say: it is
\npossible because it has never been. It is the new world and it is the new
\nconsciousness and it is the new Power, it is possible, and this is and will be
\nmore and more manifested because it is the new world, because it has never
\nbeen. <\/span><\/p>\n

It will be because it has never been.  <\/span><\/p>\n

(Silence<\/i>)<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

It is beautiful: it will be because it has never been \u2013 because it
\nhas never been. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

(Mother enters into a long
\ncontemplation.<\/i>)<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

It is not material and it is more concrete than Matter! <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Yes. It is crushing
\nalmost.<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 317<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

Crushing,
\nyes, it is that…. Oh! It is… <\/span><\/p>\n

All that is not receptive feels the crushing, but whatever is
\nreceptive feels on the contrary something like a … powerful widening. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, but it is very strange, it is both!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Both at the
\nsame time. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, one feels something
\nlike a swelling, as though the whole thing is going to explode, and at the same
\ntime there is something that is crushed. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, but
\nthat which is crushed is the thing that resists, that is not receptive. It has
\nonly to open itself. And then the thing becomes as though… a formidable
\nthing…. It is extraordinary. It is our habit of centuries, is it not, which
\nresists and gives this impression; but whatever opens out… one feels as
\nthough one became large, large, large…. It is magnificent. Oh! It is… <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 318<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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