{"id":4216,"date":"2013-07-13T01:54:13","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=4216"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:54:13","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:54:13","slug":"71-14-march-1973-vol-12-on-education-volume-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/02-works-of-the-mother\/01-cwmce\/12-on-education-volume-12\/71-14-march-1973-vol-12-on-education-volume-12","title":{"rendered":"-71_14-March-1973.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\n14 March 1973<\/span><\/i><\/b> <\/span> <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

B- reads a letter to Mother from a teacher who expressed the desire<\/span><\/p>\n

 \u201cto get away from this agitation and to leave the school for
\nthis year.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Then the circumstances that determined this decision were explained
\nto Mother. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

As for me, I don’t understand anything about all these matters.
\nFor me they are…What does A have to say about this? <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>A: I don’t know what to tell you, Mother. <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Just tell me: what impression do you have? I have the feeling that
\na spirit of confusion has entered into the school and is making a…They mean
\nthe same thing and they use different terms, and so the terms clash. I know
\nthat they have a very similar aspiration, but each one speaks his own language
\nand so the languages are not in harmony and they argue about nothing. There, I
\nthink that the best thing to do would be for each one to remain quiet for a
\nwhile. Tell me your solution. <\/span><\/p>\n

I too, with the people who are…who are with me, I never used to
\nhave any difficulty, and now it is as if we were speaking in a different
\nlanguage. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>A:
\nAnd instead of stressing the things that bring us closer, we lay stress on the
\npoints of divergence, so…<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, they lay stress on that. But for me, it has a strange effect:
\nit makes me feel as if I am ill. There is nothing wrong with me. I am well and
\nthat gives me the feeling of being ill, all the time. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>A: It is
\na vibration of disharmony. <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, in truth it is the transition from the ordinary mental
\nconsciousness to the supramental consciousness. The mental <\/span>
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 447<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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consciousness is panic-stricken in the presence of the supramental
\nconsciousness. I have the feeling \u2013 I shall tell you, this is how it comes to
\nme \u2013 that at every moment one could die, the vibration is so different. And so
\nit is only when I am very still…the being, the consciousness…the old
\nconsciousness \u2013 which is not the mental consciousness at all, but still \u2013 the
\nold consciousness goes on repeating its mantra. There is a mantra…it goes on
\nrepeating its mantra. And so that is like a background, like a point of
\ncontact….It is strange….And then beyond that, there is something which is
\nfull of light and force, but which is so new that it causes almost a panic. So,
\nyou understand, if the same thing…I who am…I have a long experience, eh? So
\nif it causes that in me, if something like that occurs in the others, I have
\nthe feeling that we shall all go mad! There, that will do. <\/span><\/p>\n

Does this correspond to something? <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>A:
\nYes, Mother. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

So I think that we should keep very quiet so as not to lose the…<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>A<\/i> (after a short digression on a new
\napproach to biology): But then, to come
\nback to our situation, couldn’t we, for example, by laying stress on the things
\nthat bring us closer and by trying to realise as rapidly as possible what you
\nwere saying the other day, that is, this fusion of the various elements…. I
\nsuppose that if each one were bent on finding out how the various aspects of
\nthe work could be integrated, well, they would forget the points of divergence
\nand think only about the things that bring them closer. <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, yes, but our language…I was about to tell you, \u201cIt’s a good
\nidea,\u201d but I caught hold of myself by the ear just as I was saying it to
\nmyself. It is not an idea, you understand, it is our <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 448<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

\u00a0<\/span>language which has the…it
\nis like a bell-jar covering it up, a mental bell-jar which it does not want to
\nget rid of. Really, it is a difficult
\ntime<\/i>. I think that we ought to be very
\nquiet, very quiet, very quiet<\/i>. I am going to tell you my old mantra; it
\nkeeps the outer being very quiet: <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

OM<\/span>
\nNAMO BHAGAVATE. <\/span><\/p>\n

These three words. For me they meant: <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\u00a0<\/span>OM<\/span> <\/span>\u2013 I implore the Supreme Lord. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>NAMO<\/span> \u2013
\nObeisance to Him. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>BHAGAVATE <\/span>\u2013 Make me divine. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>This is a translation of
\nit, I mean…Did you hear? <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>A: Yes,
\nMother. <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

For me that has the power to calm everything. <\/span><\/p>\n

\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 449<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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