{"id":4228,"date":"2013-07-13T01:54:19","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=4228"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:54:19","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:54:19","slug":"20-students-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\/20-students-vol-12-on-education-volume-12","title":{"rendered":"-20_Students.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\nStudents<\/span><\/font><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

You who are young, are the hope of the country. Prepare yourselves
\nto be worthy of this expectation. <\/span><\/p>\n

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

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Of one thing you can be
\nsure \u2013 your future is in your hands<\/span>.
\nYou will become the man you want to be<\/span>
\nand the higher your ideal and your aspiration, the higher will be your
\nrealisation, but you must keep a firm resolution and never forget your true aim
\nin life. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>2 April 1963<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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

To be young is to live in the future. <\/span><\/p>\n

To be young is to be always ready to give up what we are in order
\nto become what we must be. <\/span><\/p>\n

To be young is never to accept the irreparable. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

28 March
\n 1967<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Only those years that are passed uselessly make you grow old. <\/span><\/p>\n

A year spent uselessly is a year during which no progress has been
\naccomplished, no growth in consciousness has been achieved, no further step has
\nbeen taken towards perfection. <\/span><\/p>\n

Consecrate your life to the realisation of something higher and
\nbroader than yourself and you will never feel the weight of the passing years. <\/span> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>21
\n February 1958<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 122<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

It is not the number of years you have lived that makes you grow
\nold. You become old when you stop progressing. <\/span><\/p>\n

As soon as you feel you have done what you had to do, as soon as
\nyou think you know what you ought to know, as soon as you want to sit and enjoy
\nthe results of your effort, with the feeling you have worked enough in life,
\nthen at once you become old and begin to decline. <\/span><\/p>\n

When, on the contrary, you are convinced that what you know is
\nnothing compared to all which remains to be known, when you feel that what you
\nhave done is just the starting-point of what remains to be done, when you see
\nthe future like an attractive sun shining with the innumerable possibilities
\nyet to be achieved, then you are young, however many are the years you have
\npassed upon earth, young and rich with all the realisations of tomorrow. <\/span><\/p>\n

And if you do not want your body to fail you, avoid wasting your
\nenergies in useless agitation. Whatever you do, do it in a quiet and composed
\npoise. In peace and silence is the greatest strength. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>21
\n February 1968<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

For a happy and effective life, the essentials are sincerity,
\nhumility, perseverance and an insatiable thirst for progress. Above all, one
\nmust be convinced of a limitless possibility of progress. Progress is youth; at
\na hundred years of age one can be young. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

14 January
\n 1972<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

If the growth of consciousness were considered as the principal
\ngoal of life, many difficulties would find their solution. <\/span><\/p>\n

The best way of not becoming old is to make progress the goal of
\nour life. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>18
\n January 1972<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 123<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

To know how to be reborn into a new life at every moment is the
\nsecret of eternal youth. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

One must learn always not only intellectually but also
\npsychologically, one must progress in regard to character, one must cultivate
\nthe qualities and correct the defects; everything should be made an occasion to
\ncure ourselves of ignorance and incapacity; life becomes then tremendously
\ninteresting and worth the trouble of living it. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>27
\n January 1972<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

The child does not worry about his growth, he simply grows. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>There is a great power in
\nthe simple confidence of a child. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>17
\n November 1954<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

When a child lives in normal conditions, it has a spontaneous
\nconfidence that all it needs will be given to it. <\/span><\/p>\n

This confidence should persist, unshaken, throughout life; but the
\nlimited idea, ignorant and superficial, of its needs which a child has, must be
\nreplaced progressively by a wider, deeper and truer conception which culminates
\nin the perfect conception of needs in accordance with the supreme wisdom, until
\nwe realise that the Divine alone knows what our true needs are and rely upon
\nHim for everything. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>19
\n November 1954<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 124<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

The most important condition is trust, a child-like trust, the
\ncandid feeling that knows that needed things will come, that there is no
\nquestion about it. When the child has need of anything he is certain that it is
\ncoming. This kind of simple trust or reliance is the most important condition. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Why do children have fear? Because they are weak. <\/span><\/p>\n

Physically they are weaker than the grown-ups around them and,
\ngenerally, they are also weaker vitally and mentally. <\/span><\/p>\n

Fear stems from a sense of inferiority. <\/span><\/p>\n

However, there is a way to be free from it: it is to have faith in
\nthe Divine Grace and to rely on It to protect you in all circumstances. <\/span><\/p>\n

The more you grow up, the more will you get over your fear if you
\nlet the contact with your soul develop in you that is to say, with the truth of
\nyour being and if you always strive that all you think, all you speak, all you
\ndo should be more and more the expression of this deep truth. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>When you will consciously live in it, you will fear
\nnothing any longer, in any domain of your being, because you will be united
\nwith the universal Truth which governs the world. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>8
\n August 1964<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

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

\u00a0<\/span>How can a child know without the help of his
\nparents or teachers, what he is? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

You must find it out yourself, but not with your mind. <\/span><\/p>\n

It is only the psychic that can tell you.  <\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

When we are children, we are told what is good<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 125<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

\u00a0<\/span>and what is bad. That’s why
\nwe repeat the same all our life, \u201cThis is good! That is bad\u201d. How should one
\nknow, in fact, what is good and what is bad? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

You can know the truth only when you are conscious of the Divine. <\/span><\/p>\n

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

How can I abstain from error?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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

By knowing what is true. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Lord, we pray to Thee: <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>May we understand better
\nwhy we are here, <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>May we do better what we
\nhave to do here, <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>May we be what we ought to
\nbecome here, <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>So that Thy will may be
\nfulfilled harmoniously. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>15
\n January 1962<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Let our effort of every day and all time be to know You better and
\nto serve You better. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>1
\n January 1973<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Permit, Sweet Mother, that we be, <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Now and for ever more, <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Thy simple children, loving
\nthee <\/span><\/p>\n

More and still more. <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 126<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

I have a sweet little mother sitting close in my heart. <\/span><\/p>\n

We are so happy together; never will we part. <\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Can you hear me whenever I call you?<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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

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

\u00a0<\/span>Be sure that I hear you
\neach time you call and my help and force go straight to you. <\/span><\/p>\n

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


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>1
\n June 1960<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Bonne F\u00eate. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>I embrace you with all my
\nheart and give you my blessings for the fulfilment of your highest aspiration. <\/span><\/p>\n

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

\n\u00a0<\/span>30 August 1963<\/span> <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Bonne F\u00eate.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>With a whole bunch of roses
\n(surrender) so that your aspiration may be fulfilled and you become my ideal
\nchild aware of your soul and the true goal of your life. <\/span><\/p>\n

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


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>30
\n August 1964<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

\nM<\/font><\/span>essages to <\/font> <\/span>
\nS<\/font><\/span>tudent<\/font><\/span> B<\/font><\/span>oarding<\/font><\/span> H<\/font><\/span>ouses<\/font><\/span> <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Prayer Given to the Children of Dortoir Boarding<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We all want to be the true children of our Divine Mother.  <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 127<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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

But for that, sweet Mother, give us patience and courage, obedience,
\ngoodwill, generosity and unselfishness, and all the necessary virtues. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This is our prayer and aspiration. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>15
\n January 1947<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

 To Big Boys’ Boarding<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

May this day be for you the beginning of a new life in which you
\nwill strive to understand better and better why you are here and what is
\nexpected of you. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Live always in the aspiration of realising your most complete and
\nmost true perfection. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

And for a beginning take care to be honest, sincere,
\nstraightforward, noble and pure in a rigorous discipline that you will impose
\non yourselves. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I shall always be present to help you and to guide you. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

My blessings. <\/span><\/p>\n

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

To Dortoir Boarding Annex<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Today, we who are united in a common remembrance aspire that this
\nintensity may be the symbol of a true oneness based on a common effort towards
\never truer and more perfect realisations. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>15
\n January 1968<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Young Man’s Boarding<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Be always faithful to your Ideal and sincere in your action.  <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 12<\/span>8<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n <\/font><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

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