{"id":4237,"date":"2013-07-13T01:54:23","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=4237"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:54:23","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:54:23","slug":"19-series-two-1937-1941-vol-17-more-answers-from-the-mother-volume-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/02-works-of-the-mother\/01-cwmce\/17-more-answers-from-the-mother-volume-17\/19-series-two-1937-1941-vol-17-more-answers-from-the-mother-volume-17","title":{"rendered":"-19_Series Two (1937-1941).htm"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse\" width=\"100%\" id=\"AutoNumber1\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"Section1\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style='margin:0;text-align:center;line-height:150%'><b><br \/>\n<span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><font size=\"3\">SERIES TWO<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'>\n<span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><font size=\"2\">To a Frenchwoman who came to live at the<br \/>\nSri Aurobindo Ashram in 1937, at the age of sixty-six. <\/font><\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Nothing is inevitable. At every moment an<br \/>\nintervention may come from a higher plane into the material one and alter the<br \/>\ncourse of circumstances. But in this particular case there is a conflict<br \/>\nbetween a very powerful mental construction founded on medical opinion and your<br \/>\nfaith in the divine Grace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The<br \/>\npower of this medical suggestion lies in the fact that it insinuates itself<br \/>\ninto the subconscious and acts on the body from there, undetected even by the<br \/>\nconscious mind unless it is in the habit of scouring the subconscious with the<br \/>\nvigilance of a detective. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>So<br \/>\nthere we are \u2014 I cannot promise you that your faith in the Grace will be<br \/>\nintense and unshakable enough to overcome the harmful effect of these medical<br \/>\nsuggestions; and I feel that I have no right to tell you, \u201cIt is nothing,\u201d when<br \/>\neverything in your material consciousness is crying out, \u201cDanger!\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Rest<br \/>\nassured that our help and our blessings are always with you. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style='margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0<\/span>24 March 1937<\/span><\/i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Certainly we will be happy to keep you<br \/>\nhere until June. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>You<br \/>\nare quite right in saying that these closed doors are an effect of the imagination.<br \/>\nThe will to pass through always has the power to open them, just as the<br \/>\ncertainty of victory brightens the path. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style='margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0<\/span>12 April 1937 <\/span><\/i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style='margin:0;text-align:center;line-height:150%'>\n<span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Page<br \/>\n\u2014 189<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style='text-align:center;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><\/p>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" align=\"center\">\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Certainly when you are ready to return,<br \/>\nafter doing what you want to do for your son, you have only to inform us and we<br \/>\nshall be happy to receive you. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Inner<br \/>\ncalm and peace and an ardent aspiration towards the Divine are the best<br \/>\npreparation for receiving the help we can give, and you can be assured of<br \/>\nreceiving it from us. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style='margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0<\/span>29 April 1937 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Sudden conversions are usually neither<br \/>\nintegral nor lasting; they are flashes of lightning which most often dissolve<br \/>\ninto smoke. Slow and steady effort and persistent striving for progress are<br \/>\nmore reliable: \u201cpiano ma sano\u201d.\u00b9<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>And<br \/>\nrecalling what happened during your sleep is certainly not indispensable to the<br \/>\ndiscovery of your soul. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>I<br \/>\nam glad you are feeling well. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Be<br \/>\nsure that our help and protection are always with you. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style='margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0<\/span>12 May 1937 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Do not let yourself be overwhelmed by the<br \/>\nsense of vastness; bathe in it, rather, with joy and serenity. Were we confined<br \/>\ninescapably within the four walls of our personal consciousness, that would<br \/>\nindeed be sad and overwhelming but \u2014 the infinite is open to us; we have only<br \/>\nto plunge into it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style='margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0<\/span>29 May 1937<\/span><\/i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Sri Aurobindo has read your letter and<br \/>\nagrees with me that it is difficult to make plans so far in advance, because<br \/>\ncircumstances are so unpredictable. One thing is settled, however: Sri<br \/>\nAurobindo has accepted you as a disciple \u2014 this is clearly shown by the fact that<br \/>\nhe has given you a new name. But being a <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;text-indent:.25in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;text-indent:.25in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><br \/>\n<font size=\"2\">\u00b9Slowly but<br \/>\nsurely.<\/font><\/span><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><font size=\"2\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style='margin:0;text-align:center;line-height:150%'>\n<span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Page<br \/>\n\u2014 190<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style='text-align:center;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><\/p>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" align=\"center\">\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>disciple does not necessarily imply that<br \/>\none lives in the Ashram. In fact, there are more disciples living outside the<br \/>\nAshram than in it. Several conditions are needed to live in the Ashram, one of<br \/>\nwhich is that one\u2019s health should be good enough to allow one to conform to the<br \/>\nAshram discipline which does not provide any special arrangements for food,<br \/>\nservices and so on. Those arrangements can be made, for a limited period, for visitors;<br \/>\nbut for various reasons it is impossible to make them permanent. So when you<br \/>\nare ready to return, let us know three or four months in advance so that we can<br \/>\nsee whether any practical arrangement can be made. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>As<br \/>\nfor the readings, I think it would be better to spare yourself this strain for<br \/>\nthe time being. I think that the few private lessons you are giving are enough.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>I<br \/>\nam glad to know that you have recovered, and hope that your health will get<br \/>\nbetter and better. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style='margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0<\/span>5 July 1937 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>I am sorry that you have been feeling sad<br \/>\nthese last few days. You should not have. The light should always bring with it<br \/>\nthe joy of new progress. Now I think that everything will be all right. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style='margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0<\/span>10 July 1937 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Do not worry. You have not done anything<br \/>\nwrong, either consciously or unconsciously. I was referring to a set of inner<br \/>\nand outer circumstances, a set of circumstances which is the inevitable outcome<br \/>\nof the preceding set, and so on. Only yogic power, the power of the divine<br \/>\nConsciousness, can break this chain of consequences. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>You<br \/>\nmust leave with your heart full of peace and your mind full of hope. You must<br \/>\nleave with the assurance that our help and our force are going with you, and<br \/>\nthat our blessings are with you and will always be with you. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style='margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0<\/span>14 September 1937<\/span><\/i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style='margin:0;text-align:center;line-height:150%'>\n<span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Page<br \/>\n\u2014 191<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style='text-align:center;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><\/p>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" align=\"center\">\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>(In September 1937 the disciple went to France for six months,<br \/>\nreturning to the Ashram in March 1938.)<\/span><\/i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Do not fear; I can see beyond appearances<br \/>\nand understand in silence or beyond words. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>My<br \/>\narm will always be around you, to uphold and guide you. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Certainly<br \/>\nyou are my dear child, but I want her to be happy, not sorrowful, illumined,<br \/>\nnot ignorant. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>My<br \/>\nblessings are very affectionately with you. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style='margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0<\/span>13 June 1938 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Since I did not see you at pranam, I was<br \/>\nabout to write and inquire whether the exhaustion you mentioned in yesterday\u2019s<br \/>\nletter was the reason. And just now I received your letter of this morning.<br \/>\nWhat a pity that you had fever! But why? No apparent reason? In any case, I<br \/>\nhope that it will soon be over. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Needless<br \/>\nto say, our help, our force, our protection and our blessings are always with<br \/>\nyou; you must immerse yourself in them as in a soothing, healing bath. Let me<br \/>\nadd my tenderness. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style='margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0<\/span>17 July 1938<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>It is difficult for me to answer your<br \/>\nquestion since I have no personal experience of utropine and its effects. But<br \/>\nas a general rule I feel that when one goes to a doctor for treatment, one<br \/>\nshould do what he says. It is in cases of <i>nephritis<\/i><br \/>\nthat <span class=\"SpellE\">utropine<\/span> is supposed to be inadvisable. You<br \/>\ncould ask the doctor for an assurance that you are not suffering from nephritis<br \/>\n\u2014 which seems very unlikely. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Our<br \/>\nhelp and our blessings are always with you, affectionately.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style='margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0<\/span>20 July 1938 <\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style='margin:0;text-align:center;line-height:150%'>\n<span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Page<br \/>\n\u2014 192<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style='text-align:center;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><\/p>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" align=\"center\">\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>This \u201cAspiration in the physical\u201d\u00b9 with<br \/>\nour blessings and all my love. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Do<br \/>\nnot let the doctor\u2019s words disturb you. Illnesses are never serious unless we<br \/>\naccept them as such. Besides, I expect to hear very soon that you are better. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style='margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0<\/span>24 July 1938 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Here is a<br \/>\nlittle \u201cNew Birth\u201d.\u00b2 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Indeed,<br \/>\nwhat better use could one make of an illness than to take the opportunity to go<br \/>\ndeep within oneself and awaken, take birth into a new consciousness, more<br \/>\nluminous and more true. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Our<br \/>\nhelp and our blessings are always with you, affectionately. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style='margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0<\/span>28 July 1938<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Sri Aurobindo and I think it would be<br \/>\nwiser for you to wait another week before coming to pranam. And the meditation<br \/>\ntwice a day will be possible only when you no longer feel any weakness at all,<br \/>\nbecause at the moment there are many people and the physical atmosphere is<br \/>\nrather heavy to breathe. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>So<br \/>\nwe ask you to be patient a little longer, to allow your material strength time<br \/>\nto return. Our help and protection are with you for that. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Very<br \/>\naffectionately. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style='margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0<\/span>26 August 1938<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>I do not recall mentioning any passages in<br \/>\nwhich Sri Aurobindo prophesies present events. I referred to certain pages in<br \/>\nwhich <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;text-indent:.25in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;text-indent:.25in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><br \/>\n<font size=\"2\">\u00b9The<br \/>\nMother\u2019s name for Flame-of-the-woods (ixora coccinea \u201cBandhuca\u201d)<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-indent:.25in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><font size=\"2\">\u00b2Sweet Marjoram (oreganum majorana)<\/font><\/span><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style='margin:0;text-align:center;line-height:150%'>\n<span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Page<br \/>\n\u2014 193<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style='text-align:center;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><\/p>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" align=\"center\">\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Sri Aurobindo gives a very brief glimpse<br \/>\nof his own Work at present on earth, his Work of divinising matter, and I told<br \/>\nyou that it is hinted at in one of the chapters of \u201cThoughts and Glimpses\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style='margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0<\/span>20 September 1938 <\/span><\/i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Do not worry; you told me long ago \u2014in<br \/>\nsilence \u2014 what you \u201cconfessed\u201d to me this evening. And I have always given you<br \/>\nthe same answer: do not worry; not all gifts need to be material ones \u2014 and<br \/>\nself-giving is surely the best gift of all. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style='margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0<\/span>29 September 1938 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>These spontaneous reflex actions reveal the<br \/>\nsubconscious. By tracking down these spontaneous impulses one can gradually<br \/>\nclear a path into the virgin forest of the subconscient and bring the Light<br \/>\ninto it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Do<br \/>\nnot worry, and above all do not feel sad! On the 12th the <i>dose <\/i>was probably a little too strong and, as a result, a little<br \/>\ndifficult to digest. If you can simply remain quiet, <i>very quiet<\/i>, everything will settle down. Then the Light will<br \/>\nreappear, brighter and more beautiful than ever. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Have<br \/>\nno fear \u2014nothing has the power to take you away from me, for I am always with<br \/>\nyou \u2014 in you. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Affectionately.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style='margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0<\/span>13 November 1938 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Mother, <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>I have not taken the medicine advised by Dr. X, thinking that<br \/>\nsince I would be writing to you, I would not do anything without you. Should I<br \/>\nwrite to Dr. Y in Paris and ask his opinion?<\/span><\/i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style='margin:0;text-align:center;line-height:150%'>\n<span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Page<br \/>\n\u2014 194<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style='text-align:center;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><\/p>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" align=\"center\">\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><a name=\"go\"><\/a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Yes, it would be better not to take<br \/>\nanything without consulting your doctor in Paris.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Should I perhaps consult the homeopathic doctor? I don\u2019t know him.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>No, not necessary; as few doctors as possible,<br \/>\nas few medicines as possible!! <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Z strongly advises me to take \u201cGenaspirine\u201d. I am reluctant, as I<br \/>\nnever take sedatives. She says it is not a sedative but something to relieve<br \/>\ncongestion. I understand nothing about it and I told her that I would ask you. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Oh no, no drugs! The more drugs you take,<br \/>\nthe more you undermine your body\u2019s natural resistance. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>To<br \/>\nrelieve tension, ten minutes of <i>real calm<\/i>,<br \/>\ninner and outer, are more effective than all the remedies in the world. In<br \/>\nsilence lies the most effective help. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>With<br \/>\nour blessings. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style='margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0<\/span>30 January 1939 <\/span><\/i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>To tell the truth, I think the doctor is<br \/>\nright: your complaint is nervous. I mean that it is a functional disorder, not<br \/>\nan organic one. The fact that you have a headache does not contradict this, for<br \/>\none can have a nervous headache and suffer very much from it. In any case,<br \/>\nnervous or not, it is quite clear that if you were in constant contact with the<br \/>\nDivine you would be perfectly all right. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Our<br \/>\nblessings are always with you. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Very<br \/>\naffectionately. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style='margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0<\/span>9 February 1939<\/span><\/i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style='margin:0;text-align:center;line-height:150%'>\n<span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Page<br \/>\n\u2014 195<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style='text-align:center;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><\/p>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" align=\"center\">\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>It would be so nice not to take any<br \/>\ninjections! Wouldn\u2019t it? <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>As<br \/>\nfor the other things, do not worry. The divine Grace is behind everything, even<br \/>\nshortcomings, and with Its help there is nothing that cannot be made an opportunity<br \/>\nfor progress. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Our<br \/>\nblessings are always with you. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style='margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0<\/span>23 March 1939 <\/span><\/i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>How you torment yourself \u2014 about nothing!<br \/>\nI knew perfectly well that you were going to dine with the banker, and I found nothing<br \/>\nwrong with that, any more than with your little musical gatherings or anything<br \/>\nelse of that kind. I have always considered that you were free to see whom you<br \/>\nlike and go where you please. Only once did I give you some advice about this,<br \/>\nbut that was simply a piece of advice, nothing more, and referred to a single,<br \/>\nvery precise case. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>I<br \/>\nhasten to send you this note in the hope that it will bring you the peace and<br \/>\ntranquillity I wish for you always. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>My<br \/>\nblessings are with you unceasingly. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style='margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0<\/span>3 May 1939<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>My dear little X, <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>If<br \/>\nyou want my true way of seeing things, I must tell you that taking a good dose<br \/>\nof faith and confidence in the Divine Grace is better than all the pills and<br \/>\ninjections in the world. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>With<br \/>\nmy blessings. I am always with you. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style='margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0<\/span>7 May 1939<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>My poor little X, <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>I<br \/>\nam truly very sorry to have to disappoint you, but the interview you want<br \/>\ncertainly cannot take place until the war is over. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Besides,<br \/>\nfor inner growth, I do not believe that words are necessary. In silence all our<br \/>\nhelp is there at its most powerful. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>With<br \/>\nlove and blessings. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style='margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0<\/span>6 September 1939<\/span><\/i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style='margin:0;text-align:center;line-height:150%'>\n<span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Page<br \/>\n\u2014 196<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style='text-align:center;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><\/p>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" align=\"center\">\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>My little X, <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>It<br \/>\nis impossible to meditate with another person without <i>receiving something of the vibrations emanating from him<\/i>, just as<br \/>\none cannot enter a place without breathing the air that is there. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>When<br \/>\nsomeone has a harmful atmosphere and a bad influence (I warned you of this),<br \/>\none must be careful, while meditating, not to put oneself into a state of<br \/>\nreceptivity with that atmosphere! <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>It<br \/>\nis not wrong, but it is an act of ignorance. And needless to say, it cannot<br \/>\nprevent you from being my little X or stop my arms from surrounding and<br \/>\nprotecting you. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style='margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0<\/span>19 September 1939 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Why do you want to break your silence? Silence<br \/>\nis the door to all true spiritual realisations. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>And<br \/>\nI am with you always. Draw on my force in the silence; it will never fail you. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Our<br \/>\nblessings. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style='margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0<\/span>23 December 1939 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>My dear little X, <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>When<br \/>\nthe demon of jealousy whispers a suggestion in your ear, you must be very<br \/>\ncareful not to listen to it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>When<br \/>\nthe war broke out, I told you that until it was over I would not give any<br \/>\ninterviews to sadhaks. I am doing what I said. All the regular interviews have<br \/>\nbeen stopped. Occasionally, not always, I see a visitor before he leaves. Other<br \/>\nthan that, in all these months I have made only two or three exceptions, <i>including one for you<\/i> about your<br \/>\naffairs. If someone told you otherwise, why believe him? You must quickly chase<br \/>\nthese shadows far away from you and live constantly in the serenity of an<br \/>\nunshakable trust.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>I<br \/>\nam always with you. If you listen carefully, you will hear &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style='margin:0;text-align:center;line-height:150%'>\n<span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Page<br \/>\n\u2014 197<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style='text-align:center;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><\/p>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" align=\"center\">\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>my answers to your questions. When all<br \/>\ngrows silent and calm within you, you will feel my presence concretely, and no<br \/>\nhelp is more real or more effective than that. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>With<br \/>\nmy deepest affection and our blessings always. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style='margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0<\/span>4 March 1940 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>My dear little X, <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>I<br \/>\nagree upon the 22<sup>nd<\/sup> \u2014 probably it will be about 5:30 at the top of<br \/>\nthe stairs \u2014 but in these days of extreme instability it is difficult to make<br \/>\narrangements so far ahead. We must live from day to day our whole consciousness<br \/>\nintent on the only luminous horizon: that of the divine Realisation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Our<br \/>\nblessings are with you, as well as my love. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style='margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0<\/span>5 July 1940 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>My dear little X, <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Dryness<br \/>\nis ordinarily the sign of too great a concern with oneself (whether material or<br \/>\nspiritual) and a consequent narrowing of the consciousness, which is no longer<br \/>\nsufficiently in communion with the divine forces. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The<br \/>\nremedy: a completer self-giving to the Divine. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>With<br \/>\nmy blessings and all my love. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style='margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0<\/span>8 December 1940 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>My dear little X, <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Do<br \/>\nnot worry; I only meant that you are not yet completely free from social ties \u2014<br \/>\nbut that will surely come as the flame of aspiration towards the Divine burns<br \/>\nmore and more ardently in you. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style='margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>With<br \/>\nmy blessings and all my love. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style='margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><span>\u00a0<\/span>16 January 1941<\/span><\/i><span lang=\"EN-US\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style='margin:0;text-align:center;line-height:150%'>\n<span style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Page<br \/>\n\u2014 198<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SERIES TWO &nbsp; To a Frenchwoman who came to live at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in 1937, at the age of sixty-six. &nbsp; &nbsp; Nothing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-17-more-answers-from-the-mother-volume-17","wpcat-119-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}