{"id":4286,"date":"2013-07-13T01:54:53","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=4286"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:54:53","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:54:53","slug":"29-series-thirteen-vol-16-some-answers-from-the-mother-volume-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/02-works-of-the-mother\/01-cwmce\/16-some-answers-from-the-mother-volume-16\/29-series-thirteen-vol-16-some-answers-from-the-mother-volume-16","title":{"rendered":"-29_Series Thirteen.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%\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;font-weight:700\"><br \/>\n<font size=\"3\">SERIES THIRTEEN<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><b><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\"><br \/>\n<font size=\"3\">Series Thirteen <\/font> <\/span><\/i><\/b><br \/>\n<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-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-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">To a student in<br \/>\nthe Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education who began writing to the<br \/>\nMother at the age of sixteen. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<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><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Sweet Mother,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Should one<br \/>\ngive money to beggars or not? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<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-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">In a<br \/>\nwell-organized society, there should not be any beggars. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">But as long as<br \/>\nthere are, do as you feel. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">There are good<br \/>\nreasons both for doing it and for not doing it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Blessings <\/span><br \/>\n<i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">8 July 1969 <\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<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-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">There is no one<br \/>\nfor whom it is impossible to realise the Divine. Only, for some it will take<br \/>\nmany, many lives, whereas there are others who will do it in this very lifetime.<br \/>\nIt is a question of will. It is for you to choose. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">But I must say<br \/>\nthat at the present moment conditions are particularly favourable. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Blessings. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">22 July 1969 <\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<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><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Sweet Mother,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">What does<br \/>\nit mean, really, \u201cto realise the Divine\u201d? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<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-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">It means to become<br \/>\nconscious of the Divine Presence in oneself or on the spiritual heights, and,<br \/>\nonce one is conscious of His Presence, to surrender to Him completely so that<br \/>\none no longer has any other will than His, and finally to unite one&#8217;s &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 \u2013 407<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center\">\n\t<b><span style=\"font-size: 16.0pt;color: #E69619\"><\/p>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" align=\"center\"><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">consciousness with<br \/>\nHis. That is \u201cto realise the Divine\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Blessings. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">23 July 1969<\/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%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Sweet Mother,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">When we<br \/>\nsleep, our consciousness goes out, doesn&#8217;t it? But other people have dreams in<br \/>\nwhich I appear. So what happens? Does the consciousness divide itself or are<br \/>\nother people&#8217;s dreams only their own imagination? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<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-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Most often, it is<br \/>\nthe vital consciousness that goes out of the body and has the form, the<br \/>\nappearance of the person&#8217;s body. If one person dreams of another, it means that<br \/>\nboth have met at night, most often in the vital region, but it can also happen<br \/>\nelsewhere, in the subtle physical or the mental. There are any number of<br \/>\ndifferent possibilities in dreams. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Blessings. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">1 August 1969 <\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<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><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Sweet Mother,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Why is the<br \/>\nnight darker just before dawn \u2013 from the scientific as well as the spiritual<br \/>\npoint of view? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<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-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Because the<br \/>\ndarkness tries to prevent the light from coming. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Blessings. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">11 August 1969 <\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<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><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Sweet Mother,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Why are the<br \/>\nhours before midnight better for sleep than the hours after it? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<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-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Because,<br \/>\nsymbolically, during the hours before midnight the &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 \u2013 408<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center\">\n\t<b><span style=\"font-size: 16.0pt;color: #E69619\"><\/p>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" align=\"center\"><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">sun is setting,<br \/>\nwhile from the first hour after midnight it begins to rise. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Blessings. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">22 August 1969 <\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<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-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">There is only one<br \/>\nlove, the Divine Love, eternal, universal, equal for everyone and everything.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">It is man (the<br \/>\nhuman being) who calls all kinds of feelings \u201clove\u201d: all the desires,<br \/>\nattractions, vital exchanges, sexual relations, attachments, even friendships,<br \/>\nand many other things besides. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">But all that is<br \/>\nnot even the shadow of love nor even its deformation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">These are all<br \/>\nmental and vital, sentimental or sexual activities, and nothing more. <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Blessings. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">6 September 1969 <\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<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><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Sweet Mother,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">What is the<br \/>\ndifference between desire and aspiration, and between selfishness and<br \/>\nself-realisation? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<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-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Desire is a vital<br \/>\nmovement, aspiration is a psychic movement. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">When one has had a<br \/>\ntrue aspiration, unselfish and sincere, one cannot even ask the question<br \/>\nanymore; for the vibration of aspiration, luminous and calm, has nothing to do<br \/>\nwith the vibration of desire, which is passionate, dark and often violent.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Selfishness means<br \/>\nwanting everything for oneself, understanding nothing but oneself, caring for<br \/>\nothers only insofar as they are necessary or important to oneself. In French,<br \/>\nself-realisation (<i>r\u00e9alisation du Soi<\/i>) means discovering the divine centre<br \/>\nin one&#8217;s being. In English, self-fulfilment is generally taken in the sense \u201cto<br \/>\nbe successful\u201d. Sri Aurobindo in his &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 \u2013 409<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center\">\n\t<b><span style=\"font-size: 16.0pt;color: #E69619\"><\/p>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" align=\"center\"><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">writings uses the<br \/>\nword \u201cself-realisation\u201d to mean realisation of the Self, that is to say,<br \/>\nbecoming conscious of the Divine in oneself and identifying with Him. <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Blessings. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\"><font size=\"3\">14 September 1969<\/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%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Sweet Mother,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">How can one<br \/>\nunify one&#8217;s being? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<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-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">The first step is<br \/>\nto find, deep within oneself, behind the desires and impulses, a luminous<br \/>\nconsciousness which is always present and manifests the physical being. <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Ordinarily, one<br \/>\nbecomes aware of the presence of this consciousness only when one has to face<br \/>\nsome danger or an unexpected event or a great sorrow. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">One has, then, to<br \/>\ncome into conscious contact with that and learn to do so at will. The rest will<br \/>\nfollow. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Generally it is in<br \/>\nthe heart, behind the solar plexus, that one finds this luminous presence.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Blessings. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">20 September 1969<\/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%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Sweet Mother,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">What will<br \/>\nbe the result of changing the vital into something good; in other words, what<br \/>\nwill be the change? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<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-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">The vital is the<br \/>\nreceptacle of all the bad impulses, all wickedness, cowardice, weakness and<br \/>\navarice. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">When the vital is<br \/>\nconverted, the impulses are good instead of being bad; wickedness is replaced by<br \/>\nkindness, avarice by generosity; weakness disappears and strength and endurance<br \/>\ntake its place; cowardice is replaced by courage and energy. &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 \u2013 410<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center\">\n\t<b><span style=\"font-size: 16.0pt;color: #E69619\"><\/p>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" align=\"center\"><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">The seat of power<br \/>\nin action is in the purified vital. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Blessings. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">20 October 1969 <\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<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><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Sweet Mother,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">I have<br \/>\nnever discussed with my friends the question of knowing why we are here on<br \/>\nearth, but I have thought about it and the only answer I could get is that at<br \/>\nleast we are here in the Ashram to manifest the Divine upon earth. But there<br \/>\nremains one question: if everything is divine, even the adverse forces, and if<br \/>\neverything has been created by Him and He can do everything, then how is it that<br \/>\nHe takes so much time and uses such roundabout ways? What joy does He get in<br \/>\ncreating unconscious things and making them conscious? And why all these<br \/>\nmisfortunes and sufferings? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<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-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">It is a question<br \/>\nthat all thinking people have asked. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Some have<br \/>\nconsidered the problem more deeply and asked themselves whether human beings,<br \/>\nwho are so small and limited, could see things as they really are; and in the<br \/>\nhope of understanding better, they have sought for a diviner vision, a global<br \/>\nand true vision <i>\u2013<\/i> with the result of Yoga. And those who have succeeded<br \/>\nin their endeavour have found that when one is united with the Divine, one&#8217;s<br \/>\nvision of things changes totally, and they have all come to the same conclusion:<br \/>\nunite with the Divine and you will understand. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Blessings. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">28 October 1969 <\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<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><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Sweet Mother,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Why and how<br \/>\ndoes one lose one&#8217;s spiritual gain by going elsewhere? One can make a conscious<br \/>\neffort and &nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/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 \u2013 411<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center\">\n\t<b><span style=\"font-size: 16.0pt;color: #E69619\"><\/p>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" align=\"center\"><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Your protection is<br \/>\nalways there, isn&#8217;t it?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<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-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">To visit one&#8217;s<br \/>\nparents is to return to an influence which is generally stronger than any other;<br \/>\nand there are not many cases where the parents help you in your spiritual<br \/>\nprogress, because they are usually more interested in a worldly realisation.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Parents who are<br \/>\nprimarily interested in spiritual realisation usually do not ask their children<br \/>\nto come back to them. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Blessings. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">8 November 1969 <\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<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><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Sweet Mother,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Why should<br \/>\none take part in the sports&#8217; competitions and demonstrations? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<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-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Because it is a<br \/>\nchance to put in greater effort and thus make faster progress. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Blessings. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">16 November 1969 <\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<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><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Sweet Mother,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">I would<br \/>\nlike to know the second step towards unifying one&#8217;s being. You told me about the<br \/>\nfirst step. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<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-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">The work of<br \/>\nunifying the being consists of: <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">(1) becoming aware<br \/>\nof one&#8217;s psychic being. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">(2) putting before<br \/>\nthe psychic being, as one becomes aware of them, all one&#8217;s movements, impulses,<br \/>\nthoughts and acts of will, so that the psychic being may accept or reject each<br \/>\nof these movements, impulses, thoughts or acts of will. Those that are accepted<br \/>\nwill be kept and carried out; those that are rejected will be driven out of the<br \/>\nconsciousness so that they may never come back again.&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 \u2013 412<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center\">\n\t<b><span style=\"font-size: 16.0pt;color: #E69619\"><\/p>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" align=\"center\"><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;text-indent:.25in;line-height:150%\">\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">It is a long and<br \/>\nmeticulous work that may take years to be done properly. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;text-indent:.25in;line-height:150%\">\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Blessings. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">8 December 1969 <\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<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><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Sweet Mother,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">How should<br \/>\none spend the Darshan days, December fifth and ninth, and one&#8217;s birthday? <\/span><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<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-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">In search of a<br \/>\nknowledge truer than ordinary knowledge. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">The fifth and<br \/>\nninth in understanding what death is. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">The birthday in<br \/>\nfinding out the purpose of life. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Blessings. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">13 December 1969 <\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<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-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">(Regarding<br \/>\naccidents in sports at the Ashram) <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<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-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">I do not think<br \/>\nthat there are more accidents here than elsewhere. Certainly there ought to be<br \/>\nless. But for that, the children who study here must make an effort to grow in<br \/>\nconsciousness (a thing they could do more easily here than elsewhere).<br \/>\nUnfortunately, however, few of them take the trouble to do it, so they lose the<br \/>\nfine opportunity that has been given to them. <\/span><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">22 December 1969 <\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<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><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Sweet Mother,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">What is the<br \/>\ndifference between persons who have developed their consciousness and those who<br \/>\nhave not? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<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-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Those who have<br \/>\ndone it and done it well become conscious; the others remain half conscious like<br \/>\nthe vast majority of human beings. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Consciousness, the<br \/>\ntrue consciousness, gives control over &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 \u2013 413<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center\">\n\t<b><span style=\"font-size: 16.0pt;color: #E69619\"><\/p>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" align=\"center\"><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">one&#8217;s own<br \/>\ncharacter and, to a large extent, over events. <\/span><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">23 December 1969<\/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%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Sweet Mother,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Do you<br \/>\nthink it isn&#8217;t good to visit the churches here to see the midnight ceremony?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<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-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Why go to church?<br \/>\nAre you Christians or do you want to become Christians? <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Sri Aurobindo<br \/>\nspent his whole life working to free men from the bondage of religions. Do you<br \/>\nwant to contradict his work for the sake of a childish idle curiosity? <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Up to now, all<br \/>\nthose who have gone have done so without asking for permission, because they<br \/>\nsensed that it would not be given. <\/span><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">25 December 1969<\/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%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Sweet Mother,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">In The Hour<br \/>\nof God Sri Aurobindo has written: \u201cThere are moments when the Spirit moves among<br \/>\nmen and the breath of the Lord is abroad upon the waters of our being; there are<br \/>\nothers when it retires and men are left to act in the strength or the weakness<br \/>\nof their own egoism\u201d\u00b9&nbsp; and in one of your letters, you have said that one must<br \/>\nnot rely on one&#8217;s ego but on the psychic. Mother, will you explain this to me?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<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-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">It so happens that<br \/>\nwe are not in an age when men have been left to their own means. The Divine has<br \/>\nsent down His Consciousness to give them light. All who are able to do so should<br \/>\nprofit by it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Blessings. <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">29 December 1969&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%;margin: 0\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<font size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u00b9Cent.<br \/>\nVol. 17, p. 1<\/font><\/span><i><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\"><font size=\"2\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/span><\/i><\/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 \u2013 414<\/span><i><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center\">\n\t<b><span style=\"font-size: 16.0pt;color: #E69619\"><\/p>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" align=\"center\"><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Sweet Mother,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">About what<br \/>\nyou told me yesterday: had the Divine not sent His Consciousness down upon<br \/>\nearth? But the whole creation has had the Divine in it from the very beginning,<br \/>\nhasn&#8217;t it? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<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-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Yes. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">And why were<br \/>\nprimitive men left to their own means? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<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-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Primitive men were<br \/>\nstill too close to the animal to be able to enter into relation with the Inner<br \/>\nDivine; it is only gradually, through thousands of years of ascending evolution,<br \/>\nthat men have learned to be conscious. Now they are ready to manifest a far<br \/>\nhigher consciousness, the consciousness that will act fully in the superman; and<br \/>\nthat is why this consciousness has come down on earth to work in all who are<br \/>\nready to receive it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Blessings. <\/span><br \/>\n<i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">30 December 1969<\/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%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Sweet Mother,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">\u201cThe world<br \/>\nis preparing for a big change. Will you help?\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">&nbsp;What is<br \/>\nthis great change that you speak of? And how can we be of help to it? <\/span><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">This great change<br \/>\nis the appearance on earth of a new race that will be to man what man is to the<br \/>\nanimal. The consciousness of this new race is already at work on earth to give<br \/>\nlight to all who are capable of receiving it and heeding it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Blessings. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">2 January 1970 <\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/span><font size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u00b9<\/span><\/font><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\"><font size=\"2\">The<br \/>\nMother&#8217;s New Year Message of 1970. <\/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 \u2013 415<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center\">\n\t<b><span style=\"font-size: 16.0pt;color: #E69619\"><\/p>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" align=\"center\"><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Sweet Mother,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">How should<br \/>\nthe news of death be received, especially when it is someone close to us? <\/span><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<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-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Say to the Supreme<br \/>\nLord: \u201cLet Thy Will be done\u201d, and remain as peaceful as possible. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">If the departed<br \/>\none is a person one loves, one should concentrate one&#8217;s love on him in peace and<br \/>\ncalm, for that is what can most help the one who has departed. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Blessings. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">16 January 1970<\/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%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Sweet Mother,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">How should<br \/>\nwe watch a film? If we identify with the characters and if the film is tragic or<br \/>\nfull of suspense, we get so involved that we cry or feel frightened. And if we<br \/>\nkeep aloof we cannot appreciate it properly. So what should we do? <\/span><\/i>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<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-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">It is the vital<br \/>\nthat gets touched and moved. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">If you watch<br \/>\nmentally, the interest is no longer the same; instead of being moved or<br \/>\ntroubled, you can calmly judge the value of a film, whether it is well made or<br \/>\nwell acted, or whether the scenes have any artistic value. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">In the first case<br \/>\nyou are a \u201cgood audience\u201d, in the second case you are more peaceful. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Blessings. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">30 January 1970 <\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<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><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Sweet Mother,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">How would<br \/>\nwe know what is happening in other countries and even in our own if we did not<br \/>\nread newspapers? At least we get some idea from them, don&#8217;t we?<\/span><\/i><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 \u2013 416<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center\">\n\t<b><span style=\"font-size: 16.0pt;color: #E69619\"><\/p>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" align=\"center\"><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Or would it be<br \/>\nbetter not to read them at all? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">I did not say that<br \/>\nyou must not read newspapers. I said that you must not blindly believe<br \/>\neverything you read; you should know that the truth is altogether different.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Blessings. <\/span><br \/>\n<i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">4 February 1970 <\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<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><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Sweet Mother,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">How can we<br \/>\nknow the truth of the facts when reading newspapers? What is the best way of<br \/>\nknowing the truth of the world? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<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-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">The best way is to<br \/>\nfind the truth in ourselves <i>\u2013<\/i> then we shall be able to see the Truth<br \/>\nwherever it is. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:justify;line-height:150%\">\n<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman\">Blessings. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin:0;text-align:right;line-height:150%\"><i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">5 February 1970<\/span><\/i><\/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 \u2013 417<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center\">\n\t<b><span style=\"font-size: 16.0pt;color: #E69619\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SERIES THIRTEEN &nbsp; Series Thirteen &nbsp; &nbsp; To a student in the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education who began writing to the Mother at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-16-some-answers-from-the-mother-volume-16","wpcat-121-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4286","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=4286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4286\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}