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\n\n\n
\n

\n
\nChapter 3 <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n
\nThe New Creation <\/font>
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nThe really new thing is that a new world is born, born, born.<\/i> It is not the old one transforming
\nitself, it is a new<\/i> world that is born.<\/i> And we are right in the midst of this period of transition
\nwhere the two are entangled \u2014 where the old still persists all-powerful, entirely dominating the
\nordinary consciousness, but where the new one is quietly slipping in, still very modest,
\nunnoticed \u2014 unnoticed to the extent that outwardly it doesn’t disturb anything very much for the
\ntime being, and in the consciousness of most people it is even quite imperceptible. And yet it is
\nworking, it is growing \u2014 until the time comes when it will be strong enough to assert itself visibly.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nThere are people who love adventure. It is these I call, and I tell them this: "I invite you to the
\ngreat adventure."<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIt is not a question of repeating spiritually what others have done before us, for our adventure
\nbegins beyond that. It is a question of a new creation, entirely new, with all the unforeseen events,
\nthe risks, the hazards it entails \u2014 a real adventure whose goal is certain victory, but whose road is
\nunknown and must be traced out step by step in the unexplored. Something that has never been
\nin this present universe and that will never again be in the same way. If that interests you . . . well,
\nlet us embark. What will happen to you tomorrow, I don’t know. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage-23<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\nSIGN OF THE SPIRIT <\/font>
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

\n\n\n
\n


\n <\/a> <\/p>\n

\n35 Sign of the Spirit<\/a><\/b>
\n<\/a> <\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\n35 Sign of the Spirit<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe Spirit says, "I am here!"
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nViscum album.<\/i> White <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nWhat we mean by Spirit is self-existent being with
\nan infinite power of consciousness and unconditioned
\ndelight in its being. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSRI AUROBINDO<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\n‘ Spirit is Sat or pure existence, pure in self-awareness
\n(Chit), pure in self-delight (Ananda). Therefore Spirit
\ncan be regarded as a triune basis of all conscious being. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSRI AUROBINDO<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAll things here are expression, form, energy, action of
\nthe Spirit; matter itself is but form of Spirit, life but
\npower of being of the Spirit, mind but working out of
\nconsciousness of the Spirit. All Nature is a display and
\na play of God, power and action and self-creation of
\nthe one spiritual Being. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSRI AUROBINDO<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThis world is, no doubt, based ostensibly upon Matter,
\nbut its summit is Spirit and the ascent towards Spirit
\nmust be the aim and justification of its existence and
\nthe pointer to its meaning and purpose. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSRI AUROBINDO<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

\n\t\t\tPage – 24<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

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

\n\n\n
\n

\n36 Promise<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe future is full of promise.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nAbutilon Xhybridum.<\/i> Several colours <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n37 Mental promise<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe assurance that the supramental goal will be realised.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nAbutilon indicum.<\/i> Bright yellow <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n38 Vital promise<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe vital is full of possibilities ready to be developed.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nAbutilon Xhybridum.<\/i> Deep reddish purple <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nI know with absolute certitude that the supramental is
\na truth and that its advent is in the very nature of things
\ninevitable. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSRI AUROBINDO <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nThe manifestation of the Supramental upon earth is no
\nmore a promise but a living fact, a reality.<\/font><\/p>\n

\n THE MOTHER<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\nWhat Sri Aurobindo promised and what naturally interests
\nus, we who are here now, is that the time has come when
\nsome beings among the elite of humanity, who fulfil the
\nconditions necessary for spiritualisation, will be able to
\ntransform their bodies with the help of the supramental
\nForce, Consciousness and Light, so as no longer to be
\nanimal-men but become supermen.<\/font><\/p>\n

\n THE MOTHER<\/font><\/td>\n

\n


\n <\/a>\n <\/p>\n

\n36 Promise<\/a><\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

\nPage-25<\/font> 
\n <\/p>\n

<\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n
\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t40
\n\t\t\tPromise of realisation
\n\t\t\tin the mind<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\n39 Promise of realisation<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe best encouragement.
\nT<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

\nropaeolum majus.<\/i> Several colours <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n40 Promise of realisation in the mind<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe mind must become silent in order to let the
\nSupramental Consciousness take its place.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nTropaeolum majus.<\/i> Yellow <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n41 Promise of realisation in the physical mind<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nA good encouragement for the necessary effort.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nTropaeolum majus.<\/i> Light yellow and red <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n42 Promise of realisation in the physical<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nCourage to face the long labour.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nTropaeolum majus.<\/i> Yellow and maroon <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n43 Promise of realisation in Matter<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe best encouragement for doing what is necessary.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nTropaeolum majus.<\/i> Dark red to maroon <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

\nPage-26<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\nPROMISE OF REALISATION <\/font>
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

\n\n\n
\n

\n44 Promise of renewal<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nMay ugliness disappear from the world.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nGalanthus nivalis ‘Viridapicis’.<\/i> White <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nThere is another aspect of the Divine Grace, the aspect
\nof a progress that will be victorious over all obstacles, the
\naspect that will propel humanity to a new realisation,
\nthat will open the doors of a new world and make it
\npossible not only for a chosen few to benefit by the
\ndivine realisation but for their influence, their example,
\ntheir power to bring a new and better condition to the
\nrest of humanity. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThis opens up roads of realisation in the future,
\npossibilities that are already foreseen, when an entire
\nportion of humanity, the one that has opened itself
\nconsciously or unconsciously to the new forces, will be
\nlifted up, as it were, into a higher, more harmonious,
\nmore perfect life. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER<\/font><\/td>\n

\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n44 Promise of
\nrenewal<\/a><\/b> <\/a> <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

\nPage-27<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nTHE NEW CREATION<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n\n\n
\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t45
\n\t\t\tCreative Word<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

45 Creative Word<\/b><\/p>\n

Belongs only to the Devine. <\/p>\n

Leucanthemum
\n\t\t\tXsuperbum<\/i>.white<\/td>\n

\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t46 Descent of the Light<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n

46 Descent of the Light<\/b><\/p>\n

It flows towards the earth in harmonious waves.
\n\t\t\t<\/b><\/p>\n

Laburnum anagyroides<\/i>. <\/b>Golden Yellow<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Page-28<\/font><\/div>\n

\n
\n\n\n
\n

\n
\nCREATIVE WORD <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n[The Creative Word] is the word which creates.
\nThere are all kinds of old traditions, old Hindu
\ntraditions, old Chaldean traditions, in which the Divine
\nin the form of the Creator, that is, in His aspect as
\nCreator, utters a word that has the power to create. So
\nit is this. . . And it is the origin of the mantra. The
\nmantra is the spoken word that has a creative power.
\nAn invocation is made and there is an answer to the
\ninvocation; or one makes a prayer and the prayer is
\ngranted. This is the Word, the Word that, in its sound
\n… it is not only the idea, it is in the sound that there
\nis a power of creation. It is the origin of the mantra.
\nIn Indian mythology the creator God is Brahma, and
\nI think that it was precisely his power which has been
\nsymbolised by this flower, the "Creative Word". And
\nwhen one is in contact with it, the words spoken have
\na power of evocation, of creation, of formation or of
\ntransformation; the words . . . sound always has a power; it has much more power than men think. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

\nThe situation we are in is very special, extremely
\nspecial, without precedent. We are witnessing the birth
\nof a new world; it is very young, very weak – not in its
\nessence but in its outer manifestation – not yet
\nrecognised, not even sensed, denied by the majority.
\nBut it is here. It is here, making an effort to grow,
\nabsolutely sure<\/i> of the result. But the road to it is a
\ncompletely new road that has never been mapped out
\nbefore – nobody has gone there, nobody has done that!
\nIt is a beginning, a universal beginning.<\/i> So it is an
\nabsolutely unexpected and unpredictable adventure.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER<\/font><\/td>\n

\n


\n <\/a> <\/p>\n

\n47 New world <\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n47 New world <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nThe result of transformation.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nBixa orellana.<\/i> Pale lavender pink <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

\n

 
\n <\/p>\n

<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage-29<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\nNEW CREATION<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\n\n\n
\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n48 New creation <\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n48 New creation <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nStrong, lasting and fragrant, it rises straight <\/font><\/p>\n

\ntowards the sky.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPolianthes tuberosa.<\/i> White<\/font><\/td>\n

\n

 \n <\/p>\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t49
\n\t\t\tPerfect new creation <\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

\t\t\t<\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n49 Perfect new creation <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nClustered,complete, manifold, it affirms its right to be.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPolianthes tuberosa.<\/i> White, double <\/font><\/td>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

\nThe only creation for which there is any place
\nhere is the supramental, the bringing of the
\ndivine Truth down on the earth, not only into
\nthe mind and vital but into the body and into
\nMatter. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSRI AUROBINDO<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\nFor centuries and centuries humanity has waited
\nfor this time. It has come. But it is difficult.
\nI don’t simply tell you we are here upon earth to
\nrest and enjoy ourselves \u2014 now is not the time for
\nthat. We are here … to prepare the way for the new creation. <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nYou must strive, you must conquer all your
\nweaknesses and limitations; above all you must
\ntell your ego: "Your time is over." We want a race
\nthat has no ego, that has in place of the ego the
\nDivine Consciousness. That is what we want: the
\nDivine Consciousness which will enable the race
\nto develop itself and the supramental being to
\ntake birth. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

\n

 
\n <\/p>\n

Page-30<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n


\n
\n\tSUCCESSFUL FUTURE<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

\t<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n
\n

\nDo you know what the flower which we have called
\n"Successful Future" signifies when given to you? It signifies the hope – nay,
\neven the promise – that you will participate in the descent of the supramental
\nworld. . . . Once the world- conditions are ready the full descent [of the
\nSupramental] will take place carrying everything before it. Its presence will be
\nunmistakable, its force will brook no resistance, doubts and- difficulties will
\nnot torture you any longer. For the Divine will stand manifest – unveiled in its
\ntotal perfection. I do not, however, mean to say that the whole world will at
\nonce feel its presence or be transformed; but I do mean that a part of humanity
\nwill know and participate in its descent.<\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\n51 Successful future<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nFull of promise and joyful surprises.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nGaillardia pulchella.
\n<\/i>Several colours <\/font><\/td>\n

\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n50 The future<\/a><\/b> <\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n50 The future<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nA promise not yet realised.<\/font><\/p>\n

\nSalix discolor.<\/i> Pearl grey <\/font><\/td>\n

\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n
\n52
\nSuccessful future under
\nthe supramental influence<\/a><\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n52 Successful future under
\nthe supramental influence<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n(No comment)
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nGaillardia pulchella.<\/i> Red and yellow  <\/font>  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

\n Page-31<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

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

\n\n\n
\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n53 Superhumanity<\/a><\/b> <\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n53 Superhumanity<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe aim of our aspirations.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nDahlia.<\/i> White <\/font>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n

\n

\nWhen superman is born as Nature’s king
\nHis presence shall transfigure Matter’s world: He shall light up Truth’s fire in Nature’s night,
\nHe shall lay upon the earth  Truth’s greater law; <\/font><\/p>\n

\nMan too shall turn towards the Spirit’s call.
\nAwake to his hidden possibility,
\nAwake to all that slept within his heart
\nAnd all that Nature meant when earth was formed
\nAnd the Spirit made this ignorant world his home,
\nHe shall aspire to Truth and God and Bliss. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSRI AUROBINDO<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

\nPage-32<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\nSUPERHUMANITY <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\n\n\n
\n

\nIn a profound sense it is the call and attraction of the
\nfuture that makes the past and present, and that future
\nwill be more and more seen to be the growth of the 
\ngodhead in the human being which is the high fate of
\nthis race that thinks and wills and labours towards its
\nown perfection. This is a strain that we shall hear more
\nand more, the song of the growing godhead of the kind,
\nof human unity, of spiritual freedom, of the coming
\nsupermanhood of man, of the divine ideal seeking to
\nactualise it self in the life of the earth, of the call to the
\nindividual to rise to his godlike possibility. . . . <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSRI AUROBINDO<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIf a spiritual unfolding on earth is the hidden truth of
\nour birth into Matter, if it is fundamentally an evolution
\nof consciousness that has been taking place in Nature,
\nthen man as he is cannot be the last term of that *
\nevolution: he is too imperfect an expression of the Spirit,
\nMind itself a too limited form and instrumentation; <\/font><\/p>\n

\nMind is only a middle term of consciousness, the mental
\nbeing can only be a transitional being. If, then, man is
\nincapable of exceeding mentality, he must be surpassed
\nand Supermind and superman must manifest and take
\nthe lead of the creation. But if his mind is capable of
\nopening to what exceeds it, then there is no reason why
\nman himself should not arrive at supermind and
\nsupermanhood or at least lend his mentality, life and
\nbody to an evolution of that greater term of the Spirit
\nmanifesting in Nature. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSRI AUROBINDO<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nEach time we try not to be ordinary men, not to live the
\nordinary life, to express in our movements, our actions
\nand reactions the divine Truth, when we are governed
\nby that Truth instead of being governed by the general
\nignorance, we are apprentice-supermen, and according
\nto the success of our efforts, well, we are more or less
\nable apprentices, more or less advanced on the way.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER<\/font><\/td>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n54 Radiation of the manifestation<\/a><\/b>
\n<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n54 Radiation of the manifestation<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe divine manifestation is spreading.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nStrophanthus.<\/i> White and purple <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

\nPage-33<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n

 
\n <\/p>\n

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

\n\n\n
\n

 \n <\/p>\n


\n <\/a><\/p>\n

\n
\n55 <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

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

\n
\n55 Miracle <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\n(Air of Auroville) Marvellous, strange, unexpected.
\nMemecylon tinctorium.<\/i> Intense blue <\/font><\/td>\n

\n

\nA miracle is nothing but a sudden descent, a
\nbursting forth of another consciousness and its
\npowers . . . into this plane of matter. There is a
\nprecipitation, upon the  material mechanism, of
\nthe mechanism of a higher plane. It is as though
\na lightning flash tore through the cloud of our
\nordinary consciousness and poured into it other
\nforces, other movements and sequences. … If
\nwe have eyes and know how to observe we can
\nsee miracles in abundance. Especially must they
\nbe constant among those who are endeavouring
\nto bring down the higher reaches into the earth-
\nconsciousness below.<\/font><\/p>\n

\n THE MOTHER <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAt every moment all the unforeseen, the
\nunexpected, the unknown is before us \u2014 and
\nwhat happens to us depends mostly <\/b> on the
\nintensity and purity of our faith. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE MOTHER<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

\nPage-34<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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