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\n

\nJanuary 24, 1914<\/i> <\/font>
\n<\/a>
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nO<\/b> THOU who art the sole reality of our being, 0
\nsublime Master of love. Redeemer of life, let me
\nhave no longer any other consciousness than of
\nThee at every instant and in each being. When I
\ndo not live solely with Thy life, I agonise, I sink
\nslowly towards extinction; for Thou art my only
\nreason for existence, my one goal, my single support. I am like a timid bird not yet sure of its
\nwings and hesitating to take its flight; let me soar
\nto reach definitive identity with Thee. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 26<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\n
\nFebruary 1, 1914<\/i><\/font><\/b>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nI TURN towards Thee who art everywhere and
\nwithin all and outside all, intimate essence of all
\nand remote from all, centre of condensation for all
\nenergies, creator of conscious individualities: I turn
\ntowards Thee and salute Thee, 0 liberator of the
\nworlds, and, identified with Thy divine love, I contemplate the earth and its creatures, this mass of
\nsubstance put into forms perpetually destroyed and
\nrenewed, this swarming mass of aggregates which
\nare dissolved as soon as constituted, of beings who
\nimagine that they are conscient and permanent individualities and who are as
\nephemeral as a breath, always alike or almost the same, in their diversity,
\nrepeating indefinitely the same desires, the same tendencies, the same appetites, the same ignorant
\nerrors. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nBut from time to time Thy sublime light shines in
\na being and radiates through him over the world,
\nand then a little wisdom, a little knowledge, a little
\ndisinterested faith, heroism and compassion penetrates men’s hearts, transforms their minds and sets
\nfree a few elements from that sorrowful and implacable wheel of existence to which their blind ignorance subjects them. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nBut how much greater a splendour than all that
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 27<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nhave gone before, how marvellous a glory and
\nlight would be needed to draw these beings out of
\nthe horrible aberration in which they are plunged
\nby the life of cities and so-called civilistions! What
\na formidable and, at the same time, divinely sweet
\npuissance would be needed to turn aside all these
\nwills from the bitter struggle for their selfish, mean
\nand foolish satisfactions, to snatch them from this
\nvortex which hides death behind its treacherous glitter, and turn them towards Thy conquering harmony! <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n0 Lord, eternal Master, enlighten us, guide our
\nsteps, show us the way towards the realisation of
\nThy law, towards the accomplishment of Thy
\nwork. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nI adore Thee in silence and listen to Thee in a
\nreligious concentration. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 28<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\nFebruary 14, 1914<\/a><\/i><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n <\/i>PEACE, peace upon all the earth! <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nMay all escape from the ordinary consciousness and
\nbe delivered from the attachment for material things; may they awake to the knowledge of Thy divine
\npresence, unite themselves with Thy supreme consciousness and taste the plenitude of peace that
\nsprings from it. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nLord, Thou art the sovereign Master of our being.
\nThy law is our law, and with all our strength we
\naspire to identify our consciousness with Thy eternal
\nconsciousness, that we may accomplish Thy sublime
\nwork in each thing and at every moment. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nLord, deliver us from all care for contingencies,
\ndeliver us from the ordinary outlook on things.
\nGrant that we may henceforth see only with Thy
\neyes and act only by Thy will. Transform us into
\nliving torches of Thy divine love. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWith reverence, with devotion, in a joyful consecration of my whole being I give myself, 0 Lord, to
\nthe fulfilment of Thy law. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPeace, peace upon all the earth!<\/font><\/p>\n

\n Page – 29<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\n
\nFebruary 15, 1914<\/i> <\/font>
\n<\/a>
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nO THOU, sole Reality, Light of our light and Life
\nof our life, Love supreme. Saviour of the world, grant that more and more I may
\nbe perfectly awakened to the awareness of Thy constant presence. Let all my acts
\nconform to Thy law; let there be no difference between my will and Thine.
\nExtricate me from the illusory consciousness of my mind, from its world of
\nfantasies; let me identify my consciousness with the Absolute Consciousness, for that
\nart Thou. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nGive me constancy in the will to attain the end,
\ngive me firmness and energy and the courage which
\nshakes off all torpor and lassitude. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nGive me the peace of perfect disinterestedness, the
\npeace that makes Thy presence felt and Thy intervention effective, the peace that is ever victorious
\nover all bad will and every obscurity. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nGrant, I implore Thee, that all in my being may be
\nidentified with Thee. May I be nothing else any
\nmore than a flame of love utterly awakened to a
\nsupreme realisation of Thee. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 30<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\n
\nMarch 7, 1914<\/i><\/font><\/b>
\n<\/font>
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n
\nOn  board  the  Kaga  Maru<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTHIS morning my prayer rises to Thee, always with
\nthe same aspiration: to live Thy love, to radiate
\nThy love, with such potency and effectiveness that
\nall may feel fortified, regenerated and illumined by
\nour contact. To have power to heal life, to relieve
\nsuffering, to generate peace and calm confidence, to
\nefface anguish and replace it by the sense of the
\none true happiness, the happiness that is founded
\nin Thee and never fades…. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nO Lord, 0 marvellous Friend, 0 all-powerful Master, penetrate all our being, transfigure it till Thou
\nalone livest in us and through us. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 31<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\n
\nMarch 8, 1914<\/i> <\/font> <\/a> <\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nIN front of this calm sunrise which turned all with-
\nin me into silence and peace, at the moment when
\nI grew conscious of Thee and Thou alone wast
\nliving in me, 0 Lord, it seemed to me that I adopted all the inhabitants of this ship, and enveloped
\nthem in an equal love, and that so in each one of
\nthem something of Thy consciousness would awake.
\nNot often had I felt so strongly Thy divine power,
\nand Thy invincible light, and once again total was
\nmy confidence and unmixed my joyful surrender. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nO Thou who relievest all suffering and
\ndisperses
\nall ignorance, 0 Thou the supreme healer, be constantly present on this . boat in the heart of those
\nwhom it shelters that once again Thy glory may be
\nmanifested! <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 32<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\n
\nMarch 9, 1914<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nTHOSE who live for Thee and in Thee may change
\ntheir physical surroundings, their habits, climate,
\n"milieu," but everywhere they find the same atmosphere; they carry that atmosphere in themselves,
\nin their thought constantly fixed on Thee. Everywhere they feel at home, for everywhere they are
\nin Thy house. No longer do they marvel at the
\nnovelty, unexpectedness, picturesqueness of things
\nand countries; for them, it is Thy presence that is
\nmanifest in all and Thy unchangeable splendour
\nwhich never leaves them, is apparent in the least
\ngrain of sand. The whole earth chants Thy praises; in spite of the obscurity, misery, ignorance, through
\nit all, it is still the glory of Thy love which we
\nperceive and with which we can commune ceaselessly everywhere. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nO Lord, my sweet Master, all this I constantly
\nexperience on this boat which seems to me a marvellous abode of peace, a temple sailing in Thy honour over the waves of the subconscient
\npassivity which we have to conquer and awaken to the consciousness of Thy divine Presence.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nBlessed was the day when I came to know Thee,
\n0 Ineffable Eternity. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 33<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nBlessed among all days be that day when the earth
\nat last awakened shall know Thee and shall live
\nonly for Thee. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 34<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\n
\nMarch 25, 1914<\/i> <\/font>
\n<\/a>
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nSILENT and unseen as always, but all-powerful,
\nThy action has made itself felt and, in these souls
\nthat seemed to be so closed, a perception of Thy
\ndivine light is awake. I knew well that none could
\ninvoke Thy presence in vain and if in the sincerity
\nof our hearts we commune with Thee through no
\nmatter what organism, body or human collectivity,
\nthis organism in spite of its ignorance finds its unconsciousness wholly transformed. But when in
\none or several elements there is the conscious transformation, when the name that smoulders under
\nthe ashes leaps out suddenly illumining all the
\nbeing, then with joy we salute Thy sovereign action; <\/font><\/p>\n

\ntestify once more to Thy invincible puissance and
\ncan hope that a new possibility of true happiness
\nhas been added to the others in mankind. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nO Lord, an ardent thanksgiving mounts from me towards Thee expressing the gratitude of this sorrowing
\nhumanity which Thou illuminest, transformest and
\nglorifiest and givest to it the peace of Knowledge. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 35<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\n
\nApril 10, 1914<\/i> <\/font>
\n<\/a>
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nSUDDENLY the veil was rent, the horizon was disclosed \u2014 and before the clear vision my whole
\nbeing threw itself at Thy feet in a great outburst
\nof gratitude. Yet in spite of this deep and integral
\njoy all was calm, all was peaceful with the peace
\nof eternity. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nI seem to have no more limits; there is no longer
\nthe perception of the body, no sensations, no feelings, no thoughts \u2014 a clear, pure, tranquil immensity penetrated with love and light, filled with an
\nunspeakable beatitude is all that is there and that
\nalone seems now to be myself, and this
\n"myself" is so little the former "I", selfish- and
\nlimited, that I cannot tell if it is I or Thou, 0
\nLord, sublime Master of our destinies. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nIt is as though all were energy, courage, force, will,
\ninfinite sweetness, incomparable compassion…. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nEven more forcibly than during these last days the
\npast is dead and as though buried under the rays
\nof a new life. The last glance that I have just
\nthrown backward as I read a few pages of this
\nbook definitely convinced me of this death, and
\nlightened of a great weight I present myself before <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 36<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nThee, 0 my divine Master, with all the simplicity,
\nall the nudity of a child…. And still the one only
\nthing I perceive is that calm and pure immensity…. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nLord, Thou hast answered my prayer. Thou hast
\ngranted me what I have asked from Thee; the "I"
\nhas disappeared, there is only a docile instrument put
\nat Thy service, a centre of concentration and manifestation of Thy infinite and eternal rays; Thou
\nhast taken my life and made it Thine; Thou hast
\ntaken my will and hast united it to Thine; Thou
\nhast taken my love and identified it with Thine; Thou hast taken my thought and replaced it by Thy
\nabsolute consciousness. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nThe body, marvelling, bows its forehead in the dust
\nin mute and submissive adoration. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nAnd nothing else exists but Thou alone in the
\nsplendour of Thy immutable peace. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 37<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\nApril 17, 1914<\/i> <\/font>
\n<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nO LORD, O almighty Master, sole Reality, grant
\nthat no error, no obscurity, no fatal ignorance may
\ncreep into my heart and my thought. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nIn action, the personality is the inevitable and indispensable intermediary of Thy will and Thy forces. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nThe stronger, the more complex, powerful, individualised and conscious is the personality, the more
\npowerfully and usefully can the instrument serve.
\nBut, by reason of the very character of personality,
\nit easily tends to be drawn into the fatal illusion
\nof its separate existence and become little by little
\na screen between Thee and that on which Thou wiliest to act. Not at the beginning, in the manifestation,  but in the transmission of the return; that is
\nto say, instead of being, as a faithful servant, an
\nintermediary who brings back to Thee exactly what
\nis Thy due\u2014the forces sent forth in reply to Thy
\naction, \u2014 there is a tendency in the personality to
\nwant to keep for itself a part of the forces, with
\nthis idea: "It is I who have done this or that, I
\nwho am thanked…." Pernicious illusion, obscure
\nfalsehood, now are you discovered and unmasked.
\nThat is the maleficent canker corroding the fruit of
\nthe action, falsifying all its results. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 38 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nO Lord, 0 my sweet Master, sole Reality, dispel
\nthis feeling of the "I". I have now understood that
\nso long as there will be a manifested universe, the
\n"I" will remain necessary for Thy manifestation; to
\ndissolve, or even to diminish or weaken the <\/b> "I",<\/b> is
\nto deprive Thee of the means of manifestation, in
\nwhole or part. But what must be radically and
\ndefinitively suppressed is the illusory thought, the
\nillusory feeling, the illusory sensation of the separate
\n"I". At no moment, in no circumstances must we
\nforget that our "I" has no reality outside Thee. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nO my sweet Master, my divine Lord, tear out from
\nmy heart this illusion so that Thy servant may become
\npure and faithful and faithfully and integrally bring
\nback to Thee all that is Thy due. In silence let
\nme contemplate and understand this supreme ignorance and dispel it for ever. Chase the shadow
\nfrom my heart, and let Thy light reign in it, its
\nuncontested sovereign. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 39
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\n
\nMay 12, 1914<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nMORE and more it seems to me that we are in one of
\nthose periods of activity in which the fruit of past efforts becomes apparent, \u2014
\na period in which we act according to Thy law in the measure in which it is the
\nsovereign controller of our being, without having even the leisure to become conscious of the law. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nThis morning passing by a rapid experience from
\ndepth to depth, I was able, once again, as always,
\nto identify my consciousness with Thine and to live
\nno longer in aught but Thee; \u2014 indeed, it was Thou
\nalone that was living, but immediately Thy will
\npulled my consciousness towards the exterior, towards the work to be done, and Thou saidst to me,
\n"Be the instrument of which I have need." And is
\nnot this the last renunciation, to renounce identification with Thee, to renounce the sweet and pure
\njoy of no longer distinguishing between Thee and
\nme, the joy of knowing at each moment, not only
\nwith the intellect but by an integral experience,
\nthat Thou art the unique Reality and that all the
\nrest is but appearance and illusion. That the exterior being should be the docile instrument which
\ndoes not even need to be conscious of the will
\nwhich moves it, is not doubtful; but why must I <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage  – 40<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nbe almost entirely identified with the instrument and
\nwhy should not the "I" be entirely merged in Thee
\nand live Thy full and absolute consciousness? <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nI ask, but I am not anxious about it. I know that
\nall is according to Thy will, and with a pure adoration I trust myself joyously to Thy will. I shall
\nbe what Thou wouldst have me be, 0 lord, conscient a
\nsimple instrument as is the
\nbody or a supreme knowledge as art Thou. 0 the
\nsweet and peaceful joy when one can say "All is
\ngood" and feel Thee at work in the world through
\nall the elements which lend themselves to that transmission. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nThou art the sovereign Master of all. Thou art the
\nInaccessible, the Unknowable, the eternal and sublime Reality. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nO marvellous Unity, I disappear in Thee. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 41 <\/font> <\/p>\n

\n

\n
\n
\nMay 21, 1914<\/i> <\/font> <\/a> <\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nOUTSIDE all manifestation, in the immutable silence
\nof Eternity, I am in Thee, 0 Lord, an unmoving
\nbeatitude. In that which, out of Thy puissance and
\nmarvellous light, forms the centre and reality of the
\natoms of matter I find Thee; thus without going out
\nof Thy Presence I can disappear in Thy supreme
\nconsciousness or see Thee in the radiant particles of
\nmy being. And for the moment that is the plenitude
\nof Thy life and Thy illumination. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nI see Thee, I am Thyself, and between these two
\npoles my intense love aspires towards Thee. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage  – 42<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\n
\nMay 22, 1914<\/i> <\/font> <\/a> <\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWHEN we have discerned successively what is real
\nfrom what is unreal in all the states of being and
\nall the worlds of life, when we have arrived at the
\nperfect and integral certitude of the sole Reality,
\nwe must turn our gaze from the heights of this
\nsupreme consciousness towards the individual aggregate which serves as the immediate instrument for
\nThy manifestation upon earth, and see in it nothing
\nbut Thee, our sole real existence. Thus each atom
\nof this aggregate will be awakened to receive Thy
\nsublime influence; the ignorance and the darkness
\nwill disappear not only from the central consciousness of the being but also from its most external
\nmode of expression. It is only by the fulfilment, by
\nthe perfection of this labour of transfiguration that
\nthere can be manifested the plenitude of Thy Presence, Thy Light and Thy Love. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nLord, Thou makest me understand this truth ever
\nmore clearly; lead me step by step on that path.
\nMy whole being down to its smallest atom aspires
\nfor the perfect knowledge of Thy presence and a
\ncomplete union with it. Let every obstacle disappear, let Thy divine knowledge replace in every
\npart the darkness of the ignorance. Even as Thou
\nhast illumined the central consciousness, the will in <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 43 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nthe being, enlighten too this outermost substance.
\nAnd let the whole individuality, from its first origin and essence to its last
\nprojection and most material body, be unified in a perfect realisation and a complete manifestation of Thy sole Reality. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nNothing is in the universe but Thy Life, Thy
\nLight, Thy Love. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nLet everything become resplendent and transfigured
\nby the knowledge of Thy Truth. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nThy divine love floods my being; Thy supreme
\nlight is shining in every cell; all exults because it
\nknows Thee and because it is one with Thee. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage  – 44<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\n
\nMay 26, 1914<\/i> <\/font> <\/a> <\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nON the surface is the storm, the sea is in turmoil,
\nwaves clash and leap one on another and break
\nwith a mighty uproar. But all the time, under this
\nwater in fury, are vast smiling expanses, peaceful
\nand motionless. They look upon the surface agitation as an indispensable act; for matter has to be
\nvigorously churned if it is to become capable of
\nmanifesting entirely the divine light. Behind the
\ntroubled appearance, behind the struggle and anguish of the conflict, the consciousness remains firm
\nat its post; observing all the movements of the
\nouter being, it intervenes only to rectify direction
\nand position, so as not to allow the play to become
\ntoo dramatic. This intervention is now firm and a
\nlittle severe, now ironical, a call to order or a
\nmockery, full always of a strong, gentle, peaceful
\nand smiling benevolence. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nIn the silence I beheld Thy infinite and eternal
\nBeatitude. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nThen softly a prayer rises towards Thee from what
\nis still in the shadow and the struggle: 0 sweet
\nMaster, 0 supreme Giver of illumination and purity,
\ngrant that all substance and every activity may be
\nI no more anything other than a constant manifestation <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 45<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nof Thy divine Love and Thy sovereign
\nSerenity…. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nAnd in my heart is the song of gladness of Thy
\nsublime magnificence. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 46<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\n
\nAugust 27, 1914<\/i> <\/font>
\n<\/a>
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTo be the divine love, love powerful, infinite, un-
\nfathomable, in every activity, in all the worlds of being\u2014it is for this I cry
\nto Thee, 0 Lord. Let me be consumed with this love divine, love powerful,
\ninfinite, unfathomable, in every activity, in all the worlds of being! Transmute
\nme into that burning brazier so that all the atmosphere of earth may
\nbe purified with its flame. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nO, to be Thy Love infinitely…. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 47<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\nAugust 31, 1914<\/b><\/i> <\/b>
\n<\/font>
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nIN this formidable disorder and terrible destruction
\ncan be seen a great working, a necessary toil preparing the earth for a new sowing which will rise
\nin marvellous spikes of grain and give to the world
\nthe shining harvest of a new race…. The vision is
\nclear and precise, the plan of Thy divine law so
\nplainly traced that peace has come back and installed itself in the hearts of the workers. There are
\nno more doubts and hesitations, no longer any anguish or impatience. There is only the grand
\nstraight line of the work eternally accomplishing it-
\nself in spite of all, against all, despite all contrary
\nappearances and illusory detours. These physical
\npersonalities, moments unseizable in the infinite Becoming, know that they will have made humanity
\ntake one farther step, infallibly and without care
\nfor the inevitable results, whatever be the apparent
\nmomentary consequences: they unite themselves with
\nThee, 0 Master eternal, they unite themselves with
\nThee, 0 Mother universal, and in this double identity with That which is beyond and That which is
\nall the manifestation they taste the infinite joy of
\nthe perfect certitude. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPeace, peace in all the world….
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nWar is an appearance, <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 48<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nTurmoil is an illusion,
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPeace is there, immutable peace. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nMother, sweet Mother who I am. Thou art at once
\nthe destroyer and the builder. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nThe whole universe lives in Thy breast with all its
\nlife innumerable and Thou livest in Thy immensity
\nin the least of its atoms. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nAnd the aspiration of Thy infinitude turns towards
\nThat which is not manifested to cry. to it for a manifestation ever more
\ncomplete and more perfect.<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nAll  is,<\/i> in one time, in a triple and clairvoyant total Consciousness, the Individual, the Universal, the
\nInfinite. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 49<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\nSeptember 1, 1914<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nO MOTHER Divine, with what fervour, what ardent
\nlove I came to Thee in Thy deepest consciousness, in Thy high status of sublime
\nlove and perfect felicity, and I nestled so close into Thy arms and loved Thee
\nwith so intense a love that I became altogether Thyself. Then in the silence of
\nour mute ecstasy a voice from yet profounder depths arose and the voice said,
\n"Turn towards those who have need of thy love." All the grades of consciousness
\nappeared, all the successive worlds. Some were splendid and luminous, well
\nordered and clear; there knowledge was resplendent, expression was harmonious
\nand vast, wall was potent and invincible. Then the worlds darkened in a
\nmultiplicity more and more chaotic, the Energy became violent and the material
\nworld obscure and sorrowful. And when in our infinite love we perceived in its
\nentirety the hideous suffering of the world of misery and ignorance, when we
\nsaw our children locked in a sombre struggle, flung
\nupon each other by energies that had deviated from
\ntheir true aim, we willed ardently that the light of
\nDivine Love should be made manifest, a transfiguring force at the centre of these distracted elements.
\nThen, that the will might be yet more powerful and
\neffective, we turned towards Thee, 0 unthinkable
\nSupreme, and we implored Thy aid. And from the <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 50<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nunsounded depths of the Unknown a reply came sublime and formidable and we knew that the earth
\nwas saved.<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 51<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\n
\nSeptember 25, 1914<\/i> <\/font> <\/a> <\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nO DIVINE and adorbale Mother, with Thy help
\nwhat is there that is impossible? The hour of realisations is near and Thou hast assured us of Thy
\naid that we may perform integrally the supreme
\nWill. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nThou hast accepted us as fit intermediaries between
\nthe unthinkable realities and the relativities of the
\nphysical world, and Thy constant presence in our
\nmidst is a token of Thy active collaboration. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nThe Lord has willed and Thou dost execute:, <\/font><\/p>\n

\nA new Light shall break upon the earth. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nA new world shall be born, <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAnd the things that were announced shall be <\/font><\/p>\n

\nfulfilled. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 52<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\n
\nSeptember 28, 1914<\/i><\/font><\/b>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nMY pen is mute to chant Thy presence, 0 Lord; yet art Thou like a king who has taken entire possession of his kingdom. Thou art there, organising,
\nputting all in place, developing and increasing every
\nprovince. Thou awakenest those that were asleep.
\nThou makest active those that were sinking towards
\ninertia; Thou art building a harmony out of the
\nwhole. A day will come when the harmony shall
\nbe achieved and all the country shall be by its
\nvery life the bearer of Thy word and Thy manifestation. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nBut meanwhile my pen is mute to chant Thy
\npraise. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 53<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\n
\nSeptember 30, 1914<\/i><\/font><\/b>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nO<\/font> THOU, Sublime Love, to whom I gave never any
\nother name but who art so wholly the very substance of my being. Thou whom I feel vibrant
\nand alive in the least of my atoms even as in the
\ninfinite universe and beyond. Thou who breathest
\nin every breath, movest in the heart of all activities,
\nart radiant through all that is of good will and hidden behind all sufferings. Thou for whom I cherish a cult without limit which grows ever more
\nintense, permit that I may with more and more
\nreason feel that I am Thyself wholly.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nAnd Thou, 0 Lord, who art all this made one and
\nmuch more, 0 sovereign Master, extreme limit of
\nour thought, who standest for us at the threshold
\nof the Unknown, make rise from that Unthinkable
\nsome new splendour, some possibility of a loftier
\nand more integral realisation, that Thy work may be accomplished and the
\nuniverse take one step farther towards the sublime Identity, the supreme
\nManifestation.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nAnd now my pen falls mute and I adore Thee in
\nsilence.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 54<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\nOctober 5, 1914<\/a><\/i><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nIN the calm silence of Thy contemplation, 0
\nDivine Master, Nature is fortified and tempered
\nanew. All principle of individuality is overpassed,
\nshe is plunged in Thy infinity that allows oneness
\nto be realised in all domains without confusion,
\nwithout disorder. The combined harmony of that
\nwhich persists, that which progresses and that
\nwhich eternally is, is little by little accomplished in
\nan always more complex, more extended and more
\nlofty equilibrium. And this interchange of the three
\nmodes of life allows the plenitude of the manifestation.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nMany seek Thee at this hour in anguish and incertitude. May I be their mediator with Thee that Thy
\nlight may illumine them, that Thy peace may appease. My being is now only a point of support
\nfor Thy action and a centre for Thy consciousness.
\nWhere now are the limits, whither have fled the
\nobstacles? Thou art the sovereign Lord of Thy
\nkingdom.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 55+<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\nOctober 7, 1914<\/a><\/i> <\/font> <\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nOH, let Light be poured on all the earth and Peace
\ninhabit every heart…. Almost all know only the
\nmaterial life heavy, inert, conservative, obscure; their vital forces are so tied to this physical form
\nof existence that, even when left to themselves and
\noutside the body, they are still solely occupied with
\nthese material contingencies that are yet so harassing and painful….Those in whom the mental life is
\nawakened are restless, tormented, agitated, arbitrary,
\ndespotic. Caught altogether in the whirl of the renewals and transformations of which they dream,
\nthey are ready to destroy everything without knowledge of any foundation on which to construct and
\nwith their light made only of blinding flashes they
\nincrease yet more the confusion rather than help it
\nto cease. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nIn all there lacks the unchanging peace of Thy
\nsovereign contemplation and the calm vision of Thy
\nimmutable eternity. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nAnd with the infinite gratitude of the individual
\nbeing to whom Thou hast accorded this surpassing
\ngrace, I implore Thee, 0 Lord, that under cover
\nof the present turmoil, in the very heart of this extreme confusion the miracle may be accomplished <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 56<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nand Thy law of supreme serenity and pure unchanging light become visible to the perception of
\nall and govern the earth in a humanity at last awakened to Thy divine consciousness. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nO sweet Master, Thou hast heard my prayer. Thou
\nwilt reply to my call. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 57 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\n
\nOctober 14, 1914<\/i> <\/font> <\/a> <\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nMOTHER Divine, Thou art with us; every day Thou
\ngivest me the assurance and, closely united in an
\nidentity that grows more and more total, more and
\nmore constant, we turn to the Lord of the Universe
\nand to That which is beyond in a great aspiration
\ntowards the new Light. All the earth is in our
\narms like a sick child who must be cured and for
\nwhom one has a special affection because of his
\nvery weakness. Cradled on the immensity of the eternal becomings, ourselves those becomings, we contemplate hushed and glad the eternity of the immobile Silence where all is realised
\nin the perfect Consciousness and immutable Existence, miraculous gate
\nof all the unknown that is beyond. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nThen is the veil torn, the inexpressible Glory uncovered and, suffused with the ineffable Splendour,
\nwe turn back towards the world to bring it the glad
\ntidings. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nLord, Thou hast given me the happiness infinite.
\nWhat being, what circumstances can have the power
\nto take it away from me? <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 58<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nOctober 25, 1914<\/i> <\/font>
\n<\/a> <\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nMY aspiration to Thee, 0 Lord, has taken the form
\nof a beautiful rose, harmonious, full in bloom, rich
\nin fragrance. I stretch it out to Thee with both arms
\nin a gesture of offering and I ask of Thee: If my
\nunderstanding is limited, widen it; if my knowledge
\nis obscure, enlighten it; if my heart is empty of
\nardour, set it aflame; if my love is insignificant,
\nmake it intense; if my feelings are ignorant and
\negoistic, give them the full consciousness in the Truth.
\nAnd the "I" which demands this of Thee, 0 Lord,
\nis not a little personality lost amidst thousands of
\nothers. It is the whole earth that aspires to Thee
\nin a movement full of fervour. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nIn the perfect silence of my contemplation all
\nwidens to infinity, and in the perfect peace of that
\nsilence Thou appearest in the resplendent glory of
\nThy Light. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 59<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\n
\nNovember 8, 1914<\/i> <\/font>
\n<\/a>
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nFOR the plenitude of Thy Light we invoke Thee,
\n0 Lord! Awaken in us the power to express Thee. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nAll is mute in the being as in a desert crypt; but
\nin the heart of the shadow, in the bosom of the
\nsilence burns the lamp that can never be extinguished, the fire of an ardent aspiration to know
\nThee and totally to live Thee. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nThe nights follow the days, new dawns unweariedly
\nsucceed to past dawns, but always there mounts the
\nscented flame that no storm-wind can force to vacillate. Higher it climbs and higher and one day attains the vault still closed, the last obstacle opposing
\nour union. And so pure, so erect, so proud is the
\nflame that suddenly the obstacle is dissolved. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nThen Thou appearest in all Thy splendour, in the
\ndazzling force of Thy infinite glory; at Thy contact
\nthe flame changes into a column of light that chases
\nthe shadows away for ever. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nAnd the Word leaps forth, a supreme revelation. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 60 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n


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