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\n

\nNovember 2, 1912<\/b><\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nALTHOUGH my whole being is in theory consecrated to Thee, 0 Sublime Master, who art the
\nlife, the light and the love in all things, I still find
\nit hard to carry out this consecration in detail. It has
\ntaken me several weeks to learn that the reason
\nfor this written meditation, its justification, lies in
\nthe very fact of addressing it daily to Thee. In this
\nway I shall put into material shape each day a little
\nof the conversation I have so often with Thee; I
\nshall make my confession to Thee as well as it may
\nbe; not because I think I can tell Thee anything\u2014
\nfor Thou art Thyself everything, but our artificial
\nand exterior way of seeing and understanding is,
\nif it may be so said, foreign to Thee, opposed to
\nThy nature. Still by turning towards Thee, by immersing myself in Thy light at the moment when I
\nconsider these things, little by little I shall see
\nthem more like what they really are,\u2014until the
\nday when, having made myself one in identity with
\nThee, I shall no more have anything to say to
\nThee, for then I shall be Thou. This is the goal
\nthat I would reach; towards this victory all my
\nefforts will tend more and more. I aspire for the
\nday when I can no longer say "I", for I shall be
\nThou.<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage -1<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nHow many times a day, still, I act without my
\naction being consecrated to Thee; I at once become
\naware of it by an indefinable uneasiness which is
\ntranslated in the sensibility of my body by a pang
\nin my heart. I then make my action objective to
\nmyself and it seems to me ridiculous, childish or
\nblameworthy; I deplore it, for a moment I am sad,
\nuntil I dive into Thee and, there losing myself with
\na child’s confidence, await from Thee the inspiration and strength needed to set right the error in
\nme and around me,\u2014two things that are one; for
\nI have now a constant and precise perception ,of the
\nuniversal unity determining an absolute interdependence of all actions.<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 2<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\nNovember 3, 1912<\/i>
\n<\/a> <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nLET Thy Light be in me like a Fire that makes
\nall alive; let Thy divine Love penetrate me. I aspire
\nwith all my being for Thy reign as sovereign and
\nmaster of my mind and heart and body; let them
\nbe Thy docile instruments and Thy faithful servitors. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 3<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\nNovember 19, 1912<\/i>
\n<\/a> <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nI SAID yesterday to that young Englishman who
\nis seeking for Thee with so sincere a desire, that I
\nhad definitively found Thee, that the Union was
\nconstant. Such is indeed the state of which I am
\nconscious. All my thoughts go towards Thee, all
\nmy acts are consecrated to Thee; Thy Presence is
\nfor me an absolute, immutable, invariable fact,
\nand Thy Peace dwells constantly in my heart. Yet I
\nknow that this state of union is poor and precarious compared with that which it will become
\npossible for me to realise tomorrow, and I am as
\nyet far, no doubt very far, from that identification
\nin which I shall totally lose the notion of the "I",
\n<\/b>of that "I", which I still use in order to express myself, but which is each time a constraint, like a
\nterm unfit to express the thought that is seeking for
\nexpression. It seems to me indispensable for human
\ncommunication, but all depends on what this "I"
\nmanifests; and how many times already, when I
\npronounce it, it is Thou who speakest in me, for I
\nhave lost the sense of separativity. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nBut all this is still in embryo and will continue to
\ngrow towards perfection. What an appeasing assurance there is in this serene confidence in Thy
\nAll-Might! <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 4<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nThou art all, everywhere, and in all, and this body
\nwhich acts is Thy own body, just as is the visible
\nuniverse in its entirety; it is Thou who breathest,
\nthinkest and lovest in this substance which, being
\nThyself, desires to be Thy willing servant. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 5<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\nNovember 26, 1912<\/i>
\n<\/a> <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWHAT a hymn of thanksgiving should I not be
\nraising at each moment unto Thee! Everywhere
\nand in everything around me Thou revealest Thyself and in me Thy Will and Consciousness express
\nthemselves always more and more clearly even to
\nthe point of my having almost entirely lost the
\ngross illusion of "me" and "mine". If a few shadows, a few flaws can be seen in the great Light
\nwhich manifests Thee, how shall they bear for long
\nthe marvellous brightness of Thy resplendent Love?
\nThis morning, the consciousness that I had of the
\nway Thou art fashioning this being which was "I"
\ncan be roughly represented by a great diamond cut
\nwith regular geometrical facets, a diamond in its
\ncohesion, firmness, pure limpidity, transparency, but
\na brilliant and radiant flame in its intense ever-progressive life. But it was something more, something better than all that, for nearly all sensation
\ninner and outer was exceeded and that image only
\npresented itself to my mind as I returned to conscious contact with the outer world. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nIt is Thou that makest the experience fertile. Thou
\nwho renderest life progressive. Thou who compellest
\nthe darkness to vanish in an instant before the
\nLight, Thou who givest to Love all its power,<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 6 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nThou who everywhere raisest up matter in this
\nardent and wonderful aspiration, in this sublime
\nthirst for Eternity. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nThou<\/i> everywhere and always; nothing but Thou<\/i> in
\nthe essence and in the manifestation. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nO Shadow and Illusion, dissolve! 0 Suffering, fade
\nand disappear! Lord Supreme, art Thou not there! <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 7<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nNovember 28, 1912<\/b><\/i> <\/b>
\n<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTHE outer life, the activity of each day and each
\ninstant, is it not the indispensable complement of
\nour hours of meditation and contemplation? And
\nis not the proportion of time given to each
\nthe exact image of the proportion which exists
\nbetween the amount of effort to be made for
\nthe preparation and realisation? For meditation,
\ncontemplation, Union is the result obtained \u2014 the
\nflower that blooms; the daily activity is the anvil
\non which all the elements must pass and repass in
\norder to be purified, refined, made supple and ripe
\nfor the illumination which contemplation gives to
\nthem. All these elements must be thus passed one’
\nafter the other through the crucible before outer
\nactivity becomes needless for the integral development. Then is this activity
\nturned into the means to manifest Thee so as to awaken the other centres
\nof consciousness to the same dual work of the
\nforge and the illumination. Therefore are pride and
\nsatisfaction with oneself the worst of all obstacles.
\nVery modestly we must take advantage of all the
\nminute opportunities offered to knead and purify
\nsome of the innumerable elements, to make them
\nsupple, to make them impersonal, to teach them
\nforgetfulness of self and abnegation and devotion
\nand kindness and gentleness; and when all these <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 8<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nmodes of being have become habitual to them,
\nthen are they ready to participate in the Contemplation, and to identify themselves with Thee in the
\nsupreme Concentration. That is why it seems
\nto me that the work must be long and slow
\neven for the best and that striking conversions cannot be integral. They change the orientation of the
\nbeing, they put it definitively on the straight path; <\/font><\/p>\n

\nbut truly to attain the goal none can escape the
\nneed of innumerable experiences of every kind and
\nevery instant. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nO Supreme Master who shinest in my being and
\neach thing, let Thy Light be manifest and the reign
\nof Thy Peace come for all. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage -9<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\nDecember 2, 1912<\/i>
\n<\/a> <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nSo long as one element of the being, one movement
\nof the thought is still subjected to outside influences, not solely under Thine, it cannot be said
\nthat the true Union is realised; there is still the
\nhorrible mixture without order and light, \u2014 for that
\nelement, that movement is a world, a world of disorder and darkness, as is the entire earth in the
\nmaterial world, as is the material world in the entire universe. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 10<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nDecember 3, 1912<\/i><\/b>
\n<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nLAST night I had the experience of the effectivity
\nof confident surrender to Thy guidance; when it is
\nneedful that something should be known, one
\nknows it, and the more passive the mind to Thy
\nillumination, the clearer and the more adequate is
\nits expression. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nI listened to Thee as Thou spokest in me, and I
\nwould have liked to write down what Thou saidst so that the formula in all its
\nprecision might not be lost\u2014for now I should not be able to repeat what was
\nsaid. Then I thought that this care for conservation was again an insulting lack
\nof confidence towards Thee, for Thou canst make of me all that I need to be, and
\nin the measure in which my attitude allows Thee to act on me and in me. Thy
\nomnipotence has no limits. To know that at each instant what must be surely is,
\nas perfectly as is possible, for all those who know how
\nto see Thee in everything and everywhere! No
\nmore fear, no more uneasiness, no more anguish; nothing but a perfect Serenity, an absolute Confidence, a supreme unwavering Peace. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 11<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\nDecember 5, 1912<\/i>
\n<\/a> <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nIN Peace and Silence the Eternal manifests; allow
\nnothing to disturb you and the Eternal will manifest; have perfect equality in
\nface of all and the Eternal will be there…. Yes, we should not put too much
\nintensity, too much effort into our seeking for Thee; the effort and intensity
\nbecome a veil in front of Thee; we must not desire to see Thee, for that is
\nstill a mental agitation which obscures Thy Eternal Presence; it is in the most
\ncomplete Peace, Serenity and Equality that all is Thou even as Thou art all, and
\nthe least vibration in this perfectly pure and calm atmosphere is an obstacle to
\nThy manifestation. No haste, no inquietude, no tension, Thou, nothing but Thou, without any analysis
\nor any objectivising, and Thou art then  without a
\npossible doubt, for all becomes a Holy Peace and
\na Sacred Silence. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nAnd that is better than all the meditations in the
\nworld. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 12<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\nDecember 7, 1912<\/i>
\n<\/a> <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nLIKE a flame that burns in silence, like a perfume
\nthat rises straight upward without wavering, my
\nlove goes to Thee; and like the child who does not
\nreason and has no care, I trust myself to Thee that
\nThy Will may be done, that Thy Light may manifest, Thy Peace radiate. Thy Love
\ncover the world. When Thou wiliest I shall be in Thee, Thyself, and there shall
\nbe no more any distinction; I await that blessed hour without impatience of any
\nkind, let- ting myself flow irresistibly toward it as a peaceful stream flows toward the boundless ocean. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nThy Peace is in me, and in that Peace I see Thee
\nalone present in everything, with the calm of Eternity. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 13<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\nDecember 10, 1912<\/i> <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nO SUPREME Master, Eternal Teacher, it has been
\nonce more granted me to verify the unequalled effectivity of a full confidence in Thy leading. Thy
\nLight was manifested through my mouth yesterday
\nand it met no resistance in me; the instrument was
\nwilling, supple, keen of edge. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nIt is Thou who art the doer in each thing and each
\nbeing, and he who is near enough to Thee to see
\nThee in all actions without exception, will know
\nhow to transform each act into a benediction. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTo abide always in Thee is the one thing that matters, always and ever more and more in Thee, beyond illusions and the deceptions of the senses,
\nnot drawing back from action, refusing it, rejecting
\nit \u2014 a struggle useless and pernicious \u2014 but living
\nThee alone in the act whatever it may be, ever and
\nalways Thee; then the illusion is dispelled, the
\nfalsehoods of the senses vanish, the bond of con-
\nsequences is broken, all is transformed into a manifestation of the glory of Thy Eternal Presence. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nSo let it be. Amen. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 14<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\nDecember 11, 1912<\/i>
\n<\/a> <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nI AWAIT, without haste, without inquietude, the
\ntearing of another veil, the Union made more complete. I know that the veil is formed of a whole
\nmass of small imperfections, of attachments with-
\nout number…. How shall all these disappear?
\nSlowly, as the result of countless small efforts and
\na vigilance not faltering even for a moment, or
\nsuddenly, through a great illumination of Thy All-
\nPuissant Love? I know not, I do not even put to
\nmyself the question; I wait, keeping watch as best
\nas I can, in the certitude that nothing exists save
\nThy Will, that Thou alone art the doer and I am
\nthe instrument; and when the instrument is ready
\nfor a completer manifestation, the manifestation will
\nquite naturally take place. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nAlready there is heard from behind the veil the
\nwordless symphony of gladness that reveals Thy
\nsublime Presence. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage  – 15<\/font><\/p>\n

\n


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