{"id":5434,"date":"2013-07-13T02:01:42","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T02:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=5434"},"modified":"2013-07-13T02:01:42","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T02:01:42","slug":"14-november-1914-vol-01-prayers-and-meditations-1948","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/02-works-of-the-mother\/02other-editions\/01-prayers-and-meditations\/01-prayers-and-meditations-1948\/14-november-1914-vol-01-prayers-and-meditations-1948","title":{"rendered":"-14_November 1914.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nNovember<\/i> 3, 1914 <\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

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\nFOR a long time, O Lord, my pen was silent…
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nYet Thou gavest me hours of unforgettable
\nillumination, hours when the union between the
\ndost divine Consciousness and the most material
\nhad become perfect, hours when the identification
\nof the individual being with the universal Mother and of the universal Mother with Thee was so <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 205<\/font><\/p>\n

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\ncomplete that the individual consciousness perceived
\nsimultaneously its own existence, the life of the
\nwhole universe and Thy eternity beyond all
\nchange. Beatitude was at its height in an ineffable
\nand infinite peace, consciousness was luminous and
\nimmeasurable, complex and yet single, and existence
\nall-powerful and sovereign over death. And this is
\n.no longer a fugitive condition, attained after a long
\nconcentration and vanishing as soon as born, it is a condition that can last for long hours full of
\neternity, at once instantaneous and interminable, a
\ncondition which is produced at will, that is to say, it
\nis a permanent condition with which the most external
\nconsciousness comes into contact when circumstances
\npermit, when it is no longer occupied with a definite
\nintellectual or material work. In all work, constantly,
\nthere is the perception of Thy invariable presence
\nunder Thy double form of Being and Non-Being,
\nbut it is as if behind a thin veil woven by the indispensable concentration upon the work that is being
\ndone; while during the hours of solitude, the being
\nfinds itself immediately enveloped in an atmosphere
\nmarvellously powerful, limpid, calm and divine, it
\nmerges in that atmosphere, and then there begins
\nagain the splendid life with all its amplitude, all its
\ncomplexity and sublimity, the physical body is glorified, supple, vigorous, energetic; the mind is superbly
\nactive in its calm lucidity, directing and transmitting
\nthe forces of Thy divine Will; and the whole being
\nexults in a limitless beatitude, a boundless love, a <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 206<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nsovereign power, a perfect knowledge and an infinite
\nconsciousness… It is Thou and Thou alone who
\nlivest even in the least atom of the bodily substance
\nitself. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThus the solid foundations of Thy work upon the
\nearth are made ready, the basements of the immense
\nedifice are constructed; in every corner of the world
\none of Thy divine stones is laid by the power of the
\nconscious and formative thought; and in the hour
\nof realisation, the earth thus prepared will be ready
\nto receive the sublime temple of Thy new and
\ncompleter manifestation. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nFOR the plenitude of Thy Light we invoke Thee, O Lord! Awaken in us the power to express
\nThee. <\/font><\/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 silence
\nburns the lamp that can never be extinguished, the
\nire of an ardent aspiration to know Thee and totally to live Thee. <\/font><\/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
\nvacillate. Higher it climbs and higher and one day
\nStains the vault still closed, the last obstacle opposing <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 207<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nour union. And so pure, so erect, so proud is the
\nflame that suddenly the obstacle is dissolved. <\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

\n <\/p>\n

\n
\n
\nNovember<\/font><\/i><\/b> 9, 1914<\/font><\/a> <\/font>
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nO LORD, we aspire to perfect consciousness. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe whole being is gathered like a closely tied
\nwreath made of flowers, different but all perfectly harmonised together. The
\nwill was the hand that
\ngathered the flowers and the string that tied the
\nwreath and now too it is the will that lifts the wreath
\ntowards Thee as a scented offering. It is held up
\ntowards Thee unweariedly, unfalteringly. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nO<\/font><\/b> LORD, Thy Presence in me has become an unshakable rock and the whole being exults
\nbecause it belongs to Thee without the least reserve,
\nin a surrender general and complete. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 208<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nO serene and immobile Consciousness, Thou watchest on the boundaries of the world like a sphinx
\nof eternity. And yet to some Thou givest out Thy
\nsecret. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThey can become Thy sovereign will which chooses.
\nwithout preference and executes without desire. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nTHE only thing important is the goal to be attained; the way matters little, and often it is preferable
\nnot to know it in advance. But what we must know,
\nis if truly the moment of the divine action upon earth,
\nhas come, and if the work conceived in the depths
\ncan be realised. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nOf that, O Lord, Thou hast given us assurance, an
\nassurance which has been accompanied by the most powerful promise which Nature,
\nthe universal Consciousness, can ever make…We have, therefore, the
\ncertitude that what has to be done will be done, and
\nthat our present individual being is really called upon,
\nto collaborate in this glorious victory, in this new
\nmanifestation. What more must we know? Nothing.
\nIs it not with the greatest confidence that we can
\nlook upon the formidable fight, the mass of adverse
\nforces which, without knowing it, serve eventually
\nthe realisation of Thy plan? It would be wrong on our part to be disquieted because it is not given to <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 209<\/font><\/p>\n

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\nus to know how it serves Thy plan, and by what
\nmeans Thou wilt triumph over all resistance; for Thy
\ntriumph is so perfect that every obstacle, every ill-will,
\nevery hatred rising against Thee is a promise of a vaster and still completer victory. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nBy the sum of the resistance one can measure the
\nscope Thou wouldst give to the action of so much
\nof Thy pure forces as are coming to be manifested
\nupon the earth. What opposes is precisely that on
\nwhich it is the mission of those forces to act; it is the
\ndarkest hatred which must be touched and transformed
\ninto luminous peace. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIf the human individual whom Thou hast chosen
\nas Thy centre of action and Thy intermediary meets
\nwith few obstacles, little misunderstanding and hatred,
\nit would mean that the mission Thou’ hast entrusted
\nto it is limited and one of no great intensity. It is
\nin the narrow circle of a goodwill already prepared
\nthat he will act and not on the mass of the chaotic
\nand confused terrestrial substance. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nO divine Master, let all of us share this knowledge
\nwhich Thou hast given me, so that the peace of
\nconviction may reign in our hearts; and that we may,
\nin the calm of Thy sovereign certitude, face, with
\nour heads held high, all that, unconsciously attracted
\ntowards the transfiguration, precipitates itself into
\na blind ignorance, thinking that it will be able to
\ndestroy the Transfiguring Love. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 210<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\n
\nNovember<\/font><\/i><\/b>
\n16, 1914<\/font><\/a> <\/font>
\n<\/b> <\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTHOU art like the wind upon the sea, driving
\nthe barque back to the shore till it is loaded
\nwith all the goods necessary for a long voyage. Thou
\nwouldst not have us embark carelessly. Thy servitors
\nmust be ready for every eventuality, must be capable
\nof responding to every call, satisfying every need. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nALAS, sublime Mother, what must be Thy
\npatience! Each time that Thy conscious will
\nattempts to manifest itself to repair the errors, to
\nhasten the uncertain advance of the individual led
\nastray by his own illusion of knowledge, to trace the
\nsure path and furnish him with the strength to walk
\non it without stumbling, almost always he repels
\nThee as a fastidious and ill-informed counsellor.
\nHe is willing to love Thee in theory with a vague and
\ninconsistent love, but his proud mind refuses Thee
\nits confidence and prefers to wander alone rather
\nthan advance guided by Thee. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAnd Thou repliest, ever smiling in Thy tireless
\nbenevolence: "This intellectual faculty which makes
\nman vain and leads him into error, is the very faculty
\nwhich can also, once enlightened and purified, lead
\nhim farther, higher, than the universal nature, to the <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 211<\/font><\/p>\n

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\ndirect and conscious communion with the Lord of
\nus all. He who is beyond all manifestation. This
\ndividing intelligence which enables him to separate
\nhimself from me, enables him also to scale the heights
\nto be climbed, without his advance being enchained
\nand retarded by the totality of the universe which
\nin its immensity and complexity cannot achieve
\nso prompt an ascent." <\/font><\/p>\n

\nO Divine Mother, always Thy words comfort and
\nbless, appease and illumine, and Thy generous hand lifts a fold of the veil which hides the infinite
\nknowledge. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nHow calm, noble and pure is the splendour of
\nThy perfect contemplation!<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n
\nNovember 20,<\/font><\/i> 1914<\/font><\/a> <\/font>
\n<\/b> <\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nO LORD, how I would be before Thee always
\nlike a page perfectly blank, so that Thy will
\nmay be inscribed in me without any difficulty or
\nmixture. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe very memory of the past experiences has
\nsometimes to be swept away from the thought
\nthat it may not impede this work of perpetual
\nreconstruction which, alone in the world of relativities
\npermits of Thy perfect manifestation. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nOften we cling to that which was, afraid of losing
\nthe result of a precious experience, of giving up a <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 212<\/font><\/p>\n

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\nvast and high consciousness and falling again into
\nan inferior state. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAnd yet, what can he fear who is Thine? Can he
\nnot walk, his soul expanding and his brow illumined,
\nupon the path Thou tracest for him, whatever it
\nmay be, even if it is altogether incomprehensible to
\nhis limited reason? <\/font><\/p>\n

\nO Lord, break these old frames of thought,
\nabolish the past experiences, dissolve the conscious
\nsynthesis, if Thou deemest that this is needed, so
\nthat Thy work may be accomplished better and
\nbetter and Thy service may be perfected upon
\nearth. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

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

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\n <\/p>\n

\nLORD, Thou hast given me Thy Power that Thy
\nPeace and Joy may reign over the world. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAnd this being is no longer anything else than an
\nembrace of peace enveloping the whole earth, an
\nocean of joy overflowing all. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nO thou who art full of hatred, rancour will be
\neffaced from thy heart, as the sea effaces the imprints
\nupon the sand. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nYou who feed on vengeance, peace will enter into
\nyour hearts, as it enters into the soul of the child
\nrocked by its mother. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 213<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nFor the divine universal Mother has turned her
\nregard upon the earth and blessed it. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 214<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

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\nHOME<\/span><\/a><\/font><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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