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

\n <\/p>\n

\nT<\/font><\/b>O<\/b> Thee, Supreme Dispenser of all boons, to Thee who justifiest
\nlife by making it pure, beautify and good, to Thee, Master of our destinies and
\ngoal
\nof our aspirations, was consecrated the first minute of this new year.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nMay it be wholly glorified by this consecration; may those who hope to attain
\nThee seek Thee in the right way; may those who seek Thee find Thee, and may
\nthose who suffer without knowing where lies the remedy feel Thy life piercing little by little the hard crust of their obscure consciousness, <\/font><\/p>\n

\nI bow down with a deep devotion and limitless gratitude before Thy beneficent splendour, in the<\/font><\/p>\n

\nname of the earth, I thank Thee for manifesting Thyself, in her name, I implore Thee that Thou mayst  manifest ever more, in an uninterrupted increase of
\nLight and Love. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nBe the Sovereign Master of our thoughts, our
\nfeelings and our acts. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThou art the reality of our being, the sole
\nReality <\/font><\/p>\n

\nOutside Thee all is falsehood and illusion, all
\nis mournful obscurity. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nIn Thee is life, light and joy. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIn Thee is the sovereign Peace.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\n

\n
\nJanuary<\/i> 2, 1914<\/a><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTHIS marvellous silence manifests Thee, inspite <\/b> of 
\nthe folly of human agitation, – the immutable and constant silence so living in every thing that one has
\nonly to listen in order to hear it, in opposition
\n<\/b>to <\/b>all that is futile noise, vain agitation, useless dispersion 
\nof energies. Let it flower in our being as a generator of light and peace, and let its power radiate
\non all in beneficent waves. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThou art the savour of all life and the reason <\/b> of  all activity, the goal of our thoughts. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n
\n January<\/i> 3, 1914<\/a>  <\/font>
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nIT is always good to look within ourselves from time
\nto time and see that we are nothing and can do nothing, but we must then turn our look towards
\nThee, knowing that Thou art all and that Thou canst do all.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n Thou art the life of our life and
\nthe light of our being,
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nThou art the master of our destiny.<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 33 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\nJanuary<\/i> 4, 1914<\/a> <\/font>
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTHE tide of material thoughts lies always in wait for the least weakness, and if we relax our vigilance
\neven for a moment, if we are negligent, to however flood the result of innumerable efforts. Then
\nthe being enters into a sort of torpor, its
\nphysical needs of food and sleep increase, its intelligence
\nis obscured, its inner vision is veiled, and in spite of its feeling little real interest in these superficial
\nactivities, they occupy him almost exclusively. This condition is very troublesome and fatiguing, for nothing is more fatiguing than thoughts about material
\nthings, and the wearied mind suffers like a caged bird unable to spread its wings yet aspiring for the power to take
\nits free flight, <\/font><\/p>\n

\nBut perhaps in this condition there is a utility which I do not see. In any case, I do not struggle at all; and like a child in the arms of its mother like a fervent disciple at the feet of his master,
\nI confide in Thee and surrender myself to
\nThy guidance, sure of Thy victory.<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nI HAVE been sitting since a long time
\nbefore this blank page unable to make up my mind to write<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 34<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nall in me being so mediocre, without value or savour,
\nhopelessly commonplace. Not a single idea in my
\nhead, not one feeling in my heart, a complete indifference towards everything and an insurmountable
\ndullness.<\/font><\/p>\n

\nHow can such a condition be of any use?<\/font><\/p>\n

\nI am a veritable zero in the world.<\/font><\/p>\n

\nFor the rest, all that has no importance. And
\nprovided Thy work is accomplished. Thy manifestation 
\ntakes place and the earth becomes more and
\nmore Thy harmonious and fruitful kingdom, it
\nmatters little whether I accomplish the Work or not.
\nAnd as it is sure that it will be done, I should have
\nno reason to trouble myself even if I felt so disposed.
\nFrom the depths up to the outermost surface all this
\nmy being, is but a little dust; it is only natural that
\nit should be scattered to the winds without leaving a trace. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n
\nJanuary<\/i> 6, 1914<\/a><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTHOU art the sole goal of my life and the centre of
\nmy aspiration, the pivot of my thoughts, the key
\nof my synthesis; and as Thou art beyond all sensation,
\nall feeling and all thought. Thou art the living but ineffable experience, the Reality lived in the depths
\nof the being but untranslatable into our poor words; and it is because the human mind is powerless to
\nreduce Thee to a formula, that some\u2014with a little
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 35<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\ndisdain\u2014treat as "sentiment" the knowledge which it is possible to have  of Thee, but
\nwhich is certainly as far from sentiment it is from thought. So long as we have
\nnot attained to this supreme knowledge, we have no solid base and no enduring
\ncenter for a mental and emotional synthesis, and all other intellectual
\nconstruction can not but be arbitrary, artificial and futile,<\/font><\/p>\n

\nThou art, in so far as we can perceive Thee, eternal
\nsilence and perfect peace.<\/font><\/p>\n

\nThou art all the perfection that we have to
\nacquire
\nall the marvels that are to be realised, all the splendour that is to be manifested. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAnd all our words are only the prattle of children
\nwhen we venture to speak of Thee. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n:In silence is the greatest respect, <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nGIVE peace and light to them all, O Lord, open their
\nblinded eyes and their obscured understanding calm their useless torments and
\nfutile cares. Turn their regard away from themselves and give them the
\njoy of consecration to Thy work without calculation or mental reserve. Let Thy
\nbeauty blossom in
\neverything, awaken Thy love in all hearts, so that Thy eternally progressive
\norder may be realised upon<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 36<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nearth and Thy harmony spread till the day when all
\nwill be Thyself in perfect purity and peace.<\/font><\/p>\n

\nOh! may all tears be dried, all sufferings relieved,
\nas we have not attained to this supreme knowledge all anguish disappear, and may a calm serenity dwell
\nin the hearts of men and a potent certitude strengthen their mind. May Thy life circulate in all as a regenerating flood and may all turn towards Thee to
\ndraw in this contemplation energy for every victory.<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

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

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nLET us shun the P^ which ar6 too easy and without effort, those paths which engender in us the
\nillusion that we have arrived; let us shun the negligence which opens the door to every fall; let us shun the complacent self-admiration which leads towards every abyss. We must learn that whatever our efforts, compared with the path still to be traversed what we have
\nalready travelled is nothing, and that all are equalinfinitesimal particle of dust or the same
\ndivine starsin face of Eternity.<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nBut Thou art the conqueror of all obstacles, the Light which illumines all
\nignorance, the Love which overcomes all pride, And no error can persist before
\nThee.<\/p>\n

\nPage – 37<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nO LORD, unseizable reality. Thou who constantly escapest before our conquering advance even
\nthough it is effective, and who wilt always be the Unknown  inspite of all that we shall learn to know of
\nThee, inspite of all that we shall have ravished from
\nThy eternal mystery, we would, with a complete and
\nconstant effort, combining the multiple paths which
\nlead towards Thee, advance like a rising and indomitable  flood, breaking all obstacles, crossing all barriers,
\nlifting all veils, dispersing all clouds, piercing- all darknesses, advance towards Thee, always towards
\nThee with a movement so powerful, so irresistible, that
\na whole multitude will be swept on behind us, and
\nthe earth conscious of Thy new and eternal Presence
\nwill understand at last what are her true ends and
\nlive in the harmony and peace of Thy sovereign
\nrealisation. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTeach us ever more, <\/font><\/p>\n

\nEnlighten us more and more, <\/font><\/p>\n

\nDispel our ignorance, <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIllumine our minds, <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTransfigure our hearts, <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nAnd give us that Love which never fades and make.<\/font><\/p>\n

\nThy sweet law blossom in every being. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nWe are Thine to all eternity.<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 38<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\n
\n
\nJanuary<\/font><\/i><\/b> IO,
\n1914<\/font><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nMY aspiration rises towards Thee always the same
\nin its form, infantile and almost commonplace
\nin its simplicity, but my call is more and more ardent,
\nand behind the maladroit words, there is all the
\nfervour of my concentrated will. And I implore Thee,
\nO Lord inspite of the naivet\u00e9 of this expression which
\nso lacks all intellectuality, I implore Thee for more
\nlight, more purity, more true sincerity and love,
\n<\/b>and <\/b>that for all, for the multitude which constitutes what I call my
\nbeing, and for the multitude which constitutes  the universal being; I implore Thee, knowing
\nhowever that to implore is quite useless, since it
\n<\/b>is <\/b>we alone, in our ignorance and ill-will, who can be
\nan obstacle to Thy glorious and total manifestation,
\nbut something infantile in me finds a support in this
\nmental attitude; I implore Thee that the peace
\n<\/b>of <\/b>Thy reign may spread, upon earth. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nO inaccessible summit which we scale incessantly
\nwithout ever attaining to Thee, sole Reality of our
\nbeing which we believe we have discovered only
\n<\/b>to <\/b>find that Thou escapest us at once, marvellous state
\nwhich we think we have seized but which leads us
\nfarther, and always farther, into depths and immensities  ever-unexplored; none can say: "I have known
\nThee", and yet all carry Thee in themselves, and
\nin the silence of the soul can hear the echo of Thy
\nvoice; but this silence itself is progressive, and
\nwhatever may be the perfection of the union we have <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 39<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nrealised, so long as by our body we belong to the
\nworld of relativities, this union with Thee will be
\nalways capable of a greater perfection. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nBut all the words by which we speak of
\nThee are but a vain babbling. Grant that I may
\nbecome <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThy faithful servitor. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nJanuary <\/i>11,
\n1914<\/a><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nAT every minute all the unforeseen, the unexpected, the unknown is before us, at every minute the
\nuniverse is recreated in its totality and in each of
\nits parts. And if we had a truly living faith, if we
\nhad that absolute certitude of Thy almighty power
\nand Thy sole reality. Thy manifestation could at
\nevery minute be so evident that the whole universe would be transformed by it. But we are such slaves
\nof all that surrounds us and has preceded us, we
\nare so much determined by the whole mass of what
\nis manifested, and our faith is so feeble that we are still incapable of serving as intermediaries in the
\ngreat miracle of transfiguration… But, O Lord, I
\nknow that it will come one day. I know that a day
\nwill come when Thou wilt transform all those who
\napproach us; Thou wilt transform them so radically
\nthat, totally liberated from the ties of the past, they will begin to live in
\nThee with a life quite new, a
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 40<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nlife solely made of Thee, of which Thou shalt be the sovereign Lord. And also all troubles will be
\ntransformed into serenity, all anguish into peace, all
\ndoubts into certitude, all ugliness into harmony, all
\negoisms into self-giving, all darknesses into light and
\nall sufferings into unchanging happiness. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nBut art Thou not already accomplishing this
\nglorious miracle? I see it everywhere blossoming
\naround us! <\/font><\/p>\n

\nOh! divine law of love and beauty, supreme
\nliberator, there is no obstacle to Thy power. It is
\nonly our blindness that deprives us of the fortifying
\nspectacle of Thy constant victory. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nMy heart sings a hymn of gladness and my thought
\nis illumined with joy. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThy transcendent. Thy marvellous love is the
\nsovereign Master of the world. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n
\nJanuary<\/font><\/i><\/b> 12, 1914<\/font><\/a> <\/font>
\n<\/b> <\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nA TEACHING can be profitable only if it is
\nperfectly sincere, that is to say, if it is lived
\nat the time when it is imparted, and words often. repeated, thoughts often expressed can no longer be
\nsincere. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 41<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\nJanuary<\/i> 13, 1914<\/a> <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nTHOU hast passed over my life, O Lord, like a great wave of love, and when I was immersed in
\nit, I knew in a way integral and intense that I had
\noffered to Thee\u2014when ? I do not know, at no precise
\nmoment and, doubtless, always\u2014my thoughts, my
\nheart and my flesh in a living holocaust. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAnd in that great love which enveloped me, and
\nin that consciousness of the renunciation made, there
\nwas" an immense serenity vaster than the universe
\nand a sweetness so intense and so full of an infinite
\ncompassion that a flow of tears came slowly from
\nmy eyes. Nothing could be farther removed at once
\nfrom suffering and from happiness, it was an ineffable
\npeace. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nO Sublime Love, centre of our life. Marvel of
\nmarvels, I find Thee again at last and I live once
\nagain in Thee, but how much ‘more powerfully,
\nhow much more consciously than before. How much
\nbetter I know and understand Thee. Each time I
\nfind Thee again, my communion with Thee is more
\nintegral, more complete, more definitive. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nO Presence of ineffable beauty, O thought of
\nsupreme redemption, sovereign power of salvation,
\nwith what joy all my being feels Thee living in itself,
\nsole principle of its life and of all life, marvellous
\nconstructor of all thought, all will, all consciousness,
\nUpon this world of illusion, this sombre nightmare,
\nThou hast bestowed Thy divine reality, and<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 42<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n each atom of matter contains something of Thy absolute.
\nThou art, Thou livest. Thou art radiant and reignest. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n
\nJanuary<\/font><\/i><\/b>
\n19, 1914<\/i><\/font><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\nO LORD, divine Master of Love, Thou art the eternal victor, and those who put themselves in.
\nperfect accord with Thee, those who live only for Thee
\nand by Thee cannot but win all the victories; for
\nin Thee is the supreme force, the force of complete disinterestedness, of
\nperfect clairvoyance, of sovereign
\nkindness. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIn Thee, by Thee, all is transfigured and
\nglorified;
\nin Thee is found the key of all mysteries and all
\npowers. But we attain to Thee only if we desire
\nnothing else than to live in Thee, to serve Thee,
\nto make Thy divine work triumph more rapidly for
\nthe salvation of a greater number. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nO Lord, Thou alone art real and all else is
\nillusion;
\nfor when we live in Thee we see and understand all things, nothing escapes Thy
\nperfect knowledge,
\nbut everything puts on another appearance; for all
\nis Thou in essence, since all is the fruit of Thy work, of Thy magnanimous intervention, and in the most
\nsinister darkness Thou hast lit a star! <\/font><\/p>\n

\nMay our devotion go on always increasing. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 43<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nMay our consecration go on always perfecting. itself,
\nAnd mayst Thou who art already the real sovereign
\nbecome in effect the sovereign of life. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

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

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nTHOU, who art the sole reality of our being, O sublime Master of love. Redeemer of life, let me
\nhave no longer any other consciousness than of Thee
\nat every instant and in . each being. When I do not
\nlive solely with Thy life, I agonise, I sink slowly
\ntowards extinction; for Thou art my only reason
\nfor existence, my one goal, my single support. I am
\nlike a timid bird not yet sure of its wings and hesitating to take its flight; let me soar to reach definitive
\nidentity with Thee.<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n
\nJanuary<\/i> 29, 1914<\/a> <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nI<\/font><\/b>T<\/b> is because of Thy presence in each being,
\nO divine Master of love, that every man, even the
\nmost cruel, can be accessible to pity and that even the
\nvilest respects, as if inspite of himself, honour and
\njustice. It is Thou who from beyond all conventions
\nand prejudices lightest with a special light, divine and pure, all that we are and all that we do, and showest <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 44<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nus the difference between what we realise
\n<\/b>and <\/b>what we could be. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThou art the insuperable limit opposed to the
\nexcess of evil, to the darkness and the ill-will; Thou
\nart the living hope in every heart of possible and
\nfuture perfections. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTo Thee all the fervour of my adoration. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThou art the door, accessible to our conception,
\nwhich leads towards unsuspected and inconceivable
\nsplendours, the splendours which will be progressively
\nrevealed to us. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nALL that is conscious in me belongs to Thee without  restriction, and I shall strive to conquer
\nlittle by little and always better the subconscient,
\nthe bed-rock still obscure. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nDivine Master of love, eternal Teacher, Thou
\nguidest our lives. It is in Thee alone and for Thee
\nalone that we would live; enlighten our consciousness,
\nguide our steps, and grant that we may do the
\nmaximum of what we can do, utilising all our
\nenergies solely to serve Thee. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 45<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nMAY every morning our thought rise with fervour towards Thee, asking Thee what
\nis the    best we can do to manifest and serve
\nThee. May at each moment amid the    many kinds
\nof multiple choice which we can make and
\nwhich, inspite of their apparent insignificance,
\nare always of a great importance\u2014since according to our decision we submit to
\none category of determinism or another\u2014may at each moment our attitude
\nbe such that it may be Thy divine will which determines our choice and thus it may be Thou who givest
\nthe    direction to ail our life. According to the consciousness in which we are at the moment when we
\ntake a decision, we submit to the determinism of the
\norder of the    realities in which we are conscious; whence ail
\nthe    consequences, often unforeseen and
\nunfortunate, contradictory to the    general orientation of
\nlife and forming obstacles, sometimes terrible, which
\nhave afterwards to be surmounted. We would, therefore,O Lord, Divine Master of love, be conscious of
\nThee and Thee alone, be identified with Thy supreme
\nlaw each time that we decide, each time we choose, so that it may be Thy Will which determines us; and
\nour life may thus be effectively and integrally consecrated to Thee. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIn Thy light we shall see, in Thy knowledge we shall know, in Thy will we shall realise.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 46<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t
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