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

\n <\/p>\n

\nO MOTHER Divine, with what fervour, what ardent love I came to Thee in Thy deepest
\nconsciousness, in Thy high status of sublime love and
\nperfect felicity, and I nestled so close into Thy arms
\nand loved Thee with so intense a love that I became
\naltogether Thyself. Then in the silence of our mute
\necstasy a voice from yet profounder depths arose and
\nthe voice said, "Turn towards those who have need of
\nthy love." All the grades of consciousness appeared, all
\nthe successive worlds. Some were splendid and luminous, well ordered and clear, there Knowledge was
\nresplendent. Expression was harmonious and vast. Will
\nwas potent and invincible. Then the worlds darkened
\nin a multiplicity more and more chaotic, the Energy
\nbecame violent and the material world obscure and sorrowful. And when in our
\ninfinite love " we " perceived in its entirety the hideous suffering of the world
\nof misery and ignorance, when "we" saw our children
\nlocked in a sombre struggle, flung upon each other <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 184<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nby energies that had deviated from their true aim,
\n"we " willed ardently that the light of Divine Love
\nshould be made manifest, a transfiguring force at the
\ncentre of these distracted elements….Then, that the
\nWill might be yet more powerful and effective, " we "
\nturned towards Thee, O unthinkable Supreme, and
\n"we" implored Thy aid. And from the unsounded
\ndepths of the Unknown a reply came sublime and
\nformidable and " we " knew that the earth was
\nsaved. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nDARKNESS has descended upon earth, dense,
\n^’^<\/i> violent, victorious…All is sorrow, panic and
\ndestruction in the physical world, and the splendour
\nof the light of Thy love seems darkened by a veil of mourning… <\/font><\/p>\n

\nO sweet Mother, I melt into Thee with an immense
\nlove, in an intense supplication to the Lord of all things,
\nthat He may show us our route, that He may trace
\nthe path of His work, so that we may walk boldly upon it.
\nTime presses: O Lord, the powers divine must come to the succour of the anguished earth.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nO Mother, sweet Mother, Thou claspest all Thy
\nchildren to the vastness of Thy breast and Thou
\nenvelopest them all with an equal love. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 185<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nI have become the purifying fire of Thy love. O
\nLord, O silent Unthinkable, accept the holocaust of
\nthis brazier of love so that Thy reign may come. Thy
\nlight may triumph over darkness and over death. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nManifest Thy power. From day to day, from hour to hour we implore Thee: "O Lord, manifest Thy
\npower." <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nTURN and face the danger!". Thou hast said
\nto me, "Why dost thou wish to turn thy look
\naway or-fly far from action, away from the fight, into
\na profound contemplation of Truth? It is its integral
\nmanifestation that has to be realised, it is its victory
\nover all the obstacles of blind ignorance and obscure
\nhostility. Look straight at the danger and it will
\nvanish before the Power." <\/font><\/p>\n

\nO Lord, I have understood the weakness of this
\nmost external nature which is always ready to surrender to Matter and to escape, as a compensation, into
\na supreme intellectual and spiritual independence.
\nBut Thou expectest from us action, and action does
\nnot allow of such an attitude. It is not enough to
\ntriumph in the inner worlds, we must triumph even
\nin the most material worlds. -We must not run away
\nfrom the difficulty or the obstacle because we have the
\npower to do so by taking shelter in the consciousness <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 186<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nwhere there are <\/b> no longer any obstacles….We must
\nlook the danger straight in the face, with a faith in Thy Omnipotence and Thy Omnipotence will triumph.
\nGive me integrally the heart of a fighter, O Lord, and Thy victory is sure. "To conquer at any cost" must be the present
\nmotto. Not because we are attached to the work and
\nits results, not because we are in need of such an action,
\nnot because we are incapable of escaping from all contingencies.
\nBut because such is Thy command to us. But because the time has come for Thy triumph upon
\nearth. But because Thou wiliest an integral victory.
\nAnd in an infinite love for the world…let us fight <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nHIGHER, always higher! Let us never be satisfied with what is accomplished, let us not stop at
\nany realisation, let us march always, without stopping,
\nenergetically, towards a more and more complete
\nrealisation, towards an ever higher and more total
\nconsciousness…The victory of yesterday must be only
\na stepping stone to the victory of tomorrow, and the
\npower of the morrow a weakness in comparison with the effectivity to come.
\nO divine Mother, Thy march is triumphal and uninterrupted. <\/b> He who unites with Thee in an integral
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 187<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nlove journeys unceasingly towards vaster and vaster
\nhorizons, towards a completer and completer realisation, leaping from peak to peak in the splendour of
\nThy light, to the conquest of the marvellous secrets of
\nthe Unknown and their integral manifestation. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nO divine Victor, all earth sings Thy praise and all
\nforces will obey Thee. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nFor the Lord has said, "The hour has come."
\nAnd all obstacles will be surmounted. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nTHE world is divided into two contrary forces which struggle for supremacy, and both are
\nequally opposed to Thy law, O Lord; for Thou wiliest
\nneither mortal stagnation nor blind destruction. It
\nis in a constant, progressive and luminous transformation that Thou expresses! Thyself, and it is this we have to establish on the earth if we would manifest
\nThy will. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSometimes our impatience wants to know immediately the means of this manifestation. But our
\nimpatience is vain and receives no response. For the knowledge will come at the opportune moment,
\nat the moment of action. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSo it is with the thought at rest and the realising will
\ncalm and strong that we await the sign Thou wilt give us. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 188<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nTHY love <\/b> is like a rising tide, invading the whole being and
\nover flooding all things. Lord,
\nThy love will penetrate into all hearts and generate
\nin them the divine flame which cannot be extinguished,
\nthe divine beauty which cannot be marred, and,
\nabove all contrasts and contraries, it v\/ill establish in
\nall that unchanging Bliss which is the supreme good. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThy light is like a rising tide, invading the whole
\nbeing and over flooding all things. Lord, Thy light
\nwill penetrate into all thoughts and generate in them
\nthe sovereign clarity which never wavers, the divine
\nclairvoyance which is never mistaken, and, above all
\ncontrasts and contraries, it will establish in all the
\nsplendour of Thy knowledge, which is supreme
\nwisdom. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThy force is like a rising tide, invading the whole
\nbeing and over flooding all things. Lord, Thy force
\nwill penetrate into all life and generate in it the effective power which never fails, the divine might which
\nis invincible, and, above all contrasts and contraries,
\nit will establish in all Thy mastering energy which
\nis supreme will. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

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

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nWITH fervour I salute Thee, O divine Mother, and
\nwith deep feeling I identify myself with Thee. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 189<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nUnited with our divine Mother, I turn towards
\nThee, O Lord, and I salute Thee in a mute adoration,
\nin an ardent aspiration I identify myself with Thee.
\nThen all becomes a marvellous Silence, Being is absorbed in Non-Being, all is suspended, held still and immutable. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nHow to express the inexpressible? <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nTHERE is no longer any I, any individuality, any personal limitations. There is only the immense universe, our sublime Mother, burning with the ardent
\nfire of purification in Thy honour,. O Lord, divine
\nMaster, sovereign Will, so that this Will may no longer
\nmeet with any obstacles in its realisation. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIt is an immense canticle of fervent love and exultation that rises towards Thee,
\nO Lord, and the whole earth in an ineffable ecstasy unites herself with
\nThee. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nMay Thy powerful breath feed the brazier, so that
\nit may become more and more vast and formidable
\nand that all darkness and blind resistances may be
\nabsorbed, burned up, transfigured into Light in the
\nmarvellous flame of purification. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nO the pacifying splendour of Thy purification!
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 190<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nSeptember<\/i> 16, 1914<\/a> <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nLISTEN to the voice that rises, listen to the chant that mounts to salute Thy divine Dawn.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nMay the supreme law be accomplished; whether it
\nis universal and eternal existence or re-absorption in
\nthe Non-Being, it matters little. Must we choose
\nbetween the two? I cannot do it; in my consciousness
\nthere is no longer any preference and a single will
\npersists: Thine, O Ineffable. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAnd the whole universe is no longer aught else than
\na more and more vast and harmonious chant arising
\nto salute Thy divine Dawn. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nNO longer can any impulse to action come from outside or from any particular world. It is
\nThou, O Lord, who settest all in motion from the
\ndepths of the being; it is Thy will that directs. Thy
\nforce that acts; and no longer on the limited field of a
\nsmall individual consciousness, but on the universal field of a consciousness which, in each state of being,
\nis united to all. And the being has at once the conscious
\nperception of all the universal movements in their
\ncomplexity, and even in their confusion, and the silent
\nand perfect peace of Thy sovereign immutability. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 191<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nMY pen is mute, for my thought is silent, but my
\nheart aspires to Thee, O Lord, uniting Thee
\nwith our divine Mother in the same love, the same
\nveneration. And through Thee the whole being strains
\ntowards the Ineffable, and beyond the being, even <\/i>beyond the silence, that unites with That.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nO LORD, Thou who art on the threshold of the Unknowable, I salute Thee! <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAnd is this not there. Thy salutation to Thyself,.
\nin the Unthinkable Essence of the Being, in its
\nimmeasurable depths and even to its most external
\nrealisations? For the Being it is Thou, whatever its
\nmode of existence and the Unthinkable Eternal, that
\ntoo is Thou in Thy essence. And this integral
\nconsciousness Thou hast made ours, so that we may
\nbe Thou, not only in the fact, but also in consciousness
\nand effectivity. And thus all is an interchange and
\nsalutation full of love and joyous adoration, in an
\nardent aspiration of our Mother towards Thee and an
\ninfinite and powerful response from Thee to our
\nMother, and finally of the totality of Thyself
\ntowards all that is not yet manifested, towards all the
\nUnknowable which we shall know more and more,<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 192<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nbetter and better, but which will ever remain the <\/font><\/p>\n

\nUnknowable.
\nIn the absolute silence all is, now and eternally; in the universal manifestation all will be in a perpetual becoming. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIn the perfection of the consciousness and the
\nintegral life, the being sings a canticle of gladness
\nfor That which at once is and eternally will be. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nHail to Thee, O Master of the world, art Thou not
\nthe intermediary between what is and what will be, being at the same time both
\nwhat is and what will be? <\/font><\/p>\n

\nO marvellous Immensity, at once perceptible and indefinable, in an integral illumination, I salute Thee. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nHOW present Thou art amongst us, O beloved
\nMother! It seems as if Thou wouldst assure us
\nof Thy complete support and show us that the Will
\nwhich would manifest itself through us has found
\ninstruments capable of realising its Law by putting it
\ninto a complete accord with Thy present possibilities.
\nAnd the things which appeared most difficult, most improbable, and perhaps even most impossible, become
\nwholly realisable, since Thy Presence assures us that
\nlie material world itself is prepared to manifest the new form of the Will and the Law. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 193<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nIn the joyful plenitude of a perfect harmony I
\n:salute Thee\u2014Thee and Thy works and Principle. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

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

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

\n <\/p>\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nMY pen is mute to chant Thy presence, O Lord, yet art Thou like a king who has taken entire
\npossession of his kingdom. Thou art there, organising,
\nputting all in place, developing and increasing every
\nprovince. Thou awakenest those that were asleep, <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 194<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nThou makest active those that were sinking towards
\ninertia; Thou art building a harmony out of the whole.
\nA day will come when the harmony shall be achieved
\nand all the country shall be, by its very life, the bearer
\nof Thy word and Thy manifestation. <\/font><\/p>\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

\nO LORD, Thou hast thrown down the barriers of
\nthought and the realisation has appeared in all
\nits amplitude. Not to forget any of its aspects, to
\ncarry on their accomplishment in a simultaneous
\nmovement, without neglecting any of them, not to
\nallow any limitation, any restriction to intervene on
\nthe way an^ retard our advance, that is what Thou
\nwilt help us to do by Thy supreme intervention.
\nAnd all those who are Thyself, manifesting Thee
\nin the perfection of some special activity, will also
\nbe our collaborators, since such is Thy Will. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nOur Divine Mother is with us and has promised us
\nidentification with the supreme and total Consciousness, from the unfathomable depths to the
\nmost external world of sense. And in all these
\ndomains Agni assures us of the co-operation of his
\npurifying flame, destroying the obstacles, kindling
\nthe energies, stimulating the will, so that the realisation may be hastened. Indra is with us to perfect <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 195<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nthe illumination in our knowledge, and the divine
\nSoma has transformed us into his infinite, sovereign, marvellous love, that
\nbegets the supreme beatitudes.
\nO divine and sweet Mother, I salute Thee with a depth of feeling, rapt and ineffable, and a limitless
\nconfidence. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nO splendid Agni, Thou who art so living in me, I
\ncall Thee, I invoke Thee that Thou mayst be still more
\nliving, that Thy brazier may become more immense,
\nThy flames more high and powerful, and that my
\nwhole being may no longer be aught else than an
\nardent conflagration, a purifying pyre. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nO Indra, I revere Thee and admire, and I implore
\nThee that Thou mayst unite with me, that Thou
\nmayst break down all the barriers of thought and
\nbestow upon me the divine knowledge. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nO Thou, sublime Love, to whom I have never
\ngiven any other name, but who art so completely
\nthe essence of my being. Thou whom I feel vibrating
\nand living in the least of my atoms, as in the infinite
\nuniverse and beyond. Thou who breathest in every
\nbreath, who art at the heart of every action, who
\nart the light of all good-will, who art hidden behind
\nall sufferings. Thou for whom I cherish a limitless
\nadoration which goes on intensifying itself, grant that, more and more legitimately, I may feel myself to be wholly Thou!
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nAnd Thou, O Lord, who art all that in one and
\nyet much more. Thou sovereign Master, extreme
\nlimit of our thought, who standest for us on the <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 196<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nthreshold of the Unknown, let some new splendour
\nsurge out of that Unthinkable, some possibility
\n<\/b>of <\/b>&<\/i> higher and more integral realisation, so that Thy
\n\u2022work may be accomplished and the universe may
\ntake one more step forward towards the sublime
\nidentification, the supreme manifestation. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAnd now my pen becomes mute and I adore Thee
\nin silence. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage – 197<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

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