{"id":5584,"date":"2013-07-13T02:03:04","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T02:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=5584"},"modified":"2013-07-13T02:03:04","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T02:03:04","slug":"086-october-28-1967-vol-08-volume-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/02-works-of-the-mother\/03-agenda\/08-volume-08\/086-october-28-1967-vol-08-volume-08","title":{"rendered":"-086_October 28_1967.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"

October 28, 1967<\/H3>
\n

(Mother tries in vain to slip a "transformation" flower<\/i>

 through
\nher buttonhole.)<\/i><\/p>\n

Can I help you?<\/i><\/p>\n

No (Mother closes her eyes and slips the flower through her button<\/i>

hole). <\/i>When I close my eyes, I see (laughter). <\/i>But it’s true! And I


\ndon’t do it deliberately: when I want to see, I close my eyes, and I

 see!
\nIt’s so natural and spontaneous that I don’t even realize it:
\n

when I want to do something, if I want to see clearly I close my

 eyes.
\n

***
\n

(Nolini comes in to read Mother his English translation of<\/i>

 “Notes on the Way” for the next Bulletin.)<\/i>
\n

I have been wondering about this: maybe if I didn’t listen I’d hear quite clearly! (Nolini stares at Mother with a certain bewilderment.) <\/i>No, I said just before that when I want to see clearly, precisely, I close my eyes and see quite clearly. I do it spontaneously (I noticed it because Satprem asked me what was going on). And since I can’t hear, maybe if I didn’t listen and went within myself, like that, I would hear? – There must be a trick!<\/p>\n

(Satprem:) It depends on the consciousness with which one<\/i><\/p>\n

 reads
\n to you.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Yes. Oh, some people speak almost in a low voice and I hear them perfectly well. Others howl and I can’t hear a word; that is, I hear noise but can’t make out anything. That’s what it is, it’s the precision of the consciousness: if the consciousness is precise, I understand; if the consciousness is muddled, I can’t make out anything.
\n

We’ll try! (Nolini reads)<\/i>
\n

***
\n

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\n

After Nolini has left<\/i>
\n

Ah, let me show you a photo that was taken the other day, on P.’s birthday (Mother holds the photo out to Satprem).<\/i>
\n

It’s not me looking here: it’s when I give a “bath of the Lord.”
\n

Even in the photo, the light in the eyes can be seen.
\n

Some people get frightened, others on the contrary are happy – it’s an instantaneous sorting. And I know, I know what this look is: it’s the moment when there is no personal consciousness left, it’s completely gone. There isn’t the sense of a person anymore: it’s the Force.
\n

But it’s the first time it’s caught in a photo. T. had asked for my permission to come and take photos.
\n

P. looks like a giant beside me.<\/p>\n

He’s the bodyguard!<\/i><\/p>\n

(Mother laughs)<\/i>

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