{"id":5695,"date":"2013-07-13T02:03:40","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T02:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=5695"},"modified":"2013-07-13T02:03:40","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T02:03:40","slug":"010-january-29-1972-vol-13-volume-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/02-works-of-the-mother\/03-agenda\/13-volume-13\/010-january-29-1972-vol-13-volume-13","title":{"rendered":"-010_January 29_1972.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><H3>January 29, 1972<\/H3><br \/>\n<P align=\"center\"><i>(Mother listens to Satprem read a letter from Msgr. R., the<\/i><P align=\"center\"><i>&nbsp;friend of P.L.,<br \/>\nwho is intently turning to Mother to start a new<\/i><P align=\"center\"><i>&nbsp;life.<br \/>\nMother concentrates on him for a quarter of an hour.)<\/i><br \/>\n<P>Is he ill?<\/p>\n<p><i>He had several very serious operations in a row, and I think he<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;had<br \/>\n  a lung removed in the last one.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><P>Ooh!<\/p>\n<p><i>He&#8217;s a man who has been severely stricken. He went through a<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;record<br \/>\n  number of operations.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><P>What&#8217;s the time difference between here and France?<\/p>\n<p><i>Five or five and a half hours.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><P>Which means?<\/p>\n<p><i>Which means, it is now five-thirty or six in the morning there.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><P>Note the time it is now.<\/p>\n<p><i>It&#8217;s eleven o&#8217;clock.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><P>Could you ask him if&#8230;. What&#8217;s the date today?<\/p>\n<p><i>The 29th.<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">Page 45<\/font><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><P>Ask him whether on the 29th at eleven o&#8217;clock (put it in local time there) he felt something. And if he did feel something &#8211; whatever it is, an impression (I don&#8217;t want to define it), something, a Force, some phenomenon &#8211; if he felt something at that hour, we could agree on a particular day and time, and try: I would do a special concentration on him. If he could send a photo, it would be easier. That&#8217;s all I can do. Send it registered.<br \/>\n<P align=\"right\"><i>(silence)<\/i><br \/>\n<P>It would be better if he set a time when he can be free and quiet a little.<br \/>\n<P align=\"right\"><i>(silence)<\/i><br \/>\n<P>What did I say to ask him?<\/p>\n<p><i>First, if he felt something &#8230;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><P>Better not say &quot;felt&quot;: ask whether he was CONSCIOUS of something &#8211; because &quot;felt&quot; may suggest a vital or physical sensation &#8211; if he was conscious of something.<br \/>\n<P align=\"right\"><i>(Mother plunges in till the end,<\/i><P align=\"right\"><i>&nbsp;then Sujata approaches her)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Mother, I would like to tell you about a rather strange<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;occurrence. The night before last, independently, Satprem,<br \/>\n  F.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;and I had similar dreams.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><P>Ah! And what was it.)<\/p>\n<p><i>Violent attacks.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><P>By whom?<\/p>\n<p><i>I don&#8217;t know, Mother. As for me, I was in a large group of <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Ashram people, and we were about to be executed. But I had a<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;tremendous faith: &quot;It&#8217;s not possible,&quot; I thought, &quot;a miracle is<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;bound to happen at the last minute &#8230;&quot;<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><P>Yes.<br \/>\n<P align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">Page 46<\/font><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><i>&quot;&#8230; and stop this.&quot; I was saying this to someone who was<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;greatly<br \/>\n  worried and depressed &#8230;<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><P>Who?<\/p>\n<p><i>I can&#8217;t say. I don&#8217;t remember. Someone who was also going to<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;be executed. There were also many children. Then I heard a<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;sort of great chant (many people were gathered there, it was<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;time for the execution), like a mantra rising up from each of<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;us, like this: OM Namo Bhagavate Sri Arabindaye.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><P>Ah!<\/p>\n<p><i>And everybody was chanting it &#8211; everybody was chanting. And the threat withdrew.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><P>Who else had this dream?<\/p>\n<p><i>Satprem saw himself heavily attacked by bombs and grenades.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;[[He<br \/>\n  was running in a sort of mobile darkness shot with pale milky-white streaks of<br \/>\n  light, through which he was escaping. ]] F.&#8217;s dream: she was trying to see<br \/>\n  you, but she was locked in a<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;room. She wanted to feed you, and she was told, &quot;No, no,<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;Mother doesn&#8217;t eat.&quot; She knew it was a lie, but she was denied<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;access to you.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><P>When was that?<\/p>\n<p><i>Not last night, but the night before.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><P>Yes, yes.<P>&nbsp;Your dream was the most complete of the three.<P>&nbsp;And<br \/>\nyou saw that the attack was averted.<\/p>\n<p><i>Yes, Mother, it went away because we were chanting Sri<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;Aurobindo&#8217;s name. [Sujata sings:] OM Namo Bhagavate Sri<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;Arabindaye&#8230;.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><P>Yes, exactly. Exactly. But it&#8217;s true, mon petit! &#8230; That was good.<\/p>\n<p><i>Were we attacked? <\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">Page 47<\/font><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><P>Not physically, of course.<br \/>\n<P>It&#8217;s good &#8211; very good. It&#8217;s true. It was the night before last.<br \/>\n<P>Personally, I repeated the mantra all night long.<br \/>\n<P>It&#8217;s good, mon petit.<br \/>\n<P align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">Page 48<\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 29, 1972 (Mother listens to Satprem read a letter from Msgr. 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