The last meeting<\/i>
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(Sujata gives Mother a pale yellow, slightly golden hibiscus<\/i>
with
\na red heart. Mother holds the flower without seeing it.<\/i>
That
\nday, I don’t know why, I was full of questions.)<\/i>
\n
What is it?<\/p>\n
It’s "Ananda in the physical."<\/i><\/p>\n
We badly need it!<\/p>\n
Yes, Mother!<\/i><\/p>\n
And you?<\/p>\n
I was thinking about something Sri Aurobindo wrote…. In<\/i><\/p>\n
\n Page 417<\/font><\/p>\n "Savitri," he clearly says, "Almighty powers are shut in<\/i><\/p>\n Nature’s cells." [IV.IIL370.] <\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n In … ?<\/p>\n In Nature’s cells.<\/i><\/p>\n Ohh! … Oh, that is interesting!<\/p>\n ALMIGHTY powers.<\/i><\/p>\n (silence)<\/i> He doesn’t say anything else?<\/p>\n No, not on that subject…. The consciousness of the cells <\/i><\/p>\n seems to be awakened but not the power.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n (Mother did not hear well)<\/i> You said the consciousness of the cells is … missing? No?<\/p>\n No, the consciousness is there. The consciousness of the cells is <\/i><\/p>\n awakened, but the power isn’t.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Ah! … You said "awakened"?<\/p>\n Yes, Mother. Because had the power been awakened, there<\/i><\/p>\n wouldn’t No.<\/p>\n But it is THERE, Sri Aurobindo says it clearly: it is THERE, inside, within the very cells.<\/i><\/p>\n Yes, there’s no need to seek elsewhere.<\/p>\n But how to awaken it?<\/i><\/p>\n Through faith, our faith. Page 418<\/font><\/p>\n If one knows that and has trust…. But you see, my physical, my body is deteriorating very rapidly – what could stop it from deteriorating?<\/p>\n Mother, I do NOT believe it is deterioration – it’s not. My is that you are physically being led to a point of such complete <\/i>\n <\/p>\n powerlessness that the most complete Power will be forced to<\/i><\/p>\n awaken….<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Ah! … you’re right.<\/p>\n That Power will then be COMPELLED to come out.<\/i><\/p>\n Or else I could … I could leave this body, no?<\/p>\n Ah, no, Mother! No, Mother, it must be done NOW.<\/i><\/p>\n (silence)<\/i><\/p>\n It must be done now…. You see, I am certain its NOT<\/i><\/p>\n disintegration, (Mother nods approvingly)<\/i><\/p>\n You know, I have always seen that the other pole springs up<\/i><\/p>\n from spring up from the sort of apparent powerlessness you are in.<\/i><\/p>\n By no means is it a disintegration.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n (long silence)<\/i> What would you like now?<\/p>\n To stay with you, Mother, naturally.<\/i><\/p>\n Like this? (Mother takes Satprem’s hands)<\/i><\/p>\n Yes, Mother.<\/i><\/p>\n (Mother plunges in<\/i> for about ten Page 419<\/font><\/p>\n For me, you see, the question is food. More and more I find it impossible to eat. Can this body live without food?<\/p>\n Mother, I truly believe that you are being led to the point<\/i><\/p>\n where I can’t hear.<\/p>\n I think you are led to the point – the point of helplessness or<\/i><\/p>\n powerlessness Ah…. Maybe.<\/p>\n As long as that point … of impossibility has not been reached….<\/i><\/p>\n Oh, it’s almost the point of impossibility.<\/p>\n Yes, Mother, yes, that’s also what I feel. I feel you’re reaching<\/i><\/p>\n that (silence)<\/i><\/p>\n It is not at all the end; quite the contrary, it will soon be the<\/i><\/p>\n beginning.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n I was told that the beginning would take place when I am a hundred; but that’s a long way off!<\/p>\n No, Mother, I don’t think it will take that long. I don’t think . I really don’t think so. Another type of functioning is going to<\/i><\/p>\n set in. But the end of the old has to be reached, and that end is <\/i>\n <\/p>\n the terrible part!<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Oh … I really don’t want to say (Mother shakes her head)<\/i>, I don’t want to insist, but … truly … (Mother speaks with her eyes closed, all the pain of the world is in the shake of her head).<\/i><\/p>\n Yes, Mother. I understand, Mother, I understand Yes….<\/i><\/p>\n The consciousness is clearer, stronger than it has ever been, and I look like an old…. Page 420<\/font><\/p>\n Yes, Mother, it’s "normal," if I may say so. We’re going, you’re<\/i><\/p>\n going that speaks, it’s something else deep down, that understands.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n (silence)<\/i><\/p>\n I don’t speak out of "faith," Mother; it’s really like something<\/i><\/p>\n telling (Mother plunges in, she moans softly, leans forward and seems<\/i> to be looking for something, then takes Satprem’s and goes off.)<\/i> What time is it?<\/p>\n Five to eleven…. Good-bye, Mother.<\/i><\/p>\n (Then the door was shut)<\/i>[421] Page 421<\/font><\/p>\n <\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" May 19, 1973 The last meeting (Sujata gives Mother a pale yellow, slightly golden hibiscus with a red heart. Mother holds the flower without seeing it. 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\n be any weakness in your body. [[But everybody around would be flattened!
\n "Smashed egos." What I failed to understand was this infinite Compassion
\n veiling itself … to avoid casualties. ]] <\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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\n feeling <\/i><\/p>\n
\n not at all. It is NOT disintegration. [[I was fighting with all my strength
\n against the suggestion of death that was in the atmosphere. That day, the
\n "formation of death" was palpable. ]] <\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n the most extreme opposite. So the supreme Power must<\/i><\/p>\n
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\nminutes)<\/i>
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\n something else will be FORCED to manifest.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n where something ELSE will be forced to manifest.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n point, and something else is going to emerge.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n so<\/i><\/p>\n
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\n to pass into something else, I sense it – it isn’t faith in me<\/i><\/p>\n
\n me: that’s THE WAY.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\nhand again<\/i>
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