Anything?<\/p>\n
I got a letter from P.L. But it’s not complete.<\/i><\/p>\n
How do you mean?<\/p>\n
I’d written to him and told him V.’s vision, with the description<\/i><\/p>\n
of
\n the person doing magic at the Vatican, and I’d asked him,<\/i><\/p>\n
"Look silently and see if it corresponds to someone." He writes,<\/i><\/p>\n
"Yes! I know who it is."<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Oh, he said yes.<\/p>\n
Yes, he says, “I know who it is and I’ll send you his photo.” I<\/i><\/p>\n
am waiting for the photo…. Here’s what he writes: “V.’s vision <\/i>\n <\/p>\n
has come to show me the accuracy of the person’s description:<\/i><\/p>\n
it is Msgr. Z, archbishop in the Holy See’s State Secretariat,<\/i><\/p>\n
an intimate friend of the Holy Father’s and his private collabo<\/i><\/p>\n
rator….<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Oh!<\/p>\n
“I am looking for his photo to send it to you….”<\/i><\/p>\n
Oh, but he is a dangerous man.<\/p>\n
And P.L. says: “That vision comes to me the very day when I<\/i><\/p>\n
am told that the Holy Father has given instructions to his<\/i><\/p>\n
closest collaborators for the formation of a program of action <\/i>\n <\/p>\n
to shake the lethargy of millions of Catholics asleep in the<\/i><\/p>\n
routine of unconscious religious practice. <\/i>[[This is the beginning of the Roman Catholic Church’s great reforms. ]]
\n Here are the most<\/i><\/p>\n
important names in the committee: X Italy’s cardinal; Y,<\/i><\/p>\n
France’s cardinal; Z, the Pope’s factotum; then Msgr. Z…<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
That same man.<\/p>\n
“… and me!… The meetings will take place ‘sub secreto<\/i><\/p>\n
\n Page 299<\/font><\/p>\n specialissimo,’ a formula equivalent to ‘top secret.'”<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Oh, he’ll be in it!<\/p>\n Yes, he will, that’s the extraordinary thing!<\/i><\/p>\n It’s interesting.<\/p>\n It’s quite extraordinary. And this Msgr. Z will also be in it.<\/i><\/p>\n P.L.’s letter goes on: “You may remember that I had been told<\/i><\/p>\n about a promotion at the Vatican; that promotion, announced<\/i><\/p>\n while I was in Pondicherry, gave rise to the basest intrigues, so<\/i><\/p>\n that the nomination was stopped. And paradoxically, I have <\/i>\n <\/p>\n been given its duties without the title…. They have decided to<\/i><\/p>\n test me, and to do so for a period of at least four years…. The<\/i><\/p>\n struggle for power in this milieu is frightening. But I see all <\/i>\n <\/p>\n that from such a distance! I have the sensation that it’s all<\/i><\/p>\n about someone else, not me, and that embarrasses those around<\/i><\/p>\n me, for I do not react to injustice. (And what injustice! – If they<\/i><\/p>\n knew how indifferent I am to this little world.) There is the sad<\/i><\/p>\n panorama. You will now realize why the Samadhi’s peace and<\/i><\/p>\n sweetness are so dear to me and intimate to my soul. At times I <\/i>\n <\/p>\n feel like a feather blown here or there by the wind, and my <\/i><\/p>\n whole effort is anchored in the light Sweet Mother has put into<\/i><\/p>\n my psyche. Right from the first moment of the day my tender<\/i><\/p>\n ness rises towards her, and then I see that what I do is not<\/i><\/p>\n important, but the MANNER is…."<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n (long silence)<\/i> How many Catholics does he say there are?<\/p>\n Five hundred million, I think.<\/i><\/p>\n !!! That’s half the population of the earth?<\/p>\n Not quite, I think, but…<\/i><\/p>\n (Mother remains in meditation<\/i> for a Still, that you should have a man in this gang is a victory.<\/i><\/p>\n Yes. Page 300<\/font><\/p>\n I was looking at this: what can we do? (Mother shakes her head) <\/i>Adopt his [the Pope’s] program? Awaken those …?<\/p>\n Five hundred million.<\/i><\/p>\n I don’t see what we can do. Unless they construct something false, but then it won’t have any force. “Christ’s reincarnation”? (Mother shakes her head) <\/i>To find something, they should move a little away from tradition – they can’t. (silence)<\/i> The basis should be the manifestation of supramental forces…. Only, there’s no question of anything like that in religion, of course. If there had been any question of a Force or a Light or a change in the atmosphere announcing Christ’s reincarnation, they could have gone along in that direction, but there’s nothing of that sort. [[Let us note that Mother does not mind in the least speaking of “Christ’s reincarnation” rather than Sri Aurobindo’s – as long as men move on. ]]<\/p>\n There are some vague Scriptures that mention it. But they’re regarded as crank esotericism.<\/i><\/p>\n (silence)<\/i><\/p>\n I don’t know if I was right, but I nevertheless advised P. L. not to<\/i><\/p>\n distribute Sri Aurobindo around like that and to remain quiet.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n It would be no use.<\/p>\n The only result would be to have him blacklisted.<\/i><\/p>\n Yes. (Mother remains in meditation)<\/i> It’s still a period of transition. (long silence)<\/i><\/p>\n One wonders what it will take to shake all this?<\/i><\/p>\n (Mother goes again into a <\/i> meditation, then gives a start)<\/i> Page 301<\/font><\/p>\n There was in my hand a vase containing Divine Love [pomegranate] flowers; I wanted to hand it to you, and when it came above my knees … Did you see that movement?<\/p>\n Yes.<\/i><\/p>\n It was the vase falling on my knees. It didn’t fall on the floor, it fell here….<\/p>\n What does it mean?<\/i><\/p>\n (long silence)<\/i> I don’t know what it means. At-any rate, I have a clear feeling that we can’t do anything. We can be witnesses, but without any active manifestation. We can’t do anything.<\/p>\n It’s the same thing with Sri Aurobindo in France. I told you I<\/i><\/p>\n had sent the translation of <\/i>The Human Cycle; the publisher<\/i><\/p>\n has finally answered me that it was “good for publishing<\/i><\/p>\n houses specialized in this sort of subject.” A second publisher<\/i><\/p>\n told me the same thing. And I am waiting for a reply from a<\/i><\/p>\n third ….<\/i>[[ It is only in 1973 that France’s doors will abruptly open. ]]<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Yes, that’s it. Exactly. (silence)<\/i> There is the feeling that things are moving, but it’s still a subconscious action. Any conscious, outer action would only make a mess. Nothing to be done. (silence)<\/i> The Power goes on and on and on increasing, but it doesn’t want any precise, outer manifestation – none of that. Like this: action in silence. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" November 2, 1968 Anything? I got a letter from P.L. But it’s not complete. How do you mean? 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