{"id":6230,"date":"2013-07-13T02:06:33","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T02:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=6230"},"modified":"2013-07-13T02:06:33","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T02:06:33","slug":"61-july-27-1968-vol-09-volume-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/02-works-of-the-mother\/03-agenda\/09-volume-09\/61-july-27-1968-vol-09-volume-09","title":{"rendered":"-61_July 27_1968.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><H3>July 27, 1968<\/H3><br \/>\n<P align=\"center\"><i>(Mother seems unwell.)<\/i><br \/>\n<P>No voice&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><i>It&#8217;s not getting any better? <\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">Page 213<\/font><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><P>The cold came down, and the day before yesterday I did something foolish: I took a medicine. It gave me a dreadful night and &#8230; now it&#8217;s difficult. It cut the consciousness off. So now it&#8217;s difficult. The consciousness has come back, but &#8230; And you, any news?<\/p>\n<p><i>If you could send a little force on my publisher over there: the<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;manuscript<br \/>\n  of the &quot;Human Cycle&quot; is stranded there.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><P>Where?<\/p>\n<p><i>With my publisher, in Paris. <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>[[For six years until 1973, Satprem had to fight before he could obtain the first publication of French translations of Sri Aurobindo&#8217;s works. And when those publications were finally obtained, the Ashram&#8217;s new authorities accused him of having &#8220;sold Sri Aurobindo.&#8221; ]]<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><P align=\"right\"><i>(Mother concentrates,<\/i><P align=\"right\"><i>&nbsp;then goes<br \/>\ninto a long contemplation)<\/i><br \/>\n<P>When you have enough of staying quiet, tell me! As for me, I could remain like that the whole day long&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Press is asking for a few texts to fill blanks in the forth<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><br \/>\n  coming Bulletin.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><P>Take from Sri Aurobindo, not from me! Everything from Sri Aurobindo.<br \/>\n<P align=\"right\"><i>(Satprem proposes the following text:)<\/i><br \/>\n<P>&#8220;Overmind is obliged to respect the freedom of the individual &#8230;.<br \/>\n<P>Oh, that&#8217;s a revelation! I didn&#8217;t know that.<br \/>\n<P>&#8220;&#8230; including his freedom to be perverse, stupid, recalcitrant and slow.<br \/>\n<P>Supermind is not merely a step higher than Overmind &#8211; it is beyond the line, that is a different consciousness and power beyond the mental limit.&#8221;<br \/>\n<P align=\"right\"><i>(then a question:) <\/i><br \/>\n<P align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">Page 214<\/font><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><i>&#8220;Do you imply that the Supermind will not be obliged<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;to<br \/>\n  respect the freedom of the individual?&quot;<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><P align=\"right\"><i>(Sri Aurobindo replies:)<\/i><br \/>\n<P>&#8221; Of course I do! It will respect only the Truth of the Divine and the truth of things.&#8221;<br \/>\n<P align=\"right\">(September 18 &amp; 19, 1935)<br \/>\n<P>Oh, that&#8217;s very interesting. It&#8217;s wonderful, put it!<\/p>\n<p><i>Then there&#8217;s another text, but I am not sure &#8230;:<\/i><\/p>\n<p><P>&#8220;The scientific, rationalistic, industrial, pseudo-<P>democratic civilisation of the West is now in process<P>&nbsp;of dissolution and it would be a lunatic absurdity<P>&nbsp;for us at this moment to build blindly on that sink<P>ing foundation. When the most advanced minds<P>&nbsp;of the occident are beginning to turn in this red<br \/>\n<P>evening of the West for the hope of a new and more<P>&nbsp;spiritual civilisation<br \/>\nto the genius of Asia, it would<P>&nbsp;be strange if we could think of nothing<br \/>\nbetter than<P>&nbsp;to cast away our own self and potentialities and<P>&nbsp;put<br \/>\nour trust in the dissolving and moribund past<P>&nbsp;of Europe.&quot;[[Centenary<br \/>\nedition, Vol. 17, p. 196. ]]<br \/>\n<P>I didn&#8217;t know he had said that&#8230;.<br \/>\n<P>I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s very wise to say it&#8230;. But it&#8217;s very true.<br \/>\n<P>We should send it to the government of India.<br \/>\n<P>N.S. [a minister in the Central government] is coming, I&#8217;ll give it to her.<br \/>\n<P>But not in the <i>Bulletin.<\/i><br \/>\n<P><i>And Indira Gandhi, wouldn&#8217;t you send it to her?<\/i><br \/>\n<P align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">Page 215<\/font><P><i>&#8230;&#8230;<\/i><br \/>\n<P> <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\" align=\"right\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 27, 1968 (Mother seems unwell.) No voice&#8230;. It&#8217;s not getting any better? 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