{"id":6281,"date":"2013-07-13T02:06:49","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T02:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=6281"},"modified":"2013-07-13T02:06:49","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T02:06:49","slug":"76-october-5-1968-vol-09-volume-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/02-works-of-the-mother\/03-agenda\/09-volume-09\/76-october-5-1968-vol-09-volume-09","title":{"rendered":"-76_October 5_1968.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><H3>October 5, 1968<\/H3><br \/>\n<P align=\"center\"><i>(Mother is unwell again. Satprem could not<\/i><P align=\"center\"><i>&nbsp;see<br \/>\nher for a week.)<\/i><br \/>\n<P>Everything is in a daze.<br \/>\n<P>I can no longer see, no longer hear, I spend my nights coughing.<br \/>\n<P>The doctor can&#8217;t make any sense of it. Medically, everything is supposed to work very well, then in a few minutes everything gets disorganized.<br \/>\n<P>I see you as if through a thick fog.<br \/>\n<P>All that is inside seems to want to come outside&#8230;. I am familiar with this sort of magic.<\/p>\n<p><i>V. has had another vision. He went to the Vatican.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><P>To the Vatican! &#8230; In his sleep?<\/p>\n<p><i>He wasn&#8217;t asleep: he could hear the noise of the [Ashram&#8217;s]<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;generator. It was a vision at 5:30 in the morning. He found<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;himself in an immense hall with red carpets. There were all<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;kinds of people there, each moving about according to his<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;order. Then, in a corner, seated in a big armchair, there was a<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;man wearing a red hat, a sort of miter,<\/i>[[V. is an Indian who had never seen a miter in his life and does not know what it is, but his description tallied precisely. ]]<i> and in concentration.  <\/i>\n  <\/p>\n<p><i>He was concentrated, and was repeating something with a cer<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>tain gesture of the hand, as if turning something in a circle. V.  <\/i>\n  <\/p>\n<p><i>instantly knew it was him. A man with intense blue eyes, long<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;eyelashes, not strong physically but with a very powerful<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;appearance, a thin, pointed nose, a sparse beard like that of<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;someone who doesn&#8217;t shave properly or hasn&#8217;t shaved for two<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;or three days, about fifty-five years old. A man who gave the<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;impression of a great egoistic ambition, says V. And he was<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;intently watching P.L., particularly your symbol which P.L. <\/i>\n  <\/p>\n<p><i>wears around his neck. And he was repeating something while<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;turning his wrist.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><P>Oh, that&#8217;s it! That&#8217;s why: P.L. went back there, and it&#8217;s since then that the attacks have come back.<br \/>\n<P align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">Page 273<\/font><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><i>Yes, P.L. is the link.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><P align=\"right\"><i>(after a silence)<\/i><br \/>\n<P>Yes, they have come back.<br \/>\n<P>At times, in the space of a few seconds it falls on you in such a way as to make you think you&#8217;re going mad. Last night, it was terrible.<br \/>\n<P>And you, are you better?<\/p>\n<p><i>Yes, it went away completely, just as suddenly.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><P>When you spoke to me last time, I took the thing &#8230; <i>(gesture of pulling out an invisible dark point from Satprem&#8217;s atmosphere).<\/i><br \/>\n<P>I can&#8217;t speak; as soon as I speak, I start coughing. But if you like, we can remain quiet.<br \/>\n<P align=\"right\"><i>(meditation)<\/i><br \/>\n<P align=\"center\">* * *<br \/>\n<P align=\"center\"><i>(During the meditation, Mother&#8217;s attendant silently walks<\/i><P align=\"center\"><i>&nbsp;through<br \/>\nthe room, without making the least noise on the<\/i><P align=\"center\"><i>&nbsp;carpet.<br \/>\nA few seconds later, Mother stops the meditation:)<\/i><br \/>\n<P>Has someone come in the room?<\/p>\n<p><i>Yes, Vasudha.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><P>(Mother coughs) Impossible to speak.<br \/>\n<P>Oh, the other day, on Durga&#8217;s day, [[The puja or yearly celebrations to Durga, this year on September 29 (Sunday). ]] I went over there [to the music room where Mother sees people]&#8230;. I told you last year that she had come and made her surrender. This time, I went there (it was the first time I&#8217;d come out); as soon as I entered the room, I felt there was something, an impending attack. So I sat down, kept very still, and called the Lord as usual so He would fill the room with his light. And it was She who came in a golden light &#8211; a glory of adoration and consecration! She stood there <i>(immense gesture). <\/i>It was magnificent! Magnificent. And the whole morning was very good. Then, in the afternoon, things went wrong again.<\/p>\n<p><i>Couldn&#8217;t you strike at these people a little?<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n  <font size=\"2\">Page 274<\/font><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><P>I can&#8217;t strike! <i>(Mother opens her arms) <\/i>I no longer can!<P>&nbsp;I<br \/>\nsmile at them.<P>&nbsp;I tell them, &#8220;Come, come, what&#8217;s the use?&#8221;<P>&nbsp;Durga,<br \/>\ntoo, I have taught her not to strike.<P>&nbsp;So, till Wednesday. I hope things<br \/>\nwill be better.<P align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">Page 275<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\" align=\"right\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 5, 1968 (Mother is unwell again. Satprem could not&nbsp;see her for a week.) Everything is in a daze. 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