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It’s a curious phenomenon: it’s F. who writes this, and she doesn’t understand well: for her it’s just words – and I can’t read!
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Page 360<\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n (Answer:)<\/i> Not sex exactly, but what might be called the<\/p>\n masculine [whether sex is altered in rebirth]. There are certain lines<\/p>\n the reincarnation follows and so far as my experience<\/p>\n goes and general experience goes, one follows usually a<\/p>\n single line. But the alteration of sex cannot be declared<\/p>\n impossible. There may be some who do alternate. The<\/p>\n presence of feminine traits in a male does not necessar<\/p>\n ily indicate a past feminine birth – they may come in the<\/p>\n general play of forces and their formations. There are<\/p>\n besides qualities common to both sexes. Also a fragment<\/p>\n of the psychological personality may have been associated<\/p>\n with a birth not ones own. One can say of a certain per<\/p>\n son of the past, "that was not myself, but a fragment of my<\/p>\n psychological personality was present in him." Rebirth is <\/p>\n a complex affair and not so simple in its mechanism as in<\/p>\n the popular idea.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n 11 January 1936<\/i> <\/i>Letters on Yoga, 22.447-448<\/i> He says it’s "fragments"? <\/p>\n Yes, that there may be fragments.<\/i><\/p>\n That’s my experience. For instance, I have a fragment from Murat. And I found again the whole experience of that fragment [[Murat’s victory, galloping at the head of armies. See Agenda<\/i> III of 30 June 1962 and Agenda<\/i> VII of 3 November 1966. ]] – but that was all, there was only that. It [Sri Aurobindo’s explanation] must be correct, it fits with my own experience. The psychic, that’s true, has masculine and feminine tendencies, but it’s not "man" or "woman": the psychic is sexless. And as he says, it’s quite a complex affair; there are all possibilities. There’s nothing one can declare to be impossible. (silence) <\/i> Now I want to hear your chapter. (Satprem starts reading half a dozen pages of the sixth chapter:<\/i> "The Tearing of Limits," a sore throat.)<\/i> Page 361<\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mother, I can’t go on, it’s too long for me.<\/i><\/p>\n You’re tired. The next time. Its very good … very good. It makes me go out completely…. I lose all contact, it’s strange. It’s the second time it has done this to me. Everything disappears: I go into a formation of that, and it’s the only thing left. A very odd phenomenon. The whole world disappears. And when you stopped, it was as if I suddenly FELL from somewhere. It’s strange. Very interesting. I feel I am entering what will replace the mind. An atmosphere that will replace the mind, the atmosphere of the new creation…. I had it very strongly last time, but it was the first time – I was utterly nonplused, I thought it depended on my condition. But today I listened quite as usual, and all of a sudden, without my even noticing it, I was transported into an atmosphere … an atmosphere of comprehension. And when you stopped ([laughing] gesture of falling to the ground) …<\/i> Strange. It’s like a world being built. It’s very interesting. I understand ELSEWHERE, you understand? It’s no longer the same thing. I understand elsewhere. And "understand," it’s wonderfully clear and expressive. Strange! It’s interesting. I had forgotten it had happened last time, and exactly the same thing recurred. It’s very interesting. Is it half of the chapter? <\/p>\n Hardly: a third.<\/i><\/p>\n Oh, it’s quite, quite an experience. Because the mind isn’t there, it’s … In reality, it’s the psychic understanding of things. Oh, it’s interesting. (Laughing)<\/i> When you stopped, I seemed to fall back into something – something usual – and to come from another world. It belongs to another world. It’s very, very interesting. (long silence <\/i> Mother’s breathing is hoarse<\/i> [[Curiously, while Satprem read, Mothers breathing was normal throughout. ]] )<\/i> Page 362<\/font><\/p>\n Do you think it will be finished for February? <\/p>\n I think I’ll have finished next month.<\/i><\/p>\n Oh! <\/p>\n It’s going very fast. But maybe I’ll have to revise afterwards the same.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Why? Oh, NO! <\/p>\n What I read you here is just as I wrote it. [[Satprem actually reads his manuscript for the first time when he reads it out to Mother. ]] <\/i><\/p>\n I for one find it perfectly fine, perfectly fine. Ah no, you mustn’t change it. <\/p>\n I mustn’t?<\/i><\/p>\n No, it’s something exceptional. It’s something that seems to come like this (gesture of descent as a whole).<\/i> <\/p>\n Ah, that’s true, I feel it’s given me.<\/i><\/p>\n Yes, yes, it’s ready-made. You mustn’t touch it. <\/p>\n Yes, I tend to feel it’s "ready-made," that’s true.<\/i><\/p>\n (Mother remains silent,<\/i> shaking her Ah, no, that would humanize it – you mustn’t. <\/p>\n Yes.<\/i><\/p>\n It’s not human. You mustn’t humanize it, even, even if the outward being thinks certain things … [need to be modified or clarified or developed]. Because I know, I know where I go. No. At night, I go there, and sometimes some things happen that are as if reflected on all that goes on during the [following] day. Page 363<\/font><\/p>\n It’s very strong, it’s really a new world under preparation. It’s very strong. (silence) <\/i> I’ll be very interested to see the end, your last chapter. (Mother remains "gazing" for a long time)<\/i> Page 364<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" October 31, 1970 (Mother tries to read with difficulty a few lines from Savitri specially written for her in large characters.) 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