{"id":6724,"date":"2013-07-13T02:09:17","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T02:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=6724"},"modified":"2013-07-13T02:09:17","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T02:09:17","slug":"101-november-20-1971-vol-12-volume-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/02-works-of-the-mother\/03-agenda\/12-volume-12\/101-november-20-1971-vol-12-volume-12","title":{"rendered":"-101_November 20_1971.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><H3>November 20, 1971<\/H3><br \/>\n<P align=\"center\"><i>(Mother hands Satprem two notes.)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are at a moment of transition in the history of<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;the earth. It is a moment only in terms of<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;the eternity of time. But compared to human life this moment is long.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;Matter is in the process of changing to prepare for a<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;new manifestation; but the human body is not suffi<\/p>\n<p>ciently plastic and offers resistance. This is why the<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;number of incomprehensible disorders and diseases is<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;increasing and becoming a problem for medical science.<br \/>\n<br \/>The remedy lies in union with the divine forces which<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;are at work and in a confident and quiet receptivity<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;that facilitates the process.&quot;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><P align=\"right\">November 18, 1971<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Those who want to progress have an exceptional<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;chance;<br \/>\n  because the transformation begins by opening <\/p>\n<p>the consciousness to the working of the new forces; and<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">Page 303<\/font><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;thus individuals have a unique and marvelous oppor<\/p>\n<p>tunity to open to the divine influence.&quot;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><P align=\"right\">November 20, 1971<br \/>\n<P align=\"center\">* * *<br \/>\n<P align=\"center\"><i>(Then Mother listens to Satprem read a letter <br \/>from the disciple in the Vatican.)<\/i><br \/>\n<P>And what about the cardinal who was supposed to come here?<\/p>\n<p><i>Not a cardinal.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><P>He&#8217;s not a cardinal?<\/p>\n<p><i>No, but he handles millions. He&#8217;s a Monsignor.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><P>That means archbishop?<\/p>\n<p><i>I don&#8217;t know, Mother. I just know that he is in charge of an<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;enormous<br \/>\n  &quot;charity&quot; which has millions, and he gets all his <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>money from women &#8212; he has a power over women. A colossal<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;fortune. Were he to turn it to the right side, it would be good.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><P align=\"right\"><i>(Mother nods)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>But he&#8217;s a man who is enslaved to his lower nature, I think. He<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;has<br \/>\n  both an intelligence that would enable him to reach very<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;high and a lower nature &#8230;<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><P>Very assertive.<\/p>\n<p><i>And nothing in between.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><P>Because, I had counted a little on his coming here and telling the people at the Mission to keep quiet &#8212; they&#8217;re a nuisance. They&#8217;re creating all sorts of trouble for us (they&#8217;re not the only ones, but they&#8217;re contributing). So I had hoped he would come here and tell them to keep quiet.<\/p>\n<p><i>I&#8217;ll tell P.L. He can do that; he is a very intimate friend of the<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;cardinal of France, Tisserant.<br \/>\n  He would just have to say a<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;word to him and it would be taken care of.<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">Page 304<\/font><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><P>Good.<br \/>\n<P>There are the Sisters, the ones who have a kind of hospital &#8212; they&#8217;re very nice, they work very well and take very good care of the people who go there. But the College &#8230; they&#8217;ve played a great part in the troubles that took place here. [[Against the Sri Aurobindo University. ]] It&#8217;s not the Sisters, they&#8217;re very nice. It&#8217;s the College.<\/p>\n<p><i>I&#8217;ll tell him.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><P align=\"right\"><i>(silence)<\/i><br \/>\n<P>You don&#8217;t have any questions?<\/p>\n<p><i>What about you, what do you say?<\/i><\/p>\n<p><P>I am asking if you have any questions.<\/p>\n<p><i>There&#8217;s a lot of talk of war&#8230;.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><P>Well, they&#8217;ve begun fighting.<\/p>\n<p><i>No, they haven&#8217;t!<\/i><\/p>\n<p><P>They&#8217;ve begun fighting; I received a letter yesterday or the day before. They&#8217;ve crossed the border [[Only 12 days later, on December 2, will India launch a general offensive. ]] [of East Bengal].<\/p>\n<p><i>You think that means war?<\/i><\/p>\n<p><P align=\"right\"><i>(Mother makes a gesture of not knowing)<\/i><br \/>\n<P>This is not the official news. It&#8217;s the &#8220;combatants&#8221;[[&#8220;Mukti Bahini&#8221; army of liberation or Bengali resistance. ]] who write me: the general who came here&#8230;.<br \/>\n<P align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">Page 305<\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\" align=\"right\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 20, 1971 (Mother hands Satprem two notes.) &#8220;We are at a moment of transition in the history of &nbsp;the earth. 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