A collection of short prose pieces on the Mother and her four great Aspects - Maheshwari, Mahakali, Mahalakshmi, Mahasaraswati, along with 'Letters on the Mother'.
Integral Yoga
This volume consists of two separate but related works: 'The Mother', a collection of short prose pieces on the Mother, and 'Letters on the Mother', a selection of letters by Sri Aurobindo in which he referred to the Mother in her transcendent, universal and individual aspects. In addition, the volume contains Sri Aurobindo's translations of selections from the Mother's 'Prières et Méditations' as well as his translation of 'Radha's Prayer'.
THEME/S
(a) It [the diamond light] means the essential Force of the Mother.
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(b) The diamond light proceeds from the heart of the Divine Consciousness and it brings the opening of the Divine Consciousness wherever it goes.
(c) The Mother's descent with the diamond light is the sanction of the Supreme Power to the movement in you.
(d) The Mother's diamond light is a light of absolute purity and power.
(e) The diamond light is the central consciousness and force of the Divine.
The Mother's light is white—especially diamond white. The Mahakali form is usually golden, of a very bright and strong golden hue.
12 October 1935
The diamond is the symbol of the intensest light of the Mother's consciousness, so your visions indicate that you saw her full of that light and radiating it. Other jewels must be symbols of other forces, the ruby indicating power in the physical.
23 February 1936
The diamond is the symbol of the Mother's consciousness; the colour depends on the particular force which her consciousness puts forth upon you at the moment.
14 April 1936
The diamond is the symbol of the Mother's light and energy—the diamond light is that of her consciousness at its most intense.
13 November 1936
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