It's neither life nor death.. BOTH are being changed.. into something still unknown.. dangerous and wonderful. On Nov 17, 1973, she left her body - why?
"Before dying falsehood rises in full swing. Still people understand only the lesson of catastrophe. Will it have to come before they open their eyes?" This is the year of Watergate, of Nixon's first trip to China, the assassination of the Israeli athletes in Munich, the first oil embargo. This is Mother's last lap. A lap strewn with heartrending little cries and stunning visions. The end of one world, the beginning of another.... whether we want it or not. "Sometimes, it is so new and unexpected, it's almost painful." And I would ask her, "But is it a state outside matter?" "I don't go outside of physical life, but.... it looks different. But it is strange. And it is PHYSICAL, that is the extraordinary thing! As if the physical had split in two.... A new state in matter. And it is ruled by something that is not the sun, I don't know what it is.... I am touching another world. Another way of being.... dangerous but wonderful." How I listened to her little breath as she gasped for air, a breath that seemed to come from another side of the world: "There is no difference between life and death. It's neither life nor death, it is.... something. It is not the disappearance of death you understand: BOTH are being changed.... into something still unknown, which seems at once extremely dangerous and absolutely wonderful." And what if "death" were merely the other, MATERIAL side of our human bowl, the sunlit shore for a species to come? A new condition on both sides of the world, in which life and death change into.... something else? "I am treading a very thin and narrow line...." And then this cry, this entreaty: "Let me do the work!" On November 17, 1973, she passed away - why?
(Mother gives Satprem some papers, most of which have been published in this Agenda as "Notes.")
And here is more of T.J.'s notebook—I haven't reread it, I don't know what she put in it. You'll see if something is interesting.
Normally, part of it is scheduled to be published in the next Bulletin.
No, only what's worthwhile. Certain things are.... One or two things are revelations, but I don't know if she included them. I had one or two important revelations; they seemed like nothing, but they were.... But I don't know if they're included.
Do you want me to read them to you?
There's not enough time, mon petit.
Do you have something?
Nothing particular. How was the 21st?
(after a silence)
From the standpoint of the work, it was very important, but physically.... I had trouble on the balcony. There was a formation (from whom I don't know); I had seen it already for some time (I have a vague idea who it comes from, but I am not sure... and in fact I don't care): I felt I was going to die on the 21st.
!!!
But....
It was a formation. Naturally, it had no effect, except physically when I went out on the balcony: it was difficult.
But you stayed out for a long time.
I stayed for five minutes.
It was a long time, much longer that usual.
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Ah?...
Yes.
That's because I was determined to hold out.
I think that... (all these are big words for small things) I think that I have won a victory. But it was difficult.
Something changed afterwards.
In terms of consciousness, it's fabulous, but it would take hours to describe.
(silence)
But life isn't organized as it should be.... You see, the sense of time is different; sometimes I go into a certain consciousness—I think only a few minutes have elapsed, while it's been a very long time.
Inwardly, it's going very well—very well. That's all I can say.... The body is learning, but teaming slowly.
I don't know about those papers I gave you. There were one or two very important things. I don't know if they're there.
What's the last one?
Life on earth is essentially a field for progress; how short life is for all the progress we have to make! To waste time seeking the gratification of one's petty desires is sheer folly. True happiness can be attained only by finding the Divine.
Life on earth is essentially a field for progress; how short life is for all the progress we have to make!
To waste time seeking the gratification of one's petty desires is sheer folly. True happiness can be attained only by finding the Divine.
There were others after this one....1
(Satprem leafs through the pages and comes across this passage.)
...Almost all human miseries come from the fact that human beings are almost always persuaded Page 71 they know better than the Divine what they need and what life is supposed to bring them....
...Almost all human miseries come from the fact that human beings are almost always persuaded
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they know better than the Divine what they need and what life is supposed to bring them....
(Mother plunges in)
(A note dated February 23)
Supreme Lord, Perfection we must become, Perfection we must manifest. This body lives only by You and says to You over and over again: "What You will "What You will" until the day it knows it automatically because its consciousness will be completely united with Yours.
Supreme Lord, Perfection we must become, Perfection we must manifest.
This body lives only by You and says to You over and over again:
"What You will
"What You will"
until the day it knows it automatically because its consciousness will be completely united with Yours.
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