The Mother's brief written statements on various aspects of spiritual life including some spoken comments.
This volume consists primarily of brief written statements by the Mother on various aspects of spiritual life. Written between the late 1920s and the early 1970s, the statements have been compiled from her public messages, private notes, and correspondence with disciples. About two-thirds of them were written in English; the rest were written in French and appear here in English translation. The volume also contains a small number of spoken comments, most of them in English. Some are tape-recorded messages; others are reports by disciples that were later approved by the Mother for publication.
Purity is the best of powers.
This is purity, to accept no other influence but only the influence of the Divine.
On earth, true purity is to think as the Divine thinks, to will as the Divine wills, to feel as the Divine feels.
24 September 1945
If one lives only for the Divine and by the Divine, there follows a perfect purity.
Purity is perfect sincerity and one cannot have it unless the being is entirely consecrated to the Divine.
Mother, tell me how I can keep Your service holy and free from the slightest stain of human impurity.
By wanting it and always aspiring for it.
Integral purity: the whole being is purified of the ego.
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Power of integral purity: the power to accept nothing but the divine influence.
Mental purity: a mirror which does not distort.
Perfect mental purity: a spotless mirror constantly turned towards the Divine.
Integral mental purity: silent, attentive, receptive, concentrated on the Divine―this is the path to purity.
Vital purity: it begins with the abolition of desire.
Collective purity: a very precious achievement but one difficult to obtain.
Divine purity: it is happy just to be, in all simplicity.
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