The Mother's brief statements on various aspects of spiritual life including some conversations.
Part One consists primarily of brief written statements by the Mother on various aspects of spiritual life. Written between the early 1930s 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. There are also 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. These reports are identified by the symbol § placed at the end. Part Two consists of thirty-two conversations not included elsewhere in the Collected Works. The first six conversations are the earliest recorded conversations of the 1950s' period. About three-fourths of these conversations were spoken in French and appear here in English translation.
To rectify and to efface: both are possible, but in both cases, though in varying degrees, a transformation of the nature, of the character, is needed. What is wrongly done must be changed in oneself first, before one can hope to change the consequence of one's action.
11 January 1951
It is only when people truly want their consciousness to be changed that their actions also can be changed.
A change of consciousness and when our consciousness will change we will know what the change is.
Change...
1) Hatred into harmony
2) Jealousy into generosity
3) Ignorance into knowledge
4) Darkness into light
5) Falsehood into truth
6) Wickedness into goodness
7) War into peace
8) Fear into fearlessness
9) Uncertainty into certainty
10) Doubt into faith
11) Confusion into order
12) Defeat into victory
9 October 1951
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Liberty and order
Fraternity and independence
Equality and hierarchy
Unity and diversity
Abundance and scarcity
Effort and repose
Power and compassion
Discernment and benevolence
Generosity and economy
Wastage and avarice
Conversion: the starting-point of realisation.
Conversion: the turning of all the movements of the being towards the Divine.
Resurrection: the falling off of the old consciousness, followed by the awakening of the true being out of it.
New birth: birth of the true consciousness, that of the Divine Presence in us.
Realisation: the goal of our efforts.
Realisation—that is what we aspire for and for which we shall strive unceasingly however long it may take.
Power of realisation: with the realisation all obstacles will be overcome.
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