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.
The four Darshan Days are: 21 February, the Mother's birthday (1878); 24 April, the Mother's final arrival in Pondicherry (1920); 15 August, Sri Aurobindo's birthday (1872); 24 November, Siddhi Day (Victory Day), the descent of Krishna, the Overmind Godhead, into the physical (1926).
Here and in the sections which follow, only the messages written by the Mother are published; those from the writings of Sri Aurobindo are not included.
24 April 1950
The disciples judge the forms by the Master. Outsiders judge the Master by the forms.
15 August 1950
Our sadhana has reached a stage in which we are mostly dealing with the subconscient and even the inconscient. As a consequence the physical determinism has taken a predominant position bringing an increase of difficulties on the way which have to be faced with an increase of courage and determination.
In any case, whatever happens and whatever you do, do not allow fear to invade you. At the slightest touch of it, react and call for help.
You must learn not to identify with your body and treat it as a young child who needs to be convinced that it must not fear.
FEAR is the greatest of all enemies and we must overcome it here, once and for all.
21 February 1952
Make of us the hero warriors we aspire to become. May we fight successfully the great battle of the future that is to be born,
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against the past that seeks to endure; so that the new things may manifest and we may be ready to receive them.
24 November 1952
To follow Sri Aurobindo in the great adventure of his integral Yoga, one needed always to be a warrior; now that he has left us physically, one needs to be a hero.
21 February 1954
When you fear death it has already defeated you.
24 April 1956
The manifestation of the Supramental upon earth is no more a promise but a living fact, a reality.
It is at work here, and one day will come when the most blind, the most unconscious, even the most unwilling shall be obliged to recognise it.
24 November 1956
Without care for time, without fear for space, surging out purified from the flames of the ordeal, we shall fly without stop towards the realisation of our goal, the supramental victory.
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24 April 1957
In the eternity of becoming each Avatar is only the announcer, the forerunner of a more perfect future realisation.
21 February 1958
To celebrate the birth of a transitory body can satisfy some faithful feelings.
To celebrate the manifestation of the eternal Consciousness can be done at every moment of the universal history.
But to celebrate the advent of a new world, the supramental world, is a marvellous and exceptional privilege.
24 April 1958
There are two complementary aspects of the liberating action of the Divine Grace upon earth among men. These two aspects are equally indispensable, but are not equally appreciated.
The sovereign immutable peace that liberates from anxiety, tension and suffering.
The dynamic all-powerful progress that liberates from fetters, bondages and inertia.
The peace is universally appreciated and recognised as divine, but the progress is welcomed only by those whose aspiration is intense and courageous.
15 August 1961
In the depths of the Inconscient there also shines the Divine Consciousness, resplendent and eternal.
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21 February 1965
Above all the complications of the so-called human wisdom stands the luminous simplicity of the Divine's Grace, ready to act if we allow It to do so.
21 February 1968
The best way to hasten the manifestation of the Divine's Love is to collaborate for the triumph of the Truth.
21 February 1969
It is only immutable peace that can make possible eternity of existence.
21 February 1970
Truth is a difficult and strenuous conquest. One must be a real warrior to make this conquest, a warrior who fears nothing, neither enemies nor death, for with or against everybody, with or without a body, the struggle continues and will end by Victory.
21 February 1971
A life consecrated to union with the Divine is the only life worth living.
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24 April 1971
Needless to say that those who aspire to Truth must abstain from telling lies.
21 February 1972
The complete unification of the whole being around the psychic centre is the essential condition to realise a perfect sincerity.
15 August 1972
Sri Aurobindo's message is an immortal sunlight radiating over the future.
24 November 1972
Beyond all preferences and limitations, there is a ground of mutual understanding where all can meet and find their harmony: it is the aspiration for a divine consciousness.
21 February 1973
The more we advance on the way, the more the need of the Divine Presence becomes imperative and indispensable.
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24 April 1973
Beyond man's consciousness Beyond speech O Thou, Supreme Consciousness Unique Reality Divine Truth
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