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 fox on the envelope means cleverness.
8 January 1932
It is a hare—"prudence".
9 February 1932
Mother, what does the deer signify?
Gentleness and swiftness of movement.
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Generally a snake symbolises a movement of falsehood. When something in the nature is in affinity with falsehood, snakes are attracted. The nature of the falsehood is indicated by the nature of the snake and the plane where it appears.
30 August 1932
Please tell me what the horse means.
The horse signifies the powers of the individual being, which must be controlled (bridled).
1 January 1933
What is the meaning of the drawing You sent me on the envelope?
It is a lamb, which means "purity".
4 January 1933
What is the significance of the picture You sent me?
This boar is the symbol of desires.
1933
(Significance of the falcon)
Keen sight.
The snake is not the symbol of power but of energy, and just as there are obscure and perverted energies, so too the snake can be the symbol of unregenerate and anti-divine forces.
29 May 1934
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Does the cow really have a special sanctity or is it merely a tradition based on economic needs?
Mere tradition based on old symbols.
Mother, what is the meaning of the house in the picture?
I do not remember the picture I sent. A house is generally a place of rest and safety.
This little badge was chosen as it is—a single ball hanging from a cord made of countless silk threads—for the following reasons.
The ball—the globe—is a symbol of universality, integrality, infinity. One, it becomes the symbol of the Supreme Oneness manifested in all the domains of the being—the multiplicity—represented by the silk cord.
In the picture which I received today from Thee, I see someone offering with two hands a full-bloomed red lotus, a lotus bud and a garland. The background of the picture is yellow in colour. What do all these signify?
The red lotus is the symbol of the Avatar and the offering of the red lotus is meant to suggest the full consecration to
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the Avatar; the yellow background represents the supramental manifestation.
8 November 1933
What is symbolised by the waterfall in the picture you have given me? Is it not the current of your serene peace and of your divine force which constantly floods me?
Yes, it is the symbol of the descent of the divine forces upon the physical plane.
25 January 1934
Water signifies many things such as fluidity, plasticity, suppleness, the purifying principle. It is the driving force and marks the beginning of organised life.1
Water corresponds to the vital, air to mind, fire to the psychic, earth to matter and ether to the spirit.
20 August 1955
The diamond is the symbol of pure spiritual light. No hostile force can cross it. If you put that light on a hostile force, he simply melts away. But the diamond light cannot be used indiscriminately in all cases, because human beings who shelter these adverse forces get very dangerously affected.
Of course I am not speaking of material diamonds.2
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What is the relation between the Supramental Light and the solar light?
The solar light is the symbol of the supramental light.
9 July 1965
We invoke the solar light, symbol of the Supreme Lord, to give us the Light of Truth.
Symbols are a convention, and their value is the same as the value of the languages.
10 April 1966
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