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.
Not so long ago, at the beginning of this century, during what was perhaps the most murderous war of all, the fate of millions of men was decided many a time by the financial speculations of the contending heads of state.
O men! How can you utter the sublime word "Peace" when there is no peace in your hearts?
The War is over, so you say, and yet everywhere man is slaying man and Cain still sheds his brother's blood!
In the Bible, God calls Cain and asks him: "What have you done with your brother?"
Today I call man and ask him: "What have you done with the earth?"
For all those whom the Divine Grace has kept far from the horrible conflict which is tearing men at, the only way to express their gratitude is by a complete consecration of their whole being to the divine work.
May 1940
Don't worry about Hitler. No asuric force can stand eternally against the divine force and the hour of his defeat is bound to come.
27 May 1940
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The Victory has come, Thy Victory, O Lord, for which we render to Thee infinite thanks-giving.
But now our ardent prayer rises towards Thee. It is with Thy force and by Thy force that the victors have conquered. Grant that they do not forget it in their success and that they keep the promises which they have made to Thee in the hours of danger and anguish. They have taken Thy name to make war, may they not forget Thy grace when they have to make the peace.
15 August 1945
The Atomic Bomb
The Atomic bomb is in itself the most wonderful achievement and the sign of a growing power of man over material nature. But what is to be regretted is that this material progress and mastery is not the result of and in keeping with a spiritual progress and mastery which alone has the power to contradict and counteract the terrible danger coming from these discoveries. We
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cannot and must not stop progress, but we must achieve it in an equilibrium between the inside and the outside.
30 August 1945
Violence is never a good way to make a cause triumph. How can anyone hope to obtain justice by injustice, harmony by hatred?
9 October 1951
X has inquired if You have said anything recently about the world-situation. He wants to know if there is any likelihood of another world war or some other grave troubles.
Tell him that I refuse to be a prophet.
3 February 1962
This old idea of the necessity of the catastrophe to make the power effective is a limitation that has to be overcome.
There is no question of welcoming destruction, but of learning the lesson it gives.
I disapprove totally of violence. Each act of violence is a step back on the path leading to the goal to which we aspire.
The Divine is everywhere and always supremely conscious. Nothing must ever be done that cannot be done before the Divine.
6 May 1971
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So long as you are capable of giving somebody a beating, you open the door to the possibility of being given a beating yourself.
Popular outbursts: the monstrous cruelty of the mud that hates and despises the light.
There is a difference between violence and cruelty. In a violent mood one can do a very dreadful act, but afterwards one feels very sorry for it. Whereas a cruel person does the thing in a cold-blooded way—everything is prearranged and is done for its own sake.1
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