Champaklal Speaks

“Eyes on my Back”

1950-05-11

Nowadays Sri Aurobindo's dinner is fairly early. Mother came today at 10.54.

She sat on Sri Aurobindo's cot near him and as she always does when there is no active work to be done, she went into trance. She rarely keeps her eyes open when she sits like this. But at the same rime she notes what is going on around her. I came to know this because on one occasion, her eyes were closed but she surprised, me by telling me all that had taken place. I remember her telling me once, “I have eyes on my back too.”

Today she brought a letter to answer. She started writing but as she was doing so she started going into trance. To draw her out Sri Aurobindo asked her: “Whose letter is it?”

Mother: “Suryakumari's¹; I am now answering her. I write to André twice a year. To Suryakumari I used to write every month.”