Champaklal Speaks

My Work with the Mother

I once asked Mother: “Do you find in me the right attitude in work?”

Mother: “Otherwise why should I call you? When I was ill, I wanted someone who could take care of my things. I spoke to Sri Aurobindo about it and mentioning you I told him, 'This is the boy who can stay and work with me.' But at that time you were not ready; now you are and I have called you. Your way, your development is quite different; you will get experience, you will get everything you want.”

C: “But Mother, I feel my progress is very slow.”

Mother: “No, no, no, I don't think so. (Then she drew a line on my forehead, moved her finger thrice from end to end, continuously.) Sometimes you are dreaming of something and I have to pull you out. That is why you feel that.”

C: “I am becoming more and more egoistic!”

Mother: “No, no, you are becoming more and more free from your mind; your personality is developing. You must become completely free.”

Later, one day Mother asked: “I am very severe, am I not? Do you feel like that?”

C: “No, no, I feel it is my own home.”

Mother: “Ah! Then it is all right.”