Gautam Chawalla's Correspondence with The Mother

16 May 1969

(The French disciple Pavitra, Phillipe Barbier Saint Hilaire, passed away on 16 May 1969. What follows in Gautam’s report of what the Mother said to him on the same day.)

Mother to Gautam (at about 10 o’clock in the morning)

He [Pavitra] came to me at night. He did something I wasn’t expecting. I didn’t know he was capable of doing it because he never told me. He entered into me; he lost all his individuality. Now there is no difference between bodies.

From the beginning, that is, from the time he came here, he was always sincere with a perfect self-offering, not a minute of wavering.

If it was like this, Mother, why did he have to suffer so much?

Do you think that the Divine is like a school teacher — if you do good I give you a toffee and if you do bad I must punish you? That is not how these things work. It depends on the general condition of the world and the present state of people’s consciousness.

Must he come back and start over the next time?

I am telling you that he has entered into me and there is no next time for him. He has entered into his origin in full consciousness and he is very happy.

He worked for the whole world . . .

He is a beautiful example for everyone . . .

Do you want to be like him?

16 May 1969