The Spirit of Auroville

On 1.11.1963 the Mother gave me a card inscribed by her as follows:

This world is full of pitiable miseries—But of all beings those are the most to be pitied who are so small and so weak that they cannot avoid being nasty.

After a few days I took the card to the Mother and prayed to her to make me understand her message.

She said with a smile:

When I was one with the Supreme, the Pity came to me because there are innumerable beings upon this earth, who do not understand anything; they know nothing even about the Divine. They are full of ignorance and mischief—they are very small and cannot resist being nasty. They do not know what they are doing and why they are doing it. They are what they are. But I want these small beings to be transformed completely in order to become divine beings. I want perfection for everyone.

This experience I summed up in my message. First I wrote in French—just after the experience, on 17th September 1963. Then the next day I wrote the message in English.

This talk was seen and corrected by the Mother.

The Mother's talk calls to my mind her message:

To have a glimpse of the Truth, one must take at least one step back in one's consciousness, enter a little more deeply into one's being and try to perceive the play of forces behind the appearance, and the Divine Presence behind the play of forces.

The Mother, Questions and Answers (1929 - 1931): Niraya (Hell)

Here are Sri Aurobindo's words which are quite apt:

To look into ourselves and see and enter into ourselves and live within us is the first necessary step for the transformation of our nature and for the divine life.

Sri Aurobindo, The Life Divine - II: The Divine Life