The Spirit of Auroville

On 10.5.73 Vasudha came to me and informed me:

The Mother said to Roger when I was with her:

"She will keep the keys of the Matrimandir. She will open and close the Matrimandir, and she will also see whether everything is all right in the Matrimandir."

My memory winged back to the year 1957 when the Mother gave me a tiny bunch of silver keys and said with a smile:

Ah! these are the keys of Heaven, take them!

And her laugh had been reflected in her luminous eyes. Everything was so full of meaning.

Roger never approached me or conveyed the Mother's message.

The next day I went to the Mother and expressed my profound gratitude, and prayed to her to make me worthy of the Supreme Truth, in her Light and Love.

She went into a trance for a brief while, then pressed my hands. I took my leave with mixed feelings.

After reaching my apartment, I read all the Mother's letters, and the letters sent by other people. I also reviewed all my letters to the Mother and other people. Still my mind was not clear or at rest. I sat in my meditation room for quite a long time and felt strongly that what I had stated in my previous letter to the Mother, dated 28.3.73, was in tune with my soul's aspiration. I was inspired, and rushed to Vasudha in the evening with a copy of the letter and requested her to reread it to the Mother, because it was a question of life and death—I must know the Mother's final wish.

The letter was read out to the Mother early in the morning when Vasudha went to comb the Mother's hair. Later Vasudha came to my house with the Mother's blessing packet and said:

Huta you know, the Mother cannot see properly and cannot possibly write to you, because she is too weak. She listened attentively to your letter which I read to her loudly. Then she went into a trance for a long time. After that she asked me to give you her blessing packet and convey this message to you:

I know this. Tell her that it is better like that. My love and blessings are always with her.

So, Huta, the Mother has granted your prayer.

My eyes were filled with tears of relief and gratitude. I felt that my whole being was free. The Mother had released me.

Later my apartment got repaired and renovated. Once again I plunged into the ocean of elevating work the Mother had entrusted to me for the whole of Humanity.

In fact, the Mother never wanted me to be a public figure. I never uttered a word of my release to people concerned, my own people and to my friends. I kept absolutely quiet and silent. I watched and waited for the proper time to act.