The Spirit of Auroville

The year 1967 began:

The Mother sent me a card illustrating white, yellow and pink flowers—zephyranthes. They are named by the Mother:

Prayer: Self-giving is true prayer.

The Mother, Words of the Mother - II: Self-giving

White flower: Integral Prayer—the whole being is concentrated in a single prayer to the Divine.

The Mother, Words of the Mother - III: Prayer and Calling the Divine

Yellow flower: Mental Prayer—spontaneous in a mind aspiring for transformation.

The Mother, Words of the Mother - III: Transformation and the Parts of the Being

Deep pink flower: Vital Prayer—the vital implores for its purification.

Also the Mother sent me the following Mantra:

श्री माता च श्रीअरविन्दश्च शरणं मम

The Mother and Sri Aurobindo are my refuge.

In my spiritual diary the Mother wrote:

Let this year be the advent of peace in your heart, of light in your mind, and of the joy of the Divine's Presence in all your being.

With love

The Mother has disclosed in Vol. 12, [p. 447] about the old Mantra:

I am going to tell you my old mantra; it keeps the outer being very quiet:

OM NAMO BHAGAVATE.

These three words—for me they meant:

OM—I implore the Supreme Lord.

NAMO—Obeisance to Him.

BHAGAVATE—Make me divine.

For me that has the power to calm everything.

The Mother, On Education: 14 March 1973