A compilation of Huta’s autobiographical notes, about which The Mother said : 'This is the interesting story of how a being discovers the Divine Life.'
The Mother : Contact
The Story of a Soul, Huta's journal of her progress on the spiritual path, runs from 1954 to 1973. This records many of her conversations with the Mother, their private meditations in the Mother's room at the Playground, and their correspondence. In her numerous cards and messages the Mother consoled Huta in her difficulties, appreciated her skill in various works, and promised to help her realise her true being.
THEME/S
On 4th April—Sri Aurobindo's arrival day—the Mother gave the following message to all. I was moved by it:
One has to be more persistent than the difficulty—there is no other way.
Sri Aurobindo, Letters on Yoga - IV: Sex
Nothing can prevail against the soul's entire will to reach the Divine.
Sri Aurobindo
24th April 1920 was the date of the Mother's final arrival in Pondicherry. This occasion was celebrated as one of the four Darshan days in the year. On that day the Groups stood in formation around the Samadhi. After a brief concentration, we went upstairs to the Meditation Hall to receive the Mother's blessings, and a message which ran:
THE FIRE-KING O soul who comest fire-mantled from the earth Into the silence of the seven skies, Art thou an heir of the spiritual birth? Art thou an ancient guest of Paradise? THE MESSENGER I am the Messenger of the human race, I am the Pioneer, from death and night. I am the nympholept of Beauty's face, I am the hunter of the immortal Light. THE FIRE-KING What flame is this that wraps thee with its power And turns the spears of the Guardians of the Way? What wanderer born from the eternal Hour? What fragment of the inconceivable Ray? THE MESSENGER It is the fire of an awakened soul Aspiring from death to reach Eternity, The wings of sacrifice flaming to their goal, It is the burning godhead of humanity. THE FIRE-KING What wouldst thou here, child of the transient ways? Wouldst thou be free still in deathless peace? Or gaze for ever on the Eternal's face Hushed in an incommunicable release? THE MESSENGER I claim for men the peace that shall not fail, I claim for earth the unsorrowing timeless bliss, I seek God-strength for souls that suffer in hell, I seek God-light for the ignorant abyss. Sri Aurobindo, Collected Poems: The Fire King and the Messenger
THE FIRE-KING O soul who comest fire-mantled from the earth Into the silence of the seven skies, Art thou an heir of the spiritual birth? Art thou an ancient guest of Paradise?
THE MESSENGER I am the Messenger of the human race, I am the Pioneer, from death and night. I am the nympholept of Beauty's face, I am the hunter of the immortal Light.
THE FIRE-KING What flame is this that wraps thee with its power And turns the spears of the Guardians of the Way? What wanderer born from the eternal Hour? What fragment of the inconceivable Ray?
THE MESSENGER It is the fire of an awakened soul Aspiring from death to reach Eternity, The wings of sacrifice flaming to their goal, It is the burning godhead of humanity.
THE FIRE-KING What wouldst thou here, child of the transient ways? Wouldst thou be free still in deathless peace? Or gaze for ever on the Eternal's face Hushed in an incommunicable release?
THE MESSENGER I claim for men the peace that shall not fail, I claim for earth the unsorrowing timeless bliss, I seek God-strength for souls that suffer in hell, I seek God-light for the ignorant abyss.
Sri Aurobindo, Collected Poems: The Fire King and the Messenger
Afterwards I came to know that during our concentration, the Mother had stood watching us from one of the windows facing the Samadhi. I resolved that the next time I would not fail to look up at her.
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