Maude Smith's Correspondence with The Mother

9 January 1964

Gracious Divine Mother,

It seems more and more clear to me that if there is nothing really but the One; if all our seemingly separate existences and actions are only an appearance, then the only way to do anything effective for World Union is first to get out of the consciousness of appearances and onto the Other Side, into the Reality.

Until then all our attitudes, our speech, our planning and our relationships are superficial and artificial. Even the desire to work for the Divine and the desire for oneness are results of the same false consciousness of separateness. And whatever work we do can have little value in itself.

So to go over to the Other Side, to live in the Reality, to lose my separate self-ness in that vast movement of Being which manifests the One—only this seems to have any importance or value for me right now.

Mother, is this true? If so, what can I do to hasten the crossing over?

Live, yourself, more and more in the consciousness of the One and let Him²² guide you in your daily action; this is the best we can do, at once for ourselves and for the world.

With love

9 January 1964