Parichand's Correspondence with The Mother

c. 1937

Mother,

We are having some difficulty in understanding the true meaning of the following sentence in Your prayer of 17 May 1914: "The first, as though the power of the prayer would not be complete unless it were traced on paper." One makes one's prayer with the help of words, but is a written prayer more powerful than a spoken one? Please clarify the meaning of this sentence.

One should never read this book as if it were giving general rules. Each experience recorded there is a particular case. Moreover, the very form of the sentence implies that it is a particular case, even an exceptional one. These are subtleties of form that no one with a good knowledge of French could mistake.

From the occult point of view:

1) Something formulated in words is more powerful than something only vaguely thought.

2) Something spoken aloud is more powerful than something formulated in words.

3) And lastly, something written is more powerful than something only spoken aloud. But this concerns an occult action exclusively.

c. 1937