Living in The Presence

A Dream

A humongous frightening black cloud, covering the Whole sky and the whole earth, and in the shape of a wave, is advancing towards me like a demon out to devour me. I am floating like a light feather in that void. There is nothing, no earth, no human beings, no houses, no home, nothing! Just this horrendous black cloud trying to gobble me up as I waft helplessly in this emptiness. Far away, beyond that black demon of a Cloud, on the left, in the sky, there's just a glimmer of golden light. Stifling that lone streak of golden light and piercing the sky, this black cloud is moving forward to destroy me. Then suddenly, in the midst of that glimmer of light, I catch a glimpse of the Mother in Her all-powerful, triumphant form. She is looking at me as She stands upright. I know She is there to protect me, She is calling me. Very slowly that divine Light exuding from the Mother is spreading over that demoniac black power and wiping it away. Eventually, the entire sky is now under the sway of that Light and in that shining sky I am floating like a golden feather on this overflowing ocean of the Mother's radiance. Ah, how deeply moving was this dream! But was it a dream or an experience?

When I went to the Mother for Her blessing, I told the Mother about this dream. The Mother did not make any comments. She just held both my hands in Hers and

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meditated looking into my eyes in silence. I cannot forget that embodiment of the Mother, exuding love, compassion and sweetness. Then, She gave me a photograph of Sri Aurobindo and Hers, printed alongside and signed by both, small enough to be put in one's pocket. I still have that photograph with me. Here it is:

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