After coming here from Calcutta, we had given away all our jewels to the Mother. All I had kept were a pair of gold bangles for my wrists and a gold necklace with a locket. It was quite a heavy necklace made of tiny balls of gold. It was very uncomfortable to wear this while doing my sports activities. But since this locket contained the rose petals that the Mother had asked me to keep close to my body in 1945, how could I remove it without Her permission? So one day I asked Her.

I - Mother, you had given me a rose once and asked me to keep it close to my body. I have been wearing that rose in a locket on a gold necklace so far, but now I find doing sports activities with that necklace quite uncomfortable. What should I do? (I showed the Mother the necklace around my neck.)

The Mother - Now you can remove it. (The Mother looks at me very seriously) Now you are totally within my protection. There is no need any longer to wear this. Remove it.

I had been noticing for some time that all those who were in the Ashram for sadhana did not wear any jewelry. That is why I too removed my gold bangles and the necklace with the locket and offered them to the Mother.

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