Living in The Presence

On 1^st December, all the participants of the day's programme would go to see the Mother. She blessed them all, seeing each of the participants one by one. I remember the 1^st December programme of 1955. I went to see the Mother with some flowers I had selected to offer Her. I bowed down to Her and stretched out both my hands in front. The Mother started giving me flowers one after another, each flower chosen according to the need in me for the change I was working on. She put Her left hand under both my hands and held them, looking into my eyes intently in silence. After some time, I asked the Mother, "Mother, when we recite a poem by Sri Aurobindo or we do any cultural programme connected with Him, does He come?" The Mother answered,