Living in The Presence

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Sri Aurobindo and the Mother have left us the assurance of the new Supramental consciousness. To receive it, one needs to develop a surrender that is complete through one-pointed sadhana. This Ashram was created for the realisation of this Truth, for its manifestation. I did not come here from my early childhood, no doubt, but I have grown up in this environment and aspiration. In their prolific writings, both Sri Aurobindo and the Mother have given us very clear guidelines to become conscious participants in this adventure of the new Consciousness, how to transform our old human nature in order to manifest the new. This has been the primary focus of the Mother's workings in us. And the work IS continuing: the transformation of our human nature, the expression of this new way of being in our day-to-day activities at every moment, this new way of looking at things, this new creativity, all channelized towards the realisation of the divine life. Towards this realisation all our efforts are directed in the Ashram, in our daily lives, While studying, while playing, while working in the different departments, while singing, dancing, drawing, acting, or while being involved in any activity. This new call to transform the old, conventional ways of thinking, old habits and customs, this ever-present endeavour at change is our inheritance from the Mother and a reflection of Her continuing workings in our lives. This aspiration, this enthusiasm to receive the new Consciousness has been so deeply embedded and established by the Mother's divine force in our lives that this has become our sole preoccupation. However much the

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