Mother's Chronicles - Book Three

To pull her out of that tomb

was somehow our ambition.

Sujata — Satprem

April 30, 1984

A Word With You, Please!

Welcome, friends! Once more I invite you to share in the exploits of Mother. I could whet your appetite for adventure by hinting at some of the strange episodes to come, but I shall refrain.

I imagine that you have already met me. But just in case this is our first meeting, let me add that it was as a nine-year-old child that I met Mother for the first time and have loved her ever since.

It was with my father Prithwi Singh Nahar and my brother Abhay that I went to Sri Aurobindo and Mother. My father was in his late thirties and already knew a great deal about the inner life and assorted subjects, as his natural inclination was towards spirituality.

It was in 1924, when he was in his mid-twenties, that he came under the influence of Thakur Anukulchandra (1888-1969). Thakur's life, from the day of his birth, is said to have been full of miracles. It is recounted that his wet-nurse thought the room in which he had just been born had caught fire, and she ran to call the baby's grandmother. She came and saw it was a strong light emanating from the new-born babe. Thakur was the founder of 'Satsang,' a group to which people from all walks of life were attracted, irrespective of their creeds: Buddhists and Christians, Jains and Jews, Hindus, Muslims . . .

For Father that was the beginning —so far as I know — of several crucial experiences, including the awakening of the

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Kundalini, the 'Serpent Power.'

Under the shade of Sri Aurobindo and Mother, the base of his sadhana became stronger and broader. He had many beautiful experiences with the opening of the inner sight and inner hearing. Sri Aurobindo explained the meaning of those visions and sounds in letters to Father.

My mother, Suhag Kumari, had several visions of gods and goddesses, and after her death, Father became interested in the 'spirit-world.' Sri Aurobindo wrote him letters explaining the logic of the psychic phenomena. I have taken a small portion from a long letter of his as Prologue.

You will, however, relish a journey with Mirra to the mysteries of an unusual, if not bizarre, nature, where the past presents itself and the future reveals itself. For, as the title of the book suggests, our journey will lead us into occultism.

"A brief period," said Mother. Yes. But that period laid the cornerstone of her life's work. The knowledge that Mirra then acquired from Theon was to serve Mother as the springboard to attain the unborn Truth.

So now I shall not keep you waiting any longer.

Turn the page and read on!

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