Tara Jauhar's recollections of her close proximity, guidance and love from The Mother through personal contact & through letters & correspondence.
The Mother : Contact
THEME/S
In the very depths of your being, deep within your breast, the Divine Presence is permanently there, luminous and peaceful, full of love and wisdom. It is there so that you may unite with it and it may transform you into a luminous and radiant consciousness.
Together you and I are going to try to silence the outer noise on the surface of your being, so that in silence and peace you may unite with this inner glory.
That day will then become the day of your new birth.
1 August 1970
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To know how to be silent is sometimes of priceless value.
Silence opens the door to true knowledge.
2 August 1970
I have seen your psychic being, standing upright in your being, ready to take responsibility for your life and lead you to the Light and the Truth. Its dignity is great, its determination unfailing; it will win the victory.
3 August 1970
Your psychic being, immobile as a statue but alert and vigilant, is watching over your life to lead you to the Divine.
Your psychic being is radiant in the light and the peace.
Your heart is the home of a luminous goodness; let it govern your whole being.
Love.
29 October 1970
The Integral Peace
This is the badge of the order of Integral Peace, proposed for your realisation.
The Mother added orally: This badge is given for the subtle physical. It is a garland around your heart. In your heart there is a star with twelve rays and beneath it there is a dove. It is the badge of the order of integral peace. It means there is a possibility that you have been chosen to bring peace to the world.
In the subtle physical it is a fact, but now you have to manifest it. This is where you have to fight. It comes when there are difficulties in you to be overcome.
It was very beautiful. My sketch is poor. I don’t see clearly.
31 October 1970
There is greater power in silence than in words, however powerful they may be. The greatest transformations have been achieved in the silence of concentration.
2 November 1970
To know how to smile in all circumstances is the quickest way to divine wisdom.
It is the ego that gets angry and upset, and this ego obscures your consciousness and impedes your progress.
The ego does not change because it feels sure that it is always right.
Blessings.
24 November 1970
Sweet Mother,
Help me, give me the force to realise my prayer.
My help and my force are always with you. Have confidence and everything will be all right.
With all my love and blessings.
5 July 1971
The victory is the one that we must win over ourselves so that we belong to the Divine alone.
18.10.71
In the creation Mahakali manifests the divine love; but so powerful and sublime is this love that most men are afraid of it.
We are on earth in order to progress and to perfect ourselves in the course of many successive lives. What we cannot do this time, we shall do next time, and all the progress we make this time will help us then.
Kali always helps those who can call on her, and with her help the progress comes more quickly.
We are at a moment of transition in the history of the earth. It is merely a moment in the eternity of time, but this moment is long compared to human life. Matter is changing in order to prepare itself for the new manifestation, but the human body is not plastic enough and offers resistance; this is why the number of incomprehensible disorders and even diseases is increasing and becoming a problem for medical science.
The remedy lies in union with the divine forces that are at work and a confident, peaceful receptivity which makes the work easier.
18 November 1971
Those who want to progress have an exceptional chance now, because the transformation begins with the opening of the consciousness to the action of the new forces; thus individuals have a unique and wonderful opportunity to open themselves to the divine influence.
20 November 1971
The purpose of individual existence is the joy of discovering the Divine and uniting with Him. When one has understood this, one is ready to acquire the strength to overcome all difficulties.
22 November 1971
A victory won over the lower nature gives a more deep and lasting joy than any external success.
Sri Aurobindo has revealed to us a few of the marvels that the future will bring to the earth and has encouraged us to prepare ourselves for it.
27 November 1971
Individual existence has been created to make possible the joy of finding the Divine and uniting with Him.
29 November 1971
To have its full value, a step forward should be the result of a spontaneous need.
30 November 1971
By carefully reading what Sri Aurobindo has written on the subject, develop a clear conception of what human perfection must be.
By closely observing your own character, become aware of what needs to be transformed in order to achieve the ideal condition. Then set to work sincerely, observing your inner as well as your outer movements. And each time you discover something that contradicts the ideal you have set for yourself, make an effort to correct it.
Each one has his ego and all these egos are at odds with one another. It is only when one gets rid of the ego that one becomes a free being.
To be free, one must belong only to the Divine.
3 December 1971
In the difficult hours of life, the imperative duty of each one is to overcome his ego in a total and unconditional selfgiving to the Divine.
Then the Divine will make you do what you have to do.
4 December 1971
Supreme Lord, Infinite Wisdom,
At this perilous hour when egoisms are at odds and asserting themselves, the only safety lies in taking refuge in You!
Grant that nothing in us may be an obstacle to the fulfilment of Your Will.
Grant that we may become conscious and effective collaborators in the fulfilment of Your Will.
5 December 1971
Sri Aurobindo came to tell us how to find You and to serve You.
Grant that in this year of his centenary we may truly understand what he has taught us and in all sincerity put it into practice.
6 December 1971
Difficult hours come to the earth to compel men to overcome their small personal egoism and turn exclusively to the Divine for help and light. The wisdom of men is ignorant. Only the Divine knows.
7 December 1971
Our human consciousness has windows that open upon the Infinite, but generally men keep these windows carefully closed. We have to open them wide and allow the Infinite to enter us freely in order to transform us.
Two conditions are necessary to open the windows:
The divine help is assured to those who set to work sincerely.
8 December 1971
The ego was necessary to form the individual being. Its destruction is therefore difficult. There is a much better, though more difficult solution; it is to transform it and make it an instrument of the Divine.
Egos that are converted and consecrated entirely to the Divine become especially powerful and effective instruments.
The task is difficult and demands an absolute and steadfast sincerity, but for those who have a strong will, an ardent aspiration and an unfailing sincerity, it is well worth doing.
The method for each individual is worked out as the activity proceeds, for each ego has its own character and needs a particular method. The only qualities indispensable for all are absolute perseverance and sincerity. The least tendency to deceive oneself makes success impossible.
9 December 1971
The details of the method are being worked out as the work proceeds.
But I can say that for you the best way to begin is to find your psychic being, concentrate on it by making it the witness of all your inner movements and the judge of all that you should or should not do, and try to submit your outer nature to its decisions. In order to be sure of not deceiving yourself, you have only to inform me about your work and its results. When you see me you will ask me questions. You must tell me what you have felt or seen and I will explain it. Blessings.
11 December 1971
The psychic being is the individual vesture of the Divine Presence. It is found deep within oneself, beyond the thoughts.
The first thing to be awakened in oneself is the will to do it, a very steadfast good will.
Most of the difficulties that people have are due to a lack of control over their actions, and their reactions to the actions of others.
According to one’s nature and weaknesses, one should set for oneself a discipline that must always be followed; for example, never to quarrel, never to reply when someone says or does something unpleasant, never to argue when one disagrees. Obviously one must never lose one’s temper when things or people are not the way one would like them to be.
Naturally, if a person is not used to controlling himself, it takes a good deal of effort to acquire this habit. But it is absolutely indispensable if one wants to make any progress.
The path is long. That is why one must have patience and an unfailing sincerity towards oneself.
In order to be able to live in peace with others, self-control is essential, and it should be practised even by those who do not aspire for transformation.
12 December 1971
Communications from the psychic do not come in a mental form. They are not ideas or reasonings. They have their own character quite distinct from the mind, something like a feeling that comprehends itself and acts.
The psychic, by its very nature, is calm, quiet and luminous, understanding and generous, wide and progressive. Its constant effort is to understand and progress.
The mind describes and explains.
The psychic sees and understands.
The psychic is conscious of its progressive formation in the course of successive lives on earth, so it has the memory of the important moments in its previous lives.
The more the psychic has taken part in these physical lives on earth, the more numerous and precise its memories are.
14 December 1971
Feeling alone in the midst of human beings is the sign that you are beginning to feel the need to find in your own being contact with the Divine Presence. So you must concentrate in silence and try to enter deep within to discover the Divine Presence in the depths of your consciousness, beyond all mental activity.
16 December 1971
There comes a moment when life becomes intolerable without the Divine Presence. Give yourself, therefore, entirely to the Divine and you will rise up into the Light.
17 December 1971
One moment of conscious communion with the Divine can shatter any resistance, however powerful it may be.
18 December 1971
In silence lies the greatest receptivity. And in motionless silence the vastest action is done.
Let us learn to be silent so that the Lord may make use of us.
19 December 1971
We shall have taken a great leap towards realisation when we have driven all defeatism out of our consciousness.
It is by perfecting our faith in the Divine Grace that we shall be able to conquer the defeatism of the subconscient.
20 December 1971
Total union and the perfect manifestation of the Divine are the sole means of putting an end to the suffering and misery of the physical world which are the cause of subconscient pessimism. It is only in perfect union with the Divine that the consciousness can emerge into the eternal delight. And this conscious union is the true aim of earthly existence.
21 December 1971
To know why we live: discovery of the Divine and conscious union with Him.
The aspiration to concentrate solely on this realisation.
To know how to transform all circumstances into a means of reaching this goal.
Prayer
Lord, awaken in me the ardent desire to know You.
I aspire to consecrate my life to Your service.
24 December 1971
1972
Sri Aurobindo gave his life so that we may be born into the Divine Consciousness.
The best thing we can do to express our gratitude is to overcome all egoism in ourselves and make a constant effort towards this transformation. Human egoism refuses to abdicate on the grounds that others are not transformed. But that is the stronghold of bad will, for each one’s duty is to transform himself regardless of what others may do.
If men knew that this transformation, the abolition of egoism, is the only way to gain constant peace and delight, they would consent to make the necessary effort. This, then, is the conviction that must awaken in them.
Everyone should repeatedly be told: abolish your ego and peace will reign in you.
The Divine help always responds to a sincere aspiration.
Human beings could be classified under four principal categories according to the attitude they take in life:
In the first three categories, one is naturally subject to the ordinary law of suffering, disappointment and sorrow.
It is only in the last category—if one has chosen it in all sincerity and pursued it with an unfailing patience—that one finds the certitude of total fulfilment and a constant luminous peace.
26 December 1971
Do not live to be happy, live to serve the Divine, and the happiness you enjoy will exceed all expectation.
When one gives one’s love to another human being, the first mistake one usually makes is to want to be loved by the other person, not in his own way and according to his character, but in one’s own way and to satisfy one’s desire. This is the principal cause of all human misery, disappointment and suffering.
To love means to give oneself without bargaining— otherwise it is not love. But this is rarely understood and even more rarely practised. And the consequences are painful.
When some progress needs to be made, you must set to work to make it, without excusing yourself on the grounds that others are not making it.
Each one is responsible first for himself; and if you aspire to help others, it is by giving an example of what one should be that you can help them most effectively.
And the Divine Grace is always there, marvellously effective for those who are sincere.
28 December 1971
We are at a decisive hour in the history of the earth. It is preparing for the coming of the superman and because of this the old way of life is losing its value. We must strike out boldly on the path of the future despite its new demands. The pettinesses once tolerable, are tolerable no longer; we must widen ourselves to receive what is going to come.
29 December 1971
Happy New Year
This year is consecrated to Sri Aurobindo.
To understand his teaching better and to try to put it into practice is certainly the best way of expressing our gratitude to him for all the light, knowledge and force he has so generously brought to the earth.
May his teaching enlighten and guide us, and what we cannot do today, we shall be able to do tomorrow.
Let us take the right attitude in all sincerity, and it will truly be a Happy New Year.
31 December 1971
Without the Divine we are limited, incompetent and helpless beings; with the Divine, if we give ourselves entirely to Him, all is possible and our progress is limitless.
A special help has come upon earth for Sri Aurobindo’s centenary year; let us take advantage of it to overcome the ego and emerge into the light.
1 January 1972
When Sri Aurobindo left his body he said that he would not abandon us. And in fact for the last twenty-one years, he has always been with us, guiding and helping all those who are receptive and open to his influence.
In this year of his centenary, his help will be even stronger. It is up to us to be more open and know how to take advantage of it. The future is for those who have the soul of a hero. The more strong and sincere our faith, the more powerful and effective will be the help received.
2 January 1972
You must be sincere in your perseverance; then the things you cannot do today, you will some day be able to do, after faithful and persistent effort.
Give yourself to the Divine absolutely, and the Divine Help will always be with you.
4 January 1972
When one loves the Divine truly and completely, then one also loves His creation and His creatures; and naturally, among His creatures, there may be some that one feels closer to and loves more specially. But then the love that one feels is not a selfish love of the ordinary human kind; it is no longer a love that wants to hold and possess, but a love that gives itself without asking anything in return.
To love for the joy of loving is the best condition for a peaceful and happy life; it amounts, in other words, to loving the Divine in all things.
If this culminates in wanting only what the Divine wants, then there is perfect peace.
5 January 1972
The figure 100 has no special significance in itself for the length of human life. But simply because human life has become so complex, it has also become relatively quite short, and it is now rare to live to be a hundred.
When man lived in harmony with Nature, his life was longer.
When man lives by and for the Divine, his life will be longer, and one day the Divine will reveal to him the secret of immortality.
6 January 1972
It is the invocation of the people who are celebrating Sri Aurobindo’s centenary which makes his presence more active and effective. But for those who are always with him, this hardly makes any difference.
The same phenomenon occurs when people concentrate on him at the Samadhi: he is always there, but in response to their call his presence becomes more active.
7 January 1972
The result of the creation is a detailed multiplication of consciousness.
When the vision of the whole and the vision of all the details are united in a single active consciousness, the creation will have attained its progressive perfection.
8 January 1972
In time and space no two human beings have the same consciousness, and the sum of all these consciousnesses is but a partial and diminished manifestation of the Divine Consciousness.
That is why I said “progressive perfection”, because the manifestation of the consciousness of detail is infinite and unending.
9 January 1972
The first condition is not to have one’s own personal interest as a goal.
The first qualities needed are boldness, courage and perseverance.
And then to be conscious that one knows nothing compared to what one ought to know, that one can do nothing compared to what one ought to do, that one is nothing compared to what one ought to be.
One must have an invariable will to acquire what is lacking in one’s nature, to know what one does not yet know, to be able to do what one is not yet able to do.
One must constantly progress in the light and peace that come from the absence of personal desires.
One could take as a programme:
“Always better. Forward!”
And to have only one goal: to know the Divine in order to be able to manifest Him.
Persevere, and what you cannot do today you will be able to do tomorrow.
11 January 1972
Mother, is it possible to develop in oneself the capacity to heal?
In principle everything is possible by uniting consciously with the Divine Force.
But a method has to be found, and this depends on the case and the individual.
The first condition is to have a physical nature that gives energy rather than draws energy from others.
The second indispensable condition is to know how to draw energy from above, from the inexhaustible impersonal source.
In this way the more one spends the more one receives, and one becomes an inexhaustible channel rather than a vessel that empties itself by giving.
It is through steadfast aspiration that one learns.
12-13 January 1972
Sincerity, humility, perseverance and an insatiable thirst for progress are essential for a happy and fruitful life. Above all, one must be convinced that the possibility of progress is unlimited. Progress is youth; one can be young even at hundred.
14 January 1972
When the body has learned the art of constantly progressing towards an increasing perfection, we shall be well on the way to overcoming the inevitability of death.
16 January 1972
If the growth of consciousness were considered as the principal goal of life, many difficulties would find their solution.
The best way to avoid growing old is to make progress the goal of our life.
To learn constantly, not just intellectually but psychologically, to progress in regard to character, to cultivate our qualities and correct our defects, so that everything may be an opportunity to cure ourselves of ignorance and incapacity— then life becomes tremendously interesting and worth living.
27 January 1972
Sri Aurobindo came upon earth to announce the manifestation of the supramental world. And not only did he announce this manifestation but he also embodied in part the supramental force and gave us the example of what we must do to prepare ourselves to manifest it. The best thing we can do is to study all he has told us, try to follow his example and prepare ourselves for the new manifestation.
This gives life its true meaning and will help us to overcome all obstacles.
Let us live for the new creation and we shall grow stronger and stronger while remaining young and progressive.
30 January 1972
Forward towards the supramental future!
The first thing the physical consciousness must understand is that all the difficulties we meet within life come from the fact that we do not rely exclusively on the Divine to find the help we need.
The Divine alone can liberate us from the mechanism of universal Nature. And this liberation is indispensable for the birth and development of the new race.
It is only by giving ourselves entirely to the Divine in perfect trust and gratitude that the difficulties will be overcome.
1 February 1972
To want what the Divine wants, in all sincerity, is the essential condition for peace and joy in life. Almost all human miseries come from the fact that men are nearly always convinced that they know better than the Divine what they need and what life ought to give them. Most human beings want other human beings to conform to their expectations and circumstances to conform to their desires— therefore they suffer and are unhappy.
It is only when one gives oneself in all sincerity to the Divine Will that one has the peace and calm joy which come from the abolition of desires.
The psychic being knows this with certainty; thus, by uniting with one’s psychic one can know it. But the first condition is not to be subject to one’s desires and mistake them for the truth of one’s being.
4 February 1972
The first necessity for each one is his own transformation, and the best way to help the world is to realise the Divine oneself.
5 February 1972
In the depths of our being, in the silence of contemplation, a luminous force floods our consciousness with a vast and luminous peace that prevails over all petty reactions and prepares us for union with the Divine, the very purpose of individual existence. Thus, the purpose and goal of life is not suffering and struggle but an all-powerful and happy realisation.
All the rest is painful illusion.
6-7 February 1972
The complete unification of the whole being around the psychic centre is the essential condition for realising a perfect sincerity.
7 February 1972
When humanity was first created, the ego was the unifying element. It was around the ego that the different states of being were grouped; but now that the birth of superhumanity is being prepared, the ego has to disappear and give way to the psychic being, which has slowly been formed by divine intervention in order to manifest the Divine in the human being.
It is under the psychic influence that the Divine manifests in man and thus prepares the coming of superhumanity.
The psychic is immortal and it is through the psychic that immortality can be manifested on earth.
So the important thing now is to find one’s psychic, unite with it and allow it to replace the ego, which will be compelled either to get converted or disappear.
8 February 1972
The first thing one learns on the way is that the joy of giving is far greater than the joy of taking.
Then gradually one learns that to forget oneself is the source of immutable peace.
Later, in this self-forgetfulness, one finds the Divine, and that is the source of an increasing bliss.
Sri Aurobindo told me one day that if men knew this and were convinced of it, they would all want to do yoga.
9 February 1972
Human consciousness is so corrupted that men prefer the miseries of the ego and its ignorance to the luminous joy that comes from sincere surrender to the Divine. Their blindness is so great that they refuse even to try the experiment and would rather be subject to the miseries of their ego than make the effort needed to get rid of them.
So completely blind are they that they would not hesitate to make the Divine a slave of their ego, if such a thing were possible, in order to avoid giving themselves to the Divine.
10 February 1972
Supreme Lord,
Teach us to be silent, so that in silence we may receive Your force and understand Your will.
Protect us from the ignorant goodwill that thinks it is serving us but only debases us.
Purify our consciousness of all ignorance, so that we may serve You in the Truth.
11-12 February 1972
Ignorant good will: when someone asks something on your behalf just when you do not want to ask it.
13 February 1972
We want to be true servitors of the Divine.
“Supreme Lord, Perfect Consciousness, You alone know truly what we are, what we can do, what progress we must make to be capable and worthy of serving You as we would. Make us conscious of our possibilities, but also of our difficulties so that we may overcome them in order to serve You faithfully.”
The supreme happiness is to be true servitors of the Divine.
14 February 1972
For those who want constantly to progress, there are three major ways of progressing:
In other words, this means:
To learn to understand and do more and more things.
To purify oneself of all that prevents one from being totally surrendered to the Divine.
To make one’s consciousness more and more receptive to the Divine Influence.
One could say: to widen oneself more and more, to deepen oneself more and more, to surrender oneself more and more completely.
15 February 1972
What is commonly called faithfulness is scrupulous compliance with the promises one has made. But the only true and binding faithfulness is faithfulness to the Divine—and that is the faithfulness we all must acquire through sincere and sustained effort.
When the whole being, in all its parts and all its activities, can say to the Divine in all sincerity: “What You want, what You want”, then one is well on the way to true faithfulness.
17 February 1972
Life on earth is essentially a field for progress. But how brief life is for all the progress to be made!
To waste one’s time seeking the satisfaction of one’s petty desires is sheer folly. True happiness is possible only when one has found the Divine.
19 February 1972
The Mother, 21-2-1972
All day long on the 21st I had a strong feeling that it was everyone’s birthday and I felt the urge to say “Happy birthday” to everyone. There was a very strong impression that something was in the world and that all those who were ready and receptive would be able to embody it.
In a few days we will probably know what it was.
22 February 1972
Supreme Lord, Perfection that we must become, Perfection that we must manifest.
This body lives by Thee alone and goes on repeating to Thee:
“What You want, what You want”
Until the day when it shall automatically know what You want because its consciousness will be totally united with Yours.
23 February 1972
9 March 1972
For Tara
Prayer to the Divine
Grant that I may become conscious of Thy Presence.
I have asked the Supreme Lord to help you to find Him, and I am ready to give you a moment every day to help you to make this discovery.
All I ask is that you try to remain silent during the time we are concentrating together.
If you can relax and feel at ease, it will be very good; if you can enter into the silence, that will be perfect. Every day we shall begin with the prayer: “Grant that I may become conscious of Your Presence”, and together we shall aspire for a moment in the silence and ardour of our aspiration.
10 March 1972
Yes, Sweet Mother, I am infinitely grateful to You.
Lord, we implore You, grant that nothing in us may refuse Your Presence and that we may become what You want us to be; grant that all in us may conform to Your Will.
12 March 1972
Lord, give us the silence of Your contemplation, the silence rich with Your effective Presence.
Grant that our silence may be filled with Your Presence and that we may be fully conscious of it.
Grant that we may know that You are our life, our consciousness, our being, and that without You everything is merely illusion.
Grant that we may identify ourselves with Your Eternal Consciousness so that we may know truly what Immortality is.
13-16 March 1972
To prepare for immortality, the consciousness of the body must first identify itself with the Eternal Consciousness.
17 March 1972
A fifteen-year-old girl asked: “What is Truth?”
I answered: “The Will of the Supreme Lord”.
It is a subject for contemplative meditation.
18 March 1972
This truth that man has vainly sought to know will be the birthright of the new race, the race of tomorrow, the superman.
To live according to Truth will be his birthright.
Let us do our best to prepare the coming of the New Being.
The mind must fall silent and be replaced by the Truth- Consciousness—the consciousness of details harmonised with the consciousness of the whole.
19 March 1972
The Divine whom we seek is not far off and inaccessible. He is at the very heart of His creation, and what He wants us to do is to find Him and, through personal transformation, to become capable of knowing Him, uniting with Him and finally of manifesting Him consciously.
We must consecrate ourselves to this; it is the true reason for our existence.
And our first step towards this sublime realisation is the manifestation of the supramental consciousness.
20 March 1972
To take this step towards the new creation, one must learn to silence the mind and rise above into the Consciousness.
2 April 1972
In silence, the consciousness grows. It aspires to know You more and more perfectly.
In silence lies the greatest aspiration.
We pray that the greatest receptivity may also be there.
4 April 1972
Thank You, Lord, You respond miraculously to every sincere aspiration.
5 April 1972
In silence lies the greatest devotion.
6 April 1972
When the consciousness is fully awakened to Your Presence, a moment comes when in silence also lies the most powerful action.
7 April 1972
To want what You want always and in every circumstance is the only way to enjoy inviolable peace.
8 April 1972
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