Contact with The Mother

THE DIRECT PROTECTION

There are always ups and downs in spiritual life and I was for a time down and out. The adverse forces seized the opportunity to attack me on all fronts. I became a persona non grata with the bosses though I had done nothing to incur their displeasure. Somehow they wanted to get rid of me and no consideration of truth or honesty weighed with them. My self-constituted judges, as could be expected, passed a verdict of condemnation and used the language of threats and warnings against me.

I at once sought the Mother’s protection but did not proceed through any human channel and lo the miracle took place! I received her instant protection though nothing verbally was conveyed to me. That the Grace was acting very powerfully was evidenced by the almost incredible change of behaviour, without any apparent reason, on the part of the very men who had condemned me overnight. And then the truth of Sri Aurobindo’s words flashed like lightning through my mind as tears of gratitude welled up in my eyes: “And when the grace and protection of the Divine Mother are with you, what is there that can touch you or whom need you fear? A little of it even will carry you through all difficulties, obstacles and dangers; surrounded by its full presence you can go securely on your way because it is hers, careless of all menace, unaffected by any hostility however powerful, whether from this world or from worlds invisible”.