... Page 240 Sweet Mother, what does "mental arrogance" mean? My children, speak dis-tinct-ly! You don't need to shout loudly.... You must articulate clearly! ( The child repeats the same sentence distinctly. ) Mental arrogance? That means... what all of you have! ( Laughter ) I don't know a human being who does not have mental arrogance. There are those who have a little, there are... change. And so one wonders... with, "Oh, I had such a beautiful aspiration, I had so much goodwill, I had such a great desire to change, and then, see, I cannot! Why?" Then, of course, your mental arrogance comes in and says, "I didn't get the response I deserved, the divine Grace doesn't help me, and I am left all alone to shift for myself", etc., etc. It is not that. It is that hidden somewhere ...
... done They know what should be done They know how to do it They know everything!... Yet, of all factors, mental arrogance is the most unfavorable to the action of the divine Grace." This notation, you know, was purely and simply a question of vibration; it was the vibration of mental arrogance (which is perceptible, clear, absolutely clear). It came and took up the whole space... ( Mother makes a... Of "unexpected" rainfalls or "unexpected" endings of rain. × "...Of all factors, mental arrogance is the most unfavorable to the action of the divine Grace." × Satprem thought of en cachette ...
... severe self-criticism, it is impossible to get out of this circle. Along with the exclusion of self-deceiving vital ego, there must go that which accompanies it usually in the mental parts, mental arrogance, a false sense of superiority and an ostentation of knowledge. All pretence and all pretensions must be given up, all pretence to oneself or others of being what one is not, Page 378 ...
... the key, as you said, will be missing. Then comes the key: pfft! now the whole thing is done. But at any rate, it seems (I had already been told this), it seems it has somewhat deflated their mental arrogance... ( laughing ) they no longer think they are the superior beings of the creation! Ah, let's work on Savitri a little... ( Mother reads the first line ): A few shall see what none yet ...
... forces." × "An egoistic faith in the mental and vital being tainted by ambition, pride, vanity, mental arrogance, vital self-will, personal demand, desire for the petty satisfactions of the lower nature is a low and smoke-obscured flame that cannot burn upwards to heaven." ...
... minuscule and ridiculous functioning, and, if by chance we notice it, we shrug it off or attach no importance to it. But we Page 125 are wrong. We look at everything from atop our mental arrogance, as if those trifles were inconsequential. But they have staggering consequences. We do not see it because we live in our logical and symmetrical clouds. But life grates; there is an immense ...
... the hostile forces, nor was she their Mother. The hostile forces are upheld not by the Mother but by something in the sadhaks themselves which opens the doors to them by concentrated egoism, mental arrogance, vital revolt and many other things, e.g. lying, sex etc. I remember how I was suddenly betrayed into the hands of the hostile forces when I came to the Budhi house. When I asked to be moved ...
... your side an inner state made up of faith, sincerity and surrender. Let your faith be pure, candid and perfect. An egoistic faith in the mental and vital being tainted by ambition, pride, vanity, mental arrogance, vital self-will, personal demand, desire for the petty satisfactions of the lower nature is a low and smoke-obscured flame that cannot burn upwards to heaven. Regard your life as given you only ...
... told me, "Mockery is not bad; if you never mock, you are like a tree without sap." Is it true? No, it is not true. Mockery is not at all a sign of intellectual superiority, but of ignorant mental arrogance. The psychic never mocks. 2 December 1933 I said, "Y, we must not see the bad side of people, but always the good." He answered, "No, we must see both sides and then distinguish between ...
... to the sadhakas who would like to grow in true faith: "Let your faith be pure, candid and perfect. An egoistic faith in the mental and vital being tainted by ambition, pride, vanity, mental arrogance, vital self-will, personal demand, desire for the petty satisfactions of the lower nature is a low and smoke-obscured flame that cannot burn upwards to heaven." (SABCL,Vol. 25, The Mother ...
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