... The Mother's Help in Difficulties The Mother with Letters on the Mother The Mother's Protection The Mother puts her protection round all the sadhakas, but if by their own act or attitude they go out of the circle of the protection there may be undesirable consequences. 1 April 1933 I think that one observes the rules here either because one feels... formation, it must be on their own responsibility—the Mother does not and cannot sanction it. But this arrangement is for the Asram and not for those who are outside. 14 July 1933 When the Mother's protection is put around a person, how does he go out of it? By desire, wrong thoughts, wrong actions, wrong feelings—by revolt, pride, ambition, lust or any other vital indulgence. 16 July 1933... nothing. It is the fear of madmen that brought the thing in the vital; such Page 305 things as this fear have to be thrown out of the nature. 8 September 1933 All would like the Mother's protection to remain with them; but perhaps certain conditions have to be fulfilled to allow her to encircle them fully? There are very few who allow it. There is a general protection around all, ...
... presence in him and was happy. All that is what the Mother speaks of as hypocrisy. Then when the Force threatened to come in earnest, this part of him got terrified and shaken—for it had rejected the Mother's protection and did not want her Force at all, but something that it could appropriate. It felt that it was "something not himself", and got into a panic. There does not seem to have been any illness,... that is the beginning of some kind of samadhi. And if some forces were to invade at that moment—this was my fear. Why the hell should they? But if there is any chance of that, call the Mother's protection around you. But do you say that স্তব্ধতা is empty of other presences? Certainly. Isn't it a fact that some adverse force may come and try to attack us in meditation? In meditation ...
... under the Mother's protection where you were going. I remember your writing some to me. Also there have been dreams of difficult passages ending in the arrival on the true open way. Only these dreams you are having now indicate the difficulty of the passage through the physical (and no longer through the vital) consciousness—but the common element is that you are under the Mother's protection and reach... reach the way at the end. This is quite natural because what everybody is passing through now are the difficulties of the physical and subconscient nature; but the Mother's protection is the same here as in the past stages of the sadhana. It is the doubt that most or many are raising now in the Asram. "Where am I? Where am I going? Am I really doing the Yoga? It seems to me I am getting nothing ...
... under the Mother's protection where you were going. I remember you were writing some to me. Also there have been dreams of difficult passages ending in the arrival on the true open way. Only these dreams you are having now indicate the difficulty of the passage through the physical (and no longer through the vital) consciousness; but the common element is that you are under the Mother's protection and... and reach the way at the end. This is quiet natural because what everybody is passing through now are the difficulties of the physical and subconscient nature; but the Mother's protection is the same here as in the past stages of the sadhana. Sri Aurobindo ...
... which want to prevent you (by making you nervous) pushing on the sadhana. They can really do nothing to you, only you must reject all fear. Keep always this thought when these things come, "The Mother's protection is with me, nothing bad can happen"; for when there is the psychic opening and one puts one's faith in the Mother, that is sufficient to ward these things off. Many sadhaks learn, when they... then the things that menace them become helpless or cease. You must therefore refuse to be intimidated and reject these impressions with contempt. If there is anything frightening, call down the Mother's protection. The heat you felt was probably due to some difficulty in the Page 195 force coming down below the centre between the eyes where it has been working up till now. When such sensations ...
... and is not moved by it. In sleep one enters into places of the vital world in which there are such dangers [ as the threat of violence ]; but if one goes there in full reliance on the Mother's protection, all dangers either disappear or become ineffective. These dreams come from the vital world,—there is nobody in the Asram who does not have them or else has not had them. You must not... that in dream you entered into one part of an obscure vital world and saw or heard things there. Even if you are attacked, Page 468 you have to remain quiet and firm and call in the Mother's Protection and Force. It is evident that X 's experience was only what is called a nightmare—an attack in sleep from some force of the vital world, to which he probably opened himself in some ...
... under the Mother's protection where you were going. I remember you were writing some to me. Also there have been dreams of difficult passages ending in the arrival on the true open way. Only these reams you are having now indicate the difficulty of the passage through the physical (and no longer through the vital) consciousness—but the common element is that you are under the Mother's protection and ...
... work and feel the Mother's Page 251 power working through it. A purely sedentary subjective realisation is only a half realisation. 23 January 1934 I pray that I may feel the Mother's protection while working. I feel happy to work. I am not able to meditate every day, but as long as I am working I feel that the work itself is sadhana. Work for the Mother done with the right co ...
... interpretation is given below.) Kamala, In your dream the woman you saw was clearly the appearance taken by a hostile force that wanted to take you out of the Ashram and the yoga and the Mother's protection into the ordinary consciousness and the world and the life outside. If any pressure of that kind comes in any form, what you have to do is resolutely and persistently to say No; for then the ...
... deal with people. If she were to deal with people only according to their defects, there would be hardly half a dozen people left in the Ashram. If people constantly have the Mother's protection around them, I don't think they will ever have depression and doubt or anything hostile to the Divine. These things may try to come but they will not be able to enter or stay. ...
... comes primarily from the mind. It is the ideas from the mind that upset everything. Then there are the impulses from the vital, they too cause disturbance. "The more you can stay in the Mother's protection single mindedly, the more She will set everything right." 'But, there are times when I am confused.' " That too will be cleared by the Mother. "The Mother will show you the ...
... came, even SOS signals, and the Mother was ever ready with the right word, the needed help, and the unfailing protective arm of Grace. As T.V. Kapali Sastry had once remarked, confidence in the Mother's protection itself is "an expression of the deep-rooted faith in action; and protection is always possible because of the ever-watchful Presence". 9 We saw in an earlier chapter 10 how Sri Aurobindo's ...
... also; only there would be more delay in converting it because there are no direct relations of that Bank with the Banque d'Indo-Chine. Sri Aurobindo [9] 24.4.33. Durgadas The Mother's protection is always with you. Trust in her always and call down her peace and strength and light in you to still the restlessness and fill the vacancy with calm and force and joy and ease. Sri Aurobindo ...
... or attack you, but could not attack you because of your call on the Mother. There are two things that must be acquired in these passages through the vital world—first this immediate call on the Mother's protection and, second, the throwing away of all fear. To those who do not fear them, these beings or forces can do nothing—in any meeting or conflict with them the Mother's name is a sure protection ...
... opens the door to the adverse forces. She should not listen to people who try to put fear in her. If ugly forms or sounds are seen and heard, one has not to fear but reject them and call in the Mother's protection. If she feels calmness in the meditation, that is the necessary basis—with that basis one can safely practise the Yoga. It is not indispensable that the mind should be entirely blank —it is ...
... morning gave ground to the Hostile Forces to attack, there was along with the morning's ultimate stand against them the most naturally cooperative condition - absolute tranquillity - under which the Mother's protection could have most effect. Perhaps a stricter analysis of the event would conclude that the actual prevention of the accident was due to the total peace. The positive attitude at the ...
... puffed up. (It took Sehra nearly seven weeks to get back to normal.) The whole event proves how dangerously one can be attacked by a hostile force in one's sleep. One must always call the Mother's protection and be on guard even in a dream. People have got up with pain in some parts of the body — e.g. the abdomen — after a nightmare. I was myself once attacked during one of my out-of-the-body ...
... 1972 1972 February Mother’s Agenda 1972-1973 February 12, 1972 I received a letter from P.L. [the friend in the Vatican]. Here's what he says: "...Thanks to Mother's Protection, things around me had calmed down a little, when suddenly the storm broke out again. To the former intrigues have now been added slander and... a threat of expulsion (which... (which in itself I would not mind, but they should not triumph!). This threat is in fact meant to upset me and force me to change my attitude. I feel the need to go back and see Mother—the sooner the better. But practically I cannot do it; furthermore, I am being watched; I am afraid that if they find out I am going to Pondicherry, they will try to set the Bishop against the Ashram, for, as you know, if ...
... controversy about a child who was underage and had an intense aspiration to remain in the Ashram, i.e. to be under Mother's protection and guidance. But being under the guardianship of her parents the child could not carry out her inner wish. Ultimately the parents, particularly the Mother , took the child away. Some Evening-Talks refer to this incident. Sri Aurobindo : She – the child –... and on people that was even beyond a grown up woman. She is remarkable for her age. The Mother has found it difficult to bend her. It is true, the Mother does not love her. It is an accident that she is born in that family; she is quite unlike her parents. Besides, she has found out that the Mother used to manage her by lying. Disciple : They say that the child is very happy outside ...
... on Himself and the Ashram The Ashram and Its Atmosphere The Ashram Precincts X told me that Y has said that there is a very strong circle of Mother's protection around the main Ashram house, and a less strong one in the other houses. It is not the house, it is the inner nearness that matters. What is true is that there is a strong force going... centre. But how it affects there, depends on how one receives it. If it is received with simple trust, faith, openness, confidence, then it works as a complete protection. But it can so work too at a distance. 16 January 1933 Mother said once that all the houses were sanctified by her presence and there were no houses more favoured than others. This appeals to me. For if it was otherwise I would... the Page 630 sadhaks of the Asram live is in the Asram precincts. People have a queer way of talking of the houses in this compound as the Asram—it has no meaning. Or do they think the Mother's influence or mine is shut up in a compound? 12 January 1935 The Atmosphere of the Ashram When I sit on the staircase to your room, I feel something very special there. But now I find that ...
... the child running to his mother: my telegram asking for Mother's protection. On Sunday the 7th, I had a dream: Mother came into a sort of huge warehouse, where I was lying on the ground, and told me, 'Quick, get away and leave me your place.' I flew away (without my body, which was still on the ground): it was my soul that went away, and, from on high, very high up, I saw Mother taking possession of my... hand over to Mother the enclosed letter...." What does he say? "Mother, it is without the least reservation that I give you this name of Mother, to you who have given life back to my favorite son.... His stay at the Ashram has marked an essential stage. There has been in his inmost being a radical upheaval.... May I add that I myself feel your powerful and benevolent protection? I have the... July July Mother’s Agenda 1968 July 17, 1968 ( Mother is running a temperature, breathing with difficulty and coughing. She hasn't eaten anything. She receives Satprem lying on her couch. ) It's the same thing going on.... Do you have news? I have news of P.L. and of Msgr. R.... But won't it tire you? No, no! It doesn't tire me. There's ...
... everything to the Mother and she would listen with keen interest. After Panditji’s discovery that some spirits had found a habitation in the house, we thought of changing it but no suitable alternative was found and my nieces were extremely reluctant to leave such a beautiful dwelling. They said that they were not afraid of any spirit since the Mother’s protection was with them. When the Mother heard about... when I saw Sri Aurobindo’s right hand raised up above it and the palm shown as if to mean protection, or signing to me to be fearless - To cut the story short, after about a year of agony, my mother passed away on the eve of the August Darshan. She had a small string of beads. The next day I offered it to the Mother; she took it and placed it in front of a miniature statue of Buddha on her mantelpiece... they have been here; the children are in the school and my niece’s husband has by the Mother’s help got a job in a local mill. This is how the Grace of the Mother flows and spreads all over the world and particularly over those who have come under her Love’s Protection. I am sure each one of us has such stories to tell and if they were gathered together they would make a wonderful collection full ...
... world. Much later I read about the discoveries of many navigators. Among them was Louis Antoine de Bougainville. Everybody now is familiar with the flower that carries his name, and which Mother called 'Protection.' Both Cook and Bougainville had circumnavigated the world in the latter half of the eighteenth century, within a year or two of each other. The Frenchman missed 'discovering' Australia by... Mother's Chronicles - Book Six 16 West Europeans "But these early dawns cannot endure in their purity, so long as the race is not ready," wrote Sri Aurobindo in The Human Cycle. Because, after a time, the force dies down; then comes a static condition of the human mind and human life, entailing stagnation, decay, disintegration. The ...
... condition of sheer darkness. The adverse forces did fry to introduce active disturbance — ego. sex, dissatisfaction etc. — but they could not succeed. For wherever I may be, fallen or besieged, the Mothers protection always follows me. It is there even when I do not or cannot notice it. If it consists in that negation alone — then you have to aspire, get back the full quietude and silence and... of difficulties are good. But I feel they are hardly enough. Something more seems to be needed; the Mother knows what it is and how to do it. You are always expecting the Mother to do it — and here again the laziness and tamas come in — it is the spirit of tamasic surrender. If the Mother puts you back into a good condition, your vital pulls you down again. How is that to stop so long as... of the inertia that the tamas rose so strongly in order to assert its right to obstruct the progress. 1 Mother India, July 1952, pp. 2-3. Page 5 There is an attempt in my being to support and help the working of the Mothers Force. If it succeeds sufficiently the tamas would hardly be able to delay the journey; it would be transformed into peace. ...
... control, what else can we want?’ That time, I had just once or twice visited the Ashram, but I had absolute faith in Mother’s Force. Similarly, during Mithran’s last illness I never worried because I had the faith that Mother’s protection was there. So now too, I have faith in Mother’s help and so I am pulling on. I know nothing will happen until she decides." Two comments made by Amma in June... divine Mother, the All-Realiser, Thou has permitted me to participate in her sovereign power to be conscious and active…. * Two incidents occurred, late in July or early August, substantiating Sri Aurobindo’s assurance in The Mother : "The more complete your faith, sincerity and surrender, the more will grace and protection be with you. And when the grace and protection of the... appeared? She went to the Ashram, I am convinced, as much ‘to recharge her batteries’ (as the Ashram slang goes) as to pray for Mother’s protection for Kowma. She meditated in the Meditation Hall in front of Mother’s life-size Darshan photograph, the one in which Mother wore the saree with flowers of Divine’s love Amma had embroidered — infusing in every stitch who knows how much love and surrender ...
... 'affirming most strongly' that it was 'Mother's war' 'against the threatened reign of the Asura, the forces of Darkness represented by the Axis Powres. December 2: The Ashram School started. The threat of war coming closer over India, a number of disciples with their families wanted to be under Mother's direct protection. Mother allowed certain relaxations in the... met Mother in Japan and offered her entire charge of Santiniketan. Mother's smiling 'No'. 1920 January 5: Wrote to Joseph Baptista why he could not accept the latter of editorship of his journal. April 7: Wrote to Barindra in reply to his, letter after release from the Andamans. April 24: 'Mother's return to Pondicherry. Mother's prophecy... III hours. December 7: Sri Aurobindo's assurance to Mother and Mother's assurance to the Earth. December 8: Mother's call to Sri Aurobindo to resuscitate. Sri Aurobindo's answer that he would come again in the first supramental body. December 9: Mother's offering of gratitude to the material envelope of the Master. In the evening ...
... " "That Mother has said, 'No drugs in Auroville'. " Mother kept silent. "What to do about such people ?" Page 139 Mother gave me a typed sheet saying it was for the Ashram. I said, "The visitors to the Ashram are not following the Ashram rules. They do all sorts of things, but due to their stay in the Ashram Guest Houses they get Mother's protection, otherwise the... his contact on herself. Mother said, "Let those who are interested in these vital things have their experience and see for themselves what happens. They can be left to themselves. One need not do anything about it." "Mother, she wants help and protection for herself." Mother took out a blessing packet for her and said, "Let us see. But, for the protection she has to be sincere. One cannot... nodded my head. * * * 7.5.72 Offering of Rs 10000 from Dr. Kamal to Mother. Informed Mother that Claire is better after the accident, but the baby is lost. Stephan speaks of Mother's protection and Grace during the accident. A candidate's request for Auroville was considered. Mother remarked, "He is passive. Better, he stays where he is." * * * Page ...
... was making my pranam, Mother took us both in her arms. We were quite peaceful. January 10, 1976 (Letter to Sir C.P.N. Singh, originally in English) Sir, This time I must be clearer. In my very first letter to you I spoke of my need to have “the protection of the Government of India.” And I had good reasons to use such words. Some two years ago, after Mother’s departure, I had the ... Madanlal: 44 threats, violence, private property broken into — always under the excuse to “save Mother’s work.” Protection is needed, and quickly. Moreover, I have received a letter from Tata where he says quite rightly: “One thing is clear: the solution to create a Press ‘of the Mother’ in Pondicherry under your Direction is not a solution practically feasible outside the Ashram and its... “goondaism” [banditry] what am I to do? To wait till it is too late? I repeat, I do need the official protection from the Government of India. And quickly. May Mother Kali help us. Satprem PS: An occult Truth you must know: whatever Force and Light and Work is left by the Mother is automatically Page 131 the target of the remaining forces of Darkness — and the Enemy No.l ...
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