Chapter 5The Mother: Some Events in Her Life · Early Visions and Experiences

Truth and the earth-existence. But it is true that the consciousness of each has to rise to that level if the work on earth is to be successfully done.

1 October 1933

* It is the higher reality that the Mother brings into the world — without it all else is ignorant and false.

3 August 1934

* own plane above, though she can do so if she wants to — she can even supramentalise the world in a day; but in that case the supramental Nature created here would be the same as it is above, and not the earth in Ignorance evolving into the supramental earth, which will not be quite the same in appearance as what the Supermind is.

That is a very important truth.

17 June 1935

* Some people seem to be quite misled in understanding the Mother’s status with regard to the higher planes. When they are in these planes or receive something from them, they begin to think that they have reached a great height, and that the higher planes have nothing to do with the Mother. They value them more than they value the Mother! Especially about the Supermind they have such queer notions — that it is something greater than the Mother.

If they have a greater experience or consciousness than the Mother, they should not stay here but go and save the world with it.

18 September 1935

* Is there any difference between the Mother’s manifestation and the descent of the supramental?

it is the descent which makes her full manifestation here possible.

23 September 1935

* Is the attitude that I am the Brahman not necessary in the Integral Yoga?

It is not enough to transform the whole nature. Otherwise there would be no need of the embodiment. It could be done by simply thinking of oneself as the Brahman. There would be no need of

27 December 1935 I believe that on the 24th November 1926 Sri Aurobindo realised that the Mother is the Divine Consciousness and Force.

No. I knew that long before.

2 November 1935