Chapter 2May 7, 1969

“I can tell you about the result of ‘my’ inquiry – the inner inquiry. Last night I was busy all the time looking at this incident. I found that it was her soul that took this decision – she was not conscious – but her soul wanted to go... to leave her body. From the facts that I gather from you it seems that there was not enough reason for her drowning – in spite of it her soul managed to leave her body.

“This fact was further supported when this morning Champaklal brought a dish of flowers to be burnt on her body. I saw a pretty little flame in the center of the dish. Generally I do not give any flowers on the dish; I send it as it is. But today I was specially interested, I took a rose and put it on the flame of the dish. The flame grew big and it was glowing wonderfully – it was very beautiful.”

(Mother remains in meditation for a long time)

This Consciousness has started working in people’s vital beings. Have you noticed? Some people had big vital difficulties – it’s beginning to work in them. It’s quite unexpected for me. You haven’t noticed?

I have an impression that it’s more easy, that difficulties are less violent – that one has a greater mastery, if you like. That’s my impression.

(Mother nods her head

silence)

And it’s taken it into its head to compel me to concern myself with politics, and that bothers me. But if the time has come...

I have the impression that just as it has tried, not exactly to dissolve religions, but to get inside them and remove barriers, it’s taken it into its head to do the same thing with politics (if I may say so). It seems to be working to create, not a disharmony, but a sort of... to take away cohesion among people: cohesion among parties, cohesion among religions. As though this Consciousness were doing that.

It’s odd.