Chapter 1March 4, 1970

(After reading the following aphorism)

135 – All disease is a means towards some new joy of health, all evil and pain a tuning of Nature for some more intense bliss and good, all death an opening on widest immortality. Why and how this should be so, is God’s secret which only the soul purified of egoism can penetrate.

Yes, yes (Mother nods approvingly), that’s what I am doing right now. And one has be really persevering.

It’s not to compliment myself, but I think it’s not easy! Because as long as it’s vital or mental, it’s nothing – nothing at all! But when it becomes physical... it’s more difficult! (Mother laughs)

This aphorism remains wholly, entirely true.

(Mother goes into a contemplation

then gives Satprem a red rose)

This is “all human passions turned to the Divine,” and this (Mother gives a pink rose) is the Response.

I wanted to tell you first that Nolini had a very interesting experience. That was yesterday. He hadn’t been well for the past day or two: he had spells of dizziness, could hardly walk, anyway rather miserable. Then, suddenly (he had to go to the bathroom and had to walk, but his steps weren’t even steady), suddenly there came into him, “All this is because your physical consciousness doesn’t have trust: it doesn’t believe, doesn’t have trust.” Then, ALL AT ONCE, he felt something as if seizing him, and everything went away! He was perfectly fine, and it remained like that. He knew very well that in his physical consciousness there was doubt and all the old ideas – he swept it all aside and found himself perfectly fine. It happened in the morning; I saw him in the evening, and he was perfectly fine. That’s interesting.

There, that’s all I wanted to say.