Chapter 4Undated

(silence)

But India herself is divided.

Divided?

Yes, in Orissa, for example. A large part of Orissa is entirely under Sri Aurobindo’s influence, and another part is in revolt.... N.S. has relentless enemies there. She was elected there, but she has relentless enemies – India herself is divided.

(silence)

It’s serious.24 Such an ardent faith would be needed... but... (gesture of something crumbling into dust between her fingers).

You see, the Force is so active.... Lies that have gone on for years are becoming visible here too – the mixture is everywhere.

Such a... such a force of truth would be needed, you know, a force that would be great enough to overcome all that.

(silence)

For me, Victory is certain, but I don’t know if it’s tomorrow or... (gesture into the distance).

I don’t know what road we will take to get there. Victory is certain, that’s obvious, but what road are we going to take to get there?

And it very much depends on our individual position; that’s what they don’t understand. We must cling, cling so tightly to the Truth that nothing can touch us.

(silence)

It always comes back to the same thing: “What You will, Lord, what You will.”

But that has become formidable.

24The tape recorder failed right at this moment, while this was precisely the passage Satprem wanted most to record. So he