Chapter 4May 12, 1971

It has to be someone physically solid.

Oh, yes!

(Mother looks,

then goes within for a long time)

All the time, day and night, like this (Mother holds her clenched fists in front of her as though pulling or calling the Force).

(silence)

It is a world event. It is not the event of one country [Bangladesh], it is a world event. And that’s why....

I don’t know if you’ve seen these....

(Mother hands Satprem several sheets of paper)

“I disapprove totally of violence. Each act of violence is a step back on the path leading to

the goal to which we aspire.

The Divine is everywhere and always supremely conscious. Nothing must ever be done that

cannot be done before the Divine.”

That’s for someone rather primary, but anyway....

(some more papers)

All that is for Auroville. I am giving them to you so you’ll know.

* * *

How is the situation?

Oh, horrible! A mess!

Stories to make your hair stand on end.

Pakistan doesn’t ask anything, but otherwise.... And all that....

But I was told fantastic things, for example, that Pakistan wanted India to declare war because she would immediately call for China’s help; and that Pakistan is already receiving arms from America through Turkey.... Such things....

You know that America has quietly started giving economic aid to Pakistan again.

Then....

They’re doing it quietly, discreetly, but they’re doing it.50 Their intention is to put Pakistan back on her feet.

Why, then it’s over!

Yes, everything has to be started over.

They’re mad! – They’re all mad, mad, mad....

(silence)

In other words, they missed the first chance51 ; they missed the second chance; now we don’t know when it will come again....

(silence)

And it seems that almost all of India is officially in favor of the recognition of Bangladesh.

Yes, almost all India.... But with her supposedly higher reasons, Indira obstinately refuses to budge.

(silence)

Did anyone tell you what is happening in Ceylon?

No.

No one told you anything about Ceylon!

No.

Oh, but it’s awful, it’s very important, Mother. For the last month, about 40,000 students have 50In fact, it is still “under study”; America has received the economic envoys of Yahya Khan.

Oh!

So they have taken refuge in the jungle and they’re waging guerrilla warfare. Thousands have been arrested. And they’re all students. But then what is extraordinary is that India, which is not intervening in Bangladesh, has intervened in Ceylon, sending helicopters and boats to help the government stop....

Oh!... Oh, that’s the last straw!... Oh! (Mother covers her eyes in dismay.)

(silence)

They’re creating a terrible Karma for themselves!

Yes, they’re heaping troubles on their own head.

(long silence, then Mother

shakes her head and goes within)

The latest argument is that Pakistan wants India to declare war so she can call China to her aid, you see.

But in any case the Chinese are on Pakistan’s side. In any case. The Chinese are already there in Pakistan, do you know?

Yesterday P. returned from Calcutta and showed me a rifle bullet, and it’s a Chinese bullet.

Already they have some... [men there].

(silence)

But, Mother, don’t forget that India betrayed Tibet! When Tibet was invaded by the Chinese, Nehru kept his mouth, eyes and ears shut and did nothing to help the Tibetans....

(Mother shakes her head)

All that is the continuation of Gandhi’s legacy – this false politics is being perpetrated by Gandhi’s sons.

No, you see... you see, they’re even fighting on the wrong side in Ceylon.

No, it’s not that – it’s much worse than Gandhi.

(Mother goes within for a long time)

You don’t have anything?

(Mother nods her head) No, it’s worse still: there is a VERY disastrous formation over India, and they’re pulling it down, the fools!

But precisely, Mother, one just can’t keep from thinking that Kali has to intervene.

(after a silence)

But already quite some time ago I saw China invading India, even South India. And that’s the worst of catastrophes – the Chinese don’t have a psychic being. The Chinese have a lunar origin and they don’t have a psychic being (there are exceptions, but I mean in general), and so one can expect ANYTHING from them – every possible horror. I’ve seen them – all, everywhere... horrible!

I’ve seen the Chinese in this room.

But several times during the last years that thought has come to me, Mother – several times it came to me.52 Which is the end of everything. I mean, it will probably take centuries before things can return to normalcy.

You see, there are limits to the horrors men can commit because, in spite of everything, there is a psychic being behind that curbs them – but the Chinese don’t have one.

And they are VERY intelligent.

(Mother goes within a long time)

Mother, the problem is to find out how one can counteract all that, because in 1950 already, Sri Aurobindo had told the Americans: if you yield in Korea, you will be led to yield every position point after point.53 Sri Aurobindo said that in 1950. Well, since 1950, we have yielded every position, point after point, and now India is completely encircled by China – point after point they have yielded: Kashmir and Tibet and all that – we are encircled by the Chinese. And we are still yielding [in Bangladesh]. So how to thwart all that?

52Satprem had even wondered how to save Mother’s papers. During the years 1960 and 1961, when Mother was still seeing him downstairs, he used to have a recurring dream: some “enemies” were after him, and he had to hide Mother’s papers (the Agenda) at any cost. But these “enemies” were not particularly Chinese. Quite possibly that situation of being pursued was not from this life alone – whence the imprint – and must have characterized other past meetings with Mother.

53“The affair of Korea... is the first move in the Communist plan of campaign to dominate and take possession first of these northern parts and then of South East Asia as a preliminary to their maneuvers with regard to the rest of the continent – in passing, Tibet as a gate opening to India. If they succeed, there is no reason why domination of the whole world should not follow by steps until they are ready to deal with America.... One thing is certain that if there is too much shilly-shallying and if America gives up now her defence of Korea, she may be driven to yield position after position until it is too late: at one point or another she will have to stand and face the necessity of drastic action even if it leads to war.”