Chapter 9November 26, 1972

There’s obviously discomfort for you, but for us, the only moments we feel truly alive are those spent with you.

Oh, mon petit... (Mother takes Satprem’s hands).

It’s true, the factual truth. I know the Grace it is to be here.

(long silence

holding Satprem’s hands)

That is the conviction the body needs to have: that INDEED it serves some purpose.112 Oh, but of course!... But of course, it does!

(silence)

You see, being here, with you, is the only moment when one feels... ah, this is IT. IT, you know.

(Mother plunges in

still holding Satprem’s hands)

(A Note by Mother in English)

Before dying falsehood rises in full swing. Still people understand only the lesson of catastrophe. Will it have to come before they open their eyes to the truth?

I ask an effort from all so that it has not to be. It is only the Truth that can save us: truth in words, truth in action, truth in will, truth in feelings. It is a choice between serving the Truth or being destroyed.

112That is what Mother needed so much. When they closed Mother’s door on me, they condemned her to death. It is the