Chapter 12April 22, 1972
Book 4. April
(Mother silently hands some flowers to Satprem. Then she looks... at what? She seems quite tired.
Satprem informs her that he is moving to his new house at “Nandanam,” on the outskirts of
Pondicherry. Mother goes off... somewhere, for forty minutes.)
(Mother hands Satprem a letter:)
This is what I sent to Indira. You can read it to me, I don’t even remember what I put.
“India
shall
take
her
true
place
in
the
world only
when
she
will
become
integrally the messenger of the Divine Life.”64 What was the occasion?
She wrote me a very nice letter to express her gratitude, and she asked if I had something to tell her, so that’s what I replied.
It seems she speaks in earnest about India’s spiritual mission.
She’s worried about America. She wants to send people to America to try to create a harmonious atmosphere.
We shall see.
But isn’t the danger rather from the Chinese side?
I don’t think so.
I have always seen material help coming from the United States – always. But that President,65 who is a brute, stands in the way. There won’t be a new President until November. Something should be 64Original English.