Chapter 1September 6, 1972

(Mother calls Satprem and Sujata in at 10:30 A.M. instead of 10:00.)

On your days, the Wednesdays and Saturdays, I see only the Ashram birthdays, but we’re now more than 2000, just fancy! So it’s.... I see the other birthdays on other days and several at a time, but even so quite a few people come on your days – next Saturday in particular, the 9th (a mass of people in the Ashram were born the 9th).

All right, Mother, all right, I get the point! [laughter]

So I’ll have to call you at 10:30 instead of 10:00.106

What about you, are you feeling better?

A little better [a problem with an eye].

The world seems to be engulfed in a sort of violent chaos. They’re fighting at the Olympic Games!... An athlete was killed by bullets.107 That’s how it is.

Yes, they killed an Israeli.

Yes, the Arabs did it.

These Muslims really have something which is... something that must disappear, Mother. They’re

so fanatical!

They are very violent.

Yes, fanatical.

Very violent.

I don’t know what universal trait they symbolize, but they really seem to be....

Force.

Force.... Well, they spend their time stabbing each other.

106Which means 11: 00 instead of 10: 30!