Chapter 8July 28, 1965

appeared to be quite beyond my control; while now it's under control. Not only that, it's disapproved of and deliberately rejected60 ! It's as I said: "I am tired of our unworthiness."

So, conclusion: Truth is on the march.

(silence)

There is a lot to do, a whole lot. But it may go relatively fast. When you observe, you realize that what takes the most time is becoming conscious of what must be changed, having a conscious contact that enables it to change. That's what takes the most time. The change itself... There are recurrences, but it's growing much less intense. It all depends on the amount of unconsciousness and tamas in the being; as it grows less, the experience grows stronger.

* * * Mother takes up the translation Love and Death:

...And from the universal standpoint, it is this inertia, this unconsciousness that made the existence of death necessary – the "existence" of death!!

(Satprem suggests the publication, among the quotations in the Ashram "Bulletin," of the text of an

answer from Mother to a child. Mother shows as little interest as possible:)

Those things are very powerful when they come, they have a transforming power – they exert a pressure on Matter. And then when they have finished their work, it's over – it's sorted, it goes to some corner. It no longer matters.

They are actions. They aren't thoughts: they are actions. And once the action is finished, it's finished. I am not going to start talking about what I have done, am I!

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