Chapter 7Sri Aurobindo and the Mother

anything, always want to take and to receive. These people are selfish and unworthy to meditate in Sri Aurobindo’s room.

17 August 1960

* A day will come, I hope, when we shall be able to tell freely and truly all that Sri Aurobindo’s Presence has meant for the town of Pondicherry....

12 January 1961

* Some time ago you advised me to “go beyond all human representations and approach the Supreme directly”.

I used to turn to Sri Aurobindo. I would place my difficulties before him and pray to him; I nearly always had an answer. Now I no longer think of him, I no longer turn to him. I turn directly to the Lord, but my voice seems to be crying in the wilderness.

Am I right in cutting off this relationship with Sri Aurobindo?

There is no question and there can never be any question of cutting off the relationship with Sri Aurobindo. If you have the privilege of being conscious of his answer, keep it like a precious treasure, and make the best use of it. Through Sri Aurobindo you will come into contact with the Supreme and be quite sure of not going astray.

21 May 1970

* How can I make Sri Aurobindo’s influence living and dynamic in my daily activities?

Be perfectly sincere and He will answer your call.

July 1970

* How should we be on Sri Aurobindo’s birthday?

Sincere and progressive.

* (About a bronze bust of Sri Aurobindo by E. Frankel)

From the artistic point of view, it is certainly a masterpiece. It is also an inspired work, inspired by an inner contact with Sri Aurobindo or rather with one of his aspects, with one side of his being, the intellectual side, that of knowledge, the Seer.

* (About a bronze bust of Sri Aurobindo by Erna R. King, in 1964)

The vast, calm, simplicity of his forehead, reflecting the perfect peace of total knowledge.

* Remembrance of Sri Aurobindo: let us make an effort to realise the ideal of life that He has marked out for us.

(Mother designated the red lotus as the flower of Sri Aurobindo and the white lotus as her own.)

Red lotus — symbol of the manifestation of the Supreme upon earth. White lotus — symbol of the Divine Consciousness.

2 February 1930

* Our Love is an eternal Truth.

7 April 1934

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Without him, I exist not;

without me, he is unmanifest.

6 May 1957

* When in your heart and thought you will make no difference between Sri Aurobindo and me, when to think of Sri Aurobindo will be to think of me and to think of me will mean to think of Sri Aurobindo inevitably, when to see one will mean inevitably to see the other, like one and the same Person, — then you will know that you begin to be open to the supramental force and consciousness.

4 March 1958

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