Chapter 13Comfort and Happiness

I expect that you will take at once the necessary steps.

31 January 1955

* It is understood that the Ashram is not doing politics and is not interested in elections.

25 June 1955

* Politics is based on falsehood, we have nothing to do with it.

Morality is the shield that men flourish to protect themselves against Truth.

It is only the Divine’s will that is unquestionable. And it is that which man, in all his actions, deforms and falsifies.

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A Declaration Some people looking at things superficially, might ask how is it that the Ashram exists in this town for so many years and is not liked by the population?

The first and immediate answer is that all those in this population who are of a higher standard in culture, intelligence, good will and education not only have welcomed the Ashram but have expressed their sympathy, admiration and good-feeling. Sri Aurobindo Ashram has in Pondicherry many sincere and faithful followers and friends.

This said, our position is clear. We do not fight against any creed, any religion. We do not fight against any form of government. We do not fight against any social class. We do not fight against any nation or civilisation. We are fighting division, unconsciousness, ignorance, inertia and falsehood.

We are endeavouring to establish upon earth union, knowledge, consciousness, Truth, and we fight whatever opposes the advent of this new creation of Light, Peace, Truth and Love.

16 February 1965

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At the time of the attack on the Ashram [in 1965] I tried to be confident, peaceful and called for your help. I ask whether this was not a cloak to hide my timidity?

Never doubt such an experience. It is exactly the condition in which everybody ought to have been, the condition I was bring-ing down on the Ashram, and if it had been shared by all, nothing could have happened, all the most violent attacks would have been in vain.

* Mother is with all those who are sincere in their aspiration towards a divine life above party and politics.

26 March 1971 Each one carries his capacity of happiness in himself but I am convinced that those who cannot be happy here can be happy nowhere.

14 April 1936

* People must be happy when they are here, otherwise they cannot have the full advantage of the exceptional opportunity.

* I am always happy to receive and to help those who wish for harmony and conciliation, and are ready to correct their mistakes and to progress. But I can be of no help to those who throw all the blame on the others for they are inapt to see the truth and to act accordingly.

But it goes without saying that those who are here and are ready to face some difficulties in order to remain here, will always be welcome.

* You have answered the trustful welcome given to you by an arrogant and uncomprehending attitude, judging everything from the viewpoint of an ignorant and presumptuous morality which could only alienate from you the sympathy so spontaneously extended to you as to all those who come here in quest of the spiritual life. But in order to profit by one’s stay here, a minimum of mental humility and generosity of soul is indispensable.

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