Words of the Mother - III (CWM Vol.15)

Words of the Mother – III

Collected Works of the Mother Volume 15

This volume is divided into two parts, the first part containing writings, the second part, conversations.

Part One consists primarily of brief written statements by the Mother on various aspects of spiritual life. Written between the early 1930s and the early 1970s, the statements have been compiled from her public messages, private notes, and correspondence with disciples. About two-thirds of them were written in English; the rest were written in French and appear here in English translation. There are also a small number of spoken comments, most of them in English. Some are tape-recorded messages; others are reports by disciples that were later approved by the Mother for publication. These reports are identified by the symbol § placed at the end.

Part Two consists of thirty-two conversations not included elsewhere in the Collected Works. The first six conversations are the earliest recorded conversations of the 1950s’ period. About three-fourths of these conversations were spoken in French and appear here in English translation.

Book Details

Author: The Mother

Print Length: 430 pages

Publisher: Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Book format: PDF, ePub, Kindle

Language: English

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Part One. Letters, Messages and Other Short Written Statements

The Divine and the Universe
Nature and the Forces of Nature
The Gods, Superior Beings and Adverse Forces
Religion and Occultism
Morality and War
Wealth and Government
Past, Present and Future
Progress and Perfection
Transformation and the Supramental
Death and Rebirth
Sleep and Dreams
Illness and Health
Messages
Prayers
Sadhana and Life
Personal Advice
Admonitions
Practical Affairs
Experiences of the Mother

Part Two. Conversations

30 December 1950. Destiny and Determinism
6 January 1951. An Integral Transformation, Absolute Sincerity
18 January 1951. The Psychic Being, the Vital and the Physical, Methods of Spiritual Practice, The Psychic Being and the Truth
22 January 1951. The Functions of the Mind, Understand the Other’s Point of View
30 January 1951. Faith, Sincerity and Surrender, The Invisible Worlds, Vital and Psychic Emotion
1 February 1951. Dreams and Sleep
12 November 1952. The Steps of the Soul
5 February 1956. Two Categories of Suffering
1958 (1). Memory of Past Lives
1958 (2). Inner Realisation Is the Key to Outer Realisation
30 May 1958. The Anti-Divine
19 July 1958. Eating the Fruit
21 July 1958. Do Not Waste Energy
(July?) 1958. Mental Formulation of Experience
(July?) 1958. The Sense of Beauty
10 October 1958. The Worship of the Supreme in Matter
4 November 1958. The Gods and Their Worlds
8 November 1958. Experience of 5 November 1958
15 November 1958. Experience of 13 November 1958
22 November 1958. Karma
January 1960. Stories about the Saints
Undated: Before February 1960. The True Reason
4 June 1960. Better Sleep
18 July 1960. Old Talks and the Things of Today
18 July 1961. The Supramental Creation
3 April 1962. Experience on the Night of 2 April 1962
13 April 1962. Experience on the Night of 12 April 1962
7 September 1963. Dialogue with a Materialist
24 December 1966. To Choose the Truth
11 May 1967. Unconditional Surrender
15 August 1967. Experience of 15 August 1967
25 May 1970. Go Beyond Politics

Book Sample

Words of the Mother – III

The Divine and the Universe

THE UNIVERSE:
MANIFESTATION OF THE DIVINE

It is He, the perfect spirit who fills all. The perfect spirit fills all.

It is He who fills all.

Who is He? The perfect spirit.

It is He, the perfect spirit who fills all.

1952

It is the Lord who sets all in motion from the depths of the being;

it is His will that directs, His force that acts.

18 September 1954

At the service of the Divine we are; it is the Divine who decides, ordains and puts in motion, directs and accomplishes the action.

25 December 1954

Who has made the Divine?

Himself.

August 1966

How long did it take to plan the universe? Who was there to execute it?

Nothing in advance. Everything immediately, directly, spontaneously, without any intermediary. The intervention of intermediaries has mostly complicated matters rather than simplified. A rather long story to tell.

* * *

What is Consciousness?

When the Lord becomes conscious of Himself, the world is created.

Consciousness is the breath that gives life to all.

Sweet Mother, please tell me the meaning of “consciousness”.

Without consciousness you would not even know that you live.

Consciousness is the faculty of becoming aware of anything through identification.

The Divine Consciousness is not only aware but knows and effects. To become aware of a vibration, for instance, does not mean that you know everything about it.

In the Divine Consciousness the smallest things from below unite with the highest, the most sublime from above.

3 July 1954

* * *

Does the Divine exist in all things, even in the dustbin?

The whole universe is the manifestation of the Divine, but a manifestation which begins with a total unconsciousness of its origin and rises little by little towards this consciousness.

Do not forget even for a moment that all this has been created by Him out of Himself. Not only is He present in everything, but also He is everything. The differences are only in expression and manifestation.

If you forget this you lose everything.§

There is no end to the wonders of the universe.

The more we get free from the limits of our small ego, the more these wonders disclose themselves to us.

The Lord will possess His universe perfectly only when the universe will have become the Lord.

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