The Mother

Full Acceptance by the Mother

Q: When a person begins to do Yoga under the Mother's care, is he not fully taken up by her?

A: Not until he is ready. He has first to accept her and then to give up more and more his ego. There are Sadhaks who at every step revolt, oppose the Mother, contradict her will, criticise her decisions. How can she take them up fully in such conditions?

21-6-1933

Q: Is there really any difference between the Guru, the

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Divine and the Truth in our Yoga? I have been considering that the Mother and yourself are not only the Gurus but also the Divine, and that whatever either of you say is the law of the Truth. Why then are you using (in reply to my question on discipline) these three different words?

A: I wrote the general law of spiritual life and obedience. You have to know that as well as its special application here. Moreover many here are satisfied with saying, "The Mother is divine," but they do not follow her commands—others do not really regard her as Divine—they treat her as if she were an ordinary Guru.

13-6-1933

Q: Yesterday you spoke about the Mother's commands. What are they? I want to try to follow them.

A: They are supposed to be known. You have to do the right thing and follow the Yoga sincerely.

14-6-1933

Q: We are told the Mother can act best if a Sadhak is sincere. But what is meant by this?

A: What is meant by sincere Sadhana? In the Mother's definition of sincere, it means "opening only to the Divine Forces" i.e. rejecting all the others even if they come.

21-4-1936