A collection of short prose pieces on the Mother and her four great Aspects - Maheshwari, Mahakali, Mahalakshmi, Mahasaraswati, along with 'Letters on the Mother'.
Integral Yoga
This volume consists of two separate but related works: 'The Mother', a collection of short prose pieces on the Mother, and 'Letters on the Mother', a selection of letters by Sri Aurobindo in which he referred to the Mother in her transcendent, universal and individual aspects. In addition, the volume contains Sri Aurobindo's translations of selections from the Mother's 'Prières et Méditations' as well as his translation of 'Radha's Prayer'.
THEME/S
Q: In your book, "Bases of Yoga" one reads, "It is with the Mother who is always with you and in you that you converse." Could you kindly explain to me how one converses with the Mother?
A: One hears the voice or the thought speaking inwardly and one answers inwardly. Only it is not always safe for the Sadhak if there is any insincerity of ego, desire, vanity, ambition in him―for then he may construct a voice or thought in his mind and ascribe it to the Mother and it will say to him pleasing and flattering things which mislead him. Or he may mistake some other Voice for the Mother's.
2-7-1936
Q: Can one rely solely upon the voice from within and be thus guided by the Mother?
A: If it is the Mother's voice; but you have to be sure of that.
7-7-1933
Q: Is it not a fact that to hear the Mother's voice inwardly and to recognise it as hers is easy?
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A: No, to hear and recognise the Mother's voice within is not easy.
8-7-1933
Q: When is one said to be ready to hear the Mother's voice from within?
A: When one has equality, discrimination and sufficient Yogic experience―otherwise any voice may be mistaken for the Mother's.
Q: At Pranam while putting my head in the Mother's lap I heard some voice. It was felt to be the Mother's. Did she really say something to me inwardly or was it a mere illusion of mine?
A: It may have been that the Mother conveyed something to you. At this moment she does not remember.
27-4-1933
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