The Mother

Kartavyam Karma and Work Sanctioned by the Mother

Q: Can it be said that all the work sanctioned by the Mother is "kartavyam karma"?

A: If the Sadhak has a strong insistence or a strong desire, the Mother may say "Yes" or "Do as you like" or give her sanction to the thing requested or demanded. That does not make it a "kartavyam karma", but simply a thing which the Sadhak can do. Again if a thing is indifferent or unobjectionable and the Mother is asked by somebody if he can do it, and she agrees, that does not exalt it into a "kartavyam karma".

31-7-1937

Q: So far I had the belief that all work sanctioned by the Mother was her work and work done for her is our "kartavyam karma". Is this not so? If a person gives up all duties to his family, country and society and sincerely does work only for the Divine, as an offering to the Mother, is he not doing the Mother's work and is it not his "kartavyam karma"? Outside it may be difficult to decide this, but here, under the living Presence of the Mother, is this not an assured fact? If not, then what is really meant by "kartavyam karma"?

A: I was asked whether everything done that had the Mother's permission was not a "kartavyam karma". People ask for permission to a host of things dictated by various reasons―it does not follow that the Mother's permission to all these things are her dictates. What work is given by the Mother is her work―also whatever work is done with sincerity as an offering to the Mother is her work also―that goes without saying. But Karma covers all kinds of actions and not work only.

31-7-1937

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