The Mother

The Mother's Help in Attacks

It is the forces of the Ignorance that begin to lay siege and then

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make a mass attack. Every time such an attack can be defeated and cast out, there is a clearance in the ādhāra, a new field gained for the Mother in the mind, vital or physical or the adjacent parts of the being. That the place in the vital occupied by the Mother is increasing is shown by the fact that you are now offering a strong resistance to these sieges that used formerly to overpower you altogether.

To be able to call the Mother's presence or force at such times is the best way to meet the difficulty.

It is with the Mother who is always with you and in you that you converse. The only thing is to hear aright, so that no other voice can come in between.

7-12-1933

However strong the attack may be, and even if it overcomes you for the time being, still it will rapidly pass away if you have formed the habit of opening to the Mother. The peace will come back if you remain quiet and keep yourself open to it and to the Force. Once something of the Truth has shown itself within you, it will always, even if for a time heavily clouded over with wrong movements, shine out again like the sun in heaven. Therefore persevere with confidence and never lose courage.

14-3-1932

Q: What is the best means for the Sadhaks to avoid suffering due to the action of the hostile forces?

A: Faith in the Mother and complete surrender.

17-6-1933

Q: When the Sadhaks overlook some weakness of their nature in the process of transformation, is it not possible that it will be shown to them by the Divine Mother rather than through a painful wound at the weak point dealt by the hostile forces?

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A: If they are sufficiently open to the Divine it can be done―but most Sadhaks have too much egoism and lack of faith and obscurity and self-will and vital desires,―it is that that shuts them to the Mother and calls in the action of the hostile forces.

17-6-1933

The play of the mental and vital defects in the human nature which belongs to the Ignorance is allowed―as also the attacks and suggestions of the Asuric forces―so long as there is anything in the nature which responds to these things. If they rise in you in the presence of the Mother, it is because then a strong pressure is put on them so that they have either to go out or to put up a fight for existence. The remedy is to open to the Mother only and to reject entirely and at all times all other forces, and to reject them most when they become most active. Faith, sincerity, perseverance will do the rest.

16-11-1932