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A compilation of The Mother's words - reminding India of her special place & mission & showing how she can overcome her perilous situation & fulfil her destiny.

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A compilation of The Mother's words - reminding India of her special place & mission & showing how she can overcome her perilous situation & fulfil her destiny.

Compilations from books by Sri Aurobindo & The Mother India - the Mother Editor:   Sujata Nahar
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 On India

Part Three (1958 - 73)




April 7, 1971

... West Pakistan has written to Russia, saying that India had better not help [Bangladesh] because ... that would mean war. Russia has informed India. And China has clearly taken a stand in favour of Pakistan.

So it may get very nasty.

It has to be finished once and for all, Mother.

Both England and America are still like this (vacillating gesture).

For them it's Pakistan's "internal affair."

Yes.

... It's far more serious than it seems.

Yes, Mother. [After a silence) But, Mother, I have the feeling that India is the symbol of the world's battle, and the new Consciousness cannot be established in the world until India has regained her unity.

Yes.

It's obvious that India is the symbol of the New World in the making, so India must be "one," symbolically, in order for the New World to be built....

Yes.

Consequently Pakistan has to disappear.68

But of course!

There's no doubt about that. So this must be the time.

But they've already missed one chance [in 1965].

Yes, they've already missed one chance. But now they shouldn't miss this one.

But India herself is divided.

... Such an ardent faith would be needed ... but ... (gesture of something crumbling into dust between her fingers).

You understand, the Force is so active.... Lies that had gone on for years have become visible here too—the mixture is everywhere.

We would need a force of truth so great as to be capable of overwhelming all that.

(After a silence) For me, the Victory is certain, but I don't know if it's tomorrow or ... (gesture into the distance).

I don't know which path we shall have to take to get there.

Victory is certain, that's obvious, but which path will we have to take?

And it very much depends on our individual position, that's what they don't understand. We must cling, cling so tightly to the Truth that nothing can touch us.










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