India - the Mother

February 15, 1967

The most bloodthirsty god is the most popular, I think. All the slaughters, all the horrors, all the tortures that have been committed in the name of God.... Oh, when I was just five, I was revolted by that "God" who really was a wicked character and caused bloodshed.

... But you know, there are still so many fanatics—more than we think. You would think all that has disappeared with modern development—not at all.

The farther I go, the more I have a perception of a Harmony. A harmony, that is, a vision of the Whole in which everything is in its place: qualities, movements, even forms. It's something being worked out, a vision being worked out. Yet outwardly, it's apparent chaos.... It's the transition from one to the other that's difficult. The disequilibrium is what prepares a new equilibrium.

We are in the middle of the chaos.

And the only solution at such a time is to draw back, as it were (gesture of drawing within), and hang on unshakeably to something higher, fasten on to it while the hurricane passes by. Then you can go through.

Mother's Agenda: February 15, 1967