India - the Mother

November 27, 1971

(All India Radio has asked for a text on Sri Aurobindo on the occasion of his Centenary.)

Basically, what would be good is to say, "Sri Aurobind came to tell the world the beauty of the future to be realized. And then, explain it.

"He came to give—not a hope: a certitude of the splendour towards which the world is moving...." That's exactly all the experiences I've had lately. And I see Sri Aurobindo's letters, that's what he says. "The world is not an unhappy accident, it is a marvel moving towards its expression."

I think that's what the world most needs now, a word that gives it the sense of what is to be realized—of what will be realized. And then, to awaken in each one the desire to collaborate.

To understand oneself and convey it to others.

The world needs an assurance of beauty—of the beauty to come. And Sri Aurobindo gave the assurance.

Mother's Agenda: November 27, 1971