India - the Mother

October 8, 1960

Our language is poor.¹⁴ Sanskrit was better. Sanskrit is a much fuller and much subtler language, so it was probably much better. But these modern languages are so artificial (I mean superficial, intellectual); they cut things up into little bits and take away the light that is behind.... Sanskrit was certainly much more fluid and a better instrument for a more global, more comprehensive light, which contains more things within itself.

In these modern languages, things seem to go through a sieve and get broken up into separate little bits.... I even doubt that the modern mind, built as it is now, would be able to know Sanskrit in that way. I think they are cutting up Sanskrit too, out of habit!

We need a new language. We need to make a new language. Not some kind of Esperanto!—Sounds springing from above.

We should capture THE SOUND. There must be one sound at the origin of all languages.... The words should have power—an expressive power. Yes, they should carry the meaning in themselves!

Mother's Agenda: October 8, 1960