I had a small cloth shop and along with it a shoe store. My partners dealt with me very badly. Ultimately they led me over head and ears into debt. I could not find any way out. All my hopes were shattered.

I was forced to break with my partners. I had now no money left to proceed with. I could not even provide for my family’s immediate needs.

The strain of this situation affected my health. In such a condition I came into contact with a devotee of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo. I told him all about my state. “Why do you worry so much?” he said. “Remember the Mother and she will do everything for you.” Till then I did not know anything about the Mother. But he spoke as if the Mother were magic. I told him, “It is beyond your Mother’s power to pull me out of this wretched plight. It is impossible. I can’t believe it.”

Yet he persuaded me to write to the Mother. I was a worshipper of Kali. Reluctantly and half-heartedly I wrote a letter to the Mother. After a short time, as if indeed by a miracle, I saw that conditions began to improve. The sale proceeds of the shop started rising steeply. This outer change in business brought about such a transformation in my heart and such a spontaneous faith in the Mother that I laid all my business before her when I came to Pondicherry. I accepted her as in-charge of my inner and outer affairs. Now people started giving me goods worth many thousands without even being asked. My business continues to flourish in capital and goods. All my prosperity is due to the Mother. I owe to her more than I can ever be grateful for.

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