Contact with The Mother

GRACE ABOUNDING

This was in the early thirties. Once a thought entered my mind that without the Divine Grace nothing substantial could be achieved in life and that in spite of my best efforts this Grace was not felt by me as consciously and distinctly as by others.

So, when I had a chance to have an interview with the Mother (in the Darshan Room upstairs in the Ashram), I sought an opportunity to express my feelings. I spoke with great anxiety on my face.

The Mother who was always compassionate and affectionate to us and had an ever-smiling face became immediately serious.

Observing the unusual attitude I began to go inward.

She said: “You ask for the Divine Grace? It is as if a man sitting on the bank of a river were crying, ‘Mother, Mother, I am dying without water, I am dying without water!’.” And she made a gesture with her arms to show how large was the measure of Divine Grace available in the Ashram. Then her smile returned and her face beamed.

I felt at once that mine was a cry of sheer ignorance when the Divine Grace was incarnate amidst us.

Soon the Mother’s physical form began to disappear and a light began to manifest. It was so impressive that not only was I free from any doubt about the Divine Grace but there was concretely within and around me its beatific Presence.