Darshan

We Remember...

(Message for the First World Conference of the

Sri Aurobindo Society)

The future of the earth depends on a change of consciousness. The only hope for the future is in a change of man's consciousness and the change is bound to come.

But it is left to men to decide if they will collaborate for this change or if it will have to be enforced upon them by the power of crashing circumstances.

So, wake up and collaborate!

Blessings.

The Mother

August 1964

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(The Mother gave the following questions for discussion by the Conference participants, and her own answers. The questions are in Navajata's voice and the answers in the Mother's - Recorded.)

Navajata:How can humanity become one?

The Mother: By becoming conscious of its origin.

Navajata:What is the way of making the consciousness of

human unity grow in man?

The Mother: Spiritual education, that is to say an education which gives more importance to the growth of the spirit than to any religious or moral teaching or to the material so-called knowledge.

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Navajata:What is a change of consciousness?

The Mother: A change of consciousness is equivalent to a new birth, a birth into a higher sphere of existence.

Navajata:How can a change of consciousness change the life

upon earth?

The Mother: A change in human consciousness will make possible the manifestation upon earth of a higher Force, a purer Light, a more total Truth.

August 1964

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(It was at this conference that Auroville was announced to the world for the first time.

— The Remembering Team)

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