Manifestation of the Divine

August 1967

Bonjour.

Bonjour, Douce Mère

What have you brought? Show me. You have brought your notebook?

Yes, Mother, but first this.

Oh, the prayer for this month.

Yes, Mother. (Mother reads the previous prayers and asks:)

What is this? Is this ‘Godhead’ ¹⁸?

Yes, ‘Godhead’, Mother.

Yes, ‘Godhead’. It is good, all right.

(Mother concentrates then writes the prayer:)

Seigneur Suprême
nous T'implorons:
Manifeste-Toi!

Supreme Lord
we implore Thee:
Manifest Thyself!

Yes, it is this, it is good.

Mother, what does “Manifest Thyself” mean?

It means, manifest Thyself as it should be. Manifest Thyself among us. You don’t know what “Manifest Thyself” means? (In a teasing tone:) You know the verb: to manifest? — how does one conjugate it? (in French) “Je me manifeste, tu te manifestes, it se manifeste . . .” Don’t you know this?

Yes, Mother. But I wanted to know: Manifest Thyself where and when?

Manifest among us. But when, I don’t know. I am not concerned with it.

But as You have written the prayer for this month, therefore He will manifest in this month, or else You would not have written it for this month. There must be a link somewhere.

I don’t know, my child, I don’t know all this. I don’t know when He will manifest, how He will manifest and where He will manifest. I implore silently that He manifests Himself. I don’t know all that you are asking me. Because five minutes back I didn’t know that I was going to write this. I know it only now after having written the prayer. That’s all. I don’t know and I don’t take the trouble to find all this out. I cannot reply. I don’t know, my child. Let us just pray.

(Seeing the calendar, the Mother says:)

Fine. It is done. You can take it.

6 August 1967

(When I went to the Mother the next week, I said:)

Mother, I wanted to ask You about the prayer You gave me last time:

“Supreme Lord we implore Thee: Manifest Thyself!”

But Mother, You have already manifested, so what does “Manifest Thyself” mean?

Seen from a certain point of view, it is true. But this is not the complete manifestation.

What does it mean? But You are the Supreme. Then what difference is there still? And You are here, You have already manifested. Who else should manifest again?

It is not here yet (pointing to Her body), His complete manifestation. It is not this that He wants. It is not yet fashioned in His mould. It is partly done and it continues, but it is not over. It is not yet luminous, plastic, malleable. It is not that radiant body which shines and emits light. It is not transparent and luminous like the Lord’s: that vibrant and joyous body which does not take any form. That is not yet visible everywhere and for everyone. This (pointing Her body) is not yet that. The Lord must manifest Himself here; I am preparing for the day when He will be able to manifest Himself. It is progressing, it is continuing. Only the Lord knows when He will manifest. I know nothing, I do my work without getting impatient and without caring for the result. What He has assigned me to do, I do, that’s all.

But, Mother, You are the Supreme Lord, so You know all this.

Me, I am the Manifestation, the World, the Universe, the Lord, All. It is the same thing. There is no difference. These are only different forms. In fact, it is the Lord Himself (indicating Herself). But He has not yet manifested here (indicating the body); the Supreme must manifest Himself here in His totality, in His magnificence. It is this that I await. To make myself visible to all. You know, perhaps I am asking a bit too much from the Lord. And because He sees that it is too much for man to digest, that is why He is taking time. It should be realised now but He knows better —that is why . . .

Or else my demand from Him is much too great for the world. It is not yet ready for that. I have asked the Lord to make me visible even to unbelievers and the most ignorant, so that everyone may see me in that illumined body, that I may be visible to everyone without exception, like a Descent, like the one for whom man has waited — a Benefactor to relieve him of all his miseries and all his needs. The Descent of the Truth upon earth. It is this that I ask for. Perhaps it is a bit too much. Anyhow, I wait without haste for that day. I have asked what I had to ask of the Lord and it is for Him to ordain. I wait . . . I wait. Who knows, perhaps people don’t want this yet. They are afraid of what they will lose, that it will turn the whole world upside down — all their so-called happiness, riches, their way of living, the pleasures, the pettinesses, and the ignorance they still cling to, which have become so familiar that they are afraid to lose all this. That is why they don’t want this stranger of a Truth to organise their lives. Truly, they don’t want it, they love what they are, they love their ignorance. This is everything for them. They don’t want me any more, that is why I cannot manifest.

But Mother, we want it, we want to see this radiant and illumined body, this transformed body.

You are ready, you are capable of seeing me. But it is not enough — there must be a surrounding atmosphere. There must be some persons who aspire for the manifestation. There must be persons of goodwill, an environment where men grow, men who aspire for transformation, for spontaneous collaboration and for harmony and peace. There must be a suitable preparation so that I can descend. It is this that is still lacking. Is there one person who can say that he has no ego, that he is entirely for the Divine? Completely surrendered and without reserve? Is there one? . . . Not yet. I wait.

We will see when it shall be done. Let us wait. We will see, we will see the day when the Supreme Lord will manifest down here (indicating Her body).

Mother, You have patience, but we would like it to be done quickly

All depends on the Lord, it is He who has patience. I do only what He tells me to do. It is His work and He takes care of everything. If He wants it to be done now, the Supreme will manifest here immediately. That’s all. All is in His power. If He doesn’t want it now, it will not be done. That’s all. It is the Lord who directs everything. I say nothing.

Mother, again You are saying the same thing, although You have all the powers and You can do anything. If You want You can do it right now.

No, my child, I am no one, I do nothing. I do nothing but what He tells me to do. Perhaps He does not do it now, this miracle, because He knows better, because the world will burst into pieces if the Lord descends with His omnipotence. The world is not yet ready. That is why He waits. Perhaps He is experimenting and has found that the world cannot bear this grandeur of a miracle, even for a moment.

You know, that is why, when there was a miracle, it never lasted for long. It was just for a moment. People, absolutely wonderstruck, would see this strange phenomenon; but even for that moment they could not bear it. It became too much. That is why the miracles never lasted for a long time, because people are not ready for this sudden change.

Who knows, perhaps the Lord descended here for a moment and found that people could not bear it, or else that the environment was not ready. It is this that He waits for. Maybe He manifested for a moment, and no one knew anything. It could also be that: He manifested here for a moment. He alone knows. But we shall see what He wants. We should have some patience. I wait and I wait without paying any attention to all this. Because He will do what is best. That is why I am not anxious to know when, how, and where He is going to manifest. I wait quietly, knowing that one day He will manifest here (pointing to Her body). The other things, — it is His affair, it is He who takes care of them. I know nothing.

And yet, You and the Supreme are the same, and You have descended here to accomplish this manifestation.

Yes, it is true. In spirit He has already manifested here, but not yet in His totality in this body. He has not yet manifested here. If He had, it would be completely different. This (the body) is nothing at present, it is but an illusion that you see. It does not have any existence. It is nothing at all. It is Phou! like this . . .

Anyway, now I won’t speak any more. It is over.

Why, Mother?

Because I don’t want to mention it any more. I should not speak of all this. It is finished. I remain absolutely silent . . .

It is already late.

13 August 1967