Manifestation of the Divine

February 1972

(I give the Mother the calendar of prayers. She looks at the prayer for January and asks:)

Is it for January?

Yes, Mother — it is for January.

Read what is written here.

“In this year of Sri Aurobindo’s centenary, let us try to be worthy of him . . .”

And then?

“ . . by faithfully following his teaching in order to prepare the coming of the superman. Bonne année.”

What flower is this? (pointing to the flower painted for February)

‘Superhumanity’ ⁷⁵.

Eh?

This is ‘Superhumanity’. The name of this flower is ‘Superhumanity’.

Which flower is it?

This flower is the dahlia.

Dahlia! Yes, yes.

(The Mother writes the prayer for February. Beneath it She writes ‘OM’ in devanagari script.)

La Nature retrouve
le Divin dans une
soumission béatifique

Nature rediscovers
the Divine
in a blissful surrender

With the help of OM one can realise the Divine. OM has a transforming power. OM represents the Divine.

C ⁷⁶: Yes, it represents the Divine. It represents the Divine.

OM, but, Mother, OM is the sound . . .?

The sound . . . They say that all the aspirations of the world when going towards the Divine make O. . . . M, like that. (The Mother chants O. . . . M)

Yes, Mother.

And then, that is why they say OM.

C: Mother please, say it once again. Please say it again.

Eh?

C: OM, it is fine, Mother, it was very beautiful. (Mother laughs.) Mother, once more, please.

O . . . . M

It is like this everywhere. O . . . .M. O . . . . M.

C: Yes, Mother.

Look here, I was in France some, I think, sixty years ago. There was a Frenchman who had come back from the Himalayas, who had stayed there some time and he gave a lecture, and I listened to the lecture and in the lecture he said that when he was deep in the Himalayas, there was a Sannyasin whom he didn’t know, who came to see him and told him only this O . . . . M and that he was completely changed. And then, when he said O . . . . M, I felt the same change in me . . . as if the Divine was coming in. O . . . . M.

Voilà. Good . . . good. Keep the secret.

Yes, Mother.

You will recall this: O . . . . M. O . . . . M. That’s all. O . . . . M. It must be manifested. If anything goes wrong, repeat OM, all will go well.

(The next day when I went to the Mother, I told Her:)

Mother, the OM which You chanted yesterday is still ringing in me.

(Mother laughs.)

It is the best protection.

(After a while, Mother says:)

Au revoir, my child.

Au revoir, Douce Mère.

(The Mother once again wrote OM and signed beneath it.)