Manifestation of the Divine

June 1968

Bonjour!

Bonjour, Douce Mère. (I give the Mother the calendar of prayers.)

Ah! it is this today?

(She reads the previous prayer, concentrates and then writes:)

Seigneur,
Permets que toujours et à chaque instant,
mon être total soit devant Toi
et puisse Te dire: “Je suis devant Toi
pour que Ta Volonté s’accomplisse en moi
et à travers moi à chaque moment
et en toute chose.”
avec une sincérité et une humilité parfaites.

Lord,
Grant that always and at every moment,
my entire being may stand before Thee
and be able to say to Thee: “I stand before Thee
so that Thy Will is done in me and through me
at every moment and in all things.”
with perfect sincerity and humility.

Is it complete here, Mother: ‘With perfect sincerity and . . .’?

Yes, it is this, two very important things, ‘with perfect sincerity and humility’; they are very important, both of them . . . both . . . very important — sincerity and humility.

Mother, have You seen what has been drawn? This is ‘Collaboration’ ³³.

Ah! it is very good.

And this is ‘Peace in the Physical’ ³⁴.

What is it?

‘Peace in the Physical’, Mother.

Oh, good.

2 June 1968

A Special Rose

On 30 June the Mother sent Mona a ‘Surrender’ rose with two small buds on its stem. Later that day She told him that the rose carried a special message for him which he should find out.

When he asked for Her help, She told him that the rose had not fully bloomed because “it sacrificed its own need in order to nourish those two buds”. The buds, She said, “represent two different paths towards realisation. . . . One bud represents your individual realisation, a path for a realisation. It is for you. And the other bud represents the collective realisation, which means it is for the good of the collectivity.”

When Mona went to see the Mother on 7 July, he showed Her the painting on the calendar for July — a painting of the rose with two buds on the stem. She asked if the rose in the painting was the same rose She had given him a week earlier and lie said, “Yes”. She complimented him on keeping the rose so well and said that the buds might open. When he went to see Her the following week, She again asked about the rose.

This rose with two buds indeed carried a special message for Mona.