Mother You said so ...

10 August 1957

Bhakti Yoga—is that you offer yourself to the Divine, you love and worship the Divine.

Karma Yoga—is that you should feel that you are doing the Divine's work and the Divine is doing work through you. Whatever you do, you should offer each and everything to the Divine by constant remembrance of the Divine. Of course, your brain goes working but your true self will remember the Divine. Call for help and every moment offer the work to the Divine.

Jnana Yoga—Yoga of knowledge. You seek for the Truth and feel that the Divine is the Truth and the rest is Falsehood. You have to practise this, and feel: "I am neither this nor that nor anything else in nature." Then remember only the Divine and your true self—and when the true self also unites with the Divine, you can say: "I am THAT."

These three Yogas lead to the Integral Yoga—the very essence of the Yogas. You can choose any of them to start with. The best is to try to do the three together and your whole being can be transformed.

I was still brooding over her explanations about Yogas. Meanwhile, the Mother ran a gentle hand over my forehead and said jokingly:

For your headache, you must either eat fish or do meditation.

I gaped and said:

"Eh! Mother, I would rather do meditation than eat fish! Not that I know very well how to meditate.

A flash of amusement crossed the Mother's face and laughter rang out sweetly. I suddenly found myself better.

She patted my hands and said:

Sit in an easy-chair, remain absolutely quiet, relax and open yourself—that is to say, imagine that you are opening your head to the Divine's Light, Grace and Force and let them work in you. You should do this every clay for about fifteen minutes, perhaps twice or three times a day. Naturally, then you will feel that the blood is going up and down freely in the head. Thus you will never get a headache. Not only that; but by this practice you can have true understanding. You should put yourself entirely in the hands of the Grace and call the Divine while relaxing.

Referring to my problems, the Mother remarked.

Child, if one's life is too easy and simple, then there is no charm in it.