Mother You said so ...

8 November 1957

In the evening the Mother asked me whether I liked the picture of Durga. I answered that I did and that it was very impressive. She smiled and entered into a profound trance. She awoke and said solemnly:

People should have the sincere and persistent will to conquer all obstacles.

You see, every year Mother Durga fights the devil and dominates him. But unhappily he rises over and over again because people give a response to him.

Otherwise, if the devil had no place in this world, he would be no more here to harass human beings. People must have a strong will to conquer the evil forces and overthrow the devil's plot. Then there will be peace.

It was exceedingly hard to swallow this truth, because of the harsh reality of the concrete psychological struggle within me-changing emotions and rambling thoughts jostling against each other in my being. The divine splendour of Bliss, Joy and Peace were nowhere to be found and felt.

On the 8th, a Tuesday, the rain was pelting down and rivers of water were gushing along the sides of the lanes.

The rain abated a little in the evening. I went to the Mother. I found her room full of warmth and soothing vibrations which were accentuated by the fragrance of the flowers.

The Mother and I meditated for quite some time. During the meditation I observed that she had opened her shining eyes again and again. Her happy smile brightened her face. Now she closed her eyes and plunged into a deep contemplation.

She awoke and dreamily wrote something on a piece of paper. A cheerful and contented smile hovered on her lips when she said:

You are a lucky girl to be here: You know, Mother Nature came to me just now to give her full consent to collaborate with spirituality.

Instantly the whole picture of the Mother's gestures during her meditation came into the frame of my mind, and I understood why she felt happy.

Then she showed me her writing and said:

This will be the Message of the New Year. Child, do not tell anybody.

I assured her that I would not breathe a word to anyone. The Message was:

O Nature, material Mother,
Thou hast said that thou wilt collaborate,
and there is no limit to the splendour of this collaboration

Then the Mother gave me a short explanation. After it, she clasped my hands and looked deeply into my eyes. Then she embraced me tenderly. After receiving flowers I made my way to Golconde.

The next morning the Mother sent me a huge card illustrating Shiva and Shakti. She had written on it:

This can be taken as one aspect of the collaboration be-tween the Spiritual Power and the Material Nature.

I sent her the report of what she had said the previous evening. It ran:

Nature is always going on Her own ways. Spiritual things also are going on their own ways. Nature and Spirituality do not go together. There is no collaboration so far between them but always hostility towards each other.

When the New Year begins there will be an endless collaboration between them. There will be plenitude, joy, glory and magnificence. There will be the promise of the New World—of the Supramental World. Because Mother Nature—the Material Mother—has said that She would collaborate. So everyone should love Her.