The State of the Nation : A Questionnaire Answered by the Mother

THE STATE OF THE NATION

The Mother answers

(A questionnaire from The Illustrated Weekly of India, Republic
Day issue of 1964 - original English)





1. If you were asked to sum up, just in one sentence, your vision of
India, what would be your answer?

India's true destiny is to be the Guru of the world.

2. Similarly, if you were asked

The Mother : Sublime Guide by Prof. Manoj Das

THE genius who
not only propounded colossal ideas but also put them into practice, the
visionary who dared to launch the process of transfiguring the vision into
gross reality, is widely known as the Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram though, in
truth, Sri Aurobindo Ashram is of the Mother, as is the Auroville, the `city of
dawn' which she designed for a new community of seekers from all over the

"Mother's Agenda"

"The conditions in which men live on earth are the
result of their state of   consciousness. Wanting to change the
conditions without changing the consciousness is a vain chimera."    
                                                                                                                         - The Mother  

Encounter with an Asuric Being

May 15, 1962

(During the night of April 3, Mother had encountered an asuric being
who had managed to assume Sri Aurobindo's appearance, as well as a group of
people wanting to found a Nietzschean-type religion. Following this encounter,
a heart attack had gravely endangered Mother's life. But this was not the first
such meeting.)



I had said [on April 3] I would find the date of my first

The Aurovilian Must Not Be A Slave To His Desires

(I do not know who
told you that ‒ but there is a
misunderstanding somewhere because to hand over the management of Auroville to
any country or any group however big it may be is an absolute
impossibility. Blessings, The Mother)





We should teach them to free themselves from the idea of
personal possession.... You see, everything belongs to the Divine, and the
Divine gives you not

Jitendra Sharma : Correspondence with the Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Mother's Agenda : tape recordings made by Satprem, Part II (1966-1973)

1966


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