Daily Prayers

Mother Divine, let the rejuvenating streams of Thy Love pour upon earth and fill it it with Thy fragrance and delight.

Let Thy Peace enter the hearts of men and Thy sweet harmony awaken in all.

Let Thy law of Truth manifest despite all oppositions and resistance.

Let our minds be illumined with Thy Light and all creatures disclose Thy unseen Presence.

Let our sight behold Thee everywhere and in everything.

Let our very senses extend beyond their limits and perceive Thee in all experiences.

Thou art in all things, all is in Thee and Thou art the All. There is nothing else but Thee. May this become our constant experience.

Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa

Maa, Mother Divine, Thou art the sole doer, the accomplisher of all Thy works, the giver of all fulfilment. Nay, Thou art the fulfilment for to find Thee in our inner depths, to discover Thee in our inmost being, to be one with Thee in our soul is to turn existence into a rapture and life into a perpetual marvel. On the other hand, to forget Thee, to lose contact with Thee, to live for the petty satisfactions of the ego rather than in Thy Service is the greatest single sorrow from which all suffering stems. We offer to Thee this hymn of adoration by the Lord Sri Aurobindo which is and should become the deepest cry of our being.

“O Truth defended in thy secret sun,
Voice of her mighty musings in shut heavens
On things withdrawn within her luminous depths,
O Wisdom-Splendour, Mother of the universe,
Creatrix, the Eternal’s artist Bride,
Linger not long with thy transmuting hand
Pressed vainly on one golden bar of Time,
As if Time dare not open its heart to God.

O radiant fountain of the world’s delight
World-free and unattainable above,
O Bliss who ever dwellst deep-hid within
While men seek thee outside and never find,
Mystery and Muse with hieratic tongue,
Incarnate the white passion of thy force,
Mission to earth some living form of thee.”

Come, O Mother, come! We are not ready, the earth is not ready. But can it ever be ready, can man ever understand Thy Glory or become a fit receptacle of Thy Force or manifest even a Ray of Thy Glory without the benediction of Thy Grace?

Come, Mother Come! Fill our life with Thy Breath, redeem our earthly matter by Thy touch, break the seals upon our soul with Thy kiss, save us by Thy smile of Love.

Come, Mother Come!

Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa

Mother Divine, Supreme Mother Thou who art beyond the Being and the Non-Being, beyond the Manifest and the Unmanifest, beyond the creation and the Creator, beyond all that we know and all that we can never know, let Thy Will prevail upon our life. Let Thy Law of Truth govern this earth rather than the Law of Ignorance with its results of suffering and pain.

Maa the two thieves that deviate us from the straight sunlit path are ego and desire. Purify us, O Divine Mother of all egoism. Cure us of all littleness that comes from the sense of I-ness and my-ness. Let this mud engine of the human body be turned to heaven use, a chariot of the gods for Thee to course around the world and to wage Thy earthly battles. Let our mind and thought be the harness of Thy chariot so that all our speech be the blowing of Thy conch shell scattering all clouds of doubt and doom, or a flute drawing countless souls together in a harmonious unity around Thee. Let our heart become Thy temple and abode carrying Thy marvellous Presence everywhere and our will become Thy instrument, Thy Sudarshan Chakra, the discuss divine to cleave all darkness and to establish Thy Light everywhere. Make me Thy supple and plastic instrument, the flute and lyre of Thy Love, the weapon and spear of Thy deathless Light.

Om Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa

Mother Divine the events and circumstances of our life are like so many dots scattered in Space and Time that seem to be disconnected from each other. Yet there are subtle links that join the dots, these subtle links are not outside but in the hidden motives that drive our actions. Since these motives are covered and sealed to our eyes we find them disconnected. Yet they are like an unfolding script of the story of our soul whose far ends are hidden from our sight. But Thou art the All-knower, the sole Omniscient and Omnipotent Goddess, Mother Divine who holds these links in an unbroken chain extending from the hidden past to the unseen future. Therefore must we lay bare before Thee all that is happening in our lives so that their secret truth may emerge and the seemingly chaotic and apparently disconnected events may each find their true place and the right rhythm in the great flow. 

Maa, all is laid bare before Thee without calculation or reserve. Let each element find its true place according to the Law of Truth and not according to our human attachments and preferences.

All is Thine.  All events and circumstances are nothing but an incomplete and clumsy or distorted expression some truth that is known only to Thee. To Thee is offered all, to Thee is offered each detail of our life as well the whole.  All is Thine, all is in Thee, Thou art in all, all is indeed Thyself and there is nothing else but Thee. 

In Thee is our supreme safety. In Thee is true repose. In this is the freedom from the chain. In Thee is the Knowledge and the Power needed for Thy Manifestation. Let Thy Will triumph everywhere and in all things.

Mother Divine, our human life almost always remains divided between the call of the soul and the pulls of his nature that demand their own satisfactions. Here too we see at least three strands. One part is that which pulls towards the past due to past habits and momentum of past actions, the other parts are affected and influenced by all that is happening in the present and the last is that which pulls him towards the future. This divided state creates various disharmonies within along with the struggle and the resultant suffering. But Thou art there as the secret thread that connects them all. It is You who holds all the links between our past and the future that constantly impinge, impact and influence our present. The key to their harmony is with You, O Mother Divine.

Maa, weave these strands into a beautiful tapestry and a garland of flowers for the Lord.
May all division within and without be welded into unity by the bond of Thy Love. May all that is still unconscious, hidden in folds of darkness grow conscious. May all that is wounded and suffers be healed. May all that is tortuous and twisted grow straight and divinely simple. May all that is discordant and in disorder discover the way of harmony and a diviner order. May all that is crude and ugly and unrefined grow beautiful. May all that is weak and bitter and small grow strong and sweet and vast. May nothing in us contradict Thy Presence and our fragmented life grow harmonious and whole.

May life blossom beautifully along the happy sunlit paths.

Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa

Maa, human life seems to be perpetually torn between the true calling of his soul and the various apparent needs and demands exerting contradictory pulls upon his different parts. We accept the inner contradictions as part of life but this blind acceptance of life as it is, driven mechanically by the forces of ignorance, keeps us tied to the outposts of lower nature holding back our flight, building a huge gulf between what we are in the present moment and what we aspire to be.

But Thou hast come and this old scheme of a slow tortuous evolution will surely change. Thou has built the bridge and with the help of Thy Name we can not only cross all gulfs but bridge the gap between our true aspiration and the limited force of nature. Thy Name sets us free, lays the foundation for the New Life, builds the New Creation within us and makes us complete and whole. It is Thy Name that protects us and shields us through our journey and makes even the greatest of challenges seem easy. Thy Name is indeed the bridge between the Eternal and His Play in time, Thy Name is the link that connects the Infinite and our finite life. Thy Name helps us cross through every difficulty, turning them into an opportunity and eventually it is Thy Name that carries us safely through the perilous passages that the soul undertakes when it passes through the dark nights and the ambiguous fields of death.

Oh let Thy Name resound in our depths and echo in every corner of our being. Let Thy Name vibrate and reverberate everywhere from the smallest cells and atoms to the farthest galaxies in Space and the yet greater worlds beyond.

Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa

Mother Divine Thy Grace has opened the brilliant lid covering the face of Truth and the golden waters pour upon the earth. Thy Love has leaned into the Abyss and here too Thou hast made a passage for Truth hidden in the nether depths to emerge from below and enter more and more into the earthly play. Our role is to become the joining link between these two streams of Truth, one pouring from Above and the other rising from Below attracted by the former. In the joining of these two streams lies the secret of transformation which shall give birth to a new stream, the stream of a new supramental life, the divine life that shall release for us the nectar of immortality here upon earth.

What then is needed for joining these two streams coming from two different directions? The streams of Truth can only be joined by links of Truth. Maa may the devious working of falsehood that deviates us from the straight path of Truth be annulled and in its place the law and workings of Truth govern our life. Maa may Truth be the leader of our life, the fire that burns away all covers, the power that makes the crooked straight, the light that makes us grow sincere and true. May the tortuous masks of falsehood and its distortions collapse like an unsubstantial thing and in its place emerge the luminous forms of Truth. May we speak the Truth, think the Truth, feel the Truth and all our actions be an outflowing of Truth, spontaneous expressions of Truth. Maa grant us a life of Truth, Truth in will, Truth in speech, Truth in feelings, Truth in thought, Truth in actions. May we become worshippers of Truth for indeed Wisdom is the radiance and Love is the beauty of Thy face, Delight is the motion of Thy limbs, Peace is Thy countenance and Force one with Truth is the very substance of Thy golden Form, O Mother of all Mights and Beauty and Wisdom and Bliss, Mother Divine.

Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa

Sweet and infinite Mother, Mother Divine

Maa each time our heart extends beyond one’s self, each time we are moved by a wave of sympathy to help, each time we look upon the various forms of suffering to which humanity is subject a deep compassion moves us to heal and succour. But little do we realize that all human help would count for nothing as long as we continue to cling to the root of all suffering that is Ignorance. We suffer because of the various kinds of ignorance of which the most pernicious is not knowing our true self and the Divine Presence within us. The first business of man therefore, before he can help anyone truly, before he can realise his dreams and ideals of a beautiful higher life is to discover the Divine Presence within.

The best help that anyone can truly render then is to remove this veil of Ignorance that hangs upon our soul. While all other forms of help have their place in the grand scheme of things, nothing is even remotely comparable to the help rendered by the Divine Grace that does this greatest of miracles for us. She opens the doors of wonder entering which everything changes though all may outwardly be still the same. It is truly like a new birth, like entering a new world, a world that is right there beside us, everywhere and yet it remains unfelt, unseen until the hour of Grace arrives. Then all is a wonder and glory of God and His joy that suffuses everything, sustains everything, heals everything.

Thy Grace has indeed come and all veils are falling one by one. Thou hast touched this earth and it is this that is the hope and the assurance that one day the earth shall be awakened fully to Thee. Thy Presence within us is the sign that one day all veils and masks shall be drawn away, the masks that Thou hast woven upon Thy Face lest we are blinded by Thy Glory and Light.

May the hour of Grace come for all. May all breathe Thy Joy. May all bathe in Thy Peace. May all recognise and open to Thy wonderful Grace, the doer of every miracle, the accomplisher of the seemingly impossible.

Gratitude, gratitude, gratitude, O Marvel of marvels, Wonder of wonders, beyond all we can think of and comprehend, O Love Supreme.

Maa, our sweet and infinite Mother. In this dark passage through a world enveloped by the dark clouds of Ignorance, Thy Presence is like the Ray in the dense forest where delight and danger walk arm in arm. In the life of ignorance that struggles and suffers upon earth stalked by Death, Thy Name is like the nectar drop in desert that takes away the hunger for transient objects and fills the heart with a sacred longing so that this wilderness and the desert may be transformed into Thy temple and Thy garden.

Maa, bless this earth, bless this humanity, bless us all so that cleansed and purified of the dross Thy wonderful Presence shine through the flesh and Thy flame of beauty and love grow strong and spread wide in this lamp of clay. May we shed the dark attire of ignorance and all in us grow luminous and beautiful and
bright.

May all awaken to this sacred longing for Thee. May all taste the sweet nectar of Thy Love. May all be enveloped by Thy Peace and Light and Grace.

Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa