The Mother
Agenda
Volume 11
February 11, 1970
(Mother coughs, her voice is quite hoarse.)
I'm not well. Impossible to speak.
Have you received the Aphorisms?
324 – “Freedom, equality, brotherhood,” cried the French revolutionists, but in truth freedom only has been practised with a dose of equality; as for brotherhood, only a brotherhood of Cain was founded – and of Barabbas. Sometimes it calls itself a Trust or Combine and sometimes the Concert of Europe.
325 – “Since liberty has failed,” cries the advanced thought of Europe, “let us try liberty cum equality or, since the two are a little hard to pair, equality instead of liberty. For brotherhood, it is impossible; therefore we will replace it by industrial association.” But this time also, I think. God will not be deceived.
(Satprem reads out Mother's answer)
“For the moment still, liberty, equality, fraternity are nothing but words loudly proclaimed but never put into practice yet. They cannot be, so long as men remain as they are, governed by their ego and all its desires instead of being governed solely by the One Supreme and supremely Divine.”
And I added:
“Liberty cannot be manifested until all men know the freedom of the Supreme Lord.
“Equality cannot be manifested until all men are conscious of the Supreme Lord.
“Fraternity cannot be manifested until all men feel equally issued from the Supreme Lord and ‘one’ in His Unity”
It appears impossible to humanity, but it will probably be possible for the new species.
Another thing... (Mother holds out another note). I can't see clearly.... It was a young girl who was terribly troubled by other's opinions, so I answered her:
“The Supreme Lord's opinion alone matters.
“The Supreme Lord alone deserves all our love and gives it back a hundredfold.”
(silence)
I'm not well (Mother holds her head in her hands). My head, never in my life has it been like this. I hear noise inside and...
It began this morning, it was full of something which... I don't know what it is. And people are pressing and pressing and pressing – how many! I've never seen so many.... Yesterday morning I was almost cured, I thought it was over, and then I saw people till half past twelve. So after that...
Do you have anything?... Then I won't speak.
(long meditation)
I'll see you on Saturday, I hope it will be over.
My head has never been in such a state.... The consciousness is very clear, very clear.... Strange.... My head feels as if it's this big (gesture), as if it had become huge.
(silence)
One [French] embassy attaché came, dined at the Consulate with R. and F. and Baron [former governor of Pondicherry]; it was his daughter who came at Auroville's inauguration to put soil from France. So he asked all sorts of questions and was very interested.... A new ambassador is coming, he is hoped to be better....1 The previous one was quite anti-Ashram. But the new one is hoped to be better, this attaché came for the new ambassador.
1 An ongoing hope.