The Mother has
given a very beautiful answer to this question which
has a great relevance for all spiritual seekers:
"I am with you
because I am you or you are me. I am with you, that
signifies a world of things, because I am with you on
all levels, on all planes.. Here, in Pondicherry, you
cannot breathe without breathing my consciousness...
When I came here for the first time, I felt the
atmosphere of Sri Aurobindo, felt it materially at a
distance of ten miles, ten nautical miles...
It is now long
since Sri Aurobindo has put up everywhere in the
Ashram this reminder that you all know: "Always
behave as if the Mother was looking at you, because
she is, indeed, always present."
This is not a mere
phrase, not simply words, it is a fact. I am with you
in a very concrete manner...
In a general way my
force is there constantly at work, constantly
shifting the psychological elements of your being to
put them in new relations and defining to yourself
the different facets of your nature so that you may
see what should be changed, developed, rejected.
But that apart,
there is a special tie between you and me, between
all who have turned to the teaching of Sri Aurobindo
and myself, - and, it is well understood, distance
does not count here, you may be in France, you may be
at the other end of the world or in Pondicherry, this
tie is always true and living, and each time there
comes a call, each time there is a need for me to
know so that I may send out a force, an inspiration,
a protection or any other thing, a sort of message
comes to me all of a sudden and I do the needful.
These communications reach me evidently at any moment,
and you must have seen me more than once stop
suddenly in the middle of a sentence or work; it is
because something comes to me, a communication and I
concentrate...
And if for some
reason you write to me asking for my help and I
answer "I am with you", it means that the
communication with you becomes active, you come into
my active consciousness for a time, for the time
necessary.
And this tie
between you and me is never cut. There are people who
have long ago left the Ashram,... and yet I keep
myself informed of them, I attend to them. You are
never abandoned.
In truth, I hold
myself responsible for everyone, even for those whom
I have met only for one second in my life...
The Divine is with
you according to your aspiration. People do not know
how important is faith, how faith is miracle, a
creator of miracles. If you expect at every moment to
be lifted up and pulled towards the Divine, He will
come to lift you and He will be there, quite close,
closer, ever closer. "
Disciple: Please
think of me now and then.
The Mother:
That much only! Surely I do think of you more often!!
Love and blessings.
