OPENING  AND  SURRENDER  TO  THE  MOTHER

THE  CENTRAL  SECRET  OF  SADHANA

By remaining psychically open to the Mother, all that is necessary for work or Sadhana develops progressively, that is one of the chief secrets, the central secret of the Sadhana.

13-2- 1933

But it is not by upadeśa that this Sadhana is given or carried on.  It is only those who are capable by aspiration and meditation on the Mother to open and receive her action and working within this Yoga.

21-6- 1937

It is a mistake to exercise the mind about these things and try to arrange them with the ordinary mind.  It is by confidence in the Mother that the opening needed will come when your consciousness is ready.  There is no harm in arranging your present work so that there will be time and energy for some meditation, but it not by meditation alone that what is needed will come.  It is by faith and openness to the Mother.

9-10-1934

Keep yourself open to the Mother and in perfect union with her. Make yourself  entirely plastic to her touch and let her mould you swiftly towards perfection.

9-3- 1934

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You have only to aspire, to keep yourself open to the Mother, to reject all that is contrary to her will and to let her work in you ― doing also all your work for her and in the faith that it through her force that you can do it. If you remain open in this way, the knowledge and realisation will come to you in due course.

To practise Yoga implies the will to overcome all attachments and turn to the Divine alone.  The principal thing in the Yoga is to trust in the Divine Grace at every step, to direct the thought continually to the Divine and to offer oneself till the being opens and the Mother's force can be felt working in the ādhāra.

All things are the Divine because the Divine is there, but hidden not manifest;  when the mind goes out to things, it is not with the sense of the Divine in them, but for the appearances only which conceal the Divine.  It is necessary therefore for you as a Sadhak to turn entirely to the Mother in whom the Divine is manifest and not run after the appearances, the desire of which or the interest in which prevents you from meeting the Divine. Once the being is consecrated, then it can see the Divine everywhere ― and then it can include all things in the one consciousness without a separate interest or desire.

RIGHT  WAY  OF  OPENING

Q:  What is the meaning of opening ?

A:  I t is the receptivity to the Mother's presence and her forces.

Q:  What is the right and perfect way to get this opening ?

A:  Aspiration, quietude, widening of oneself to receive, rejection of all that tries to shut you to the Divine.

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Q:  How to know that I am opening to the Mother and not to other forces ?

A:  You have to be vigilant and see that there is no movement of disturbance, desire, ego.

Q:  What are the indications of a real opening to the Mother ?

A:  That shows itself at once ― when you feel the divine peace, wideness, light, Ananda, Knowledge, strength, when aware of the Mother's nearness or presence or the working of her Force, etc., etc.  If any of these things are felt, it is the opening ― the more are felt, the more complete the opening.

April,  1933

Q:  Opening ― what does it mean ?  Is it:  "not to keep anything secret from the Mother" ?

A:  That is the first step towards opening.

17-6-1933

Q:  How to open to the Divine Mother ?

A:  By faith and surrender in a quiet mind.

18-6-1933

OPENNESS  TO  THE  MOTHER

To be open is simply to be so turned to the Mother that her force can work in you without anything refusing or obstructing her action.  If the mind is shut up in its own ideas and refuses to allow her to bring in the Light and the Truth, if the vital clings

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to its desires and does not admit the true initiative and impulsions that the Mother's power brings, if the physical is shut up in its desires, habits and inertia and does not allow the Light and Force to enter in it and work, then one is not open.  It is not possible to be entirely open all at once in all the movements, but there must be a central opening in each part and a dominant aspiration or will in each part  (not in the mind alone)  to admit only the Mother's  "workings",  the rest will then be progressively done.

28-10-1934

To remain open to the Mother is to remain always quiet and happy and confident ― not restless, not grieving or despondent, to let her force work in you, guide you, give you knowledge, give you peace and Ananda.  If you cannot keep yourself open, then aspire constantly but quietly that you may be open.

Q:  Some dissatisfactions come and affect the heart which is opening to the Mother.

A:  Get rid of these dissatisfactions, they prevent the permanent psychic opening.

Q:  Perhaps it is because the psychic is just opening that it comes under the influence of these dissatisfactions ?

A:  What the psychic always feels is  "What the Mother does is for the best", and accepts all with gladness.  It is the vital part of the heart that is easily touched by the suggestions.

OPENING  OF  THE  INNER  BEING

Q:  Does the inner being open to the Mother by itself ?

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A:  The inner being does not open except by Sadhana, or by some psychic touch in the life.

30-11-1933

Q:  What is this part which feels like opening to the Mother through writing, even when it is the same thing that goes on being repeated ?

A:  It maby the inner mental, it may be the psychic.

28-11-1933

RECEIVING  THE  MOTHER'S  GRACE