November 3, 1914
FOR a long time, O Lord, my pen was silent… Yet Thou gavest me hours of unforgettable illumination, hours when the union between the dost divine Consciousness and the most material had become perfect, hours when the identification of the individual being with the universal Mother and of the universal Mother with Thee was so Page – 205 complete that the individual consciousness perceived simultaneously its own existence, the life of the whole universe and Thy eternity beyond all change. Beatitude was at its height in an ineffable and infinite peace, consciousness was luminous and immeasurable, complex and yet single, and existence all-powerful and sovereign over death. And this is .no longer a fugitive condition, attained after a long concentration and vanishing as soon as born, it is a condition that can last for long hours full of eternity, at once instantaneous and interminable, a condition which is produced at will, that is to say, it is a permanent condition with which the most external consciousness comes into contact when circumstances permit, when it is no longer occupied with a definite intellectual or material work. In all work, constantly, there is the perception of Thy invariable presence under Thy double form of Being and Non-Being, but it is as if behind a thin veil woven by the indispensable concentration upon the work that is being done; while during the hours of solitude, the being finds itself immediately enveloped in an atmosphere marvellously powerful, limpid, calm and divine, it merges in that atmosphere, and then there begins again the splendid life with all its amplitude, all its complexity and sublimity, the physical body is glorified, supple, vigorous, energetic; the mind is superbly active in its calm lucidity, directing and transmitting the forces of Thy divine Will; and the whole being exults in a limitless beatitude, a boundless love, a Page – 206 sovereign power, a perfect knowledge and an infinite consciousness… It is Thou and Thou alone who livest even in the least atom of the bodily substance itself. Thus the solid foundations of Thy work upon the earth are made ready, the basements of the immense edifice are constructed; in every corner of the world one of Thy divine stones is laid by the power of the conscious and formative thought; and in the hour of realisation, the earth thus prepared will be ready to receive the sublime temple of Thy new and completer manifestation.
FOR the plenitude of Thy Light we invoke Thee, O Lord! Awaken in us the power to express Thee. All is mute in the being as in a desert crypt; but in the heart of the shadow, in the bosom of the silence burns the lamp that can never be extinguished, the ire of an ardent aspiration to know Thee and totally to live Thee. The nights follow the days, new dawns unweariedly succeed to past dawns, but always there mounts the scented flame that no storm-wind can force to vacillate. Higher it climbs and higher and one day Stains the vault still closed, the last obstacle opposing Page – 207 our union. And so pure, so erect, so proud is the flame that suddenly the obstacle is dissolved. Then Thou appearest in all Thy splendour, in. the dazzling force of Thy infinite glory, at Thy contact the flame changes into a column of light that chases the shadows away for ever. And the Word leaps forth, a supreme revelation!
November 9, 1914
O LORD, we aspire to perfect consciousness. The whole being is gathered like a closely tied wreath made of flowers, different but all perfectly harmonised together. The will was the hand that gathered the flowers and the string that tied the wreath and now too it is the will that lifts the wreath towards Thee as a scented offering. It is held up towards Thee unweariedly, unfalteringly.
O LORD, Thy Presence in me has become an unshakable rock and the whole being exults because it belongs to Thee without the least reserve, in a surrender general and complete. Page – 208 O serene and immobile Consciousness, Thou watchest on the boundaries of the world like a sphinx of eternity. And yet to some Thou givest out Thy secret. They can become Thy sovereign will which chooses. without preference and executes without desire.
THE only thing important is the goal to be attained; the way matters little, and often it is preferable not to know it in advance. But what we must know, is if truly the moment of the divine action upon earth, has come, and if the work conceived in the depths can be realised. Of that, O Lord, Thou hast given us assurance, an assurance which has been accompanied by the most powerful promise which Nature, the universal Consciousness, can ever make…We have, therefore, the certitude that what has to be done will be done, and that our present individual being is really called upon, to collaborate in this glorious victory, in this new manifestation. What more must we know? Nothing. Is it not with the greatest confidence that we can look upon the formidable fight, the mass of adverse forces which, without knowing it, serve eventually the realisation of Thy plan? It would be wrong on our part to be disquieted because it is not given to Page – 209 us to know how it serves Thy plan, and by what means Thou wilt triumph over all resistance; for Thy triumph is so perfect that every obstacle, every ill-will, every hatred rising against Thee is a promise of a vaster and still completer victory. By the sum of the resistance one can measure the scope Thou wouldst give to the action of so much of Thy pure forces as are coming to be manifested upon the earth. What opposes is precisely that on which it is the mission of those forces to act; it is the darkest hatred which must be touched and transformed into luminous peace. If the human individual whom Thou hast chosen as Thy centre of action and Thy intermediary meets with few obstacles, little misunderstanding and hatred, it would mean that the mission Thou’ hast entrusted to it is limited and one of no great intensity. It is in the narrow circle of a goodwill already prepared that he will act and not on the mass of the chaotic and confused terrestrial substance. O divine Master, let all of us share this knowledge which Thou hast given me, so that the peace of conviction may reign in our hearts; and that we may, in the calm of Thy sovereign certitude, face, with our heads held high, all that, unconsciously attracted towards the transfiguration, precipitates itself into a blind ignorance, thinking that it will be able to destroy the Transfiguring Love. Page – 210 November 16, 1914
THOU art like the wind upon the sea, driving the barque back to the shore till it is loaded with all the goods necessary for a long voyage. Thou wouldst not have us embark carelessly. Thy servitors must be ready for every eventuality, must be capable of responding to every call, satisfying every need.
ALAS, sublime Mother, what must be Thy patience! Each time that Thy conscious will attempts to manifest itself to repair the errors, to hasten the uncertain advance of the individual led astray by his own illusion of knowledge, to trace the sure path and furnish him with the strength to walk on it without stumbling, almost always he repels Thee as a fastidious and ill-informed counsellor. He is willing to love Thee in theory with a vague and inconsistent love, but his proud mind refuses Thee its confidence and prefers to wander alone rather than advance guided by Thee. And Thou repliest, ever smiling in Thy tireless benevolence: "This intellectual faculty which makes man vain and leads him into error, is the very faculty which can also, once enlightened and purified, lead him farther, higher, than the universal nature, to the Page – 211 direct and conscious communion with the Lord of us all. He who is beyond all manifestation. This dividing intelligence which enables him to separate himself from me, enables him also to scale the heights to be climbed, without his advance being enchained and retarded by the totality of the universe which in its immensity and complexity cannot achieve so prompt an ascent." O Divine Mother, always Thy words comfort and bless, appease and illumine, and Thy generous hand lifts a fold of the veil which hides the infinite knowledge. How calm, noble and pure is the splendour of Thy perfect contemplation!
O LORD, how I would be before Thee always like a page perfectly blank, so that Thy will may be inscribed in me without any difficulty or mixture. The very memory of the past experiences has sometimes to be swept away from the thought that it may not impede this work of perpetual reconstruction which, alone in the world of relativities permits of Thy perfect manifestation. Often we cling to that which was, afraid of losing the result of a precious experience, of giving up a Page – 212 vast and high consciousness and falling again into an inferior state. And yet, what can he fear who is Thine? Can he not walk, his soul expanding and his brow illumined, upon the path Thou tracest for him, whatever it may be, even if it is altogether incomprehensible to his limited reason? O Lord, break these old frames of thought, abolish the past experiences, dissolve the conscious synthesis, if Thou deemest that this is needed, so that Thy work may be accomplished better and better and Thy service may be perfected upon earth.
LORD, Thou hast given me Thy Power that Thy Peace and Joy may reign over the world. And this being is no longer anything else than an embrace of peace enveloping the whole earth, an ocean of joy overflowing all. O thou who art full of hatred, rancour will be effaced from thy heart, as the sea effaces the imprints upon the sand. You who feed on vengeance, peace will enter into your hearts, as it enters into the soul of the child rocked by its mother. Page – 213 For the divine universal Mother has turned her regard upon the earth and blessed it. Page – 214 |