February 12, 1972
I have a letter from P.L. [the friend in the Vatican]. Here’s what
he says:
"… Thanks to Mother’s Protection, things around me
had calmed down a little, when suddenly the storm
broke out again. To the former intrigues have now been
added slander and … a threat of expulsion (which in
itself I would not mind, but they should not triumph!).
This threat is in fact meant to upset me and force me to
change my attitude. I feel the need to go back and see
Mother – the sooner the better. But practically I cannot
do it; furthermore, I am being watched; I am afraid that
if they find out I am going to Pondicherry, they will try
to set the Bishop against the Ashram, for, as you know,
if he is now quiet, it is because of a certain intervention,
which was very discreet but effective. Naturally, the
others know nothing of my intercession with T. [[Tisserant, the Cardinal of France, had written to the Pondicherry "Mission" to quiet them down. ]]
I have been preoccupied with him.
One day, I was very much preoccupied with him.
(silence)
Would you like us to go into silence?
(meditation)
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