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March 24, 1973

Good morning! … Do you eat caviar?

Caviar!

It is a very good food….

I’m sure!

I used to eat it, but now I can’t…. Not so long ago I used to eat it, but it made my eyes swell. [[All salted food, the doctor said. ]] So I’ve stopped. How long since you last ate caviar?

Oh, at least … thirty years!

(Mother laughs) Try some, and see what you think.

Right, I will see!

(silence)

I brought you a flower from the garden: "Surrender of Falsehood." [[Double red laurel flower. ]]

Oh! …

(Mother immediately takes the

 flower and puts it on her forehead,
where she holds it a long time, silently)

I take it in the largest and most profound sense….

(silence)

Nothing to ask?

No – may falsehood disappear.

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Look…. As I understand it, when Falsehood is gone (even in a single person – when not a vestige remains …), there must be Light, Peace … (Mother stretches her arms out) … Vastness … perfect understanding … the TRUE vision of our world and things, and union, a conscious union with the divine Consciousness.

(Mother plunges in)

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