With this Israel affair, I have been made to write all sorts of things, to answer all kinds of questions (Mother looks for her notes).... Did I show you this?
"Those who serve the Truth cannot take one side or
another. Truth is above conflict or opposition. In
Truth all countries unite in a common effort
towards progress and realisation."
This was in answer to someone who asked whom one should "take sides" with.
There is also that man who wrote from Israel, saying that their success, their victory exceeded anything they had hoped for. And he adds, "They seem to be too materialistic to know the real source of it" - he knew. But he says (he is American, not Israeli; he may be Jewish by religion, I don't know, but he is American by birth), he says he greatly admires the way the country is organized, there in Israel, and that it's "a wonder of brotherhood and sense of organization." So he writes to ask me if this isn't the beginning of a future realization?
They clearly are very receptive.... I saw it straight away; when I was told that the Egyptians, and in particular this present president, [[Nasser. ]] had decreed that the Israeli nation must disappear, I straight away saw there was a very strong reaction [[A reaction in Mother, or in the universal Mother. ]] - (laughing) it brought about quite a categorical result!
Then I was asked another question:
"If a world-war breaks out, it may not only destroy
the major portion of humanity but may even make
living conditions for those who survive impossible
due to the effects of the nuclear fall-out. In case the
possibility of such a war is still there, will it not
affect the advent of the Supramental Truth and of
the New Race upon earth?"
Here is the answer [in English]:
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"All these are mental speculations and once you enter the domain of mental imaginations there is no end to the problems and to their solutions. But all that does not bring you one step closer to the truth.
"The safest and most healthy attitude of the mind is like this one: we have been told in a positive and definite way that the supramental creation will follow the present one, so, whatever is in preparation for the future must be the circumstances needed for the advent whatever they are. And as we are unable to foresee correctly what these circumstances are, it is better to keep silent about them."
I wanted to tell you that I saw V. a few days ago, and he said that
according to what he has felt or seen, he is ninety-five percent
certain that a new conflict will break out around September
or October, probably in the direction of Pakistan or China:
between Pakistan and India or between China and India.
People are expecting that.
He told me he is ninety-five percent certain.
People are quite expecting that. And Pakistan has joined hands with China, their ships are now sailing around India.... What are they doing? I don't know.
But a few years ago, you said that the fate of the present
civilization would be "settled" in 1967. You used the word
"settled."[[A disciple asked Mother in March, 1963: "Mother, on 30th August 1945, you had said: 'I cannot promise you that the Divine's Will is to preserve the present human civilisation.' Can you NOW say that the Divine has decided to preserve the present human civilisation?" Mother answered: "It will be settled in 1967." ]] Well, the impression is that if the future is to be
really "settled," a great many things, a great many latent
diseases are yet to come out, aren't they?
Yes ... Yes (Mother nods her head several times and remains silent).
I've received a telegram from D., from Darjeeling. [[Darjeeling, in the Himalayas, is near the border between Sikkim and Nepal, not far from China. ]] Her request
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for a permit has been turned down: she wanted to go farther up, but she has been turned down. She had written a letter that came two or three days ago, in which she said, "The talk is all about spying, the atmosphere is full of spying, all letters are opened, everyone is watched," and "things are in an awful condition." And yesterday, I got the telegram in which she said she has been refused a permit: she has to leave.
Very nervous, people are very, very nervous.
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