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bed half-asleep, manic temple music started
playing outside. The incessant beat of the
drums was driving the large crowd into
a frenzy. Clearly, madness was trying to
invade the sanctuary of my room. All of a
sudden, something in me, some desire, rose
up and resonated with this madness and I
felt something malevolent enter my being.
Perhaps a tiny strand of awareness was my
only safeguard against oblivion. That, and
the Grace of the Mother. So the lesson passed
harmlessly and the danger quickly dissolved.
The ultimate protection
Sometimes when I find myself in an oppressive
and intimidating environment, where fear is
present, I try to invoke the vibration of love
and clothe myself in its atmosphere. There may
be coldness surrounding me but I don’t try
to make myself resilient and ‘hard’. I go the
other way, melting myself and becoming more
porous and soft. It may happen spontaneously
and I feel an enormous protection in this unique
atmosphere. There is nothing more enduring
and resilient than the power of true love. We
are so blessed with the love of the Mother. If one 7. Ibid. pp. 268-9.
identifies with that I believe that the supreme
Protection will enter our lives.
As we travel along the highway of growth,
the Universe will give us more resources to
deal with any catastrophes that shadow us.
We rely more on the powers of the Spirit. This
becomes very necessary as greater difficulties
and challenges will certainly confront us. New
criteria emerge and new solutions are needed. I
have found that Sri Aurobindo’s Yoga has given
me a way of confronting danger and the integral
James Anderson is a member of SAIIIHR and coordinating editor of NAMAH.
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approach shows me a way of responding to
every type of eventuality. Whether I succeed
always in this task is another matter! Our
natural state is one of harmony. I believe that
when we surrender sincerely to the Mother,
She installs us securely inside this bubble. We
just have only to remain sincere enough to stay
there. Surely there can be nothing more secure
than that.
References
1. The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother, Volume
3, 2nd ed. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram
Trust; 2003, p. 89.
2. The Mother. Collected Works, Volume 3, p. 89.
3. The Mother Collected Works, Volume 4. 2003, p. 268.
4. The Mother. Collected Works, Volume 4, 2003, p. 272.
5. The Mother. Collected Works, Volume 3, p. 89.
6. The Mother. Collected Works, Volume 4, 2003, p. 268.
8. Ibid. p. 269.
9. Ibid.
10. Ibid.
11. Ibid., pp. 273-4.
12. Ibid., p. 324.
13. Ibid.