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Namah Thoughts, Feelings, Perceptions — Wave or Particle?

pretty heavy, solid and real. When we begin June 15, 1913
to live a little deeply, knowing ourselves as “….To know that a part of our being is
consciousness, then the outer and surface perfectly pure, to commune with this purity,
phenomenon like outer situations, thoughts/ to be identified with it, can be useful only if
feelings/sense-perceptions appear more like this knowledge is later used to hasten the
a wave, like a dream, fleeting, not that solid transfiguration of the earth, to accomplish Thy
and heavy, a bit surreal. sublime work…(2)”

We can feel ourselves behaving like a pendulum August 17, 1913
at times, when attached to the surface sense “…. Nothing is more humiliating and depress-
of me — myself, my life, my story — we are ing than these thoughts so constantly turned
heavy, burdened with the particle character towards the preservation of the body, these
of stories in the head. When we are deeper preoccupations with health, the means of
within, living knowingly as consciousness, subsistence, the framework of life…How very
then the same phenomenon really appears insignificant is all this, a thin smoke that a
like a dream, and loses its grip over us, simple breath can disperse, or a single thought
with almost an immediate effect. Knowing turned towards Thee dispel like a vain mirage!
ourselves as consciousness appears more Deliver those who are in bondage, O Lord, even
concrete and real than the outer drama. as those who are slaves of passion. On the path
that leads to Thee these obstacles are at once
The Mother, in her Prayers and Meditations, terrible and puerile — terrible for those who
repeatedly talks about finding inspiration, are yet under their sway, puerile for one who
peace and serenity by plunging deeper within, has passed beyond.
detaching from the surface movements and
unifying in greater degrees with the true How shall I describe that utter relief, that
consciousness, the sole Reality. Let us go delightful lightness which comes when one
through some lines which hint at this in her is free from all anxiety for oneself, for one’s
prayers: life and health and satisfaction, and even one’s
progress? (3).”
November 2, 1912
“…. How many times a day, still, I act without November 29, 1913
my action being consecrated to Thee; I at once “Why all this noise, all this movement, this
become aware of it by an indefinable uneasiness vain and futile agitation; why this whirlwind
which is translated in the sensibility of my carrying men away like a swarm of flies caught
body by a pang in my heart. I then make my in a storm? How sad is the sight of all that
action objective to myself and it seems to me wasted energy, all those useless efforts! When
ridiculous, childish or blameworthy; I deplore will they stop dancing like puppets on a string,
it, for a moment I am sad, until I dive into pulled they know not by whom or what? When
Thee and, there losing myself with a child’s will they find time to sit quietly and go within,
confidence, await from Thee the inspiration and to recollect themselves and open that inner
strength needed to set right the error in me and door which screens from them Thy priceless
around me — two things that are one…(1).” treasures, Thy infinite boons (4)?“

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