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Namah Facing the Hostile Forces
“You have the white light that automatically night. Nothing can harm you because this
dissolves all ill will. And I did experience it: white light completely engulfs you!
I saw beings crumble into dust. So you take
that, picture that, and you build a cocoon References
around yourself — you know, just as insects
build their own cocoons — you build a cocoon 1. The Mother. The Collected Works of the Mother,
before falling asleep. I will do it here, but your Volume 5. 2 ed. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo
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adjusted. You build a cocoon, and when you are
quite wrapped in that white cocoon, when the 2. The Mother. Collected Works, Volume 16; 2003, p. 329.
enemies cannot get through it, you let yourself go
into sleep. Then all that comes from outside with 3. The Mother. New Words of the Mother. Pondicherry:
a manifest ill will cannot get in. That’s certain (8).” Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust; 2024, p. 393 (to
be published).
As you lie in bed tonight, close your eyes and
remember to call the Mother. Witness Her 4. Sri Aurobindo. The Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo,
building this cocoon around you: your body Volume 32. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram
and your whole being. See yourself wrapped Trust; 2012, pp. 478-79.
In her cocoon; feel yourself protected by this
shield of white light. Nothing harmful can 5. The Mother. Collected Works, Volume 5, p.
penetrate it. Be grateful to the Mother. 93-95.
As you awake in the following morning, 6. The Mother. Mother’s Agenda, Volume 6. Paris:
immediately become conscious that this cocoon Institut de Recherches Évolutives; (English
is still surrounding you. Feel yourself living transl.) 1980 p. 21.
inside it throughout the day. Keep the poise
of gratitude throughout your daily activities, 7. Ibid., p. 172.
as you go about your offering in the divine
Work until, once more, you lie down for the 8. Ibid., pp. 174-75.
James Anderson is a member of SAIIIHR and coordinating editor of NAMAH.
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