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        “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
                                                            nd
        ‘picturing’ is to help it be better adapted, better   Trust; 1998, p. 93.
        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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