The Winds of Wonder

Since the beginning of the earth, wherever and whenever there was the possibility of manifesting a ray of the Consciousness, I was there.

[CWM, Vol. 13]

That which is speaking to you now, is a faithful servant of the Divine. From all time, since the beginning of the earth, as a faithful servant of the Divine, it has spoken in the name of its Master. And as long as earth and men exist, it will be there in a body to preach the divine word.

[CWM, Vol. 2, Words of Long Ago, 1912]

A DEEP concentration seized on me, and I perceived that I was identifying myself with a single cherry-blossom, then through it with all cherry-blossoms, and, as I descended deeper in the consciousness, following a stream of bluish force, I became suddenly the cherry-tree itself, stretching towards the sky like so many arms its innumerable branches laden with their sacrifice of flowers. Then I heard distinctly this sentence:

Thus hast thou made thyself one with the soul of the cherry-trees and so thou canst take note that it is the Divine who makes the offering of this flower-prayer to heaven.

When I had written it, all was effaced; but now the blood of the cherry-tree flows in my veins and with it flows an incomparable peace and force.

What difference is there between the human body and the body of a tree?

In truth, there is none: the consciousness which animates them is identically the same.

Then the cherry-tree whispered in my ear:

It is in the cherry-blossom that lies the remedy for the disorders of the spring.

[Prayers and Meditations, 7 April 1917]

Looks, she has been coming here every ‘Spring’, but now there is an extra-special occasion for her appearance.

This is something which is absolutely remarkable. There cannot be anything more revealing than what Sri Aurobindo himself had told to the Mother in 1949. The Mother tells:

“To be in a condition in which all is the Supreme, all is wonderful, all is marvellous, all is marvellous love, all is … all is profound Joy — an unchanging, immutable, ever-present condition. To live in That, and then to have this bodily substance contradict it through every possible stupidity — losing sight, losing strength, pains here, pains there, disorders, weaknesses, incapacities of every type.

“And at the SAME TIME, the response within this body, no matter what happens to it, is, ‘O Lord, Your Grace is infinite.’ The contradiction is VERY disconcerting.

“… something totally new is being introduced into Matter, and the body is protesting. … For this supramental work, the way the body is formed has an almost crucial importance, and not at all in relation to spiritual elements nor even to mental power: these aspects have no importance AT ALL. The capacity to endure, to last is the important thing.

“But now I am set face-to-face with the fact … the immensity, or the … something…. This work is so formidable! …

“All the cells felt far more powerful than that stupid force trying to dissolve them; what is called ‘death, left them entirely indifferent: ‘What do we care? We shall go THERE and consciously participate in Sri Aurobindo’s work, in the transformation of the world, one way or the other — here, there, like this, like that—what does it matter!’ …

“And that was when I received the Command from the Supreme, who was right here, this close. He told me, ‘This is what is promised. Now the Work must be done.’ And not individual but collective work was meant.

“So naturally, because of the way it came, it was joyously accepted and immediately implemented.”

[15 July 1961]

Many high gods dwelt in one beautiful home. As psychic Fire the divine Agni was certainly one of them. There is the mind of light in this little young embodied soul, there is the life that is dynamic with a rhythmic force, there is the body instinct with hidden divinity, there is this image of the coming god, that which holds heaven’s transparent light. There is a home which already many high gods occupy. There is the sunlight flowing through her veins. Her body is specially prepared for a goal. Rare is the flame-cup to hold the Divine’s will.

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