…The sun had almost set, and everyone was occupied with his own activity- some had gone out to the seaside for a walk- when the Mother sent round word to all the disciples to assemble as soon as possible in the verandah where the usual meditation was held. It did not take long for the message to go round to all. By six o’clock most of the disciples had gathered. It was becoming dark. In the verandah on the wall near Sri Aurobindo’s door, just behind his chair, a black silk curtain with gold lace work representing three Chinese dragons was hung. The three dragons were so represented that the tail of one reached up to the mouth of the other and the three of them covered the curtain from end to end. We came to know afterwards that there is a prophecy in China that the Truth will manifest itself on earth when the three dragons (the dragons of the earth, of the mind region and of the sky) meet. Today on 24 November the Truth was descending and the hanging of the curtain was significant.
There was a deep silence in the atmosphere after the disciples had gathered there. Many saw an oceanic flood of Light rushing down from above. Everyone present felt a kind of pressure above his head. The whole atmosphere was surcharged with some electrical energy… Expectation rose in a flood. Sri Aurobindo and the Mother could be seen through the half-opened door… With a slow dignified step the Mother came out first, followed by Sri Aurobindo with his majestic gait. The small table that used to be in front of Sri Aurobindo’s chair was removed this day. The Mother sat on a small stool to his right.
Silence absolute, living silence- not merely living but overflowing with divinity. The meditation lasted about forty-five minutes. After that one by one the disciples bowed to the Mother… She and Sri Aurobindo gave blessings to them. Whenever a disciple bowed to the Mother, Sri Aurobindo’s right hand came forward behind the Mother’s as if blessing him through the Mother. After the blessings, in the same silence there was a short meditation.
In the interval of silent meditation and blessings many had distinct experiences. When all was over they felt as if they had awakened from a divine dream… It was certain that a Higher Consciousness had descended on earth.
The Delight consciousness in the Overmind which Sri Krishna incarnated- as Avatar- descended on this day into the physical rendering possible the descent of the Supermind in Matter.
“The Life of Sri Aurobindo” by A.B. Purani (pages 210-217)
“He breathes in the Waters like a seated swan.
Awake in the dawn he has power by the will of his works to give knowledge to the peoples.
He is like the god of the nectar-wine and born of Truth and a creator.
He is like the Cow with her child.
He is all-pervading and his light is seen from a far distance.”
Secret Of The Veda, p. 577
“Although she leaned down to their littleness
Covering their lives with her strong passionate hands
And knew by sympathy their needs and wants
And dived in the shallow wave-depths of their lives
And met and shared their heart-beats of grief and joy
And bent to heal their sorrow and their pride,
Lavishing the might that was hers on her lone peak
To lift to it their aspiration’s cry,
And though she drew their souls into her vast
And surrounded with the silence of her deeps
And held as the great Mother holds her own,
Only her earthly surface bore their charge
And mixed its fire with their mortality:
Her greater self lived sole, unclaimed, within.”
Savitri, p.366
The work just started in the Garden of Harmony, with the marking of the different elements.
The picture beside shows how the garden will look like.
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