Shiva
(Mother to Mona Sarkar:) “The serpent is the power of Shiva, the god of progress and of evolutionary construction.
- (Mona Sarkar:) But Mother, Shiva is the one who destroys in order to build again.
No, it is Rudra who destroys, not Shiva. Shiva is the god of transformation, the one who hastens the evolution.”[1]
(Mother to Satprem, 1961:) “I had begun a sort of ‘overmental creation’, to make each god descend into a being … Shiva, on the other hand, refused. “No,” he said, “I will come only when you have finished your work. I will not come into the world as it is now, but I am ready to help.” He was standing in my room that day, so tall (laughing) that his head touched the ceiling! He was bathed in his own special light, a play of red and gold ... magnificent! Just as he is when he manifests his supreme consciousness – a formidable being! So I stood up and ... (I too must have become quite tall, because my head was resting on his shoulder, just slightly below his head) then he told me, “No, I’m not tying myself to a body, but I will give you ANYTHING you want.” The only thing I said (it was all done wordlessly, of course) was: “I want to be rid of the physical ego.”
Well, mon petit (laughing), it happened! It was extraordinary! ... After a while, I went to find Sri Aurobindo and said, “See what has happened! I have a funny sensation (Mother laughs) of the cells no longer being clustered together! They’re going to scatter!” He looked at me, smiled and said, “Not yet”. And the effect vanished.
But Shiva had indeed given me what I wanted!
“Not yet”, Sri Aurobindo said.
No, the time wasn’t ripe. It was too early, much too early.”[2]
(Sri Aurobindo to disciple:) “When the Ananda comes into you, it is the Divine who comes into you; just as when the Peace flows into you, it is the Divine who is invading you, or when you are flooded with Light, it is the flood of the Divine Himself that is around you. Of course, the Divine is something much more; many other things besides and in them all a Presence, a Being, a Divine Person; for the Divine is Krishna, is Shiva, is the Supreme Mother. But through the Ananda you can perceive the Anandamaya Krishna; for the Ananda is the subtle body and being of Krishna; through the Peace you can perceive the Shantimaya Shiva; in the Light, in the delivering Knowledge, the Love, the fulfilling and uplifting Power you can meet the presence of the Divine Mother.”[3]
- ↑ Mona Sarkar, Throb of Nature: Conversations with the Mother on Flowers and Nature, p.127
- ↑ Mother's Agenda 1961 2 August 1961
- ↑ Letters on Yoga – II, p.14
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