February 24, 1971

(Satprem gives a white rose to Mother.)

Oh, how beautiful!

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How did the 21st go?

I should ask you! (laughter) What about you, what do you say, how was the 21st?

Well, personally I always feel the power so tremendously, you know.

Oh, indeed, tremendous!... It ... it comes like this (massive gesture).

It seems generally that people were very happy, so that's all that's needed.

What do you (to Sujata) say?

(Sujata looks at Mother with a lost look,
Mother caresses her cheek and laughs)

You see, it's like following the story of someone else with an interest which ... not even with great interest, not even curiosity.... I can't say there's a sense of duty, I don't know what it is -- it's a need and that's all.

The body has once and for all taken the attitude of not thinking of itself because ... it would be deeply disgusted.

But I must say there are days when I hear very well, days when I see very clearly, days when I hear nothing, days when I see nothing. So ... it's like this (gesture of fluctuation).

It's decentralized (I don't know how to say it), completely decentralized. So, if I look -- if I LOOKED -- with the old consciousness, it would be rather ... rather unpleasant, you can say, but the old consciousness: gone. It's something ... something that isn't an individual consciousness, but it is not just a collective consciousness either: there's "something" up there -- THAT, up there -- which sees, knows, decides.... That, up there, is quite all right, it hasn't moved -- it hasn't moved. But this.... (Mother points to her body)

There was some apprehension for the 21st about going out on the balcony,

[[Mother walked out on the balcony without help, after having practiced every day. ]] the feeling that it would be very difficult -- it wasn't very difficult, it was neutral, neither easy nor difficult.... The values are not the same.

That's all.

Oh, I would rather hear your chapter.

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Here is my pension, Mother.

You don't need anything?

No, no, Mother! You give me everything I need.

Really?...

(To Sujata:) Tell me if it's true that he doesn't need anything.

No, Mother, he doesn't need anything!

(Reading of the end of Supermanhood,
Chapter 16, "The Season of Truth.")

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