A WORD OF GRATITUDE

The former Managing Trustee of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, the late Shri Dyuman 'The Luminous One', a perfect worker, a great dreamer was very keen and enthusiastic about celebrating the centenary of Sri Aurobindo's return to India on February 6, 1993.

In the words of Amal Kiran, "Absolute obedience, no less than utter love and whole-hearted service, was a marked characteristic of the unpretentious dedicated soul who left his slender yet lithe physical sheath to join his Adored Ones on August 19, 1992."

On January 7, 1950 Shri Dyuman wrote in his diary:

"Oh how nice it would be if I get myself completely and totally identified with the Ashram. It will be a blessing indeed.

"May the day come and come soon, O Mother, when I no longer exist, when I have nothing of my own. All will be of the Ashram, I of the Ashram.

"Hasten the day, O dear Mother."

Shri Dyuman was the inspirer of this book. We express our deep gratitude to him for entrusting its compilation to us.

Roshan

Apurva

It matters little

that there are thousands of beings

plunged in the densest ignorance,

He whom we saw yesterday is on earth;

his presence is enough to prove

that a day will come

when darkness shall be transformed into light,

and Thy reign shall be indeed

established upon earth.

–The Mother