(Regarding a Playground Talk of April 9, 1951, in which Mother spoke of the degeneration of taste, of the war and what a new war would mean:)
Now, to tell you the truth, we are on the upward curve again. I think we have really reached the bottom of incoherence, absurdity and ugliness the taste for the ugly and the unsightly, the dirty, the offensive. We have, I think, reached rock bottom. If its taken in the right way (and I think there are people who have taken it in the right way), it can lead you straight to the Yoga, straight. That is, you feel a sort of very deep detachment from all the things of this world, a very intense need to find something else, an imperious need to find something truly beautiful, truly fresh, truly good so, quite naturally, it leads you to a spiritual aspiration. And those horrors seem to have divided people: a minority who were ready have risen very high; a majority who werent ready have gone down very low. Those are now wallowing in mud, and thats why we cant get out of it for the moment; and if it goes on, we will be moving towards a new war, and this time it will really be the end of this civilization I am not saying the end of the world, because nothing can be the end of the world, but the end of this civilization, which means we will have to build another. You may tell me that it will be very good, for this civilization is on the decline, its rotting away; but still, there were in it some beautiful things that deserved to be preserved, and it would be a great pity if all that disappeared. But if there is a new war, I can tell you that it will all disappear. For men are very clever creatures, and they have found the way to destroy everything. And they will use it, because whats the use of spending billions to make certain bombs if they arent to be used? Whats the use of discovering that a city can be destroyed in a few minutes if not to destroy it! One wants to see the fruit of ones efforts! If there is a war, thats what will happen.
Quite appropriate. Well publish it in the next Bulletin.
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(Then Mother goes on to Savitri, the beginning of the new dialogue between Savitri and Death:)
Once more arose the great destroying Voice:
Across the fruitless labour of the worlds
His huge denials all-defeating might
Pursued the ignorant march of dolorous Time.
(X.IV.643)
The ignorant march of dolorous Time. Thats quite it, were poor devils.
Thats exactly the state of mind I have been in for two days, but more particularly this morning. Oh, as an experience its very interesting.
The spontaneous activity of Matter is defeatist [the all-defeating might]. It has to surrender, it has to annul itself so that a creative powertruly creative and victoriouscan manifest. Thats quite interesting.
Thon used to say that this defeatist state (the result of which is death), this destructive power, was born with the Vitals infusion into Matter. The rock, the stone, that is, the most exclusively material, isnt defeatist. The beginning of destruction came with the beginning of the entry of the vital force: with waterwater, air, all that moves. All that begins to move brings along the power of destruction.
And in human matter, this destructive power is associated with movement.
(silence)
In other words, on earth (lets limit ourselves to the earth), its only with Life that Death came in.
(silence)
And certainly, the first manifestations of Life were water and air, the wind, werent they?
Fire But fire, theres no fire without airfire is the symbol of the supreme Power.
(long silence Mother scribbles a few words)
Heres the answer:
Truth does not depend
on any external form
and shall manifest in spite
of all bad will or opposition.
Ive written this in answer to this gentleman [Death]. It came with a power: Ah, you shall see.
But Id like to know what Savitri says. What does Savitri say?
Theres no time left, well see that next time.
What does she say to him? I think she always says the same thing: the omnipotence of Love.
There you feel the Force. Otherwise it wouldnt be worth livingit really isnt worth it, its no fun.
***
February 16, 1966
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