Chapter 1

The One Essential Thing

Words of Sri Aurobindo

To those who call from the heart for the protection, the power of the Name cannot fail.

Words of the Mother

All sincere prayers are granted, every call is answered.

Words of Sri Aurobindo

All prayer rightly offered brings us closer to the Divine and establishes a right relation with Him.

Words of the Mother

“Rightly offered” means with humility and sincerity. It goes without saying that all bargaining spirit is an insincerity that takes away all value to the prayer.

Words of Sri Aurobindo

A simple, straight and sincere call and aspiration from the heart is the one important thing and more essential and effective than capacities.

Words of the Mother

To work for the Divine is to pray with the body.