Chapter 18

The Work Is the Same

Words of the Mother

Mother, Did You have any communications with Sri Aurobindo before You came to know Him? For I have read some books where it is said that He and You have done almost the same work.

The work was and is the same, because the source of his inspiration and mine is the same: the Supreme.

Words of the Mother

The work consists in helping humanity as a whole to prepare itself for the new creation, that is to say, the supramental race.

Words of the Mother

Mother, the last sentence in this book is interesting and touching. Without Him, You do not exist, and without You, He cannot manifest.

You know, it is perfectly true. I do not know exactly how I have put it in the book, but without Him, I cannot exist and without me, He cannot manifest. One is complementary to the other. But in truth, we are both one and the same. It is the same thing, the same entity, which in the manifestation takes two separate forms to uphold the creation. Without that, it is the same – me and Him. There is no difference, no separation, no division, One, unique and the same. What He is, I am, entirely, in essence. It is like this (Mother locks the fingers of both hands) we are united, the same and identical, the One without division. But in the manifestation, it seems, the One divides itself, the One becomes two, like this (the Mother separates the fingers) to come into the manifestation. But it is only in appearance that the One divides itself in order to uphold the manifestation. In fact, it is the same, the One who takes two bodies – me and Him, only for the manifestation. In reality, these two entities are one and unique. It is in this way that the One appears in the manifestation. But what He is, I am. There is no difference. It is apparently a difference formed in the manifestation. We have two separate bodies but we are, one and the other, the same. No difference at all. We are like this (the Mother makes the same gesture). And beyond that, there is yet something, – what we are in reality, beyond, up there. But that is not to be spoken of. One cannot say in words what that is. And all that one says about That is nothing but stupidities. The words express nothing of that existence. Nothing, nothing, it is not meant to be spoken of … The Supreme who manifests Himself in two forms.