Chapter 7

Radha’s Prayer

O Thou whom at first sight

I knew for the Lord of my being and my God,

receive my offering.

Thine are all my thoughts, all my emotions,

all the sentiments of my heart, all my sensations,

all the movements of my life,

each cell of my body, each drop of my blood.

I am absolutely and altogether Thine,

Thine without reserve.

What Thou wilt of me, that I shall be.

Whether Thou choosest for me life or death,

happiness or sorrow, pleasure or suffering,

all that comes to me from Thee will be welcome.

Each one of Thy gifts

will be always for me a gift divine

bringing with it the supreme Felicity.

A Prayer for the Children

Lord, we pray to Thee:

May we understand better why we are here,

May we do better what we have to do here,

May we be what we ought to become here,

So that Thy will may be fulfilled harmoniously.

Permit, Sweet Mother, that we be,

Now and for ever more,

Thy simple children, loving thee

More and still more.

The Prayer of the Cells in the Body

Now that, by the effect of the Grace,

we are slowly emerging out of inconscience

and waking to a conscious life,

an ardent prayer rises in us for

more light, more consciousness,

“O Supreme Lord of the universe, we implore Thee,

give us the strength and the beauty, the harmonious perfection

needed to be Thy divine instruments upon earth.”

Student’s Prayer

Make of us the hero warriors

we aspire to become.

May we fight successfully

the great battle of the future that is to be born,

against the past that seeks to endure;

so that the new things may manifest

and we may be ready to receive them.

A Prayer for those who wish to serve the Divine

Glory to Thee, O Lord

who triumphest over every obstacle.

Grant that nothing in us

shall be an obstacle in Thy work.

Grant that nothing may retard Thy manifestation.

Grant that Thy will may be done

in all things and at every moment.

We stand here before Thee

that Thy will may be fulfilled in us,

in every element, in every activity of our being,

from our supreme heights to the smallest cells of the body.

Grant that we may be faithful to Thee

utterly and for ever.

We would be completely under Thy influence

to the exclusion of every other.

Grant that we may never forget

to own towards Thee a deep, an intense gratitude.

Grant that we may never squander

any of the marvellous things

that are Thy gifts to us at every instant.

Grant that everything in us may collaborate in Thy work

and all be ready for Thy realisation.

Glory to Thee, O Lord,

Supreme Master of all realisation.

Give us a faith active and ardent,

absolute and unshakable in Thy Victory.

Mahasamadhi

To Thee who hast been the material envelope of our Master, to Thee our infinite gratitude. Before Thee who hast done so much for us, who hast worked, struggled, suffered, hoped, endured so much, before Thee who hast willed all, attempted all, prepared, achieved all for us, before Thee we bow down and implore that we may never forget, even for a moment, all we owe to Thee.