Chapter 7

The Mother and Numerical Harmonies

Words of Sri Aurobindo

X showed me the play of numbers in his account book today. The total was Rs. 7 As. 7 Ps. 7. Today is also the 7th day of the 7th month of the year and after I decided to write to you about this I saw that the number on the door of the house where I was working was also 7. Elsewhere one does not come across such a play of numbers. I think it occurs here because the numbers (perhaps the occult beings of numbers) feel at ease in our atmosphere – as do the sparrows in the main building! – and they play with the numbers if one plays upon them and loves them. In government departments and other places they feel the atmosphere mechanical, heavy and rigorous and so they do not find any joy in such play.

I suppose your explanation is correct – at least from the occult point of view. The Mother is always having these numerical harmonies in her accounts.

Champaklal’s Notes

Mother had always shown a keen interest in numbers. However busy she might be, certain combinations would not escape her attention.

For instance, when she had to write down the date 24.10.53, she pointed out to me that this date contained am the figures from one to five.

Again on 27.2.72, she remarked that from whichever direction you read, from the left or the right, it is 2, 7, 2, 7, 2.