The fourth
aspect of Mahasaraswati is not just one of work but one of a detailed
perfection in work, which the Mother insisted should be practised by all the
sadhaks. She appreciated most the work in which a conscious and detailed effort
was put, in which perfection was attained or at least attempted. There were many
sadhaks and sadhikas at that time who worked with that attitude. In the
Embroidery Department for example some of the sadhikas would stitch minute
detailed patterns which Mother appreciated so much. Today we are told by those
who are in the field that such a detailed work is not to be found so easily
elsewhere in the modern world.
But there were
also those who did not practise this part of perfection in work. And the Mother
would subtly bring to their attention their lacunas. When the Cottage
Industries was started, the person in charge had arranged everything very
neatly because the Mother was coming for the opening. But when the Mother
entered the building, instead of going to the place meant for her, she walked
up to a shed in a corner and opened it. All unwanted things that were to be
kept out of sight were just heaped up inside. This was indication enough that
the standard of neatness that she expected was not just a superficial
arrangement.
There was
another incident which comes to mind which occurred during the printing of the
Centenary Edition of Sri Aurobindo’s books. The first copy of each volume was
taken to the Mother by the person supervising the printing. He recalls how on
one occasion when he took a new volume to her, she took the book in her hands,
opened on a particular page and without searching put her finger on a
misspelled word. Then she said. “I want it to be perfect”. It was a very deep
experience for him that changed his whole style of working. With just a few
gestures, with a few indications, she would convey not just the lesson but the
capacity to overcome one’s limitation.
These are a
sampling of incidents that revealed the four aspects of the Mother working at a
personal level in daily life. But the aspects exist at the Universal as well as
the Transcendent level where the whole organisation of the cosmos is involved.
(The Mother: Some Insights, Sraddalu Ranade,
Service Letter Februrary 1996)
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