Q: Sweet
Mother, it is said that if one sees a shooting star and at that moment one
aspires for something, that aspiration is fulfilled within the year. Is this
true?
A:
Mother: Do you know what that means? ― The
aspiration must be formulated during
the time the star is visible;
and that doesn’t last long, does it? Well, if an aspiration can be formulated
while the star is visible, this means that it is all the time there, present, in the
forefront of the consciousness―this does not apply to ordinary things, it has
nothing to do with that, it concerns a spiritual aspiration. But the point is
that if you are able to articulate your spiritual aspiration just at that
moment, it means that it is right in front of your consciousness, that it
dominates your consciousness. And, necessarily, what dominates your
consciousness can be realised very swiftly.
I had the opportunity to make this
experiment. Exactly this. The moment the star was sing, at that very moment
there sprang up from the consciousness: “To realise the divine union, for my
body.”
That very moment.
And before the end of the year, it was done.
But it was not because of the star! It was
because that dominated my whole consciousness and I was thinking of nothing but
that, I wanted only that, thought only of that, acted only for that. So, this
thing which generally takes a whole lifetime ― it is said the minimum time is
thirty-five years! ― before twelve months had, it was done.
But that was because I thought only of that.
And it was because I was thinking only of
that, that just when the star flashed by I could formulate it―not merely a
vague impression―formulate it in precise words like this: “To realise union
with the Divine”, the inner Divine, the thing we speak of, the very thing we
speak of.
Therefore, what is important is not the star
but the aspiration. The star is only like an outer demonstration, nothing else.
But it is not necessary to have a shooting star in order to realise swiftly!
What is necessary is that the whole will of the being should be concentrated on
one point.
(CWM, Volume 8, Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust,
Puducherry)
Q: What is exactly
meant by a sincere aspiration?
A:
Mother: An aspiration which is not mixed with any
interested and egoistic calculation.
(CWM, Volume 14, Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust,
Puducherry)
The Mother Says:
All is mute in the being, but in the bosom of
the silence burns the lamp that can never be extinguished, the fire of an
ardent aspiration to know and to live integrally the Divine.
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