An excerpt from chapter ‘Like Mount Fuji’, On the
Mother
In answer to a pointed question as to how Mirra had
struck the Okhawas when they knew her, whether they had seen then any
indications of her vast spiritual reserves and her future divine ministry at
Pondicherry. Dr. Okhawa paused a little, and spoke slowly, as if carefully
weighing his words:
No...no ... we were too near her, we all lived in the
same house for about a year we were too intimate ....
You know Mount Fuji ... you can't appreciate it in full
when you are very near, when you are too close ... some distance is needed ...
from a distance, ah! it is grand, it is breath-taking, it is sublime!
She was like Mount Fuji, Mirra was....
After a significant pause, Dr. Okhawa added slowly:
But even then, even forty years ago, I could see that
Mirra was deeply mystical, she was often withdrawn, with a faraway look, a look
sometimes of infinite anxiety, sometimes of ecstatic happiness....
And also - at the same time - Mirra was thoroughly
scientific, thoroughly practical. That was an extraordinary combination....
I can see that Pondicherry is a great spiritual centre
today. I am not surprised ... I am happy!
That was a marvellously
sincere and marvellously accurate assessment. Dr. Okhawa seemed to be a little
exhausted, and he quietly listened when Gokakand I described the Sri Aurobindo
International Centre of ,Education that was coming up under the aegis of the
Ashram and the direct inspiration and guidance of the Mother.
(‘On
The Mother’, Chapter 12 – “Like Mount Fuji”, K.R. Srinivasa Iyengar, Sri
Aurobindo Society, Pondicherry)
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