UNDERSTANDING WITHOUT LANGUAGE
from the book" Champaklal Speaks".(Edited by M. P. Pandit
Revised by; Roshan Published by : Sri Aurobindo
Ashram Pondicherry)
25.6.1926
The kuja used for storing drinking water for Mother
had been kept on the terrace for drying in the sun. While talking to Champaben I
asked her: "Have you cleaned this kuja?"
Before Champaben could reply, the Mother who
was present, said "Yes," and smiled. Then she added: "I have replied without
knowing but I would like to know your question. You see, I didn't know what you
said in Gujarati but I understood it. I understand all the languages."
C: "All the languages?"
Mother: "Yes, but the person who wants to say
something must be clear in his mind, absolutely clear. I don't know Tamil, but
sometimes when people are clear in their mind, I understand everything."
C: "Then did you understand everything that
Champaben and I were saying? Does your knowing depend upon external
circumstances?"
Mother: "Of course, I cannot understand
immediately, every- thing on every subject. But there is another method of
knowing. I concentrate and enter into your mind, and I know. But I do not always
take the trouble to do this."
C: "Suppose something is very clear in my mind
but I cannot say it, not knowing the language well enough. I then sit quietly
near you. Can you know what I want to say?"
Mother: "Yes"
C: "What is the meaning of 'clear'?"
Mother: "People think that their ideas are
clear, their feelings are clear; but generally they are not. Very few people
have that kind of clear thought in their minds. Take for instance, Madame Potel
[a French disciple]. "When she wants to send something to me, a letter or bread
or anything, I come to know of it as soon as she thinks of it, - even before I
receive what she has sent. That lady has this capacity. Though spiritually she
has not advanced very far (she has only recently started her sadhana) she has
worked very hard along this line."
C: "Do you know her thoughts by your power or
because she directs it towards you?"
Mother: "Many are advanced in their sadhana
but do not have this capacity. They may have big ideas and all that, but not
this power. I had a friend who was a beginner in sadhana; yet every time he
wrote a letter I used to know its contents before I received it. Only a few have
this capacity by birth. So when 1 want to know exactly about the sadhaks I enter
into their consciousness and I know what I want to know."
THOUGHT COMMUNICATION
Mother used to place a vase of flowers on the table
in the verandah of Library House where those who were permitted would meet Sri
Aurobindo in the mornings. One day I found that the vase was no longer there and
there were no flowers. This continued for some time. Finally one day I arranged
some flowers in a vase and put them on the table. When she saw them, Mother
asked me: "When did you get this idea of keeping flowers here?"
C: "I had been thinking of it for many days.
But I felt you may not want it and what you do not want I did not want to do.
Why do you ask, Mother?"
Mother: "Why I am asking is this: the other
day when we spoke about clarity of mind I put this idea of keeping flowers in
the atmosphere - that somebody should bring flowers for Sri Aurobindo. I wanted
to see who receives it first. Now I see that you have been the first. Very
interesting, very interesting."
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