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. “No religion, for heaven’s sake..!”
. “Individual concentration…”
. “Research…”
. “The symbol… of future realisations…”
. “In the gardens, one will move from consciousness to consciousness…”
. “To enter the Park of Unity, one will have to get permission…”
. “The symbol of the Universal Mother according to Sri Aurobindo’s teachings…”
A central basis of reference arises from the experience which was given when the
Mother was available in Her physical body.
In order to see the Mother one had sometimes to wait for days, even weeks, and
the experience of being in Her physical presence was valued as supreme and had
maximum impact and lasting effects on one’s life and consciousness. (This does not
necessarily apply to those who had been accepted by Her as disciples or
Ashramites.)
General public access to the Mother was only possible on Darshan days, when large
masses of people could gather on the street and the surrounding rooftops to see
Her appear and stand at Her balcony for up to 10 minutes.
These were events of Her spreading action which, in the later period, occurred only
4 times a year.
The Mother attached great importance to the building of the Matrimandir and, up to
the very last moment of the apparent life of Her body, was asking about its
progress.
The Inner Chamber of the Matrimandir is the material abode which She Herself has
brought forth from Her consciousness for Her work upon earth, and She has
instructed clearly on every one of its details and measurements.
This third approach considers that access to the Matrimandir must be established
on a basis that, for the sake of Her action, will correspond to the experience of Her
incarnation.
The Inner Chamber must be kept at all times to its privileged atmosphere and
purpose of silent concentration.
This is the gift of the Matrimandir to humanity, and the essence of its message,
near and far.
The more faithful and transparent we grow to it, the more its action will spread
unaltered.
The practical basis of this, the third approach, is then as follows:
. One enters the Inner Chamber exclusively for the purpose of concentration –
“to
learn to concentrate, to find one’s consciousness…”
. One must ask permission to enter.
. The request must be made individually. (This is not to say that one is judged
worthy of entering according to some esoteric or arbitrary criteria. It is simply that
one must express one’s genuine interest and motivation, one’s valuing of the
experience or the event, by preparing for it, by asking for it.)
. The first visit, or visits, must be made during a set hour of introduction. (This
being an unprecedented and unparalleled experience, people must be monitored
and guided.)
. When this experience is conclusive to the individual, it becomes possible to apply
for a different hour for the next visits and this can be granted accordingly without