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Huta was taping the Mother’s talks and transcribing them from the tape, or from
her own notes.
The Mother says:
“
The whole area will be surrounded by a lake so that the Mother’s Shrine may be on
an island
.”
If the sentence is quoted out of context, it in effects contradicts all Her earlier
statements.
The Mother goes on to add:
“
When the lake will be dug, all the soil will be collected on one side in order to
make it look like a mountain where there will be fir trees. You see, in the future
there will be snow
…”
With this new precision, it now seems that either the existing lake is insufficiently
deep, or else the Mother has decided indeed, within the last two days, to shift the
location of this centre where there is no lake as yet.
She adds to Huta:
“
And you will be the guardian of the Mother’s Shrine. Your tiny house in the shape
of a lotus bud will be on the island very close to my house
…”
Fortunately, while uttering these descriptive words, the Mother was actually
drawing. And the sketch She drew is the one which we have mentioned at the onset
of our exploration, showing: the Pavilion and the guardian house on an island
surrounded by a circular lake, which is in turn surrounded by a large area of tall
trees, with the mountain indicated on the North West.
On 1-9-1965, That is, a little over two months later, the Mother shows to Huta a
picture of the Golden Temple in Kyoto, saying:
“
This is exactly what we shall have except for the shape pf the roof – it must be a
terrace and a dome -, but the surroundings will be the same – lake, flowers, trees,
rockeries, small waterfalls and so on
…”
This is a very helpful reference, as there is no mistake possible here, in the sense of
misinterpretation. Pictures of the Golden Temple area show the Temple near the
lake, and itself as well as the lake surrounded by a dense park, a park which gives
both the lake and its pavilion their natural setting.
We must remember here that the Mother had Herself visited the Golden Temple in
Kyoto when She lived in Japan during the First World War.
Less than a week later, on 7-9-1965, the Mother writes to Huta:
“
The central park will be the park of Unity containing the Pavilion and its annex as
formerly decided
.”
On that very day, the Mother also wrote, on a report submitted by Roger A, to
whom She had described Her vision in the morning, the following statement:
“
The park of Unity must be surrounded by a kind of isolating zone so that it is
solitary and silent. One has access to it only with permission
.”
This statement is significant in its context. The Mother is not saying that the park is
to be surrounded by a lake! She has described clearly the lake a number of times,
and She now refers to the absolute need for the whole central area to be kept
sheltered from noise of any kind.