It is with the sense of separation that pain and suffering, misery and ignorance and all the incapacities have come. And it is with self-giving, self-forgetfulness in a total consecration that suffering will disappear and give place to a Delight that nothing can obscure.

  It is only when this Delight is established in this world that it can be truly transformed, then only there will be a new life, a new creation, anew realisation. The Delight must first be established in the consciousness, then the material transformation will take place, not before.

  Note that I do not speak of what people call delight, which is not even a caricature of true Delight, but rather a diabolical invention to make you lose the way, the delight or joy that comes from pleasure, forgetfulness, indifference. What I speak of is a Delight that is perfect peace, light without shadow, harmony, beauty whole and entire and irresistible power, the Delight that is the Divine Presence itself, in its essence, in its will and in its realisation.

        It is with the Adversary that suffering has come into the world. And it is Delight alone that can conquer it, nothing else can conquer it definitely, finally.

        Delight is the creator, Delight is the fulfiller.
                                    

THE Mother, Questions and Answers, Bulletin, February 1960