Once
when I was walking in the mountains, I was on a path where there
was only room for one - on one side the precipice, on the other
sheer rock. There were three children behind me and a fourth
person bringing up the rear. I was leading. The path ran along
the edge of the rock; we could not see where we were going -
and besides, it was very dangerous; if anyone had slipped, he
would have been over the edge. I was walking in front when suddenly
I saw, with other eyes than these - although I was watching
my steps carefully - I saw a snake, there, on the rock, waiting
on the other side. Then I took one step, gently, and indeed
on the other side there was a snake. That spared me the shock
of surprise, because I had seen and I was advancing cautiously;
and as there was no shock of surprise, I was able to tell the
children without giving them a shock, "Stop, keep quiet,
don't stir." If there had been a shock, something might
have happened. The snake had heard a noise, it was already coiled
and on the defensive in front of its hole, with its head swaying
- it was a viper. This was in France.
Nothing happened, whereas if there had been any confusion or
commotion, anything could have happened.
The
Cobra of Ariankuppam
This
kind of thing has happened to me very often - with snakes
it happened to me four time Once, it was completely dark, here, near the fishing village
of Ariankuppam.
There was a river and it hat opened just at the place where
it flows into the sea. It was dark - the night had fallen
very quickly. We were walking along the road and just as I
was about to put my foot down - I had already lifted my foot
and was going to put it down - I distinctly heard a voice
in
my ear: "Be careful!" And yet nobody had spoke!
So I looked and saw, just as my foot was about to touch the
ground, an enormous black cobra, which I would have comfortably
stepped on - those people don't like that. He streaked away
and across the water -what a beauty, my child! His hood open,
head erect above the water, he went across like a king. Obviously
I would have been punished for my impertinence.
On
the Boulevard Saint-Michel
I
have had hundreds and hundreds of experiences like that; at
the very last moment, not a second too soon, I was informed.
And in the most varied circus stances. Once, in Paris,
I was crossing the Boulevard Saint-Michel. It was during the
last weeks; I had decided that within a certain number of
months would achieve union with the psychic Presence, the
inner Divine, and I no longer had any other thought any
other concern. I lived near the Luxembourg
Gardens and every
evening I used to walk there - but always deeply absorbed
within. There is a kind of intersection there and it is not
a place to cross when one is deeply absorbed within; it was
not very sensible. And so I was like that, I was walking,
when I suddenly received a shock, as if I had received a blow,
as if something had hit me, and I jumped back instinctively.
And as soon as I had jumped back, a tram went past - it was
the tram that I had felt at a little more than arm's length.
It had touched the aura, the aura of protection - it was very
strong at that time, I was deeply immersed in occultism and
I knew how to keep it - the aura of protection had been hit
and that had literally thrown me backwards, as if I had received
a physical shock. And what insults from the driver! I jumped
back just in time and the tram went by.
The Mother
27
February 1962
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