The Mother
Humankind has always told stories.Through the years stories have been used to entertain,to reveal past history or to teach life's lessons.Complicated concepts taught with a story are more likely to be understood and remembered.
These stories are not just stories; they are revelations of living truths conveyed to us by the Mother.
A Drawing by The Mother "Ascent To The Truth"
"Ascent To The Truth" - A Play by The Mother
During her stay in Japan (1916-1920) the Mother translated and adapted some stories written by Mr. F. J. Gould, which had been published in his Youth's Noble Path in 1911. The Mother's versions, written in French, were first published as Belles Histories in 1946. An English translation, entitled Tales of All Times, was brought out in 1951. That translation was revised when the book was included in Words of Long Ago, Volume 2 of the Mother's Collected Works in 1978; at that time five additional chapters were translated and added as an appendix. The text of the present edition is the same as appeared in the Collected Works. The illustrations in this book, which first appeared in the 1964 edition of Tales of All Times, were drawn by an eleven-year-old student of the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education.
" Be conscious first of
thyself within , then think
and act."
- The Mother
Every child is a lover of interesting narrative, a hero-worshipper and a patriot. Appeal to these qualities in him and through them let him master without knowing it the living and human parts of his nation’s history.
-Sri Aurobindo
Every child is an inquirer, an investigator, analyser, a merciless anatomist. Appeal to these qualities in him and let him acquire without knowing it the right temper and the necessary fundamental knowledge of the scientist.
– Sri Aurobindo
Every child has an insatiable intellectual curiosity and turn for metaphysical enquiry. Use it to draw him on slowly to an understanding of the world and himself.
-Sri Aurobindo
Many of our children are in a crude state and literature can help to give their minds some shape, some suppleness. In order to learn you must read very carefully and choose with care what you read.
-The Mother
Literature can serve as a sort of gymnastics and stir up and awaken the young intelligence.
-The Mother
My children, I have to tell you to begin with that this is “literature”……One must have the taste for forms, for a beautiful way of saying things, a little exceptional, not too banal; but it is just one way, it’s a way of saying things which is charming. Literature exists completely in the way of saying things.
-The Mother
To walk through life armoured against fear, peril and disaster,
only two things are needed, two that go always together:
the Grace of the Divine
and on your side an inner state made up of
faith, sincerity and surrender.
Let your faith be pure, candid and perfect.
- Sri AurobindoWhat Sri Aurobindo represents in the world's history is not a teaching, not even a revelation; it is a decisive action direct from the Supreme.
The Mother