The Child of this Seeker I am talking about was born after 1956, and why is it that the Children of such a Seeker not only do not have Faith in Sri Maa and Sri Aurobindo, but also harbor aversion towards Sri Maa and Sri Aurobindo?
There is no such absolute rule. It is a general statement that the Mother made that the children born after 1960 are different. In Her conversation She didn’t mention the children of devotees. The phrase ‘especially to devotees’ is in Udar da’s recount. Besides, the word devotee is very loosely used. Most ‘devotees’ have a religious belief and a transactional relation with the Mother. That is not devotion. A devotee is someone who gives oneself to the Divine out of joy and love. We also have our judgmental ideas about today’s children, believing they are not on the right track. Instead, we should look sincerely to see if we have the right understanding. Finally, devotee or not, each child brings his own destiny and needs to go through certain experiences his soul has chosen. It is part of his evolutionary journey and the Divine does not interfere with it unless each one consciously makes the surrender to the Divine. Circumstances of birth indicate only a possibility. To turn it into an actuality depends upon the interaction between the individual’s ‘free will’ and his destiny.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
