There was a quality in Satprem that the “great” yogis of the ashram did not possess. One can be sattvic, have great qualities of mastery, and still miss that opening through which the light passes. Yes, Satrem, the one who truly loves, still suffered at times from what he had experienced in the camps. But there was something within him that could receive.
There is no problem if someone considers Satprem as the highest or even the only yogi ever. To each his own Master. The Mother said different things to different people. I have seen Her note in Pranab da’s diary something to this effect that you are leading us on the road to transformation. Regarding Champaklal ji She wrote ‘one of the hundred’, ‘he has become a demigod’. To Nolini da both The Mother and Sri Aurobindo wrote to the effect that he is ‘the candidate to the supermind’ that ‘if he is not doing my yoga then who else is?’
There are others too. How does it matter. What matters is our individual sincerity and surrender towards Her. As to Ashramites, I suppose Satprem and Sujata were all Ashram inmates till 1973 unless you have some other information which I do not have. I am neither criticising nor eulogising Satprem. Who am I to judge? To me all who served the Mother and Sri Aurobindo are respectable. The Mother has a right to say anything about them as each is Her child. But a child does not have the right to condemn his brother or sister based on what the Mother spoke in a certain context about some of the children. Absolutist statements in such matters are always suspect. But yes one is certainly free to follow Satprem and worship him if it helps. It doesn’t concern me. I can only state my position on the issue of the Yoga which is very simply, only Mother, no other.
With Her Love
