January 10, 1917:”Dost Thou then want to teach me that every effort that has my own being as its aim will be useless and vain? That action alone which has as its motive the radiating of Thy Grace is accomplished with ease and success. When the will acts in the external life, it is powerful and effective; when it attempts to practice going inwards, it is without force or effect…. So all action undertaken for personal progress becomes more and more unfruitful, and consequently rarer and rarer. On the other hand, all outer action seems to gain in effectivity what the inner has lost. Thus, O Lord, Thou takest the instrument as it is, and if it has to be refined, that will come in the course of the work.” Alok da , can you please through light on this, its role in practical life🙏 .

This is one sign of the Superman that the Mother mentions.

‘All those who feel that their heart extends further than the limits of their own person and family, that their thought embraces more than small personal interests and local conventions, all those, in short, who realise that they belong not to themselves, or to their family, or even to their country, but to God who manifests Himself in all countries, through mankind, these, indeed, know that they must rise and set to work for the sake of humanity, for the advent of the Dawn….

Thus the individual, no more guided by egoistical motives, laws or customs, shall abandon all selfish aims. His rule will be perfect disinterestedness. To act in view of a personal profit, either in this world or in another beyond, will become an unthinkable impossibility. For each act will be done in complete, simple, joyful obedience to the divine law which inspires it, without any seeking for reward or results, as the supreme reward will be in the very delight of acting under such inspiration, of being identified in conscience and will with the divine principle within oneself.’

The Gita hints at it when Sri Krishna speaks of the higher humanity engaging in action for the good of all, lokasangrahartha.

In other words even going within to have experiences or to get salvation or any purely personal reasons will be impossible for the divine man. All his actions including going within or action outside will be directed towards the Divine, and His Service. Even the discovery of the Divine will be since it is the necessary condition for participating in the Divine Manifestation and not for any personal purpose or as a personal acquisition.

The Mother through these prayers is laying the template for the future.

In other words even going within to have experiences or to get salvation or any purely personal reasons will be impossible for the divine man. All his actions including going within or action outside will be directed towards the Divine, and His Service. Even the discovery of the Divine will be since it is the necessary condition for participating in the Divine Manifestation and not for any personal purpose or as a personal acquisition.

Affectionately,

Alok Da

The Mother through these prayers is laying the template for the future

Of course personal here implies not just for money but subtle rewards such as recognition, respect, satisfying ambition etc.

Affectionately,

Alok Da