First step is to be open to the Mother through inner Remembrance. Next is to remain quiet, full of trust and confidence in Her Grace. If there is some specific help that is needed then one can pray silently or write to Her in the form of a letter. Avoid getting restless or worried as that obstructs the working of the Grace.
Reading Savitri and Prayers and Meditations is also a very good way to open to Her. Surrounding yourself in Her atmosphere through photographs and the Mother’s music and readings also helps the consciousness to become open and receptive. Most importantly by giving oneself more and more to Her through thoughts and feelings and service, by thinking less and less about oneself one opens the doors to receptivity. The wider and supple one is and as a corollary the lesser one is narrow and rigid, the more receptive one becomes.
Here are some luminous words of guidance from the Mother herself.
‘Receptivity is the capacity of admitting and retaining the Divine Workings.
Receptivity: conscious of the Divine Will and surrendered to it.
It is with the widening of the consciousness and the one-pointedness of the aspiration that the receptivity increases.
By revolt the doors of receptivity are closed.
In order to be filled anew the vessel must get empty sometimes.
It is when we are preparing for greater receptivities that we feel empty.
Try to be satisfied with what you receive―for it is a matter of receptivity, because―you can believe me―I give always much more than what the people are capable of receiving―and in two or three minutes they could have quite enough to go for a whole month. But the mind interferes with its ignorant demands and the whole thing is spoiled.
My love is always with you; if then you do not feel it, it is because you are not capable of receiving it. It is your receptivity that is lacking and should be increased; for this you must open yourself, and one opens oneself only if one gives oneself. Surely you are trying more or less consciously to draw the forces and the divine love towards you. The method is bad. Give yourself without calculating and without expecting anything in return, and then you will become capable of receiving.
When we feel the urge to give and the joy of giving to the Divine’s work, then we can be sure that we have become receptive.
To be receptive is to feel the urge to give and the joy of giving to the Divine’s Work all one has, all one is, all one does.’
Affectionately,
Alok Da
