Which town?

In each of those who opened to Her, Her Force would work to encourage sincerity, dissolve shadows, strengthen discernment and establish peace and equality.

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It is often the vital being in oneself that is most recalcitrant to the pressure of the Consciousness-Force, most reticent to give itself and rebels the most against the higher harmony which it feels as a threat to its independence and its “rights” of expression. Those whom She had entrusted with the tasks of organizer or coordinator had a hard time figuring it out and She no longer had enough physical time to listen to each complaint and grievance; moreover, none of these intermediaries had as yet developed this vast neutrality without which one remains condemned to errors of judgment or interpretation.

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Came the day of Sri Aurobindo’s Centenary, He the Messenger – the day also of the 25 th anniversary of India’s Independence: She appeared on Her balcony, which had been clothed with a hanging depicting lions and flowers. The pillars of Her temple were not yet complete. On that morning all Her workers had gathered in silence and She had written them: “Let peace and good-will be with all.”

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