Mother's Q And A, 30/1/57
Mother speaks about man’s need for contrast in his life. Most people fear silence, calm, quietude. They no longer feel alive when they are not agitated. What man calls life is the drama of life, the anxiety of life, the violence of contrasts. We attribute the course of circumstances to our psychological reactions. Then she addresses the question of whether the obstacles and difficulties one meets when one does something are a sign that the decision was faulty and one should stop, or are they something to be overcome. She says it is our attitude that counts, not the thing itself, and she gives the attitude to keep to know the value of one’s action, and a way to know at the beginning if one has embarked on a disastrous action. The original French tape recording of Mother’s class will play after the English translation.