The Mother declared boldly that the age of Religions is over. It is also a silent occult action wherein She was removing the scaffoldings of the Old World to prepare the New World.
The analytical rational mind which is dependent heavily upon the senses may not comprehend but the eye of faith and the deeper intuitive sense in us understands.
It is important is to understand that surrender is a dynamic process and not a passive tamasic attitude wherein we refuse any effort and leave everything in the hands of the Divine.
The significance of Sraddha, Suddhi Kriyas and many other such rituals were rooted in a kind of occult knowledge about the hidden forces that work from behind and influence our lives.
It is enough to quietly meditate with an aspiration to call the Divine Presence and consecrate the house. One can pray for all who would be living here invoking Peace and Light.
.. becoming true role models of selflessness and truthfulness and honesty and courage in our life we can help our children enter through one of the many doors into the Sanctum Sanctorum of the vast and complex temple of Sanatana Dharma.
It is the imperative necessity of sacrificing oneself to annul the resistances of the earth nature that led to the event of 05th December 1950 which may well be termed as the last transition in Sri Aurobindo's life.
What does the Darshan mean now when the embodied Divine has withdrawn from the limits of our earthly sight we may ask? The Darshan days though still so far observed in the Ashram have a slightly different significance.