Mother Divine, Maa, how strange it is that they who believe in Thee call this world a purposeless accident in Time, an unreal illusion, a movement without a basis or collective goal. True, there is in it suffering and pain but there is also joy that one snatches from the jaw of suffering, there is happiness that touches and gladdens the heart for no outer reason. Yes there is evil but there is also the courage that resists, goodness that gives itself in a fire-winged sacrifice of love. There is here, despite the many difficulties, hope and faith and love, moments of peace and tranquility, visions of unearthly beauty, actions that leave the footprints of a god. All this is Maya and duality, it is said, but if it is so, then there must be a purpose in it. For why wouldst Thou allow these countless systems of worlds, these trillions of beings and forces, these billions of stars and galaxies to come into existence, this grand spectacular show if it was only to tell us that all this was a deception and a lie. Whose then is the lie and whose the deception? Surely man, in his over eager pursuit of the door of escape has missed something.
It is Thou who art there in the heart of the universe. It is Thou who hast woven this necklace of stars to outline the body of our unseen Beloved. It is Thou who has brought creation out of the Unknowable so that it can express and manifest what is hidden in the Self. It is Thou who hast given birth to our souls and placed us in the vast gymnasium of Space and Time so that we may grow and become what Thou hast willed us to be. It is Thou who hast put us in the school of ignorance so that experiencing the dualities we may grow into Oneness and be ready to see the Truth and savour the Bliss. How is this straight and simple truth missed, the truth that stares at us from every side.
May we be ready to realise and manifest this truth of our individual destinies. Shunning the narrow paths of selfish escape may we grow into Thy Truth and Vastness and Oneness and Love and Peace and Bliss, into what Thou wouldst want us to be.
Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa
About Savitri | B1C3-11 Towards Unity with God (pp.31-33)