Peter Heehs’ P.C. Sorcar acts amaze us
-Dr. Jitendra Sharma aurofrance@gmail.com
Like the magician P.C. Sorcar, Peter Heehs swishes
his magic wand again and again to hypnotise masses the world over. The entire
world seems to be under his magic spell. He seems to be the greatest scholar on
Sri Aurobindo, alive and kicking on this planet earth. He has the magical power
of making black appear as white. His sleights of tongue regale intellectuals
and idiots alike. He has managed to win the favour of some eminent
historians like Romila Thapar and Ramachandra Guha who shout
from housetops that Peter Heehs, even without any academic qualification, is a
historian. Despite his blasphemous book which is full of intentional historical
distortions and venomous insinuations to discredit Sri Aurobindo, the
Government of India has extended this Sorcar Junior’s visa by one more year.
All devotees of Sri Aurobindo await the Divine Justice now. - Dr. Jitendra
Sharma
Excerpts from the forthcoming book: The Mother of All Beings
-Aju Mukhopadhyay ajum24@yahoo.co.in
When she settled here in India
she did everything for, spoke for and aspired for India . All her words though relate
to many countries are specially meant for India and her people. She intensely
loved India .
Mother taught the children of all age groups. She discussed with the leaders,
teachers and sadhaks, disciples and others. She gave talks on occasions, wrote
innumerable letters and messages. Meeting the visitors and sending blessings to
the people on various occasions comprised her routine work, besides her other
duties. Sometimes such chores used to tax her health, particularly in the later
years, when her body was failing. People not only prayed for but even demanded
her presence. Sometimes under compelling circumstances she complied with their demands.
She seldom refused. On most of the occasions she gladly met, blessed and gave
them messages, when required. While many such letters, messages and talks were
personal in nature and temporal in effect, many were universal in their appeal.
They were national or international in their significance, as they came out of
a divine consciousness. A few of her invaluable words are given below…
Mother had a great reverence for India ; she had a great role to play
in the future world-order, she believed. She greatly valued Sri Aurobindo’s
ideas about India
and allowed her thoughts to be shaped accordingly. Rather she worked to fulfil
Sri Aurobindo’s vision about the future of India . Whenever the chance arose
she sent her words to the Indian leaders to work for the unification of Mother
India. The work could not be accomplished, in spite of the opportunities that
had knocked at our door due to human weakness, she said later. A few of her
messages and talks about India
are given below…
This journey of finding what Mother said and what
she meant is very lengthy and repetitious, labyrinthine. I have tried to bring
home some common areas where “Mother Said” is quite popular. A nice example
will make the point acute; “Do not trouble yourselves with what others do, I
cannot repeat it to you too often. Do not judge, do not criticise, do not
compare. That is not your lookout.” (1957) 21
If this were Mother’s dictum for all it would be a
paradise for the looters and whimsical actors, a play ground for all wrong
doers but fortunately the publisher of the volume 14, titled ‘Words of the
Mother’(The Mother. Collected Works. Centenary Edition. 1978.) wrote in his
Note, “The reader should note that most of these statements were written for
individuals under particular circumstances and were not, at the time of writing,
intended for general circulation.” Still this write up is often put up for
general consumption.
After many years of her departure Mother has become
a myth and superstition; Mother’s words, her smile, her Prasad are much in
demand for multiple uses around her last abode and perhaps beyond. This is an
effort to bring out what Mother actually said, what she intended her children
to do, to become, to the extent possible, for deviations are part of life. She
was Mother of love. She never refused anybody. She always smiled. Even when she
was utterly busy, she received people, corresponded with a large number of
them. Large number of people regularly met her in spite of her failing health,
simply for the satisfaction of receiving her blessings, for a work or ritual,
perhaps very personal and not so important generally. She could not refuse when
people around her pushed them. Many received her Divine smile, flowers and
other things during their sole visit to the Ashram. Many, who happened to be
there, near her, received her smile, touch, blessings for days, months and
years together, as the chance occurred during the days of her ministry.
Mother accommodated her children in many ways,
giving relaxation to norms, showing special kindness to some out of
benevolence. But perhaps she, only she, who knew the inner sides of everything
and everyone, could do it. Let all those who received such bounty keep them as
treasures in the special chambers of their hearts. But that might neither be
due to any speciality of the recipients’ character nor their legitimate due but
because they remained or occupied a physical nearness to her at that particular
point of time. Wonderful was her world, from wonder she traveled to wonder. ©
Aju Mukhopadhyay, 2012
Contrary to what you say, the real anti-ashram
personalities now are Peter and trustees who choose to support that book, in
complete dis-regard of the data-based resentment of thousands of devotees,
disciples and ashramites. Are you not aware of the forceful suppression of individual opinion by the
trustees in the recent history?
In that context, the belated stand taken by Sri
Aurobindo Society as a respected body, is a sign of some sanity in the thinking
of responsible people at Pondicherry ,
and this is widely acclaimed, in spite of your comments to the contrary. We
request you to throw some light on the text of the letter by trustees on 14
April 2012 to secure an extension of Peter's visa.
3:33
PM, May 09, 2012 Like the SAS, H Acharya seems to believe that upholding
the principles of bigotry, narrowness, censorship, etc., is being true to Sri
Aurobindo. But it is not surprising if he chooses to dismiss the several (and
increasing) positive reviews that Peter's book and work has been receiving both
in India
and the world. Subrata
10:56
AM, May 19, 2012 Perhaps to be smarter enough PH not knowing his slavery to
so-called mental objective analysis has only proved himself as a perfect
prototype of ‘thinking animal’! He denying Sri Aurobindo who deals with
evolution of consciousness proves his incapacity to fathom Sri Aurobindo the
realised Master of supermind or gnosis as Upanishads depict? His shrewd plan to
brainwash and blackmail readers must finally fail and the castle of cards he
built with ‘Lives of Sri Aurobindo’ would collapse soon. --Someone
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