This is her secret and impossible task
To catch the boundless in a net of birth,
To cast the spirit into physical form,
To lend speech and thought to the Ineffable;
She is pushed to reveal the ever Unmanifest.
Yet by her skill the impossible has been done:
To find new bodies for the Infinite
And images of the Unimaginable;
She has lured the Eternal into the arms of Time.
Sri Aurobindo, Savitri, Book II, Canto VI, p177- 178.
The Ashram – What it stands for
On the 24th April 1920, the Mother rejoined Sri Aurobindo to settle in Pondicherry. The Ashram was then founded in November 1926, with Sri Aurobindo entrusting its full material and spiritual charge to the Mother.
Some people looking at things superficially, might ask how is it that the Ashram exists in this town for so many years and is not liked by the population?
The first and immediate answer is that all those in this population who are of a higher standard in culture, intelligence, good will and education not only have welcomed the Ashram but have expressed their sympathy, admiration and good-feeling. Sri Aurobindo Ashram has in Pondicherry many sincere and faithful followers and friends.
This said, our position is clear.
We do not fight against any creed, any religion.
We do not fight against any form of government.
We do not fight against any social class.
We do not fight against any nation or civilisation.
We are fighting division, unconsciousness, ignorance, inertia and falsehood.
We are endeavouring to establish upon earth union, knowledge, consciousness, Truth, and we fight whatever opposes the advent of this new creation of Light, Peace, Truth and Love.
The Mother, More Answers from the Mother, CWM volume 17, pages 251 – 252.