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The Mother on Savitri

The Best Way to Read Savitri
...Yes, this is the best way to read Savitri. One sees as clear
as the day....
One can read the words very easily.... Like this, one closes
the eyes and one sees clearly, everything. It is this that I advise
people who would like to do something as perfectly as possi-
ble, as carefully as possible; then, the thing to do is to close the
eyes and see the things, and I am sure that you will do it much
better than seeing like this, ordinarily, with your eyes. Gener-
ally, I tell those who have something very difficult to do, a very
minute work where one needs a lot of concentration, then, "If
you want to do as best as possible, do it with your eyes closed.
You will see the details much better when you close your eyes,
and also the corresponding things will follow one after the
other much more easily and with exactitude. And you will do it
much better and with more confidence. But you must see it in
front of you."
This is what I do when I have a very difficult work to do.
I close my eyes, and I see the things more clearly, each thing
in its place, and I do it very easily because the corresponding
things come one after another, exactly in their place. I have no
need to search or fumble. It comes automatically, and I do it
much better and also much faster than if I had to do the same
work, seeing like this. It is a much better way to do the work by
closing the eyes.
As I have explained to you, with the eyes closed, one can
do the things much better than by the ordinary way of seeing
and concentrating. One develops a sort of vision which is much
more precise than this one (with the ordinary eyes). And I tell
you, this is the best way to read Savitri, because one comes

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