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for progress, and on their strength and their resistance. But I know
very few people who don't need blows at all.

Mother, is the blow which comes Mahakali's?

The blow? Not necessarily.
If you swallow a poison and are poisoned, it won't be Mahaka-
li's fault. It is you who will have swallowed the poison. If one puts
oneself into absolutely ridiculous conditions, one is in a state in
which one is bound to break one's head or arm or back; because
you are not in a state of true equilibrium, you can't accuse the
divine forces. It is the normal mechanical consequence of the stu-
pidity committed, of the inner state.

What is the nature of Mahakali's blow?

It makes you feel very happy. It gives you a sweet warmth in the
heart, like that. You feel quite satisfied.

Does one have to aspire for it or does it come naturally?

Yes, one must have a sincerity in the aspiration, really want to
progress. One must truly say, "Yes, I want to progress" with sincer-
ity... "Whatever happens, I want to progress." Then it comes.
But as I said, it comes with a power of plenitude which holds
an intense joy. When one has taken a decision, has decided to
stop something in oneself, just not to repeat a stupidity one has
committed, or to do something which one finds impossible or
difficult to do and which, one knows, should be done, and when
one has taken the decision and has put in the full sincerity of
one's will, well, then if a terrible blow comes to compel you to do
what you have decided to do, it is a blow, but you feel glorified,
you are quite happy, it is magnificent, you see, you feel something

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