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not felt, at least once in their lives, as if lifted up beyond them-
selves, filled with an unexpected and uncommon force which, for a
time, has made them capable of doing anything whatever; at such
moments nothing seems too difficult and the word "impossible"
loses its meaning.
This experience, however fleeting it may be, gives a glimpse
of the kind of contact with the higher energy that yogic discipline
can secure and maintain.
The method of achieving this contact can hardly be given
here. Besides, it is something individual and unique for each one,
which starts from where he stands, adapting itself to his personal
needs and helping him to take one more step forward. The path is
sometimes long and slow, but the result is worth the trouble one
takes. We can easily imagine the consequences of this power to
draw at will and in all circumstances on the boundless source of
an energy that is all-powerful in its luminous purity. Weariness, ex-
haustion, illness, old age and even death become mere obstacles
on the way, which a persistent will is sure to overcome.

CWM 12: 261-62
Thinking about old age
Everybody, everybody is constantly thinking about old age
and death, and death and old age and illness... oh, they're such a
nuisance! Me, I never think of it. That's not the question. The diffi-
culty lies in the Work itself; it doesn't depend on a certain number
of years, which besides is completely... it's nothing, one second in
eternity, a mere nothing!
The Mother: Conversation with a Disciple, Feb 13, 1962

Transformation and the Body
It is quite true that the surrender and the consequent trans-
formation of the whole being is the aim of the Yoga — the body
is not excluded, but at the same time this part of the endeavour
is the most difficult and doubtful — the rest, though not facile,

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