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There is also the consecration of the thoughts to the Divine. In
its inception this is the attempt to fix the mind on the object
of adoration, — for naturally the restless human mind is occu-
pied with other objects and, even when it is directed upwards,
constantly drawn away by the world, — so that in the end it ha-
bitually thinks of him and all else is only secondary and thought
of only in relation to him. This is done often with the aid of
a physical image or, more intimately and characteristically, of
a mantra or a divine name through which the divine being is
realised. There are supposed by those who systematise to be
three stages of the seeking through the devotion of the mind,
first, the constant hearing of the divine name, qualities and all
that has been attached to them, secondly, the constant think-
ing on them or on the divine being or personality, thirdly, the
settling and fixing of the mind on the object; and by this comes
the full realisation.
CWSA 23-24: 574

The idea of your friend that it is necessary to receive a mantra
from here and for that he must come is altogether wrong. There
is no mantra given in this Yoga. It is the opening of the con-
sciousness to the Mother from within that is the true initiation
and that can only come by aspiration and rejection of restless-
ness in the mind and vital.
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We do not usually give any mantra. Those who repeat some-
thing in meditation call on the Mother.
As a rule the only mantra used in this sadhana is that of the
Mother or of my name and the Mother. The concentration in
the heart and the concentration in the head can both be used
— each has its own result. The first opens up the psychic being
and brings bhakti, love and union with the Mother, her pres-

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