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your body and the material world and you know what is to be
done and how to do it.
That is the first aim of concentration, but naturally not the
last.
To attain that concentration much effort is necessary; an im-
mediate or even a quick result is rarely possible. But if the inner
door has once been opened, you may be sure that it will open
again if you know how to persevere.
As long as the door has not been opened, you may doubt your
capacity, but once opened, no more doubt is possible, if you go
on willing and aspiring.
CWM 4: 9-10

The Mother's Music

What is the significance of the tune that goes on repeating itself in
your music so often?
You must have noticed that this tune generally comes after some
trouble or chaos has been expressed. It comes as a solution to a
problem. It means an advancement, a progress, a step forward in
consciousness . It comes as a enlightenment. My music resembles
the inner movements of the Sadhana. Sometimes a trouble, a
chaos, a problem, a wrong movement which seemed conquered
returns with a greater force. But then, as an answer or as an aid,
the growth, the unveiling of the consciousness — and then the
final enlightenment.
This music is very difficult to understand — especially for the
Western mind. To people from the West it often means nothing;
nor do they easily feel in them the corresponding movements.
Mostly those who can appreciate the Indian Ragas can like that
music; for there is some resemblance with the Ragas. But here too
from the point of view of form, all conventions of musical laws and
notations are broken.
CWM 12: 238-39

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