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him. He wants you to write on the white lotus and I on the red."
With a beautiful affectionate smile Sri Aurobindo said:
"Umm." Then he wrote above the white lotus:

Aditi
The Divine Mother
And under the red lotus he wrote:
To Champaklal
With blessings
2.2.40
Sri Aurobindo

After writing, he looked at me and gave a sweet smile. Then
above the red lotus Mother wrote:

The Avatar
Sri Aurobindo
And under the white lotus she wrote:
To Champaklal
With blessings to my dear child
2.2.40
Mother

Then Mother told me not to show the lotuses to anybody.
But you know that after many years blocks were made out
of these paintings and printed for distribution. Do not ask me
why I was told not to show them to anybody at one time as
later things were changed. Obviously circumstances changed
and the Mother never stood rigidly by what she said on an ear-
lier occasion under different conditions. There are so many in-
stances of this kind.
Champaklal Speaks: pp. 102-06

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