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Significance of Birthdays

(Conversations with the Mother recollected by Mona Sarkar. The
original French version of this talk was read out to the Mother.)

It is your birthday tomorrow?

Yes, Mother.

How old will you be?

Twenty-six, Mother.

I shall see you tomorrow then, and give you something spe-
cial. You will see, I do not mean a material thing — that, I
shall give you a card and all that — but something.... You
will see tomorrow. Now, go home and prepare yourself qui-
etly so that you may be ready to receive it.

Yes, Mother.
Do you know, my child, what “Bonne Fête” signifies, that is,
what we wish here on the birthday?

Like that, I know what it means, Mother, but not the special signifi-
cance You want to tell me.

Yes, it is truly a special day in one’s life. It is one of the days in
the year when the Supreme descends into us — or when we are
face to face with the Eternal — one of those days when our soul
comes in contact with the Eternal and, if we remain a little con-
scious, we can feel His Presence within us. If we make a little
effort on this day, we accomplish the work of many lives, as in
a lightning flash. That is why I give so much importance to the

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