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Liberty, Self-Control and Friendship</h3>
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here today – we have increased in number.... Now, we all want to be good boys
and good girls, is it not? Nobody wants to be a bad boy or a bad girl; but the
problem is how to be a good boyar girl and how not to be a bad boy or girl. In
what does goodness consist? You all know the fine gesture that Mother taught us
once. Gesture means a physical movement – here a physical movement to control
yourself; control, self-control is a very important, a very necessary item of
our life. So the Mother once said; supposing you are very angry and you are
inclined to give a blow to your comrade, then, the Mother's advice is, instead
of stretching your hand towards your friend to give him a blow, put it in your
pocket; that is a fine gesture and it brings you a fine result: you feel a kind
of release, a joy and peace, something new arid fresh comes into you. Your anger
is gone, you are almost a new person. That is the lesson Mother taught us in
the matter of controlling ourselves. Usually we are moved by our impulses and
passions particularly towards wrong things, then what you need is to check
yourself, to control yourself. You must note that this control you are taught
is self-control, that is to say, it is a thing not forced upon you, you are not
compelled to do it. You do it because of your own will, because you like to do
it, because it is a fine gesture that attracts you. Usually the control is
imposed upon you, out of fear of punishment, because of inconvenient or
unpleasant results that might follow your loss of control. So instead of an
outsider ruling you, you rule yourself voluntarily. The Mother adds also, illustrating
the point: to train, that is to say, to control a wild horse what you do is to
put a bridle in its mouth and hold it and check it. That is good for an animal
who does not know what he is; for<![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>

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none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>a man, he can do better;
he can put the bridle himself in his own mouth, that is what controlling
oneself is. It means as a human being you have been given freedom; it is given
so that you may choose yourself what is to be done and what is not to be done.
Instead of being forced to do the right thing you are given the alternatives
either to do the right or do the wrong, to choose between the two and choose
the right thing of your free will. Here in the Ashram, the Mother has said very
many times, you have been given almost infinite freedom. There are of course
certain rules and regulations; naturally when you live in society and have
common work to do, there must be some rules and regulations. But the beauty
here is that even if you break a rule, even a very important rule, you are not
punished. In other words, the choice is left to you, you have broken the rule,
you yourself find that you have broken the rule and then you try and rectify
yourself, do the right thing. That is the true function of freedom – it is not
freedom to do anything you like but to discipline yourself, to follow the right
of one's own free will. A discipline here is not inflicted upon you, you are
not ordered to do one thing and not to do another under pain of punishment, but
you find the truth by yourself and for yourself and you do it yourself, and you
have the joy, the pleasure of doing the right thing and the happiness of
growing, maturing in your consciousness. You have infinite freedom here so that
you may grow in your consciousness infinitely.</p>

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yes">&nbsp;</span><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>I was speaking of
self-control, self-discipline in your inner being, that is to say, with regard
to your desires and impulses and feelings. It is however the same discipline as
you follow with regard to your body in the playground. Physical education means
nothing else than controlling and disciplining the body. You control and
discipline the body through physical exercises and these mean controlled and
guided movements. You have to make these movements in a regular, persistent,
ordered and a neat way, it is the way to make your body strong and beautiful.
As by means of this physical discipline you secure a strong and beautiful body,
even so by the inner discipline, by controlling your passions and impulsions
you build an inner body strong and beautiful. Yes, even like a physical body
you have a subtle body, a body as it were within this material frame. It is<![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>

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none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>not, however, for that
reason, something vague and imprecise, on the contrary, it is very concrete and
has a definite shape. As I said, by controlled and directed movements you make
this outer body strong and beautiful; the inner body also in the same way
through controlled and directed inner movements can be made strong and
beautiful. In properly doing the physical exercises, you know, two things are
needed: first of all, doing the physical movements according to the rules, in
other words, exercising the muscles in a given manner, and then along with it
relaxation. Relaxation and excercise should alternate. Relaxation restores the
muscles, brings repose to the system and serves as a kind of basic support. In
the field of the inner discipline, this relaxation corresponds to what I have
called freedom. And the muscular exercises correspond to the excercise of your
will and consciousness in regard to the inner body.</p>

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style='mso-tab-count:1'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>The building up of the 
inner beautiful body has a great in<span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>fluence</span>
upon the building of the physical body, it adds something, it gives a feeling
of inherent capacity, firmness and charm even to the physical frame.</p>

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150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Many
find it difficult at the outset to make the right movement even in the matter
of physical exercises. What is n6eded is will and persistence. More difficult,
much more difficult it is to make the right inner movement, there also what is
needed is will and persistence. Sometimes in the matter of inner discipline
which means doing the right thing, you say, &quot;If I know the right thing to
do, then I can do it; to do the right thing I must know the right thing. If I
do not know the right thing, how can I do it?&quot; In the same way many
exclaim: &quot;How to find God, how to see God? I do not know what God is. Then
how can I try to find Him?&quot; They say: &quot;First you must see God, then
you can believe.&quot; In fact this is not true. The truth is the other way
round. The Mother says, &quot;If you are sincere, absolutely sincere and you
take the resolution that you will do the right thing whatever happens, then
surely the right thing will reveal itself to you.&quot; But the basic condition
is that. Your resolve must be there, to do the right whenever it presents itself
to you whatever the cost. Indeed you are not, a human being is not so obscure
and inert as the appearance shows. There is a soul in everyone, there is a
light within you which always points to the right. Only you are absent-minded,
you do not care to look around and be</p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>on the alert. If you care,
truly want to see the light, you will see it there before you. You must be
ready to <span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>recognise</span> it.
It all depends upon your will, your good will, your inner sincerity. The inner
sincerity will show you your path, the next step you are to take and you will
know more and more as you advance. But if you hesitate, if you have in the
background of your mind as it usually happens, the feeling that even if you see
the right thing you may not do it, you may not be prepared to face too much
difficulty or opposition in the execution. The very wavering thought that you
may not do it will obscure your path and the light will not be there. You have
to believe, believe blindly, for you know what you believe in is not anything
wrong or mistaken, for your urge is to welcome the truth, a sincere readiness
to welcome the truth when it comes, this will bring forward the truth and if
you proceed, proceed in this way, welcoming the light every time it comes,
disregarding all other pulls and distractions, your welcoming becomes easier
and warmer and the light grows brighter and brighter. By your faith and trust
you increase the power of your discrimination, increase the force of your
character, increase the influence of a growing light upon your nature and your
inner being; your true person in you grows in stature, grows in strength and
beauty.</p>

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this path there is another line for growth and development which is of
considerable importance as you will see. You are here or for that matter
anywhere in society-not alone but you live together with others. You study
together, play together, work together. You have friends, comrades, companions,
you are in a group, in a company. Now it is of great importance to have the
right company, you must have good companions, good comrades, good friends. That
will help you in ways more than one. In this connection I can do nothing better
than just to read out what the Mother says on the subject. She says: usually in
your ignorance and simplicity, foolish simplicity, you choose convenient
friends, that is to say, those who praise you, flatter you, who do not
contradict you even if you go the wrong way, even they encourage you in doing
the wrong thing in order to be friendly with you. Such friends are dangerous,
dangerous to yourself and dangerous to your so-called friends too. Here is the
text of the Mother's words:<![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0;text-align:justify;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-bottom:0'><i>C'est
cela qui doit être à la base de l'attitude que l'on est en droit d'attendre
d'un véritable ami: il ne doit pas vouloir que vous lui ressembliez, mais que
vous soyez, au contraire, tel que vous êtes.<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Et j</i>’<i>avais
écrit: &quot;Notre meilleur ami est celui qui nous aime dans le meilleur de
nous-mêmes.’’ D'une façon un peu plus positive, je dirai: celui qui vous
encourage à descendre au niveau le plus bas de vous-même, qui vous pousse à
faire des sottises avec lui, ou à devenir vicieux avec lui, ou qui vous
approuve dans tout ce que vous avez de vilain, celui-là n' est pas votre ami.
Et pourtant, trés souvent, beaucoup trap souvent, on fait son ami de celui avec
lequel on n' est pas gêné quand on est au-dessous de soi-même. On s’associe
avec ceux qui courent au lieu d’aller à l’école et qui vane voter des fruits
dans les jardins, avec ceux qui se moquent de leurs pro-fesseurs et qui font
toutes sortes de chases vilaines; c’est pourquoi j</i>’<i>ai dit: &quot;Ceux-là
ne sane pas vas bans amis.&quot; Mais enfin, ce sane les amis les plus
confortables, payee qu’ils ne vous donnent jamais l'mpression que vous êtes en
faute. Tandis qu’à celui qui viendrait vous dire: &quot;Dis done, au lieu d'
alley courir, à ne rien faire, ou a faire des bêtises, si tu venais en classe,
tu crois que ce ne strait pas mieux?’’ – à celui-là, généralement, on répond:
&quot;Tu m’embêtes, tu n'es pasmon ami.’’ </i></p>

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<i>Il faut considérer comme son meilleur ami celui qui se refuse à participer à
une action mauvaise ou laide, celui qui vous encourage à resister aux
tentations inférieures; celui-là, c' est l' ami.<o:p></o:p></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.25in;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>C'est
avec lui qu’il faut vous associer et non avec celui qui fortifie vos mauvais penchants
et participe à vos mauvaises actions.¹<o:p></o:p></i></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>¹ <i>Bulletin of Sri Aurobindo International
Centre of Education, </i>August 1961, pp. 38-41. &quot;That should be the basis
of the attitude which one has the right to expect from a true friend: he must
not wish that you should be like him, but that you should be on the contrary,
what you are. <o:p></o:p></span></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>And I wrote, &quot;Our best
friend is he who loves us in our best part.&quot; In a more positive way, I
would say: he who encourages you to descend to the lowest level in you, who
drives you to do stupid things with him or become vicious along with him or
approves all that is vile in you is not your friend. And yet, very often, much
too often, you make a friend of him with whom you do not feel uneasy when you
are below your own self. You associate with those who run about instead of
going to school, who would steal fruits from gardens, those who poke fun at
their teachers and who do all sorts of nasty things. That is why I said,
&quot;Such people are not your good friends&quot;. But they are the friends who
are very comfortable, because they never give you the impression that you are
in the wrong. Whereas if one comes and tells you, &quot;I say, instead of
roaming about doing nothing or doing stupid<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>things, why not go to your
class, don't you think it would be better?&quot; To such a person you would
generally reply, &quot;you are troublesome, you are not my friend.&quot;<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>One should regard him only as his best
friend who refuses to take part in a bad or ugly act, who encourages you to
resist all lower temptations. He is indeed your friend.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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style='mso-tab-count:1'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>It is with him that you should associate
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part in your bad actions.&quot;<![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoBodyText style='line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>And the Mother adds:</p>

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150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:11.75pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><i>Au
fond, on ne devrait prendre pour amis que des gens plus sages que soi-même, des
gens done la compagnie vous ennoblit et vous aide à vous surmonter, à
progresser, à agir mieux et à voir plus clair. Et finalement, le meilleur ami
que l'on puisse avoir, n'est-ce point le Divin? le Divin à qui l'on peut tout
dire, tout révéler, payee que c’est la qu’est la source de toute miséricorde,
de tout pouvoir d' effacer l'erreur quand elle ne se reproduit plus, qui peut
ouvrir la route vers la realisation veritable; le Divin qui peut tout com
prendre, tout guérir, qui vous aide sur le chemin à ne pas faiblir, ne pas
broncher, ne pas tomber et qui vous méne tout droit au but. </i>C' <i>est Lui,
l' ami vrai, l' ami des bans et des mauvais jours, celui qui ne fait jamais
défaut. Quand on l'appelle sincèrement, Il est toujours là pour vous guider,
pour vous soutenir et pour vous aimer de la vraie façon. </i>¹</p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:11.75pt;line-height:
150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>So
you see, the best friend that you can have, the Mother says, is the Divine
Himself, that is to say, the Mother Herself. You can find no other friend so
friendly, so loving and so lovable. Do not think she is too great for you, she
is very far and you are very small. It is not true. She can be, she can make
herself as small as yourself to be with you: because she is you.</p>

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150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>I
will tell you here a personal story. When we were together with Sri Aurobindo,
long long ago, we were almost as young as you are, not quite though, only a few
years older: we had then like you, infinite freedom, we did almost whatever we
liked, went wherever it pleased us to go, we did not care much for food or
dress or luxuries but we liked pleasant picnics, and along with that of course
a little bit of study: but studying not any imposed lessons, studying whatever
we liked, whatever we chose to read. Then one day, years after, Sri Aurobindo
told us-we were at that time only four or five in number-he told us, somewhat
seriously, he was seldom serious or grave with us,</p>

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<font size="2">¹ &quot;In reality, you should take as friends only those
persons who are wiser than you, whose company ennobles you, helps you to
transcend yourself, to progress, to act better and see clearer. And finally,
the best friend that one can have, is it not the Divine? the Divine to whom one
can say everything, disclose everything, because here is the source of all
kindness, of the power that effaces every error when it is no longer repeated,
which can open the path to the true realisation; the Divine who can understand
everything, cure everything, who helps you on the way not to waver, not to
falter, not to fall down and who leads you straight the goal. He is the true friend,
the friend in good and bad days, who never ails you. When you call him
sincerely, he is always there to guide you, to sustain you and love you in the
true way.&quot; – O p. cit.</font><span
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:
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“You have so forgotten yourselves, you do not think even of what you have come
here for (because we had all left our family, even our country and all worldly
considerations); to be with you, to be one of you, I have made myself very
small, I have cut myself so to say to your size to walk with you, to be on the
same level. Even then you cannot follow, I seem to be still too far from you.
That won't do. Now you must try to run and come up to me. I cannot make myself
still smaller. I have made myself sufficiently small.&quot;</p>

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150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>I
may remind you here of what Sri Krishna did in this line, something very
similar. Sri Krishna, the Divine, became a very ordinary playmate of
cowherd-boys and village maids and was one of them and with them, almost with
no apparent difference. The Divine not merely as the Master, the Guru, the
leader or the captain but as a loving playmate and comrade is a very
extraordinary Indian conception of the Divine. Arjuna in his loving tenderness
for his friend Krishna almost forgot to respect him and. <span lang=EN-GB
style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>honour</span> him, he could only embrace him.
But one day revelation came to him as to who his intimate friend and comrade
really was: he was dumbfounded and full of contrition and repentance for his
past lapses. I may tell you Arjuna's state of mind in his own words – as stated
in the Gita:</p>

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150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>For whatsoever
I have spoken to Thee in rash vehemence, thinking of Thee only as my human
friend and companion, 'O Krishna, O Yadava, O Comrade,' not knowing this Thy
greatness, in negligent error or in love, and for whatsoever disrespect was
shown by me to Thee in jest, at play, on the couch and the seat and in the
banquet, alone or in Thy presence, O faultless One, I pray forgiveness from
Thee, the Immeasurable.¹</p>

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150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>However
what I wanted to say is, the Mother is truly your mother and as truly your
friend and comrade. She loves you as no one else can love. She answers to your
love as no one else can. And she teaches you how to love. Even if you are full
of errors and mistakes; it does not matter, she takes you as you are, you can
be quite free and open to her, she is there to understand you, to help you.
She is not there to scold you or find </p>

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lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>criticise</span> you. If you are not
able to correct yourself, you have simply to look to her, she will do what is
needful for you. I have always spoken to you of a body beautiful, an inner body
beautiful and an outer body beautiful – any wrong thought or feeling or act
leaves a stain, a scar upon your inner body, you are to see that the stain goes
away and the body resume its glow, you are not always able to do it with your
own will and effort because you do not know how to do it, but only try not to
repeat the error and take your shelter in the Mother's presence, in her arms.
The stain disfigures your inner beauty, you have to pray and appeal to her:
with her healing touch she will remove all stain and disfiguring mark. It is an
experience that some of you must have had in some way or other, must have felt
in dream at least, the loving embrace of the Mother. You have to live in it,
live it even in your waking hours. Be sincere and ask for it, your wish will be
granted.<![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>

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