Thoughts and Aphorisms 28 to 31 with commentaries by The Mother

28—One called Napoleon a tyrant and imperial cut-throat; but I saw God armed striding through Europe.

Are all these wars necessary for the evolution of the earth?

29—I have forgotten what vice is and what virtue; I can only see God, His play in the world and His will in humanity.

If everything is God's will, what is the use of personal will?

30—I saw a child wallowing in the dirt and the same child cleaned by his mother and resplendent, but each time I trembled before his utter purity.

Can a child keep this purity even when he has grown up?

31—What I wished or thought to be the right thing does not come about; therefore it is clear that there is no All-Wise one who guides the world but only blind Chance or a brute Causality. For some people events are always contrary to what they desire or aspire for or believe to be good for them.

They often despair. Is this a necessity for their progress?