Thoughts and Aphorisms 63-68 with commentaries by The Mother

Aphorism - 63, 64, 65 63—God is great, says the Mahomedan. Yes, He is so great that He can afford to be weak, whenever that too is necessary. 64—God often fails in His workings; it is the sign of His illimitable godhead. 65—Because God is invincibly great, He can afford to be weak; because He is immutably pure, He can indulge with impunity in sin; He knows eternally all delight, therefore He tastes also the delight of pain; He is inalienably wise, therefore He has not debarred Himself from folly. Why does God need to be weak? Aphorism - 66 66—Sin is that which was once in its place, persisting now it is out of place; there is no other sinfulness. Has cruelty, for example, ever been in its place?1 Aphorism - 67, 68 67—There is no sin in man, but a great deal of disease, ignorance and misapplication. 68—The sense of sin was necessary in order that man might become disgusted with his own imperfections. It was God's corrective for egoism. But man's egoism meets God's device by being very dully alive to its own sins and very keenly alive to the sins of others. At what phase of his development will man be able to rid himself of egoism? When egoism will no longer be necessary to make man a conscious individuality. 27 July 1961