In English
THE mother is man's first (preceptor). She gives the physical body to him. Besides, she gives man, the father. She alone can point the father to the child and draw his love and care towards it. The mother bears, fosters and moulds the child into human-ness and, therefore, gratitude is due to her first and foremost. Next, the father. He clothes and feeds, helps you to grow and then, points out the , the Preceptor, for you. So be grateful to the father. The Teacher sharpens your intellect, broadens your vision, endows you with discrimination, and helps you to attain higher levels of consciousness and wider horizons of love. Therefore, one has to offer gratitude to the also. The mother leads you to the father, the father leads you to the and the leads you to God. Today, we have mothers who place the children under the care of the father and many fathers who place children under the care of , but few lead the pupils to God. The parents promote the health and strength of the body; the reveals the Resident, the Inner Reality in the body. My life is my Message. So, I am setting an example of reverence to the Mother. Nature is the mother in whose lap mankind grows. And Nature fondles the child and says, ", That is your Father, See." Though Mother Nature draws attention to God, the children seldom pay heed. How can they, who do not love the mother that fosters them with affection and zeal, adore the Master of Nature?