Preparing for the Miraculous

264 eleven talkspicture of the Kalki Avatar as upheld by tradition: a malewarrior on a white horse with a sword. 70 The reality seemsto be quite different, although it agrees in every detail withthe world as it has evolved since ancient times. Divinization,i.e. supramentalization of humanity in a material Earth, requiresa more complete representation of the human being,it requires the complete male/female Avatar. Sri Aurobindoand the Mother, two great warriors in one, waged the lastbattles against the hostile forces, some of which we knowabout (e.g. the twentieth century wars), most of which weare ignorant of, as we are ignorant of the totality of their beingand action. Their all-important mission as the last Avatarwas to lay the foundations of a new, supramental world,in which “evolution itself will evolve.” (In 1956, after thesupramental manifestation, the Mother cried out, almostchanted: “A new world is born, born, born!”)Most important, and rarely referred to, was the roleShri Krishna played in Sri Aurobindo’s avataric realization,71 thereby demonstrating Sri Aurobindo’s statement:“The last Avatar, Kalki, only accomplishes the work Krishnabegan.” Shri Krishna was the guide of Sri Aurobindo’syoga, as well in Alipore Jail, when studying the Gita andputting it into practice, as in Pondicherry, where it wasfrom Shri Krishna that he received the detailed programmeof his yoga. The Thoughts and Aphorisms and The Record ofYoga bear witness to this. In 1926 Shri Krishna descendedinto Sri Aurobindo’s body. 72 This means that from 1926 till70 In persons knowledgeable about Christianity, this image will bringto mind the figure of the Messiah in the biblical book of Revelation, writtenby John of Patmos. The Mother herself pointed out the similarity:“Saint John has said that there would be a new earth – that, moreover,there would be a new Christ who corresponds with the one of the Hindus.Yes, Kalki. The description is quite similar.”71 See talk 2: “The Development of Sri Aurobindo’s Thought.”72 See again talk 2: “The Development of Sri Aurobindo’s Thought”.