With a brief meditation and a sincere invocation I would call for her help and begin writing. By about 8.30 a.m. I would complete the chapter and take the manuscript lo college for giving it to my typist. Being a university teacher I had to attend to my regular class work and devote the rest of the day towards its accomplishment. With her abundant Grace I completed 31 chapters of my thesis, in 31 days. The last chapter entitled ‘The Supramental Avatar’ including the Preface took five days to finalise. The typist too took 36 days to complete it. In this case, the Mother was truly both the author and the adjudicator. As such I submitted the first bound copy of the dissertation at her lotus feet, upon which she graciously put her divine signature. The thesis was later published under the caption Sri Aurobindo’s Philosophy of Evolution with an Introduction by A.B. Purani.
About the author: Prof. V. Madhusudan Reddy was an inspired scholar who wrote prolifically on Indian philosophy and culture, specialising in Sri Aurobindo's and the Mother's spiritual work for India and the world. He was also the founder of several educational institutions such as the Institute of Human Study, and Matridarshan. Sri Aurobindo Darshan: The University of Tomorrow owes its genesis to a recurring dream-vision that Professor Reddy experienced in 1966 while travelling widely throughout southern India.
