GOLDEN JUBILEE OF THE GOLDEN DAY
Ananda Reddy
The Event
A form of living gold, huge and massive golden door, a mighty golden hammer —
Sri Aurobindo too had said that the time had come, the Supreme had decided that the time had come. He released the force and the Mother struck one single blow on the door and the supramental light and force and consciousness rushed down upon earth in an uninterrupted flow. As it is said in Savitri:
A flaming warrior from the eternal peaks
Empowered to force the door denied and closed
…
And burst the bounds of consciousness and Time.
(CWSA 23, p. 21)
This was the moment that the earth had been waiting for; this was the moment for which the Mother and Sri Aurobindo had struggled for decades; this was the moment for which the twin Avatars had descended upon earth. It is the most marvellous thing; it is the beginning of a new creation; the miracle had happened. This greatest event upon earth happened with the least noise of drums, in absolute silence, during the evening meditation in the Ashram Playground, between 7:45 and 8:15 p.m. on 29th February 1956. “It is truly the Power in the world, a new and tremendous Power that has come into the world and must manifest itself and must make “manifestable” (if one may so put it) this Divine All-Power.”
(CWM 11, p. 315)
We are gathered here today to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the manifestation of this golden light. To celebrate the advent of the new world, the supramental world, is a marvellous and exceptional privilege, says the Mother. This moment which marks the beginning of a second creation, of a new creation is not something that had come upon the Mother with a great surprise. In July 1954, that is about two years before this event, the Mother had said that the supramental force is ready for manifestation, let us also get ready and it will manifest. True, the exact day and hour was somewhat a surprise. Though its coming was also foreseen in Savitri:
The incarnate dual Power shall open God’s door,
Eternal supermind touch earthly Time.
…
Then shall the earth be touched by the Supreme,
(CWSA 24, p. 705)
