It is a record of the Mother's early spiritual life. The 313 entires in this volume were selected by the Mother herself from her spiritual diaries. Most of them are from the period 1912 to 1917.

2.The mother: words of Long ago.
3. The mother: questions and answers 1929-1931.
4.The mother: questions and answers 1950-1951
5.The mother: questions and answers 1953
6.The mother: questions and answers 1954
7.The mother: questions and answers 1955
8.The mother: questions and answers 1956
10.The mother: on thoughts and aphorisms
11.The mother: notes on the way
12. The mother: on education
13.The mother: words of the Mother I
14.The mother: words of the Mother II
15.The mother: words of the Mother III
16.The mother: some answers from the Mother
17. The Mother: more answers form the mother
9.Questions and answers 1957-58