The passages of this compilation have been selected from the Collected Works of the Mother. Almost all the passages have been taken from her conversations, a few from her writings. Details about the texts are given at the end of the book, as well as a glossary and a brief sketch of the Mother's life.

"Do not take my words for a teaching. Always they are a force in action, written with a definite purpose, and they lose their true power when separated from that purpose".