Mira Alfassa “The Mother”
Born: 1878, France Born:
Died: 1973
Her mother was Egyptian and her father was Turkish. She had divine visions in her childhood. She had travelled and met her collaborator and guru Sri Aurobindo in 1904. After spending some years in Japan and China she settled in Pondicherry and created and managed the Aurobindo Ashram. Together with Aurobindo they outlined a form of yoga called 'Consciousness Evolution' and 'Spiritual Supramental Transformation'. This idea revolves around an advanced stage of human evolution which is seen as a transformation into a higher 'Supramental' state of existence. The community striving for this goal is located in Auroville.