The Mother's Force and the Gunas

Q: When one feels the Mother's Force acting through him and not his own, is it the Mother's Force alone that works in his actions and the Gunas remain quiescent?

A: No, the guṇas are there and not quiescent―for they are the intermediation. If the force and the inner consciousness are very strong, then there is a tendency for the rajas to become like some inferior form of tapas and the tamas to become more like a kind of inert śama. That is how the transformation begins, but usually it is very slow in its process.

29-1-1936