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Change and transformation

James Anderson

Abstract
Transformation will only come if one opens to change. Only by identifying with the psychic being is
true change possible. The microcosm for this immense work is the body itself. Through little victories
the human being inches towards transformation. It is a supreme adventure into the unknown.

Introduction to convey the full implications of this process.
I look upon transformation as the executive
No word is more evocative in the English action of the Truth, which will prepare the way
language than ‘transformation’. For me, for a new dawn of Love.
it summarises everything I aspire for. Its
depths are so sublime that it can only be The reality is that, in our human terms, this
defined satisfactorily by one word. Every transformation is a long way ahead. Sri
other definition is partial and inadequate. Aurobindo, indeed, said that the gross body
By total and irrevocable transformation, we itself would not be transformed for “something
mean ‘supramentalisation’. This means the like three hundred years”, even after all our
transformation will bring with it the descent other parts had been supramentalised (1).
of an entirely new plane of consciousness. But, in truth, the human being is not an
ephemeral creature. He is eternal. Man is
After its first manifestation in 1956, it has become not his nature but the psychic being, which
an ongoing process and through it, even our has evolved through centuries of lifetimes
dimmest corners will eventually be uplifted and awaits its finest hour. The reality is, it’s
into a new light. Even our most noble features an unbroken thread and this thread leads
will be transcended beyond measure. Our body to a very golden future. Once I realised this
will be transfigured into a state of immortal bliss. truth, the goal of transformation became so
Inertia will become the sweetest ecstasy; matter much more compelling. It became my whole
will become just another expression of the soul framework, my entire raison d’etre. True, I try
or spirit. The multiplicity of our nature and to stay as present and grounded as possible
the world around will be harmonised by this but this Reality is always with me. It aligns
impregnable and invincible Force. Words fail me and guides my steps. It is always there

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