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in the background, like a mother, watching discord and division. But the true cause of
over me and helping me move forward. It the division lies inside. To harmonise the
insulates me from harmful influences and whole, we have to work on ourselves. How
shows me the shortest way. When I stray, can we expect to manifest true change unless
which is frequent, it gently tugs me back. It we attempt to change ourselves first? It is
is the key to my well-being and growth. I find the only way. Only then can we raise our
it to be the secret behind the ‘Sunlit Path’. level of well-being to a higher level than the
world around. We have to raise ourselves
So how do I prepare for this transformation? onto a higher level of determinism. Only then
Most importantly, by invoking change. Change will cosmic change be possible. The divisions
is a necessary precursor to transformation and of our nature need first to be altered into a
we must embrace it. There is a tendency to workable unity, onto a surer foundation, so
shrink away and this fear must be overcome. that the psychic being can step forward to
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Sometimes one leap into the Unknown may do its work. On such a base, no part of us
be enough. Each of us has to remain open and will be shaken by surface influences. And I
plastic so that the transforming Force can do feel the greatest work of the psychic being
its work. A template has been created by my is transformation. Transformation is the
Teachers and I need just to replicate it into my consequence of psychicisation : the psychic
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present life. This is really all I can do. In a way, being works through harmony and, from the
it may seem like a repeat performance but tiniest potential, can turn each individual
unique challenges will present themselves truth into a sublime reality. It does this
always in the context of my saadhanaa. It is the integrally at every plane of being down to
same for all of us. Everyone has a singular role the most resistant matter. Because of this,
to play in this vast play. Without us, the play it is the dynamo behind all meaningful
would not be complete. The key is to adhere evolution.
to this all-pervading Presence and invite it to
the forefront of our existence to saturate our The truth, though absolute, is also individual.
nature. We must learn to distinguish between It is like a diamond with many facets. Because
what is mortal and what is eternal within our of this, there are innumerable avenues that
being and pitch our camp firmly on the side lead each one to his or her goal. The goal is one
of the Truth. but this Oneness allows for an endless variety
of individual manifestation and expression.
Each one of us is part of a vast multiplicity This is one of the beauties behind the play.
that in its present state finds expression in But this truth is not personality. Personality is

1 Sri Aurobindo and the Mother.
2 The psychic being is the human soul in evolution. It accompanies him through his various lifetimes
and its growth and emergence marks the level in the spiritual evolution that he, as an individual, has
reached. At first veiled by the lower nature, mind, life and body, it can gradually come forward by
saadhanaa to master and freely use these instruments so that the transformation of these parts becomes
possible.
3 The psychic being’s saturation and permeation over the entire nature.

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