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Namah Vol. 28, Issue 2, 15th July 2020

and the material base (6).” Sri Aurobindo brought the overmental
consciousness down into the physical on
The work She accomplished in her own body November 24th,1926. In 1950, at his passing,
in the final years of her physical Presence, Sri Aurobindo embodied the supramental
was to bring the supramental consciousness consciousness. It was something even I could
into the cells of her body. That, She says, is see, as an eight-year-old.
out there for everyone. Sri Aurobindo says
it best in His poem, ‘The Body’: Walking by his body, one saw this indescribable
glow, as though His body was being lit from
“Too small was it to meet the giant need below his bed. By contrast, when the
That only infinitude can satisfy: supramental consciousness left His body on
He keeps it still, for in the folds is hid the 9th, that glow was gone and his body
His secret passport to eternity (7).” began to show signs that one would have
expected to see.
She has uncovered that ‘secret passport’ for
us all! By the late sixties, the Mother had been able to
open the cells of her body to this consciousness.
The world is becoming increasingly aware
of the value of physical education, with Sri Aurobindo and the Mother state that the
supporting scientific evidence of its benefits. supramental species could be on earth in 300
The goal of their yoga is to set the stage for to 1000 years, with some transitional forms
that of the next species, the supramental race. in between. How is that possible given the
To achieve that goal, a more conscious, strong, pace of evolution up to this point?
elastic and enduring body is imperative.
Epigenetics and evolution
The first human ancestors appeared on earth
between five and seven million years ago, First, man is the first species that can
probably ape-like creatures who began consciously participate and collaborate.
habitually walking on two legs. The first Second, the science of epigenesis is starting
humans, Homo Erectus, appeared 1.8 to define a path that can make this goal very
million years ago. The Neanderthals and possible. Sri Aurobindo envisions cross-
anatomically modern humans appeared 300 breeding between man and the intermediary
to 200 thousand years ago. beings. The science of epigenetics suggests
a pathway where Matter and Spirit can
The first Homo Sapiens, our immediate collaborate.
ancestors, appeared 200 to 100 thousand
years back. Whenever two genetically identical individuals
are non-identical in some way that can be
Based on comparisons of astronomical measured, this is called epigenetics. When
charts, Sri Krishna is supposed to have a change in environmenthas biological
lived in India about 5,000 thousand years consequences, long after the triggering
back. event itself has disappeared, we witness an

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