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Namah Realms of the evolution of consciousness

moment to moment, evolution reveals, it evolution, logically then, the process cannot
evokes a newness, a presence revealing yet and will not stop with mind, for mind and
never repeating. From each step of evolution intellect must move further to a higher
emerges something new, something new that mind for the radical change to take place in
never was before. the nature of the world. With the emergence
of the higher mind, the process of evolution
Conclusion will become a process through knowledge
and awareness rather than from continuing
To conclude, we can sum up evolution as in ignorance as an organic nature driven
growing levels of progression into greater and phenomenon.
greater levels of awareness and experience of
consciousness, of peace, silence, calm, quiet The Realm of Super-Conscient Activity
within and outside and a sharper power of and Stillness is not all of it nor the ultimate
intelligence. The yardstick of measuring journey. Being established and operating
evolution is the quantity and quality of from this realm is an experience with very
joy, happiness, peace, consciousness, bliss few. This journey will have to be necessarily
experienced by the Being. This is what we travelled by all. From one human to a few, to
mean by being in a state of whole, integral, many and then all. When all humans become
complete fulfilment and well-being. super-conscient, the heights and the depths
of their being will be illumined by another
The finite world is constituted by nothing light of knowledge and awareness that is
other than the infinite (Purussa) expressing constant and unwavering, experiencing the
through finite matter (Prakrti) and identifying reality even of their own mind and life and
r
with it. From nothingness came the cosmos, body from a greater consciousness.
then matter. Matter underwent vitalisation,
mentalisation, psychisation and is progressively This realm is merely the beginning of the
moving towards divinisation. Each level of actual progression of the Being into the
transcendence from matter and life occurs ultimate goal of evolution, to greater levels
when there is a release from the bindings of the of perfection. Sri Aurobindo contends that
gunnas. The gunnas transform from their lower man is not the highest reality nor is the mental
nature (Aparaaprakrrti) to become anchored in consciousness the highest achievement of
the highest (Paraprakrrti). The chains of time, evolution. Beyond the mental state, there
a
space and objects are transcended, anchoring are higher planes of consciousness which
in a constant state of infinity and equanimity, can evolve and elevate “humanhood to
in the highest state of consciousness. superhumanhood”. For that to happen,
evolution from inconscient matter to
Human beings are in a unique position of being the current state as a result of automatic
a conscious meeting-ground of the finite and operation of the nature, will have to
the infinite and to outgrow towards and into undergo a change. It calls for a collective
that infinite, even within the physical births. ascent of human aspiration, a conscious
The highest principle so far evolved is the endeavour to transform consciousness
mind and intellect. By the very principle of to the higher levels.This higher power

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