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Namah The signpost to our destiny

This surface life resonates deeply what is concealed Presence. Our awareness starts
surface within our own being, namely the to identify with the soul and gradually our
ego. The more that one identifies with the consciousness steps forward and solidifies.
outer life the more indistinct and narrow our It is the psychic being which moulds, refines
outer consciousness becomes and it will and shapes our true consciousness. When the
leave no bridge for the psychic being to step consciousness searches for its true nature, the
forward. consciousness becomes dynamic and expands
and as we nurture and tend it, the psychic
Actually, the Mother said that most people, being moves forward. Both nurture each
“do not have their psychic being within them.” other. The work revolves in a beautiful and
Virtually everyone lives on the surface. The endless circle. Everything is a consequence of
psychic being is there at the centre of their the aspiration behind this movement.
being, but “their outer consciousness is so
small, so limited, so obscure that it is not able to The consciousness doesn’t just witness it
keep a contact, not only conscious but intimate, identifies. It is not just aware; it acts.This power
with the psychic being (5).” In those cases, it of identity comes from the psychic influence.
has scarcely emerged at all. This is why the Mother equates consciousness
as the “faculty of being aware of anything
Before our consciousness evolves, it is our whatsoever through identification with
awareness which has to be turned inside. it. But the divine consciousness is not only
This is the first step in our growth. We start aware but knows and effects (6).” The sense of
to acquire something of a Witness poise. This identity that we feel with this Truth makes the
witness takes its station above the exterior consciousness so much more alive; it invests
play. It observes the action and the actors it with such an irresistible Force.
like a disinterested spectator and something
more durable and stable starts to settle in the Bringing the inner life to everyday life
being. This is a necessary stage in our growth
but as we intend to grow in an integral way, The inner poise should be maintained at all
we must not stop there. We must always seek times but there are many instances where this
to exceed ourselves and become vaster than state easily eludes our reach. I shall take two
our experiences. examples. These are settings which must be
conquered. We have to learn to live inwardly
Ultimately however, what determines our in the mayhem of the world and first we
growth is the condition of our consciousness. shall look at work. True work represents an
Up to this point one might be living on a inner communion with the Divine, which
borderline between consciousness and aware- is the foundation to all karmayoga, but it is
ness. There is something very detached and the very activity which initially so resists the
settled. We identify with that but there is no inward turn. This is probably why karmayoga
mastery. There is no dynamic capacity to becomes our quickest route to realisation. The
change. What will bring about this seismic difficulty hides so many riches. Initially in
a
a
change is the intervention of the psychic sadhana we find every action we undertake
being. We start to become aware of this has a way of throwing our consciousness back
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