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Namah Vol. 29, Issue 3, 15th October 2021

firmness of the earth, the swiftness of the of this conscious evolution and growth. A
deer, the stealth of the tiger, the beauty of consciousness approach means, to begin with,
a flower, the force that kills in the sting of a that we use everything, including illness, as a
scorpion and snake, the healing properties means to push ourselves in this direction of
of herbs, the intelligence of a human being, conscious evolution. The process of achieving
the love within the heart, the joy that runs this is called yoga.
as sap through all objects, all are nothing but
various qualities of the One Consciousness This evolution of consciousness is a twofold
inherent in all things. process. Firstly it is an inner evolution, an
inner change of consciousness replacing
Nay, Consciousness is much more than the fear with faith, mental will with a higher
qualities. It is One, but many-layered, many- and greater spiritual will, opening the
tiered due to which we find that creation mind, and life and body to the influx of a
is arranged hierarchically from a state of greater consciousness that would slowly
utter unconsciousness to a state that yogis start putting pressure on the body, even the
call the Superconscious state. Of course, cells, to change. This growth, expansion,
unconsciousness simply means that the con- evolution of consciousness gets integrated
sciousness has entered into a state of its own in the soul- essence and emerges with
self-oblivion, in a state of sleep so to say. Each rebirth to grow further with each life. This
state and plane of consciousness is like a rung growth eventually starts stabilising the
in the great ladder of creation. Outwardly, body-consciousness itself until one day,
we call it the ladder of evolution that is built at some point, the pressure of a higher
as forms evolve and create a hierarchy of consciousness leads to a transmutation
creatures. Inwardly it is the manifestation of the body itself, creating a new species
of new possibilities and powers in the One that would be spontaneously immune to
Consciousness. In matter and material objects, all illnesses.
we see the concreteness of forms creating
solidity and stability. In plants and animals Our present state and the path before us
we see a growing vitality, the rushing of life-
force towards expansion, growth, enjoyment. This is the solution placed before us by Sri
In man we see the growth of intelligence and Aurobindo and the Mother, a solution that is
the possibilities of reason, discernment, self- radical, complete and definitive. What about
reflection, conscious change, higher seeking, the time during which we are transiting from
aspiration for a greater and higher life. the animal humanity of today to the divine
super-humanity of the future? Well, here we
Conscious evolution have to understand the consciousness-based
approach in another way. It means that as it
But man is not complete. There are higher is our consciousness, so are the means that
and still higher ranges of consciousness we must use. Therapies too work according
awaiting his discovery through a conscious to the level and state of consciousness. The
ascension and integration. The challenges Mother explains this beautifully in response
of life are meant to push us in the direction to a question as noted below:

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