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Namah Take the Integral Approach
how integration and harmony always bear “This then is truly the truth, you are upon earth
fruit: never predictable but ever-inspiring in for that, surely. All individual beings and all
its many subtle hues… the little concentrations of consciousness were
created to do this work. It is the very reason for
The intensity of experience will vary but, in existence: to be able to become fully conscious
the integral context, practice should never of a certain sum of vibrations representing an
be taken as a part-time activity. This poise individual being and put order there and find
of disinterested self-observation should be one’s way and follow it (3).”
cemented into our daily life. If we are to
be true instruments of the Divine, we must References
integrate ourselves. It is a mighty task which
we should not accept for selfish ends but 1. The Mother. The Collected Works of the Mother,
to radically elevate the consciousness of all Volume 4. 2 ed. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo
nd
humanity. The gauntlet has been handed Ashram Trust; 2003, p. 34.
over to us and we must hold onto it with an
unceasing aspiration. Integration will always 2. The Mother. Mother’s Agenda, Volume 1 [English
precede transformation. Translation]. Paris: Institut de Recherches
Evolutives; 1979, p. 433.
3. The Mother Collected Works, Volume 5; 2003, p. 201.
James Anderson is a member of SAIIIHR and coordinating editor of NAMAH.
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