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of separateness. This realisation allows us thoughts, emotions, actions and physical
to surrender fully to the Divine Will and life. It requires individuals to consciously
participate actively in our own transformation. align their inner self with their highest divine
potential, allowing their lives to become a
Conscious Evolution: Evolution by Choice, dynamic expression of the Divine.
not by Chance!
For this transformation to occur, the seeker
The Path to Divine Transformation must consciously choose thoughts, emotions,
and actions that reflect their highest nature.
A fundamental concept of Sri Aurobindo is This process involves rejecting what no longer
that, “A spiritual evolution, an evolution of serves the individual’s spiritual evolution —
consciousness in Matter in a constant developing such as attachments, fears, and egoic desires
self-formation till the form can reveal the — while cultivating qualities like compassion,
indwelling spirit, is then the keynote, the central wisdom, and inner peace. Each moment of life
significant motive of the terrestrial existence becomes an opportunity for spiritual growth,
(3).” This statement signifies that our growth allowing the individual to express their divine
as a species is not merely biological but essence in the material world.
fundamentally spiritual. According to Sri
Aurobindo, the evolution of consciousness In the context of ‘conscious evolution’, Sri
is the driving-force behind our existence, Aurobindo emphasised the importance
guiding us towards higher states of being of inner purification and the rejection of
and understanding. lower tendencies. This purification allows
the individual to become a clear channel
Sri Aurobindo’s vision of Integral Yoga is for the Divine Will to act through them. As
deeply rooted in the concept of conscious the individual progresses in their spiritual
evolution. His vision extends beyond the evolution, they increasingly experience the
traditional spiritual goal of escaping the cycle unity of all existence, seeing themselves not as
of birth and death (moksha) to the realisation of separate beings but as part of a greater whole.
divinity in life itself. For him, the purpose of By aligning with this higher consciousness,
life on Earth is the evolution of consciousness, one not only liberates oneself from the confines
where the human experience becomes a critical of egoic desires but also contributes to the
stage for consciously participating in one’s collective evolution of humanity.
own transformation and the transformation
of the world. This is the ultimate goal of conscious evolution:
the complete union of matter and spirit, where
This vision of ‘conscious evolution’ goes beyond the physical world is no longer a veil hiding
personal spiritual development. It involves the Divine, but a vessel through which the
the ‘active participation’ of individuals in Divine expresses itself. The transformation
their own spiritual growth, as well as their of matter itself, to reveal the face of the spirit,
contribution to the greater collective evolution is the true aim of conscious evolution — a
of humanity. Conscious evolution is a holistic divinised Earth where spirit and matter coexist
process that includes the transformation of harmoniously.

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