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Namah From Conscious Evolution to Spiritual Revolution...

of life. By surrendering, we allow the Divine The Spirit shall take up the human play,
to guide our actions, emotions and thoughts, This earthly life become the life divine (4).”
thus accelerating our spiritual evolution.
In surrender, we come to understand the By surrendering to the Divine, individuals not
difference between ‘egoic will’ and Divine only transcend their limited egoic nature but
Will. The egoic will is driven by desires, fears become instruments of a higher consciousness
and attachments, while the Divine Will is that seeks to transform matter itself. This
aligned with the greater cosmic purpose. As dynamic surrender, where the spirit and
we evolve consciously, we learn to let go of the matter unite, is the essence of the divine
egoic will and trust the divine force working transformation envisioned by Sri Aurobindo.
through us. This surrender becomes a source When we align our personal will with the
of empowerment, as it allows us to act from Divine Will, we participate in a process of
a place of inner strength, clarity, and love, conscious evolution that not only liberates
rather than fear or self-interest. the individual but also contributes to the
collective upliftment of humanity. This
This surrender is essential for the transfor- conscious participation in the Divine’s work
mation of both the individual and the material is at the heart of Sri Aurobindo’s vision of
world. When the ego is set aside, the Divine spiritual transformation.
can operate freely, guiding the individual’s
thoughts, emotions, and actions in alignment
with the cosmic purpose of conscious
evolution.

Sri Aurobindo’s vision of surrender leads to
the ultimate transformation where:
“Nature shall live to manifest secret God,

Being vs. Becoming: Living as Divine Beings

One of the most profound teachings of Sri
Aurobindo and The Mother is the importance
of ‘being’ rather than constantly striving
to become something else. In the realm of
conscious evolution, this means recognising
that we are already divine beings having a

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