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Concluding Remarks The phenomenon can be very well explained in
this way: a series of reversals bringing about,
We know that the process is very long, with step by step, an ever-new richness of creation
many, many reversals of consciousnesses on so that whatever has preceded it, appears poor
the way, as the Mother herself puts it: in comparison. What for us, in relation to our
ordinary life, is a supreme richness, appears
“When we begin to live the spiritual life, a a poverty in relation to this new reversal of
reversal of consciousness takes place which consciousness (5).”
is for us the proof that we have entered
the spiritual life; well, another reversal of But the journey of many lifetimes, has to
consciousness occurs when one enters the begin one day consciously, collaborating in
supramental world. this vast adventure of consciousness. We
start from wherever we are right now. We
Besides, perhaps each time that a new world cannot expect a sudden transformation of
opens up, there will again be a new reversal nature if we continue our old ways. The
of this kind. Thus, even our spiritual life constant progressive series of reversals of
— which is such a total reversal in relation consciousness will be required so that the
to ordinary life — is and appears to be, in nature can get transformed. So, let’s get
relation to the supramental consciousness, started consciously now, if not already.
the supramental realisation, something so
totally different that the values of the two References
are almost opposite.
1. The Mother. The Collected Works of the Mother,
One can put it in this way (but this is very Volume 1., 2 ed. Pondicherry, Sri Aurobindo
nd
imprecise, more than diminished — deformed): Ashram Trust; 2003, p.1.
it is as if our entire spiritual life were made of 2. Anger — A Buddhist Story. [Online] Available
silver whereas the supramental is made of gold, from: https://kintsugispace.com/anger-a-
as if the whole spiritual life here below were a buddhist-story/ [Accessed 28 February 2025].
th
vibration of silver, not lustreless, but merely a
light, a light that goes up to the summit, a light 3. Sri Aurobindo. The Complete Works of Sri
quite pure, pure and intense; but in the other Aurobindo, Volume 33-34. Pondicherry, Sri
life, the supramental life, there is a richness Aurobindo Ashram Trust; 1997, p. 316.
and a power that makes all the difference. This
whole spiritual life of our psychic being and 4. The Mother. Collected Works, Volume 5; 2003,
our present consciousness, which appears so p.126.
warm, so full, so wonderful, so sparkling to the
ordinary consciousness, well, all this splendour 5. The Mother. Collected Works, Volume 15; 2004,
appears poor in relation to the splendour of p. 368.
the new world.

Dr. Monica Gulati, a learner and a seeker, is now based in Pondicherry, India and is an editor of
NAMAH.

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