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them up totally. Next, the silence and peace Inconscience is active. It is active even during
are imagined to descend to permeate every the reign of the Overmind consciousness —
organ of the body. One starts with the lungs the consciousness represented by the great
and heart and then one reaches the organs gods. Still the cleaning of the Inconscient
in the abdomen. The stomach, the gut, the has to be attempted as part of development
liver, the spleen, the pancreas ad gall bladder of the inner or subliminal personality. Even
— nothing is excluded. One then accesses a little bit of penetration of the inconscient
the urinary system, the kidneys, the ureter, darkness has to be attempted as this early
the bladder. Finally, the genitals are not and initial attempt is going to be beneficial
excluded. One then brings down the column in the long run.
of silence and peace into the two lower limbs,
permeating them totally. Bringing down silence and peace into the
whole being establishes a perfect equanimity
Finally, one comes to the base of the spine. and makes one receptive to transformational
Below it is the zone of utter darkness, the changes.
Inconscience. The silence and peace that has
been so assiduously worked upon is now Reference
focused as a torch-light below into the deep
darkness of the Inconscience. The torch-light 1. Basu S, Miovic M. Consciousness Based Psychology
of silence and peace penetrates the darkness — Sri Aurobindo’s Vision of Yoga, Health and
below to some extent before being swallowed Transpersonal Growth. 1st ed. Pondicherry:
by the darkness of the Inconscience. The Auroshakti Foundation; 2022, p. 312.
Inconscience offers the greatest resistance
to progress and this dark reality is a fact of
existence. Indeed, surreptitious waves from
the Inconscience can rise up unpredictably
anytime to invade the consciousness and
disrupt any progress made in consciousness.
The complete victory over the Inconscience
comes only with the descent of the highest
Supramental consciousness. Till then, the

Dr. Soumitra Basu, a practising psychiatrist and member of SAIIIHR, is the Director of a school of
psychology, Integral Yoga Psychology. He is also one of the editors of NAMAH.

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