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Namah Vol. 33, Issue 1, 24th April 2025

Only the psychic being is able to harmonise its knowledge is the source of our supreme
every apparent difference for it to see and well-being. Armed with this certitude, one
realise this coherent whole. It views everything seamlessly progresses through life. Whatever
as a complete integer. Knowledge by obstacles we might face, this certitude will
identity reflects the alignment of the future, surely carry us victoriously over every
where Oneness will reign over the entire threshold.
multiplicity.
Identity with the Divine represents a complete
This way of knowing has to preside inside unification of consciousness, so much so, that
too. It is the only means of harmonising our we become what we embrace. In Integral Yoga,
disparate nature. What the soul sees it knows we aspire to know the Mother as well as love
and what it sees it heals. We have to know Her. The first step to knowledge is to feel
ourselves and we only know ourselves as always the presence of the one that we want
soon as we become what we essentially are. to know. “Always to know her and live always
The process represents a perfect circle. It is in her presence.” Everything rests on that.
not a mental thing at all. Even the simplest Knowing rests on proximity and we have to
person can know him or herself, he or she understand that her Presence is always with
may be the first to reach a state of self- us in the subtle physical. There are many
identity. The sole prerequisite is contact with ways and poises to feel her Presence. First
the soul. Only the soul can know what it sees of all, we need to orient our consciousness
and saadhanaa is all about seeing everything inside. She will never be experienced on
through the eyes of the soul. Because of this, the surface. We should nurture an open
self-identity arrives when the soul holds up heart and cultivate a quiet mind. Above
a reflection of itself, when consciousness all, we must aspire for progress. The Mother
becomes conscious of its pure, innate and sanctions all that. We have to offer ourselves
divine consciousness. as a pure instrument for her Work, the task of
establishing the New World. All we can do is
Self-identity give ourselves and extend our collaboration.
Surrender is the key. This is how we know Her.
Self-identity is not a philosophical concept; it
is a subjective experience. It is not possible to
encapsulate it in words. The grandeur of the
experience stretches far beyond our meagre
mentality. It can only be experienced. If we
experience something, a torchlight shines
on what it sees. There is a spontaneous
revelation and illumination. When the
experience repeats itself time and time again
it becomes a settled experience, which is
realisation. Realisation is inner certitude.
Self-identity is certitude. It is yours for life.
Nothing can shake it out of you. What’s more,

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