A: The
Mother: By becoming conscious of its origin.
Q: What is the way of making the consciousness of
human unity grow in man?
A: The
Mother: Spiritual Education, that is to say an
education, which gives more importance to the growth of the spirit than to any
religious or moral teaching or to the material so-called knowledge.
Q: What is a change of consciousness?
A: The
Mother: A change of consciousness is equivalent to
a new birth, a birth in a higher sphere of existence.
Q: How can a change of consciousness change the
life upon earth?
A: The
Mother: A change of human consciousness will make
possible the manifestation upon earth of a higher Force, a purer Light, a more
total Truth.
Clarifying the answers the Mother stated that the
first step in Spiritual education was equanimity. In order to realise equanimity,
Yoga enjoins several psychological disciplines. Here are some.
- Not to allow oneself to be affected by anything external - by what people say or do, or by natural events.
- To detach oneself from one’s own mental, vital and physical consciousness and to observe as a witness how the nature-force is using it.
- To make the spiritual consciousness grow and the mental, vital and physical parts of our personality surrender to it and thus foster a divine equanimity to pervade our whole being and provide the basis for further spiritual education.
The four
questions above were raised in a seminar on “Human Unity”, held in 1964 by the Sri Aurobindo Society. (‘Dimensions of Spiritual Education- Integral
Education Series’ Ashram Trust 1978, Published by Sri Aurobindo Ashram,
Puducherry)
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