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The Peace of Pure Existence Is the Foundation for All Spiritual Existence · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  All of the action that takes place in the world, in the
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  Galaxy, in the universe, occurs within a vast, unmoving, wide
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  space. The ancient Vedic Rishis termed
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  this basis of reality Satyam Ritam Brihat, the Truth, the
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  right. The vast incalculable energies
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  of galaxies with innumerable stars and the consequent
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  movement of radiation and the development of solar systems,
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  planets and eventually the development of life forms, all
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  take place within this immovable background, which seemingly
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  holds all these energies but does not react.
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  Rather, while the forces interplay with one another,
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  galaxies collide, stars explode, black holes capture matter,
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  radiation moves through space, and at our level, various beings
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  live and interact in a symbiotic coexistence.
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  There is a deep and abiding peace in the background that an
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  individual can experience when he steps back from the
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  identification with the external consciousness.
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  The ultimate reality is known as Satchit Ananda, representing the
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  pure existence, consciousness, force, and bliss.
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  This reality is the foundation of the entire creation, yet it
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  is not affected, does not react, and remains above and outside
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  the movement even while it acts as the container and originator
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  of the movement. As long as we identify with the
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  external personality, we undergo the modifications of every
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  impulse, every energy, every provocation, every force that
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  acts upon us. The mind is therefore constantly
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  vibrating, and we have no peace. As we shift our standpoint back
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  away from that of the external personality, however, we begin
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  to participate in the wideness, the stillness that supports,
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  holds, but does not become a victim of the forces of
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  creation. The more we develop this
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  identification with the witness consciousness, the Purusha, the
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  deeper is the calm and the peace that we can hold.
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  We find our conscious awareness widening and we are able to hold
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  more and more of the descent of the divine forces as they enter
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  our being. Without a foundation of this
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  pure and calm peace, we will spill that energy and either
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  waste the opportunity or wind up with a breakdown of body, life
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  or mind. Srioro Bindu observes quote
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  Calm, even if it seems at first only a negative thing, is so
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  difficult to attain that to have it at all must be regarded as a
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  great step in advance. In reality, calm is not a
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  negative thing. It is the very nature of the SAT
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  Purusha and the positive foundation of the Divine
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  consciousness. Whatever else is aspired for and
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  gained, this must be kept. Even knowledge, power.
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  Ananda, if they come and do not find this foundation, are unable
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  to remain and have to withdraw until the Divine purity and
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  peace of the SAT Purusha are permanently there.
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  Aspire for the rest of the Divine consciousness, but with a
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  calm and deep aspiration. It can be ardent as well as
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  calm, but not impatient, restless or full of rajasic
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  eagerness. Only in the quiet mind and being
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  can the Super mental truth build its true creation.
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  End Quote Reference Sri Aurobindo, Bases of Yoga,
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  Chapter 1. Calm, Peace and Equality, page
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  8.