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The Development and Progression of the Supramental Force in Human Activity · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  The imposition of the external world on our mind and senses is
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  so powerful that we don't pay attention to the vast universe
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  of galaxies and stars. In former times, before the
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  world was widely illuminated by lighting at night, there was at
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  least some opportunity for people to be outside at night
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  and see the broad array of stars and wonder about what it all
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  meant. In today's world, however, one
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  would have to go to a remote location or to a place that had
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  no electrification to even see the stars most of the time.
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  Daylight obscures the entire vast cosmos from our view in any
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  case, so that we become fixated during our active daily lives on
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  what we experience around us. A similar thing happens with
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  respect to our perception of various planes or levels of
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  consciousness. Our attention is riveted firmly
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  by the needs of the body, the desires and activities of the
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  vital being, and the perceptions and thoughts we experience in
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  our minds. It is rare that we can shift our
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  focus away from the overpowering influence of the body, life,
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  mind, complex to even attempt to look for or become receptive to
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  another form or power of consciousness.
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  This is complicated further by the vibrational range of that
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  higher consciousness that falls beyond the normal limits of our
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  sense organs. There is also a mechanism and a
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  process involved. As with everything, first
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  individuals take up the effort and as they begin to get
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  results, the capacity gets anchored into the larger set of
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  humanity. This is an extrapolation of what
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  is called the 100th monkey phenomenon.
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  When a certain critical mass of humanity acquires this power of
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  knowledge and action, it begins to proliferate more swiftly.
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  This is done through subtle influence, energetics and the
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  ability of people to copy or mimic the actions of others
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  until it becomes part of their repertoire directly the mother
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  observes. Quote.
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  This material world, as it actually visibly is, is so
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  powerful, so absolutely real for the ordinary consciousness that
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  it has engulfed, as it were, this super mental force and
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  consciousness when it manifested.
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  And a long preparation is necessary before its presence
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  can be even glimpsed, felt, perceived in some way or other.
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  And this is the work it is doing now.
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  How long it will take is difficult to foresee.
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  It will depend a great deal on the goodwill and the receptivity
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  of a certain number of people, for the individual always
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  advances faster than the collectivity.
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  And by its very nature, humanity is destined to manifest the
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  Super mind before the rest of creation.
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  End Quote Reference Sri Aurobindo and the Mother The
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  Hidden Forces of Life, Chapter 6 Hidden Worlds and Evolutionary
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  Forces, pages 154 to 155.