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Concentration of Conscious Force Through Work Can Bring Deeper Realisations · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  In the Titiria Upanishad, Sri Robindo translates the term
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  tapasya variously as concentration in thought or
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  concentration of force. Elsewhere, he aligns the term
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  chit shakti as consciousness force coequal with the
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  principles of sat existence and Ananda Bliss as the supreme
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  existence. Sat Chit Ananda.
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  The Upanishad equates this concentration of conscious
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  force, tapasya, as the eternal. The paths of yoga recognize the
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  role of tapasya in achieving realization.
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  In some cases it comes down to staring at the flame of a candle
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  until the consciousness breaks through to the other side into a
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  timeless infinite existence. In other cases it is the
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  concentration of the mental force on some object to the
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  exclusion of all others, or, as in the case of samadhi, an
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  unmoving concentration without any specific external object
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  involved. It is thus relatively easy to
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  understand that when 1 takes up any work and turns it into a
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  form of concentration and one pointed focus, that it can
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  become the means of realization and thus can engage the
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  attention and interest of the seeker.
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  Working with careful attention to detail, keeping the focus on
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  the work in front of 1, without the mental chatter or vital
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  desire nature intervening creates an atmosphere that is
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  conducive to the yogic realization.
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  At the same time, the external personality also finds a sense
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  of accomplishment in carrying out an action with precision and
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  successful implementation. Fioro Bindo writes quote.
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  It depends on a certain extension and intensifying of
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  the consciousness by which all activity becomes interesting,
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  not for itself, but because of the consciousness put into it
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  and through the intensity of the energy.
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  There is a pleasure in the exercise of the energy and in
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  the perfect doing of the work, whatever the work may be.
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  End Quote. Reference Sri Aurobindo and the
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  Mother, Looking from within, Chapter 3.
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  Action and Work, page 64.