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Reliance on the Divine Power Rather Than on the Individual Mind and Will · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  A strong mental consciousness and will may aid the individual
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  in determining a way forward, but they are not the powers that
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  can eventually succeed in the yogic process.
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  If we view the yoga of nature, we find that as a new power
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  emerges, it brings with it unique new ways of dealing with
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  the need of the time and the evolutionary process as it takes
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  shape at that moment. In his thoughts and glimpses,
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  Sri Aurobindo states the case succinctly.
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  Quote When we have passed beyond knowings, then we shall have
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  knowledge. Reason was the helper.
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  Reason is the bar. When we have passed beyond
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  willings, then we shall have power.
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  Effort was the helper. Effort is the bar.
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  When we have passed beyond enjoyings, then we shall have
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  bliss. Desire was the helper.
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  Desire is the bar. When we have passed beyond
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  individualizing, then we shall be real persons.
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  Ego was the helper. Ego is the bar.
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  When we have passed beyond humanity, then we shall be the
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  man. The animal was the helper.
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  The animal is the bar. End Quote.
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  Spiritual development is not a mental process and eventually
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  the mental understanding and will must agree to give way to a
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  different form and way of knowing and being a way more
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  aligned with the nature of the spiritual consciousness.
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  This is most easily accomplished if the seeker can develop the
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  power of aspiration and receptivity to the higher force
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  and find a way to remain focused there rather than on the
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  individual effort. In his Uttarpara speech, Sri
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  Robindo relates an anecdote about the sedition trial he was
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  undergoing before a judge representing the British Empire.
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  He began to write out detailed points for his attorney, but
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  then he received an inner command to remain calm and
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  observe and that everything would be worked out by a
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  different force that was at work.
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  He saw each player in the drama of his trial as an expression of
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  Vasudev and understood that everything was being done for
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  him as a means to a greater end. Sri Aurobindo notes quote There
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  has always been too much reliance on the action of your
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  own mind and will. That is why you cannot progress.
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  If you could once get the habit of silent reliance on the power
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  of the Mother, not merely calling it in to support your
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  own effort, the obstacle would diminish and eventually
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  disappear. End Quote Reference Srioro Bindo
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  Basis of Yoga Chapter 2 Faith, Aspiration, Surrender page 26.