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Sincerity in the Aspiration Is the Basis of the Divine Life · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  The ego consciousness is deeply embedded in each human
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  individual through the evolutionary process that
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  created the ego as a mechanism for individuation and
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  self-awareness. As the mental phase of this
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  process took shape over long periods of time, the ego
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  provided a needed framework to allow quite individual progress
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  and development. Separated from the more
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  collective expressions found in animal life.
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  The ego provided an opportunity for mutation away from the
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  established ways of the social community and thus actually
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  acted as a foundational step in the development of the spiritual
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  aspiration and focus. The next phase of evolution,
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  however, is focused on overcoming the limitations of
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  this consciousness by shifting the standpoint away from the ego
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  to the divine standpoint. The power of aspiration, the
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  tuning of the beings focused toward a higher energetic level,
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  is the essence of the shift that can usher in this change.
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  Sincerity and aspiration is basically the ability to remain
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  focused at all times on this higher consciousness and not be
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  distracted by the ego and its expectations, needs, demands and
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  desires, Orbindo writes. Quote All sincere aspiration has
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  its effect. If you are sincere, you will
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  grow into the divine life. To be entirely insincere means
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  to desire the Divine Truth only to surrender yourself more and
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  more to the Divine Mother, to reject all personal demand and
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  desire other than this one aspiration, to offer every
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  action in life to the Divine and do it as the work given without
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  bringing in the ego. This is the basis of the Divine
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  life. 1 cannot become altogether this at once.
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  But if one aspires at all times and calls in always the aid of
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  the Divine Shakti, with a true heart and straightforward will,
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  one grows more and more into this consciousness.
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  End Quote Reference Sri Aurobindo, Bases of Yoga,
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  Chapter 2 Faith, Aspiration Surrender, pages 26 to 27.