by
Roy Posner
(based on the teachings of Sri Aurobindo)
The Triple Transformation
For those who undertake the path of personal transformation (i.e.
yoga), Sri Aurobindo, the Indian seer describes three successive phases of
this transformation -- the psychic, the spiritual, and the supramental.
In the first phase of the Triple
Transformation one moves from the outer surface consciousness to the
inner consciousness; the inner mind, the subliminal within, until one
reaches the personal soul, i.e. inner psychic consciousness. At the
psychic one has withdrawn from the ego consciousness, one is able to
understand and control the limitations of one's physical, vital, and
mental being, and one is put in touch with the cosmic, universal
forces and truths. This is the Psychic
transformation.
At a further phase one rises higher in one's being
toward higher planes of mind, including Higher Mind, Illumined Mind, and
Intuitive Mind. It is an opening to the presence above, an elevation of
one's lower consciousness to the higher, and the descent of the higher
into the lower. This is the Spiritual transformation, beyond the Psychic
transformation. Here are some additional
highlights of the spiritual transformation.
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As
we open to what is above us, there is further a higher
transformation which intervenes and takes up from the
psychic change.
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The
Ascent -- There is ascent to the ranges of spiritual
mind to overmind to supermind. This is an opening to what
is above us.
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These
movements (the movement through the triple transformation)
are all in essence an action of the Conscious-Force in its
urge toward a higher self-manifestation for our existence.
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The
Ascent -- There is also a descent essential for the
permanent ascension upward in these planes; a descent of
Spirit or its powers. A light touches the lower being, the
mind, life, and body; a presence or power or stream of knowledge
pours in waves or currents, or there is a flood of bliss
of ecstasy. Such experiences repeat until they become
normal.
A Knowledge above descends
constantly, manifesting in the mind's silence
(in Silent Mind). There are
also intuitions and inspirations, revelations of a greater
sight, higher truths and wisdom.
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A
New Consciousness Forms
-- As a result of these movements,
a new
consciousness begins to form; a mind of a high wide self-existence
thinking, or an illumined, or intuitive or Overmental consciousness
with new forces of thought or sight, and a greater power
of direct spiritual realization.
(See
Thoughts on Silent, Illumined, Intuitive Mind)
Beyond the spiritual
transformation is the (ultimate)
Supramental
transformation, where one rises to the level of Supermind, for a
radical transformation of the being out of the ignorance that is the
foundation of our nature, and into a new functioning that transcends
our current mental, vital, and physical
functioning. One becomes the Supramental
being, the culmination of the triple transformation.
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