Nov. 15, 2025
The Main Conditions of Preparation for the Supramental Change
reference: Sri Aurobindo, Bases of Yoga, Chapter 2, Faith — Aspiration — Surrender, pp. 36-38This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/the-main-conditions-of-preparation-for-the-supramental-change/
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In a brief compass, Srioro Bindo
outlines the attitude to be
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assumed and the nature of the
work to be done to prepare the
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being for the consummation of
the path of the integral Yoga,
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Srioro Bindo writes.
Quote Get the psychic being in
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front and keep it there, putting
its power on the mind, vital and
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physical, so that it shall
communicate to them its force of
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single minded aspiration, Trust,
faith, surrender, direct and
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immediate detection of whatever
is wrong in the nature and turn
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towards ego and error away from
light and truth.
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Eliminate egoism in all its
forms.
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Eliminated from every movement
of your consciousness.
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Develop the cosmic
consciousness.
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Let the egocentric outlook
disappear in wideness,
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impersonality, the sense of the
cosmic Divine, the perception of
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00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:09,760
universal forces, the
realization and understanding of
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00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:12,680
the cosmic manifestation, the
play.
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Find in place of ego, the True
Being, a portion of the Divine,
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issued from the world Mother and
an instrument of the
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manifestation.
This sense of being, a portion
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of the Divine and an instrument
should be free from all pride,
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sense of claim of ego, or
assertion of superiority, demand
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or desire.
For if these elements are there,
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then it is not the true thing.
Most, in doing yoga live in the
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mind, vital, physical, lit up
occasionally or to some extent
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00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:54,200
by the higher mind and by the
illumined mind.
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But to prepare for the
supermental change it is
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necessary, as soon as personally
the time has come, to open up to
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00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:09,080
the intuition and the Overmind,
so that these may make the whole
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00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:13,120
being and the whole nature ready
for the supermental change.
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00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:18,720
Allow the consciousness quietly
to develop and widen, and the
31
00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:21,440
knowledge of these things will
progressively come.
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00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:28,760
Calm discrimination, detachment,
but not indifference are all
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very important, for their
opposites impede very much the
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transforming action.
Intensity of aspiration should
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be there, but it must go along
with these.
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No hurry, no inertia, neither
rajasic over eagerness nor
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temasic discouragement.
A steady and persistent but
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quiet call and working.
No snatching or clutching at
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realization, but allowing
realization to come from within
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and above, and observing
accurately its field, its
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00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:10,440
nature, its limits.
Let the power of the Mother work
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in you, but be careful to avoid
any mixture or substitution in
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its place of either a magnified
ego working or a force of
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00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:22,840
ignorance presenting itself as
truth.
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Aspire especially for the
elimination of all obscurity and
46
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unconsciousness in the Nature.
These are the main conditions of
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preparation for the Super mental
change, but none of them is easy
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and they must be complete before
the Nature can be said to be
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ready.
If the true attitude, psychic,
50
00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:53,440
unegoistic, open only to the
Divine force can be established,
51
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then the process can go on much
more quickly.
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00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:01,680
To take and keep the true
attitude to further the change
53
00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:07,520
in oneself is the help that can
be given, the one thing asked to
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00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:14,040
assist the general change.
End Quote Reference Srioro
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Bindao, Bases of Yoga, Chapter 2
Faith, Aspiration, Surrender,
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pages 36 to 38.
00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:05,160
In a brief compass, Srioro Bindo
outlines the attitude to be
2
00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:09,560
assumed and the nature of the
work to be done to prepare the
3
00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:13,560
being for the consummation of
the path of the integral Yoga,
4
00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:19,640
Srioro Bindo writes.
Quote Get the psychic being in
5
00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:23,800
front and keep it there, putting
its power on the mind, vital and
6
00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:28,160
physical, so that it shall
communicate to them its force of
7
00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:34,760
single minded aspiration, Trust,
faith, surrender, direct and
8
00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:38,880
immediate detection of whatever
is wrong in the nature and turn
9
00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:42,280
towards ego and error away from
light and truth.
10
00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:46,200
Eliminate egoism in all its
forms.
11
00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:50,280
Eliminated from every movement
of your consciousness.
12
00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:53,840
Develop the cosmic
consciousness.
13
00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:58,000
Let the egocentric outlook
disappear in wideness,
14
00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:04,440
impersonality, the sense of the
cosmic Divine, the perception of
15
00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:09,760
universal forces, the
realization and understanding of
16
00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:12,680
the cosmic manifestation, the
play.
17
00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:18,400
Find in place of ego, the True
Being, a portion of the Divine,
18
00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:22,360
issued from the world Mother and
an instrument of the
19
00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:26,320
manifestation.
This sense of being, a portion
20
00:01:26,320 --> 00:01:29,960
of the Divine and an instrument
should be free from all pride,
21
00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:36,720
sense of claim of ego, or
assertion of superiority, demand
22
00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:40,360
or desire.
For if these elements are there,
23
00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:46,200
then it is not the true thing.
Most, in doing yoga live in the
24
00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:50,360
mind, vital, physical, lit up
occasionally or to some extent
25
00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:54,200
by the higher mind and by the
illumined mind.
26
00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:57,800
But to prepare for the
supermental change it is
27
00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:04,280
necessary, as soon as personally
the time has come, to open up to
28
00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:09,080
the intuition and the Overmind,
so that these may make the whole
29
00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:13,120
being and the whole nature ready
for the supermental change.
30
00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:18,720
Allow the consciousness quietly
to develop and widen, and the
31
00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:21,440
knowledge of these things will
progressively come.
32
00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:28,760
Calm discrimination, detachment,
but not indifference are all
33
00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:32,920
very important, for their
opposites impede very much the
34
00:02:32,920 --> 00:02:37,440
transforming action.
Intensity of aspiration should
35
00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:40,600
be there, but it must go along
with these.
36
00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:47,160
No hurry, no inertia, neither
rajasic over eagerness nor
37
00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:51,640
temasic discouragement.
A steady and persistent but
38
00:02:51,640 --> 00:02:56,160
quiet call and working.
No snatching or clutching at
39
00:02:56,160 --> 00:03:00,760
realization, but allowing
realization to come from within
40
00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:05,200
and above, and observing
accurately its field, its
41
00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:10,440
nature, its limits.
Let the power of the Mother work
42
00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:15,040
in you, but be careful to avoid
any mixture or substitution in
43
00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:20,400
its place of either a magnified
ego working or a force of
44
00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:22,840
ignorance presenting itself as
truth.
45
00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:28,880
Aspire especially for the
elimination of all obscurity and
46
00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:33,800
unconsciousness in the Nature.
These are the main conditions of
47
00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:38,360
preparation for the Super mental
change, but none of them is easy
48
00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:43,120
and they must be complete before
the Nature can be said to be
49
00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:47,360
ready.
If the true attitude, psychic,
50
00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:53,440
unegoistic, open only to the
Divine force can be established,
51
00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:56,600
then the process can go on much
more quickly.
52
00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:01,680
To take and keep the true
attitude to further the change
53
00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:07,520
in oneself is the help that can
be given, the one thing asked to
54
00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:14,040
assist the general change.
End Quote Reference Srioro
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Bindao, Bases of Yoga, Chapter 2
Faith, Aspiration, Surrender,
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pages 36 to 38.
