Sept. 21, 2025
The Spiritual Consciousness Brings a Vast Peace as a Foundation for the Transformation of the Nature
reference: Sri Aurobindo, Bases of Yoga, Chapter 1, Calm -- Peace -- Equality, pp. 4-5This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/09/19/the-spiritual-consciousness-brings-a-vast-peace-as-a-foundation-for-the-transformation-of-the-nature/
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The mind cannot adequately
create, imagine, describe, or
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image the experience of the
descent of peace and vastness
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that takes hold of the being and
superimposes itself over the
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activities of the mind, life and
body.
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Until one has the actual
experience.
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Therefore, nothing specific can
be said about it.
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When an individual has this
experience, there is a strong
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pressure on the body, life,
mind, complex, and if it is not
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adequately prepared to hold the
energy, there is always an
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attempt to explain it, describe
it or get insight about it.
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This is the characteristic
action of the mind, trying to
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convert it into a symbolic
representation that can be
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explained and expressed.
The spiritual consciousness, as
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it begins to actively descend
into a receptive individual,
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carries out its own development
in its own way and time, and
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brings with it the atmosphere
natural to its own state.
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The experience of the spiritual
plane as it descends into the
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human instrument is a first
stage, not a consummation.
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The peace, the connection to the
vastness of the Universal
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Presence, are powers that
support the slow process of
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change that comes about whenever
a next phase of the evolution of
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consciousness begins to manifest
and insert itself into the earth
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nature.
The complete transformation
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involves overcoming long,
embedded and fixed habits of
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body, life and mind that have
developed over hundreds of
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millions or even billions of
years in the earth nature
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uplifting and transforming them.
A virtually endless patience is
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required.
The first thing the spiritual
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consciousness provides, then, is
the sense of peace and eternity
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that removes the vital and
mental frustrations that would
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otherwise disrupt the process.
Due to how slow and difficult
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the change process actually
turns out to be.
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Triorobindo notes quote a great
wave or sea of calm and the
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constant consciousness of a vast
and luminous reality.
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This is precisely the character
of the fundamental realization
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of the Supreme Truth in its
first touch on the mind and the
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soul.
One could not ask for a better
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beginning or foundation.
It is like a rock on which the
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rest can be built.
It means certainly not only a
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presence, but the presence, and
it would be a great mistake to
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weaken the experience by any non
acceptance or doubt of its
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character.
It is not necessary to define
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it, and one ought not even to
try to turn it into an image,
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for this presence is in its
nature infinite.
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Whatever it has to manifest of
itself or out of itself, it will
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do inevitably by its own power.
If there is a sustained
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acceptance.
It is quite true that it is a
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grace sent, and the only return
needed for such a grace is
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acceptance, gratitude and to
allow the power that has touched
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the consciousness to develop
what has to be developed in the
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being by keeping oneself open to
it.
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The total transformation of the
nature cannot be done in a
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moment, It must take long and
proceed through stages.
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What is now experienced is only
an initiation, a foundation for
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the new consciousness in which
that transformation will become
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possible.
The automatic spontaneity of the
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experience ought by itself to
show that it is nothing
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constructed by the mind, will,
or emotions.
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It comes from a truth that is
beyond them.
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End Quote.
Reference Srioro Bindo, Bases of
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Yoga, Chapter 1.
Calm, Peace and Equality.
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Pages 4:00 to 5:00.
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The mind cannot adequately
create, imagine, describe, or
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00:00:06,520 --> 00:00:11,400
image the experience of the
descent of peace and vastness
3
00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:16,560
that takes hold of the being and
superimposes itself over the
4
00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:19,160
activities of the mind, life and
body.
5
00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:23,040
Until one has the actual
experience.
6
00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:26,720
Therefore, nothing specific can
be said about it.
7
00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:31,920
When an individual has this
experience, there is a strong
8
00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:36,480
pressure on the body, life,
mind, complex, and if it is not
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00:00:36,480 --> 00:00:40,880
adequately prepared to hold the
energy, there is always an
10
00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:45,960
attempt to explain it, describe
it or get insight about it.
11
00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:50,160
This is the characteristic
action of the mind, trying to
12
00:00:50,160 --> 00:00:54,200
convert it into a symbolic
representation that can be
13
00:00:54,200 --> 00:01:00,000
explained and expressed.
The spiritual consciousness, as
14
00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,840
it begins to actively descend
into a receptive individual,
15
00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:09,120
carries out its own development
in its own way and time, and
16
00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:13,920
brings with it the atmosphere
natural to its own state.
17
00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:19,160
The experience of the spiritual
plane as it descends into the
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human instrument is a first
stage, not a consummation.
19
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The peace, the connection to the
vastness of the Universal
20
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Presence, are powers that
support the slow process of
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change that comes about whenever
a next phase of the evolution of
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consciousness begins to manifest
and insert itself into the earth
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nature.
The complete transformation
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involves overcoming long,
embedded and fixed habits of
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body, life and mind that have
developed over hundreds of
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00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:59,640
millions or even billions of
years in the earth nature
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00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:06,040
uplifting and transforming them.
A virtually endless patience is
28
00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:09,199
required.
The first thing the spiritual
29
00:02:09,199 --> 00:02:13,320
consciousness provides, then, is
the sense of peace and eternity
30
00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:17,640
that removes the vital and
mental frustrations that would
31
00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:22,440
otherwise disrupt the process.
Due to how slow and difficult
32
00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:26,160
the change process actually
turns out to be.
33
00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:34,320
Triorobindo notes quote a great
wave or sea of calm and the
34
00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:38,120
constant consciousness of a vast
and luminous reality.
35
00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:43,200
This is precisely the character
of the fundamental realization
36
00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:48,000
of the Supreme Truth in its
first touch on the mind and the
37
00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:51,120
soul.
One could not ask for a better
38
00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:55,240
beginning or foundation.
It is like a rock on which the
39
00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:59,400
rest can be built.
It means certainly not only a
40
00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:04,600
presence, but the presence, and
it would be a great mistake to
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00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:09,320
weaken the experience by any non
acceptance or doubt of its
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00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:13,560
character.
It is not necessary to define
43
00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:17,960
it, and one ought not even to
try to turn it into an image,
44
00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,680
for this presence is in its
nature infinite.
45
00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:27,480
Whatever it has to manifest of
itself or out of itself, it will
46
00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:32,880
do inevitably by its own power.
If there is a sustained
47
00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:37,400
acceptance.
It is quite true that it is a
48
00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:41,280
grace sent, and the only return
needed for such a grace is
49
00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:46,360
acceptance, gratitude and to
allow the power that has touched
50
00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:50,160
the consciousness to develop
what has to be developed in the
51
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being by keeping oneself open to
it.
52
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The total transformation of the
nature cannot be done in a
53
00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:02,520
moment, It must take long and
proceed through stages.
54
00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:08,440
What is now experienced is only
an initiation, a foundation for
55
00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:12,680
the new consciousness in which
that transformation will become
56
00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:16,680
possible.
The automatic spontaneity of the
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00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:20,800
experience ought by itself to
show that it is nothing
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00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:24,680
constructed by the mind, will,
or emotions.
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It comes from a truth that is
beyond them.
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End Quote.
Reference Srioro Bindo, Bases of
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Yoga, Chapter 1.
Calm, Peace and Equality.
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Pages 4:00 to 5:00.
