{"id":4164,"date":"2013-07-13T01:53:53","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=4164"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:53:53","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:53:53","slug":"12-transformation-vol-12-on-education-volume-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/02-works-of-the-mother\/01-cwmce\/12-on-education-volume-12\/12-transformation-vol-12-on-education-volume-12","title":{"rendered":"-12_Transformation.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\nTransformation <\/span><\/font><\/i><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

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\nW<\/font><\/span>e
\nwant an integral transformation, the transformation of the body and all its
\nactivities. But there is an absolutely indispensable first step that must be
\naccomplished before anything else can be undertaken: the transformation of the
\nconsciousness. The starting-point is of course the aspiration for this
\ntransformation and the will to realise it; without that nothing can be done.
\nBut if in addition to the aspiration there is an inner opening, a kind of
\nreceptivity, then one can enter into this transformed consciousness at a single
\nstroke and maintain oneself there. This change of consciousness is abrupt, so
\nto say; when it occurs, it occurs all of a sudden, although the preparation for
\nit may have been long and slow. I am not speaking here of a mere change in
\nmental outlook, but of a change in the consciousness itself. It is a complete
\nand absolute change, a revolution in the basic poise; the movement is like
\nturning a ball inside out. To the transformed consciousness everything appears not
\nonly new and different, but almost the reverse of what it seemed to the
\nordinary consciousness. In the ordinary consciousness you advance slowly, by
\nsuccessive experiences, from ignorance to a very distant and often doubtful
\nknowledge. In the transformed consciousness your starting-point is knowledge
\nand you proceed from knowledge to knowledge. However, this is a beginning; for
\nthe outer consciousness, the various planes and parts of the outer active being
\nare transformed slowly and gradually as a result of the inner transformation. <\/span><\/p>\n

There is a partial change of consciousness which makes you lose
\nall interest in things that you once found desirable; but it is a change of
\nconsciousness and not what we call the transformation. For the transformation
\nis fundamental and absolute; it is not merely a change, but a reversal of
\nconsciousness: the being turns inside out, as it were, and takes a completely
\ndifferent position. In this reversed consciousness the being stands <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 80<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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above life and things and deals with them from there; it is at the
\ncentre of everything and directs its action outwards from there. Whereas in the
\nordinary consciousness the being stands outside and below: from outside it
\nstrives to reach the centre; from below, crushed by the weight of its own
\nignorance and blindness, it struggles desperately to rise above them. The
\nordinary consciousness is ignorant of what things are in reality; it sees their
\nshell. But the true consciousness is at the centre, at the heart of reality and
\nhas the direct vision of the origin of all movements. Seated within and above,
\nit knows the source, the cause and effect of all things and forces. <\/span><\/p>\n

I repeat, this reversal is sudden. Something opens within you and
\nall at once you find yourself in a new world. The change may not be final and
\ndefinitive to begin with; it sometimes requires time to settle permanently and
\nbecome your normal nature. But once the change has taken place, it is there, in
\nprinciple, once and for all; and then what is needed is to express it gradually
\nin the details of practical life. The first manifestation of the transformed
\nconsciousness always seems to be abrupt. You do not feel that you are changing
\nslowly and gradually from one state into another; you feel that you are
\nsuddenly awakened or newly born. No effort of the mind can lead you to this
\nstate, for with the mind you cannot imagine what it is and no mental
\ndescription can be adequate. <\/span><\/p>\n

Such is the starting-point of all integral transformation.  <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/font><\/span>Bulletin<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/i>, August 1950 <\/span>
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\nPage \u2013 81<\/span><\/p>\n

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