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The evolution is the development of all entities in the [[cosmos]], including [[humans]], in order to attain their fulfillment, including the [[discovery]] of [[spiritual]] Delight, which was, and always is, the experience of the [[Universal Father|Source Creator]]. The evolution is the progressive development from the original inconscience of matter into life (movement, sensation, desire, etc. and living physical beings), and from thence to [[mind]] (in conscious animals and most especially humans - the self-conscious thinking animal), and from thence to spiritualized mind, culminating in the [[Superconsciousness|The Supermind]]  or Truth Consciousness (as supramental individuals, and finally the  supramental, i.e. a divine life on earth.)  

The evolution is the development of all entities in the [[cosmos]], including [[humans]], in order to attain their fulfillment, including the [[discovery]] of [[spiritual]] Delight, which was, and always is, the experience of the [[Universal Father|Source Creator]]. The evolution is the progressive development from the original inconscience of matter into life (movement, sensation, desire, etc. and living physical beings), and from thence to [[mind]] (in conscious animals and most especially humans - the self-conscious thinking animal), and from thence to spiritualized mind, culminating in the [[Superconsciousness|The Supermind]]  or Truth Consciousness (as supramental individuals, and finally the  supramental, i.e. a divine life on earth.)  

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''Chit-Tapas'' or Consciousness-Force, in [[Sri Aurobindo]]'s philosophy refers to the pure energy of [[Consciousness]] by which creation ultimately comes about; the infinite divine self-awareness which is also the infinite all-effective Will. It is also one of the seven [[Plane (cosmology)|planes]] of existence, according to the [[Vedas|Vedic]] [[cosmology]] and the seven [[loka]]s of [[Hinduism|Hindu]] thought.  

 

In chapter 10 of ''[[The Life Divine]]'', Sri Aurobindo writes at length on the nature of Consciousness-Force as a principle of the Divine.  As he understands it (following the [[Tantra|Tantric]] dichotomy of Shiva and Shakti), ''Chit'' or Consciousness is not an inert and passive principle; but contains the potential spiritual Energy, ''[[Tapas]]'', which in Creation becomes the dynamic and creative principle or Force, called ''[[Shakti]]''. ''Chit-Tapas'' or ''Chit-Shakti'' is therefore the universal Consciousness-Force, the divine Energy; the [[Divine Mother|Mother]].

 

 

 

== Integral thought ==

== Integral thought ==