| 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.) |
− | 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]].
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− | Delight is [[Sri Aurobindo]]'s term for [[ananda]], and plays a large part in his [[Esoteric cosmology|cosmology]] and [[Spirituality|spiritual]] teaching. Delight is the reason for creation, by which [[The Absolute]] extends its Delight of Being into multiplicity, losing itself in the [[Inconscient|inconscience]] and then through Delight rediscovering Itself through individuals realising their Divine nature and proceeding to spiritual realisation.
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− | In other words, the universe was created so that the Delight of the Infinite Spirit can manifest in all the forms of creation. When we discover our higher nature, the [[Psychic Being|soul]] and [[spirit]], we experience the delight for which we were came into being and of which we are a part.
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