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the ego and rajas, their roots get loosened and sattwa can pre-
vail in the nature, but the expulsion of all ego and rajas cannot
be done by the will and its effort. After a certain stage of prepa-
ration therefore one must stress more on the positive side of
the sadhana than on the negative side of rejection, —though
this of course must remain to help the other. Still what is impor-
tant is to develop the psychic within and bring down the higher
consciousness from above. The psychic as it grows and mani-
fests detects immediately all wrong movements or elements
and at the same time supplies almost automatically the true
element or movement which will replace them — this psychic
process is much easier and more effective than that of a severe
tapasya of purification. The higher consciousness in descend-
ing brings peace and purity into all the inner parts; the inner
being separates itself from the imperfect outer consciousness
and at the same time the peace that comes carries in it a power
which can throw out what contradicts the peace and purity.
Ego can then slowly or swiftly but surely disappear — rajas and
tamas change into their divine substitutes.

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It is rather a wider than a higher consciousness that is neces-
sary for the liberation from the ego. Going high is necessary of
course, but by itself it is not sufficient.
*
Without persistent rejection it [liberation from movements of the
ego] cannot be done. Going up into the self liberates the higher
parts but the ego remains in the lower parts. The most effective
force for this liberation is the psychic control along with steady
rejection.
CWSA 31: 236-37

The sense of ego can disappear into that of the Self or the
Purusha but that of itself does not bring about the disappear-

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