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that is the means for the transformation of the whole being and
the whole nature. Once this descent becomes habitual, the Divine
Force, the Power of the Mother begins to work, no longer from
above only or from behind the veil, but consciously in the Adhara
itself, and deals with its difficulties and possibilities and carries on
the Yoga.
(CWSA 30: 216–217)

The transformation to which we aspire is too vast and complex to
come at one stroke; it must be allowed to come by stages. The
physical change is the last of these stages and is itself a progres-
sive process.
The inner transformation cannot be brought about by physical
means either of a positive or a negative nature. On the contrary,
the physical change itself can only be brought about by a descent
of the greater supramental consciousness into the cells of the
body. Till then at least the body and its supporting energies have
to be maintained in part by the ordinary means, food, sleep, etc.
Food has to be taken in the right spirit, with the right conscious-
ness; sleep has to be gradually transformed into the Yogic repose.
A premature and excessive physical austerity (tapasyD) may en-
danger the process of the sadhana by establishing a disturbance
and abnormality of the forces in the different parts of the system.
A great energy may pour into the mental and vital parts, but the
nerves and the body may be overstrained and lose the strength to
support the play of these higher energies. This is the reason why
an extreme physical austerity is not included here as a substantive
part of the sadhana.
(CWSA 31: 432–433)

The descent of Peace, the descent of Force or Power, the descent
of Light, the descent of Ananda, these are the four things that
transform the nature.”
(CWSA 30: 449) Sri Aurobindo

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