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Progressive Equilibrium

As for the idea that things are not in their place, I understood
it even when I was a child. It was only later that I was given the
explanation by the person who taught me occultism. . . And he
said that... this universe represented equilibrium, not static but
progressive equilibrium, that is to say, each thing in its place,
exactly, each vibration, each movement in its place. The further
down one goes, the more each form, each activity, each thing
is exactly in its place in relation to the whole.
... Sri Aurobindo said the same thing, that nothing is bad, it
is just that things are not in their place — their place not only
in space but also in time; their place in the universe, beginning
with the worlds, the stars, etc., each thing exactly in its place.
And so, when each thing is exactly in its place, from the most
stupendous to the most microscopic, the whole will express
the Supreme progressively... On this Sri Aurobindo based the
fact that in this creation, in this universe, the perfection of
a divine world — what Sri Aurobindo calls the Supermind —
will be able to manifest. Equilibrium is the essential law of this
creation and this is why perfection can be realised in the mani-
festation.
CWM 10: 106-07 The Mother

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