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supraphysical planes, then also there is no need of supramen-
talisation. One can enter into some heaven above by devotion
to the Lord of that heaven. But that is no progression. The oth-
er worlds are typal worlds, each fixed in its own kind and type
and law. Evolution takes place on the earth and therefore the
earth is the proper field for progression. The beings of the other
worlds do not progress from one world to another. They remain
fixed to their own type.
The purely monistic Vedantist says, all is Brahman, life is a
dream, an unreality, only Brahman exists. One has Nirvana or
Mukti, then one lives only till the body falls — after that there is
no such thing as life.
They do not believe in transformation, because mind, life
and body are an ignorance, an illusion — the only reality is the
featureless, relationless Self or Brahman. Life is a thing of re-
lations; in the pure Self, all life and relations disappear. What
would be the use or the possibility of transforming an illusion
that can never be anything else (however transformed) than
an illusion? There is no such thing for them as a "Nirvanic life".
It is only some Yogas that aim at a transformation of any
kind except that of ignorance into knowledge. The idea varies,
— sometimes a divine knowledge or power or else a divine pu-
rity or an ethical perfection or a divine love.
CWSA 28: 288-89

Supermind and catastrophes
There need not be [catastrophes when the Supramental
descends]. There will necessarily be great changes but they are
not bound to be catastrophic. When there is a strong pressure
from Overmind forces for change, then there are likely to be
catastrophes because of the resistance and clash of forces. The
supramental has a greater, in its fullness a complete mastery

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