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→What is Aspiration in the Different Parts of Being?
It is the Divine in the inconscient who aspires for the Divine in the consciousness. That is to say, without the Divine there would be no aspiration; without the consciousness hidden in the inconscient, there would be no possibility of changing the inconscience to consciousness. But because at the very heart of the inconscient there is the divine Consciousness, you aspire, and necessarily—this is what he says—automatically, mechanically, the sacrifice is made. And this is why when one says, “It is not you who aspire, it is the Divine, it is not you who make progress, it is the Divine, it is not you who are conscious, it is the Divine”—these are not mere words, it is a fact. And it is simply your ignorance and your unconsciousness which prevent you from realising it. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/08/29-february-1956#p46,p47</ref>�
=What is Aspiration in Integral Yoga?=
If we are to attempt an integral Yoga, it will be as well to start with an idea of the Divine that is itself integral. There should be an aspiration in the heart wide enough for a realisation without any narrow limits. Not only should we avoid a sectarian religious outlook, but also all one-sided philosophical conceptions which try to shut up the Ineffable in a restricting mental formula. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/08/4-january-1956#p1</ref>
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True aspiration is not a movement of the mind but of the psychic. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/aspiration#p63</ref>
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Yoga is not only an aspiration of the mind towards the Divine but also and chiefly a yearning of the heart. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/yoga#p5</ref>
=Why is Aspiration Important?=