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==Physical Change==
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 progressive process. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/food#p57</ref> 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. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/food#p58</ref>
The physical changes slowly always—its nature is habit—so it is only by constant descents [of calmness, purity, light and strength] that gradually its substance gets changed and it becomes accustomed to the higher condition. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/difficulties-of-the-physical-nature#p70</ref>
The consciousness [higher] that is always there in the body is tamasic and obscure and the greater part of it is subconscient. If it opens then there will be an increasing union with the higher consciousness and it will be able to share the experiences and the developments in the mind and vital. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/levels-of-the-physical-being#p33</ref>
==Physical Consciousness==