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=Becoming Conscious=
 
"To know oneself and control oneself". - The Mother
 
This means to be conscious of one's inner truth, conscious of the different parts of one's being and their respective functions. You must know why you do this, why you do that; you must know your thoughts, know your feelings, all your activities, all your movements, what you are capable of, etc. And to know oneself is not enough: this knowledge must bring a conscious control. To know oneself perfectly is to control oneself perfectly.But there must be an aspiration at every moment. It is never too early to begin, never too late to continue. That is, even when you are quite young, you can begin to study yourself and know yourself and gradually to control yourself. There are people who can let out vibrations like this and others respond without knowing why. Everything is like that, from the smallest to the biggest things. To be individualised in a collectivity, one must be absolutely conscious of oneself. And of which self? - the Self which is above all intermixture, that is, what I call the Truth of your being. And as long as you are not conscious of the Truth of your being, you are moved by all kinds of things, without taking any note of it at all. Collective thought, collective suggestions are a formidable influence which act constantly on individual thought. It is thus that gradually, slowly, with perseverance, first of all with great care and much attention, one becomes conscious, learns to know oneself and then to become master of oneself. <ref>https://incarnateword.in/cwm/04/13-january-1951#p18-p28</ref>
 
==How does One Prepare?==
 
To be conscious, first of all. We are conscious of only an insignificant portion of our being; for the most part we are unconscious. It is this unconsciousness that keeps us down to our unregenerate nature and prevents change and transformation in it. It is through unconsciousness that the undivine forces enter into us and make us their slaves. You are to be conscious of yourself, you must awake to your nature and movements, you must know why and how you do things or feel or think them; you must understand your motives and impulses, the forces, hidden and apparent, that move you; You will have to be patient and persistent and vigilant-"sleepless”, as the adepts say; you must always refuse to give any chance whatsoever to the undivine against the divine. <ref>https://incarnateword.in/cwm/03/7-april-1929#p10-p11</ref>
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To work for your perfection, the first step is to become conscious of yourself, of the different parts of your being and their respective activities. You must learn to distinguish these different parts one from another, so that you may become clearly aware of the origin of the movements that occur in you, the many impulses, reactions and conflicting wills that drive you to action. It is an assiduous study which demands much perseverance and sincerity. <ref>https://incarnateword.in/cwm/12/the-science-of-living#p5</ref>
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To become conscious of the various movements in oneself and be aware of what one does and why one does it, is the indispensable starting-point.
<ref>https://incarnateword.in/cwm/12/vital-education#p14</ref>
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When one lives in the true consciousness one feels the desires outside oneself, entering from outside, from the universal lower Prakriti, into the mind and the vital parts. In the ordinary human condition this is not felt; men become aware of the desire only when it is there, when it has come inside and found a lodging or a habitual harbourage and so they think it is their own and a part of themselves. The first condition for getting rid of desire is, therefore, to become conscious with the true consciousness; <ref>https://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/desire#p60</ref>
=How Can One Unify One's Being?=