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= Consciousness and Self-Observation =

<div style="color:#000000;">Your consciousness becomes a screen or mirror; but this is when you are in a state of contemplation, a mere observer; when you are active, it is like a searchlight. You have only to turn it on, if you want to see luminously and examine penetratingly anything in any place.</div>

<span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">(The Mother, 30 June 1929)</span>[<ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/03/30-june-1929#p7 ~~http://incarnateword.in/cwm/03~~</~~30-june-1929#p7]~~ref>

<div style="color:#000000;">However, if one observes things a little deeply, one perceives that there is progress, that things become better and better, though apparently they do not improve. And for a consciousness seated a little higher, it is quite evident that all evil—at least what we call evil—all falsehood, all that is contrary to the Truth, all suffering, all opposition is the result of a disequilibrium. I believe that one who is habituated to seeing things from this higher plane sees immediately that it is like that. </div>

<div style="color:#000000;">(The Mother , 8 January 1951)</div>

<ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/04/8-january-1951#p13</ref></u></div>

<~~div~~ span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">~~(The Mother~~ There are two centres or parts of the consciousness—one is a witness, sākṣī, ~~8 January 1951)~~and observes, the other consciousness is active and it is this active consciousness that you felt going down deep into the vital being. If your mind had not become active, you would have known where it went and what it went there to experience or do. When there is an experience, you should not begin to think about it, for that is of no use at all and it only stops the experience—you should remain silent, observe and let it go on to its end.</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#0066cc;"><u><ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/30/suggestions-for-dealing-with-experiences#p8</ref></u></~~div~~span>

~~<div style="color:#0066cc;"><u>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/04/8-january-1951#p13</u></div>~~

<span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">There are two centres or parts of the consciousness—one is a witness, sākṣī, and observes, the other consciousness is active and it is this active consciousness that you felt going down deep into the vital being. If your mind had not become active, you would have known where it went and what it went there to experience or do. When there is an experience, you should not begin to think about it, for that is of no use at all and it only stops the experience—you should remain silent, observe and let it go on to its end.</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#0066cc;"><u>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/30/suggestions-for-dealing-with-experiences#p8</u></span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">At a certain stage of the sadhana, in the beginning (or near it) of the more intense experiences, it sometimes happens that there is the intense realisation of some aspect of the Divine, a sort of communion with it, and that is seen everywhere and all as that. It is a transitory phase and afterwards one gets the larger experience of the Divine in all its aspects and beyond all aspects. Throughout the experience there should be one part of the being that observes and understands—for sometimes ignorant sadhaks are carried away by their experience and stop short there or fall into extravagance. It must be taken as an experience through which you are passing.</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#0066cc;"><u><ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/30/suggestions-for-dealing-with-experiences#p10</ref></u></span>

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