This is the sixth in the series of the last set of eight articles Sri Aurobindo wrote during 1949-50 and it had appeared first in the 21 April 1950 issue of the Bulletin d' Education Physique (Bulletin of Physical Education). It anticipates a new humanity possessed of a perfected mind, a mind of light, which could be a subordinate action of the supermind proper. It could even be a part of the life divine upon earth. The extent to which it will spread over humanity will be in accordance with the higher intention, intention in the evolution itself. There is a practical aspect of it also. The world is living in darkness of consciousness and man may reject the descending Light which has not happened infrequently. But if supermind can become a part of the order of the universe, then that darkness will no more be there and it will take care of things in the efficacy of its operation,—man accepting or rejecting it. Humanity’s participation will be a great thing but its immediate absence is not going to deter the Yogi’s pursuit. The decisive step hence lies in making the descent of supermind a worked-out imperative in the course of the evolutionary manifestation. Sri Aurobindo at this point of time was more concerned with the descent of the supramental and for that purpose, when found necessary, he took another station of operation by withdrawing from this physical. Was Sri Aurobindo indicating this just before a few months of his withdrawal, early in December 1950? Who knows?

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