Blossom like a flower

As there is a superconscient (something above our present consciousness) above the head from which the higher consciousness comes down into the body, so there is also a subconscient (something below our consciousness) below the feet. Matter is under the control of this power, because it is that out of which it has been created — that is why matter seems to us to be quite unconscious. The material body is very much under the influence of this power for the same reason; it is why we are not conscious of what is going on in the body, for the most part. The outer consciousness goes down into this subconscient when we are asleep, and so it becomes unaware of what is going on in us when we are asleep except for a few dreams. Many of these dreams rise up from the subconscient and are made up of old memories, impressions etc. put together in an incoherent way. For the subconscient receives impressions of all we do or experience in our lives and keeps these impressions in it, sending up often fragments of them in sleep. It is a very important part of the being, but we can do nothing much with it by the conscious will. It is the higher Force working in us that in its natural course will open the subconscient to itself and bring down into it its control and light.

SRI AUROBINDO

The subconscient is to be penetrated by the light and made a sort of bed-rock of truth, a store of right impressions, right physical responses to the Truth. Strictly speaking, it will not be subconscient at all, but a sort of bank of true values held ready for use.

SRI AUROBINDO

Aspiration for Supramental Guidance in the Subconscient
Intense need for order, light and knowledge in the subconscient penumbra.

Pachystachys coccinea
Cardinal’s-guard
Small bright red to dark red bilabiate flower with the upper lip divided into two lobes and the lower into three; borne on erect bracteate spikes. A medium-sized herbaceous shrub with large ovate opposite leaves and a somewhat open habit.

First Response of the Subconscient to the Supramental Action
The open door to realisation.

Jatropha podagrica
Gout plant, Tartogo, Australian bottle plant
Tiny bright orange flowers with five rounded separated petals and an orange stalk; borne in compound cymes. A low shrub with swollen stems and large-lobed peltate leaves.


Krishna’s light in the Subconscient
Soon it will no longer be Subconscient.

Eranthemum wattii
Small purple salverform flowers borne on a bracted spike. A small shrubby perennial.


Power of Truth in the Subconscient
It can act only when sincerity is perfect.

Tecomaria capensis
Cape honeysuckle
Medium-sized bright orange salverform flower with a limb divided into five irregular lobes; borne in terminal racemes. A rambling evergreen shrub.


Subconscient Remembrance
Must be purified of all that is useless.

Cynoglossum amabile
Chinese forget-me-not
Deep sky blue five-lobed salverform flowers in terminal cymes. A biennial herb covered with short white hairs.


Krishna’s Influence in the Subconscient
The best way to be above all contingencies.

Ecbolium linneanum
Small bluish green half-salverform flower borne on a dense bracted spike. A perennial herb or subshrub.


Supramental Influence in the Subconscient
Under its modest appearance it is a great force of transformation.

Crossandra infundibuliformis
Firecracker flower
Small showy bright orange half-salverform flower with a tiny yellow centre and a limb divided into five irregular rounded lobes; borne in dense four-sided bracted spikes. A low perennial herb.


Supramental Light in the Subconscient
Essential condition for transformation.

Crossandra infundibuliformis
Firecracker flower
Small showy bright yellow half-salverform flower with a limb divided into five irregular rounded lobes; borne in dense four-sided bracted spikes. A low perennial herb.


Psychic Light in the Subconscient
Preliminary condition for progress.

Crossandra infundibuliformis
Firecracker flower
Small showy bright salmon pink half-salverform flower with a limb divided into five irregular rounded lobes; borne in dense four-sided bracted spikes. A low perennial herb.


Divine Will Acting in the Subconscient