Editing Sri Aurobindo (section)

=== Supermind ===
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At the centre of Sri Aurobindo's metaphysical system is the Supermind, an intermediary power between the unmanifested Brahman and the manifested world.<ref>Sri Aurobindo, ''The Life Divine'', pp. 130, 137, 143.</ref> Sri Aurobindo asserts that the Supermind is not completely alien to us; Mind is identical with Supermind in essence and conceals it within itself as a potentiality.<ref>Sri Aurobindo, ''The Life Divine'', pp. 130–131.</ref> He clarifies that while he first used the word 'supermind' himself, the concept of a 'Truth-Consciousness' appears in the Vedas, where the Vedic Gods represent its powers.<ref>Sri Aurobindo, ''Letters on Himself and the Ashram'', p. 142; see also ''The Life Divine'', p. 133.</ref> In ''Letters on Yoga'', he declares: "By the Supermind is meant the full Truth-consciousness of the Divine Nature in which there can be no place for the principle of division and ignorance; it is always a full light and knowledge superior to all mental substance or mental movement."<ref>Sri Aurobindo, ''Letters on Yoga — I'', p. 146.</ref> Supermind is a bridge between Sachchidananda and the lower manifestation; it is only through the supramental power that mind, life, and body can be integrally transformed, as the realisation of Sachchidananda supports but does not transform the lower nature.<ref>Sri Aurobindo, ''Letters on Yoga — I'', p. 133.</ref> The descent of the Supermind is intended to create a supramental race upon earth.<ref>Sri Aurobindo, ''Letters on Yoga — I'', p. 279; ''The Life Divine'', p. 583.</ref>