Sri Aurobindo’s Integral Yoga rests on the vision that existence is a progressive manifestation of the Divine, moving through matter, life, and mind toward a supramental consciousness. The Divine Reality is understood as both transcendent and immanent, at once beyond the world and present within it and within the evolving soul or psychic being. This path therefore does not seek a mere escape from the world, but a conscious collaboration with the universe’s evolutionary purpose. Human beings are seen as a transitional stage in this process, called to participate in the emergence of a higher, supramental consciousness and a divinized life on earth.

At the heart of this Yoga stands the principle of an integral transformation of the whole being. All parts of the nature—body, life-energy, mind, heart, and even the subconscious—are to be included in the sadhana, rather than cultivating only a single faculty such as intellect or emotion. The lower movements of ignorance, ego, and desire are not simply suppressed or fled from, but progressively converted into instruments of a truer, divine expression. Life itself, with its work, relationships, and difficulties, becomes the field of practice, so that inner realization and outer action are harmonized in a single movement toward the Divine.

The dynamic core of the process is often described as a triple transformation. First, the psychic transformation brings a shift from ego-centered living to a soul-centered life, marked by sincerity, devotion, and an inner guidance by the psychic being. Next, the spiritual transformation opens the consciousness to peace, silence, vastness, and a sense of the Self and the cosmos as expressions of the one Divine. Finally, the supramental transformation involves the descent and action of supramental consciousness, by which mind, life, and body themselves are fundamentally changed and made capable of manifesting a divine nature.

This entire movement unfolds through a double rhythm of ascent and descent, supported by a characteristic inner discipline. Through aspiration, consciousness rises toward higher planes and opens to the influence of the Divine; through descent, higher consciousness and force enter the mind, life, and body to purify and transform them. The central method is often summed up as aspiration, rejection, and surrender: a steady call for the Divine and for transformation, a disciplined refusal of egoistic and ignorant movements, and a complete self-giving to the Divine Will and Divine Shakti. In this way, the work of transformation is carried not by personal effort alone, but by the action of the Divine Consciousness-Force, to which the whole being is progressively offered.