It all started when somebody was discussing about Six Sigma and its purpose is to bring defective part level to three per million chances-so that constant progress to perfection can be achieved. The word constant progress and perfection attracted me as it is Sri Karmayogi’s favourite words. The string of thoughts that came after that made me to wonder whether constant progress towards perfection what evolution is?
First if we see the dictionary meaning of perfection. It says, the act, which is complete, which contains all requisite parts, which is so good that nothing of the kind could be better, which has attained its purpose fully. This indirectly means that where there is imperfection and impermanence there is scope for development. Then moving from imperfection to perfection is progress. Trying to bring -in all our activities- to at least attain three imperfection per million of our activities is constant progress towards perfection.
Sri Karmayogi says, “Perfection saturates finite with energy so that the Infinite will emerge out of it”. So, striving for perfection is actually living in the moment consciously which raises the plane of time to simultaneous integrality. At the basic level –to do the work better- is spiritual progress. Every work or anything for that matter is destined to evolve to perfection sooner or later. Anything that evolves for perfection expresses Absolute –the Brahman. The Perfect Perfection Sri Aurobindo speaks of -is not to bring the Divine Perfection into human condition–but to raise the human consciousness to Divine consciousness by attempting perfect Perfection in the place where we are-leading to Perfection.
When we do any work-as we know-is doing in physical/matter. When we bring bit of emotion/vital -like doing it with interest, an artistic or any other lateral view of the work is exposed. More so if we think that “is there any way to improve this” by using knowledge/mind, bring out the innovation, creativity etc. in that work which is best in a given situation. So this can be construed as- if higher plane acts on a lower plane of work it is progress towards perfection.
If we take this concept to more than work and apply the same to relationships if higher plane acts on the lower plane i.e., if mind acts on emotions, it becomes part of evolutionary process to practice love, to open our hearts, understand other point of view, equanimity and all that is said to be aspects of the spirit –to create perfection in “that” moment. So, perfection is living every moment consciously by using all our mental, vital, physical and spiritual potential to the maximum in given moment which makes us as balanced and whole.
By attempting this we are actually attempting perfect perfection, because we are trying to increase the consciousness to mind and then to super mind. Integral Yoga is not having many skills or capacities but is perfecting one of them 100% and note –with APPA-99% is not 100%. Not the number, but the perfection, not how many but how perfect. This can be attained only by super mind-which is Mother’s mind.
