From "The Mother," by Sri Aurobindo

The personal effort required is a triple labour of aspiration, rejection and surrender, 



(1)    an aspiration vigilant, constant, unceasing 
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a.      the mind's will, 

b.      the hearts seeking, 

c.      the assent of the vital being, 

d.      the will to open and make plastic the physical consciousness and nature;



(2)    rejection of the movements of lower nature 
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a.      rejection of the mind's ideas, opinions, preferences, habits, constructions, so that the true knowledge may find free room in a silent mind, 
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b.      rejection of the vital nature's desires, demands, cravings, sensations, passions, selfishness, pride, arrogance, lust, greed, jealousy, envy, hostility to Truth, so that the true power and joy may pour from above into a calm, large, strong and consecrated vital being, 
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c.      rejection of the physical nature's stupidity, doubt, disbelief, obscurity, obstinacy, pettiness, laziness, unwillingness to change, so that the true stability of Light, Power, Ananda may establish itself in a body growing always more divine; 



(3)     surrender of oneself and all one is and has and every plane of the consciousness and every movement to the Divine Shakti.



a.      In proportion as the surrender and self-consecration progress, the Sadhaka becomes conscious of the Divine Shakti doing the Sadhana, pouring into him more and more of herself, founding in him the freedom and perfection of the Divine Nature. 


b.      The more this conscious process replaces his own effort, the more rapid and true becomes his progress.