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Moving on in the course of evolution, the mutative tendency begins to wane and the subtle vibration of the sentient tendency carves a place in the individual mind. The subtlest aspect of mind, the sense of self-awareness, awakens. At this stage, the mind of the living being is a complete reflection, potentially, of the mind of God. At last a conscious awareness of that reflection is possible, and a desire to know arises. “Who am I?” “Where do I come from?” “Where am I going?” These are the questions that haunt the human being and that she alone is capable of asking. The attraction of the supreme nucleus, the longing for the infinite, propels us toward self-realization.

As the longing for the Great increases, the physical body develops certain complexities for an adjustment with higher psychic demands. Hence we find that in creatures having developed sentiments, the physical body is a composite structure of a large number of glands with their peculiar activities. The developed glandular complexity is essential for facing the psychic clashes in subtler spheres.

— P. R. Sarkar

During the long process of evolution, the individual soul is propelled through many incarnations, moving up the scale of complexity, eventually embodying a human form. There are three forces of evolution that guide this process and determine the duration and complexity of each structure in each lifetime.