Evolution, according to the Gita, is a painfully slow return to our native state. First tamas must be transformed into rajas - apathy and insensitiveness into energetic, enthusiastic activity. But the energy of rajas is self-centered and dispersed; it must be harnessed to a higher ideal by the will. Then it becomes sattva, when all this passionate energy is channeled into selfless action. This state is marked by happiness, a calm mind, abundant vitality, and the concentration of the genius.
Eknath Easwaran in Bhagavad Gita
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