Sri Krishna took his station on the Overmind just as Sri Rama from the Illumined Mind and Sri Aurobindo from the Supermind. It was the station taken by the Avatar. It implies that humanity could access the Overmind more easily. But being part of the lower hemisphere, there was no question of any doors or any descent of the Overmind. Human beings have always been in contact with the Gods of the Overmind, which they used sometimes for earthly good and sometimes for leaping into the Beyond.
In simple terms, creation has so far been governed by the Gods of the Overmind. Now, with the supramental manifestation, these Gods must accept the working of the Supermind, which means surrendering their powers to the Supreme now working upon earth directly through the Supramental Consciousness rather than the Overmind. They must accept the New Consciousness first before the rest of creation can receive it. That is what Sri Aurobindo meant by supramentalising the Overmind. This acceptance by the Gods of the Overmind of the New Consciousness and New Creation is described by The Mother in several places. Once the Overmind gods accept the working of the Supermind and modify their action, then the rest becomes easy.
At the same time, Sri Krishna’s stationing himself in the Overmind does not mean that the creation or humanity is raised to that level. Its influence has to be generalised before the supramental influence can begin fully.
What it means in simple terms is that humanity must first become godlike, vast and moved by the direct Divine Impulsion before it can be transformed by the Supermind. Overmind must prepare and prime human nature, giving rise to a godlike humanity before it can be ready for the Divine Superhumanity. Sri Krishna, though Avatar of the Overmind, did not come to change human nature into an Overmental being. He came to uplift the soul of man to the Overmind level where man can become, in his deepest self, the soul, one with God. But his nature would still be in the format of the three gunas, even though the soul could dwell in God. Overmentalisation means lifting the nature itself to be godlike before it can become entirely one with the Divine in all its workings.
(Follow-up Question:)
Doesn’t Sri Aurobindo himself hold in his body Overmind consciousness even otherwise?
Sri Aurobindo held the supramental consciousness in himself. The question is not about the consciousness of the Avatar but that of the average humanity. If that cannot be uplifted to the level embodied by the Avatar, then his work will have little meaning.
(Follow-up Question:)
Or, should we understand that even while Krishna was on Earth, the Overmind consciousness was not really described on Earth?
Yes, Sri Krishna opened the possibility of the Overmind to the few who could then go through its doors. But the transformation of nature was neither his work nor his purpose.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
