Higher evolution
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Smilo Don
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The term '''higher evolution''' is used in [[Theosophy]] and in [[Buddhism]] to indicate the development of [[higher consciousness]] in human beings, as distinct from, although continuous with, the 'lower' or biological [[evolution]] within the animal kingdom up to the human level. Whereas the lower evolution is a biological (and largely unconscious) process, the higher evolution is a psychological, even spiritual, process.
Because the higher evolution is a conscious and individual (as opposed to collective) process, it is possible, for example through [[meditation]], to reach full development within a single lifetime.
==Further reading==
[http://www.ratnaprabha.freeserve.co.uk/ ''The Evolving Mind'']
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[[Category:Theosophical philosophical concepts]]