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Supermind in Sri Aurobindo's philosophy refers to the infinite unitary truth-consciousness or truth-idea simultaneously transcendent and immanent to planes of matter, life, and mind. Sri Aurobindo (শ্রী অরবিন্দ Sri Ôrobindo) ( August 15, 1872 – December 5, 1950) was an Indian The Collected Works of Sri Aurobindo ( Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library) were published by the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in 1972 on occasion The Collected Works of Sri Aurobindo ( Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library) were published by the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in 1972 on occasion The Collected Works of Sri Aurobindo ( Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library) were published by the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in 1972 on occasion Savitri A Legend and a Symbol is a 24000 verse poem by Sri Aurobindo about an individual who overcomes the Ignorance suffering and death in the world through her Mother's Agenda - l'Agenda - is a massive 13 volume 6000 page journal of The Mother 's (born Mirra Alfassa) spiritual and physical The term involution refers to different things depending on the writer The term involution refers to different things depending on the writer Universal evolution is a theory of Evolution formulated by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Julian Huxley that describes the gradual development of the Universe Sri Aurobindo (শ্রী অরবিন্দ Sri Ôrobindo) ( August 15, 1872 – December 5, 1950) was an Indian Integral psychology, in the adaptation of Sri Aurobindo 's spiritual teachings refers to an understanding of the various planes and parts of being which is essential to the In the teachings of the Twentieth century Bengali Philosopher - Sage Sri Aurobindo, Integral yoga (or purna yoga, Sanskrit In the teachings of the Twentieth century Bengali Philosopher - Sage Sri Aurobindo, Integral yoga (or purna yoga, Sanskrit Integral psychology, in the adaptation of Sri Aurobindo 's spiritual teachings refers to an understanding of the various planes and parts of being which is essential to the Integral psychology, in the adaptation of Sri Aurobindo 's spiritual teachings refers to an understanding of the various planes and parts of being which is essential to the Integral psychology, in the adaptation of Sri Aurobindo 's spiritual teachings refers to an understanding of the various planes and parts of being which is essential to the Integral psychology, in the adaptation of Sri Aurobindo 's spiritual teachings refers to an understanding of the various planes and parts of being which is essential to the Integral psychology, in the adaptation of Sri Aurobindo 's spiritual teachings refers to an understanding of the various planes and parts of being which is essential to the Integral psychology, in the adaptation of Sri Aurobindo 's spiritual teachings refers to an understanding of the various planes and parts of being which is essential to the Supermind in Sri Aurobindo 's philosophy refers to the infinite unitary truth-consciousness or truth-idea simultaneously Transcendent and Matrimandir (Sanskrit for Temple of The Mother) is an edifice of spiritual significance for practitioners of Integral yoga, situated at the center of Auroville The Sri Aurobindo Ashram was founded by Sri Aurobindo on the 24 November 1926 (Siddhi Day Auroville ( City of Dawn) is an "experimental" township in founded in 1968 Viluppuram district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India near Champaklal ( February 2, 1903 - May 9, 1992) was the devoted personal attendant to Sri Aurobindo and The Mother for over Sri Nolini Kanta Gupta ( 13 January 1889 - 7 February 1983) revolutionary linguist scholar critic poet philosopher and mystic was the most Kaikhosru Dadhaboy (KD Sethna (born 26 November 1904) is an Indian poet scholar writer philosopher and cultural critic Nirodbaran ( November 17 1903 &ndash 750 pm July 17, 2006, Pondicherry) or "Nirod" for short was the personal physician Pavitra (1894 - 1969 (from the Sanskrit word for 'pure' was one of the very early disciples of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother M P Pandit was a prolific writer and secretary of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram and personal secretary to The Mother. Ambalal Balkrishna Purani (1894-1965 was a prominent disciple and biographer of Sri Aurobindo. Dilipkumar Roy (1897-1980 was a Bengali Indian musician musicologist novelist poet and essayist of a vast culture endowed as much with intellectual gifts as with an innate devotion Satprem ( 30 October 1923 - 9 April 2007) was a French author and an important disciple of The Mother. Indra Sen ( 13 May 1903 - 14 March 1994) MA LLB PHD was a devotee of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother, psycholgist author The Collected Works of Sri Aurobindo ( Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library) were published by the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in 1972 on occasion Mother India is the Sri Aurobindo Ashram 's originally fortnightly now monthly cultural review Collaboration is a journal dedicated to the spiritual and evolutionary vision of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother. Sri Aurobindo (শ্রী অরবিন্দ Sri Ôrobindo) ( August 15, 1872 – December 5, 1950) was an Indian Sri Aurobindo (শ্রী অরবিন্দ Sri Ôrobindo) ( August 15, 1872 – December 5, 1950) was an Indian In Metaphysics and Esoteric cosmology, a plane, other than the Physical plane, is conceived as a subtle state of Consciousness that transcends Matter is commonly defined as being anything that has mass and that takes up space. Life is a state that distinguishes Organisms from non-living objects such as non-life and dead organisms being manifested by growth through Metabolism MIND ( Moving In New Directions) (est 1975 is an alternative education high school in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Supermind is the dynamic form of satcitananda (being-consciousness-bliss), and the necessary conduit, mediator or linkage between satcitananda and the manifest Creation. Saccidānanda or Sat-cit-ānanda (Sanskrit सच्चिदानंद is a compound of three Sanskrit words Sat (सत् Cit (चित् (Life Divine Book I, ch. 14-16)
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Supramentalisation
The objective and final stage of integral yoga is to actualise the Supermind within one's being ("Supramentalisation"). In the teachings of the Twentieth century Bengali Philosopher - Sage Sri Aurobindo, Integral yoga (or purna yoga, Sanskrit This would constitute a divinisation of matter itself or a realisation of its inherent primordial propensity, and usher in a completely new, 'divine' way of existing. Divinity and divine (sometimes 'the Divinity' or 'the Divine' are broadly applied but loosely defined terms used variously within different faiths and belief systems — (Life Divine Book II, ch. 26-28). This involves bringing down the Supramental consciousness to transform the entire being, and ultimately to the divinisation of the material world. Supramentalisation requires both a spiritual and a psychic transformation. In the teachings of the Twentieth century Bengali Philosopher - Sage Sri Aurobindo, Integral yoga (or purna yoga, Sanskrit In the teachings of the Twentieth century Bengali Philosopher - Sage Sri Aurobindo, Integral yoga (or purna yoga, Sanskrit
Sri Aurobindo believed that most yogas and religions were concerned with 'ascent', a striving to ascend beyond the body and beyond time into a formless and timeless absolute or transcendent self. Yoga ( Sanskrit: योग, IAST: yóga, joːgə refers to traditional physical and mental disciplines originating in India, to the A religion is a set of Tenets and practices often centered upon specific Supernatural and moral claims about Reality, the Cosmos He wrote that the 'old systems' arrived at an 'infinite empty Negation or an infinite equally vacant Affirmation'. [1] He introduced the imperative for and the process by which the supramental (or greater than mental) consciousness would 'descend', to firmly establish itself in Earthly life.
The supramental transformation
The supramental transformation means the birth of a new individual fully formed by the supramental power, the same power that enabled the universe to be created in the first place from out of a Divine Source. Such individuals would be the forerunners of a new truth-consciousness based supra-humanity. Among their capacities are: a total oneness and identity with the environment and with others; total integral knowledge replacing our essential ignorance, i. e. knowledge by identity; a unification of knowledge and will (what one knows is automatically created, what is willed is fully known in its truth); the Force of creation reunited with the Consciousness; and a complete unity of the Individual, Universal, and Transcendent purpose expressed through the person. Also, all aspects of division and ignorance of consciousness at the vital and mental levels would be overcome, replaced with a unity of consciousness at every plane, and even the physical body transformed and divinised. A new supramental species would then emerge, living a supramental, gnostic, divine life on earth. Supermind in Sri Aurobindo 's philosophy refers to the infinite unitary truth-consciousness or truth-idea simultaneously Transcendent and (The Life Divine book II ch. 27-28)
This then must be the nature of the third and final transformation which finishes the passage of the soul through the Ignorance and bases its consciousness, its life, its power and form of manifestation on a complete and completely effective self-knowledge. The Truth-Consciousness, finding evolutionary Nature ready, has to descend into her and enable her to liberate the supramental principle within her; so must be created the supramental and spiritual being as the first unveiled manifestation of the truth of the Self and Spirit in the material universe.
– Sri Aurobindo, The Life Divine, 918, 10th ed. Sri Aurobindo (শ্রী অরবিন্দ Sri Ôrobindo) ( August 15, 1872 – December 5, 1950) was an Indian The Collected Works of Sri Aurobindo ( Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library) were published by the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in 1972 on occasion
Time in the Context of Supramental consciousness
Sri Aurobindo wrote that whereas the mind is unable to establish a "truth relation between the timeless and things in time", supramental consciousness is "founded upon the supreme consciousness of the timeless Infinite, but has too the secret of the deployment of the infinite Energy in time. Integral psychology, in the adaptation of Sri Aurobindo 's spiritual teachings refers to an understanding of the various planes and parts of being which is essential to the "[2] The last chapter of his book The Synthesis of Yoga, called 'Towards a Supramental Vision of Time', discusses the matter of time in terms of the evolution of a trikaladristi or 'knowledge of the three times'. The Collected Works of Sri Aurobindo ( Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library) were published by the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in 1972 on occasion "This unified and infinite time consciousness and this vision and knowledge are the possession of the supramental being. . . "
The Supramental Descent
On February 29, 1956, Sri Aurobindo's co-worker the Mother, announced, "The manifestation of the Supramental upon earth is no more a promise but a living fact, a reality. It is at work here, and one day will come when the most blind, the most unconscious, even the most unwilling shall be obliged to recognize it. "[3]
On January 1, 1969, the Mother (at age 90) announced the 'arrival' of the 'superman consciousness' – 'the intermediary between man and the supramental being'. [4]
The Gnostic Being
The Gnostic Being in Sri Aurobindo's philosophy refers to the supramental state of divinised humanity, which (as described in the final chapters of The Life Divine) will emerge as a spirit-oriented future existence. Sri Aurobindo (শ্রী অরবিন্দ Sri Ôrobindo) ( August 15, 1872 – December 5, 1950) was an Indian Supermind in Sri Aurobindo 's philosophy refers to the infinite unitary truth-consciousness or truth-idea simultaneously Transcendent and Human beings, humans or man (Origin 1590–1600 L homō man OL hemō the earthly one (see Humus The Collected Works of Sri Aurobindo ( Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library) were published by the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in 1972 on occasion The English word " spirit " comes from the Latin " spiritus " (breath
In this highest form of social or collective life, the domination of the ordinary mind — of surface preoccupation, of partial knowledge, as well as the lower physical and vital life is replaced with a mind and life dominated by the spirit. Integral psychology, in the adaptation of Sri Aurobindo 's spiritual teachings refers to an understanding of the various planes and parts of being which is essential to the Integral psychology, in the adaptation of Sri Aurobindo 's spiritual teachings refers to an understanding of the various planes and parts of being which is essential to the Integral psychology, in the adaptation of Sri Aurobindo 's spiritual teachings refers to an understanding of the various planes and parts of being which is essential to the Integral psychology, in the adaptation of Sri Aurobindo 's spiritual teachings refers to an understanding of the various planes and parts of being which is essential to the
The divinised or gnostic being is described as living a spiritual existence in an integral way; integral in his own being, and integral and one with the world around him. Spirituality, in a narrow sense concerns itself with matters of the Spirit, a concept closely tied to religious belief and Faith, a transcendent reality This article is about the integral movement in philosophy and psychology He has integrated and elevated the physical, vital/emotional, and mental planes of his existence to its greatest heights and fulfillment by finding the spirit within himself and applying and elevating these planes of life with the spiritual. The physical plane, physical world, or physical universe, in Emanationist metaphysics such as are found in Neoplatonism, Hermeticism This article is about a plane of existence In the context of Unicode, Astral characters consist of planes above the Basic Multilingual Plane. The mental plane, or world of thought, in Hermeticism, Theosophical, Rosicrucian, Aurobindonian, and New Age thought refers He also discovers that the spirit is everywhere in the world and in every other person, eliminating the separation between himself and life and himself and others around him. In other words he is whole and integrated individually and universally.
- "To be in the being of all and to include all in one's being, to be conscious of the consciousness of all, to be integrated in force with the universal force, to carry all action and experience in oneself and feel it as one's own action and experience, to feel all selves as one's own self, to feel all delight of being as one's own delight of being is a necessary condition of the integral divine living. Sri Aurobindo (শ্রী অরবিন্দ Sri Ôrobindo) ( August 15, 1872 – December 5, 1950) was an Indian "
- — Sri Aurobindo, The Life Divine
In addition to integrating the planes and sublevels of one's being (individualization), and becoming one with others and the world (universalization), the individuals who will be the harbingers of this divine life will also be united with the transcendent Divine. In Metaphysics and Esoteric cosmology, a plane, other than the Physical plane, is conceived as a subtle state of Consciousness that transcends According to various esoteric, occult, and mystical teachings living beings are constituted of a series of psycho-spiritual subtle bodies, each corresponding These individuals will have found the transcendent spirit within, the spiritual force, God, the Divine in the cosmos, and feel, know, act with complete reference to its divine force, power, knowledge, and bliss.
In this context a number of individuals, integrated individually, universally, and transcendently, can work together, near or apart, aware or unaware of one another, to create a new common life, superior to the present individual and common existence. A critical mass of such "gnostic individuals" could create the foundation of a new social life and order; a divine life on earth.
The purpose of this divine life would be a greater unity, mutuality, and harmony.
- ". . . a greater identity of being and consciousness between individual and individual unified in their spiritual substance, feeling themselves to be self and self of one self-existence, acting in a greater unitarian force of knowledge, a greater power of being. There must be an inner and direct mutual knowledge, based upon a consciousness of oneness and identity, a consciousness of each other's being, thought, feeling, inner and outer movements. . . . "
- ---Sri Aurobindo, The Life Divine
In this state the current vital and mental constructions of life would be replaced by gnostic individuals who live beyond the vicissitudes of human thought and the push and pull of the forces of Nature. Humanity in the current age does not have the depth of inner knowledge to understand the infinite forces that are involved in the emerging world. His limiting mind-sense and the limiting mind-sense of the collective hasn't the integral vision and knowledge and force of action to deal with the evolving society. We have created a civilization which has become too big for our limited mental capacities and understanding and our limiting ego, which narrows the truth to our own needs and desires. The current unfolding and limited blossoming of life on earth is bound by the limiting vital animal and passion nature, and the narrow opening to the full truth which is the human mind.
A life of unity, mutuality, and harmony alone, emerging from individuals who are in integral relationship with themselves, others, and the transcendent spirit, can deal with the overwhelming needs of the collective life. Nondualism implies that things appear distinct while not being separate The gnostic beings would help establish this integral, unifying gnostic consciousness on earth, which would provide a far greater power and knowledge than man now has for understanding and acting on the needs of the emerging collective. The one rule of this divine life would be the self expression of the spirit, of the divine, in all aspects of life.
- ". . an existence without the reactions of success and frustration, vital joy and grief, peril and passion, pleasure and pain, the vicissitudes and uncertainties of fate and struggle and battle and endeavor, a joy of novelty and surprise and creation projecting itself into the unknown. . . The gnostic manifestation of life would be more full and fruitful and its interest more vivid than the creative interest of the Ignorance; it would be a greater and happier constant miracle. "
- — Sri Aurobindo, The Life Divine
Supermind and Omega Point
Beginning with the Catholic theologian R.C. Zaehner, a number of scholars have pointed out parallels between the respective spiritual evolutionary philosophies of Sri Aurobindo and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (see e. Robert Charles Zaehner (1913 - 1974 was a British academic who specialised in Eastern religions. Spiritual evolution is the Philosophical, theological, esoteric or spiritual idea that nature and human beings and/or human culture evolve along Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (pjɛʀ tejaʀ də ʃaʀdɛ̃ 1 May 1881, Orcines, France – 10 g. Zaehner 1971, Feys 1973, Sethna 1973, 1981, Bruteau 1974, Chetany 1978, Brookman 1988). Both describe a progression from inanimate matter through life and mind to a future consummation and Divinisation of humanity and the Earth as Supermind at Omega Point/God-Omega. Omega point is a term invented by French Jesuit Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to describe the maximum level of complexity and consciousness to which the universe Neither seems to have been aware of the other's work.
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- ‘The aim of supramental Yoga is to change into this supreme Truth-consciousness, but this truth is something beyond mind and this consciousness is far above the highest mind-consciousness. For truth of mind is always relative, uncertain and partial, but this greater Truth is preemptory and whole. Truth of mind is a representation, always an inadequate, most often a misleading representation, and even when most accurate, only a reflection, Truth's shadow and not its body. Mind does not live in the Truth or possess but only seeks after it and grasps at best some threads from its robe; the supermind lives in Truth and [is] its native substance, form and expression; it has not to seek after it, but possesses it always automatically and is what it possesses. This is the very heart of the difference.
- 'The change that is effected by the transition from mind to supermind is not only a revolution in knowledge or in our power for knowledge. If it is [to] be complete and stable, it must be a divine transmutation of our will too, our emotions, our sensations, all our power of life and its forces, in the end even of the very substance and functioning of our body. Then only can it be said that the supermind is there upon earth, rooted in its very earth-substance and embodied in a new race of divinised creatures.
- 'Supermind at its highest reach is the divine Gnosis, the Wisdom-Power-Light-Bliss of God by which the Divine knows and upholds and governs and enjoys the universe. '
- -– Sri Aurobindo [5]
See also
References
- ^ Sri Aurobindo, Synthesis of Yoga, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, 1948. Omega point is a term invented by French Jesuit Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to describe the maximum level of complexity and consciousness to which the universe Universal evolution is a theory of Evolution formulated by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Julian Huxley that describes the gradual development of the Universe
- ^ Sri Aurobindo, Synthesis of Yoga, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, 1948.
- ^ The Mother's Agenda, 1956, Volume 1. Mother's Agenda - l'Agenda - is a massive 13 volume 6000 page journal of The Mother 's (born Mirra Alfassa) spiritual and physical see link
- ^ The Mother's Agenda, 1969, Volume 10: from January 1, 1969.
- ^ ‘Seven drafts on Supramental Yoga [for "The Path"] from 1928-1929 to late 1930's as found on ‘Bernard's Site for Sri Aurobindo and the Mother'
References
- Sri Aurobindo (1977) The Life Divine, (Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust), ISBN 0-941524-62-0 (hardcover), ISBN 0-941524-61-2 (paperback)
- Beatrice Bruteau (1974), Evolution towards Divinity (Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton, Ill)
- David M. Brookman, Teilhard and Aurobindo: A Study in Religious Complementarity, Mayur Publications, 1988
- J. Chetany (1978), The Future of Man According to Teilhard de Chardin and Aurobindo Ghose, New Delhi, Oriental Publishers & Distributors
- Jan Feys, (1973) The Philosophy of Evolution in Sri Aurobindo and Teilhard de Chardin, Calcutta: Firma K. L. Mukhopadhyay
- Basant Kumar Lal, Contemporary Indian Philosophy Motilal Banarsidass, 1978 ISBN 8120802616 ; pp. Motilal Banarsidass (MLBD is a leading Indian publishing house on Sanskrit and Indology since 1903 located in Delhi, India. 195 ff.
- George Nedumpalakunnel, Realization of God According to Sri Aurobindo: A Study of a Neo-Hindu Vision on the Divinization of Man Claretian Publications, 1979
- K. D. Sethna (1973), Teilhard de Chardin and Sri Aurobindo - a Focus of Fundamentals, pp. Kaikhosru Dadhaboy (KD Sethna (born 26 November 1904) is an Indian poet scholar writer philosopher and cultural critic 34-5, (Bharatiya Vidya Prakasan, Varanasi)
- ----- (1981). The spirituality of the future : a search apropos of R. C. Zaehner's study in Sri Aurobindo and Teilhard de Chardin. Rutherford, [N. J. ] London,
- Ramakant A. Sinari, The Structure of Indian Thought C. C. Thomas 1970 p. 244
- Zaehner, R. C. (1971) Evolution in religion: a study in Sri Aurobindo and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Clarendon Press, Oxford.
External links
- The Nature of Supermind, by Sri Aurobindo - an essay originally published in July 1920 and currently in the public domain. The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone
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