An Introduction to the Psychological Thought of Sri Aurobindo.
Adwaita, 136, 373, 376 See also Monism
Antaratman, 379 See also Psychic being
Asat, see Non-Being
Assagioli, Roberto, 370
Atman, 86, 88, 122-23, 344, 347, 374,380 and the Purushas, 107 the word 'Atman', 379 See also Self; Spirit; cf. Brahman
Avidya, see Ignorance (the)
Barbarism, 259, 271-74 passim and civilisation distinguished, 274-75 and culture, 281 economic, 272-74 cf. Savage
Being, central, see Central Being emotional, 63 inner, see Inner being outer, see Outer being parts and planes, 336-337, 348-49 physical, see physical, the psychic, see Psychic being structure and organisation of, 336-60 true, 91 vital, see Vital, the
Body-consciousness, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 164, 339-41
Brahman, 96, 170-71, 296, 374, 375,378, 379 and the Self, 121 cf. Divine, the
Bucke, R.M., 371
Buddha, 225, 228, 375, 399
Buddhi, 47, 49, 50, 51, 82, 279
Buddhism (Buddhist), 136, 216, 303, 368, 373, 375 denial of the self, 126
Capra, Fritjof, 316
Central being, 16, 84, 87 cf. Jivatman
Centres (of consciousness), 74 Muladhar, 36
Chakras, see Centres (of consciousness)
Chit, 6, 8, 163-65, 325, 330-31, 393 See also Consciousness; Consciousness-Force
Chit-Shakti, 8, 393
Chitta, 52
Circumconscient, the, 76, 77, 78, 79, 307, 343 See also Environmental consciousness
Civilisation, and barbarism distinguished, 274-75 defined, 274-75 cf. Culture
Clairvoyance, 79, 82, 244, 248 cf. Psychical phenomena
Conscience, 89, 91
Conscious Being, 105, 345-46 See also Purusha
Consciousness, 3-11, 162-65, 180 and brain, 3, 332-33, 334 cosmic, see Cosmic consciousness a creative energy, 8 environmental, see Environmental Consciousness evolution of, 338-39, 391, 393
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the fundamental thing in existence, 10-11 higher (spiritual), 209-10 inner and outer, 23-24 materialistic view, 3, 325-26, 328-34 and matter, 329-31 meaning, 6 mind, 8-9, 41-43, 329-32, 333 (ordinary), 209-10 psychic, see Psychic consciousness
Consciousness-Force, 143, 393,395 See also Shakti
Cosmic consciousness, 79, 219-25, 351, 367, 371-72 and the ego, 220-21 levels of, 221-22 and Nirvana, 223-25 and ordinary consciousness, 219-20 and Overmind, 153
and Self-realisation, 222-23
Cosmic Life, 78-79
Cosmic Matter, 78-79
Cosmic Mind, 78, 79
Culture, 279-83 and barbarism, 281; see also Barbarism not the directing light of life, 283 cf. Civilisation
Desire-soul, 89 cf. Vital (being), the
Divine, the, 165, 379, 357-58, 376-80 as a concrete certitude, 190 cf. Brahman; Sachchidananda
Dream Self, 75, 79
Dream-State (svapna), 206-09 ordinary and yogic, 214
Dreams, 231-42, 351 remembering of, 238-39, 240 and the subconscient, 233-36 passim and the subliminal, 235-36, 240, 242 and visions, 242 symbolic, 235-36
Ego (self), 21, 25, 100, 120, 124-36 passim, 305, 361, 365-67, 374, 380-84, 386-87 in cosmic consciousness, 371-72 and free will, 104 and human development, 398-401 and individuality, 135-36, 348-49, 398-99 liberation from, 366-67, 370-74 passim,383-84 in ordinary consciousness, 370-71 and the Overmind, 154 and self, 370-71, 372, 381 in Transcendent consciousness, 373-74 utility of, 130, 382-83 cf. Self
Emotional being, see under Being
Environmental consiousness, 35, 39, 343 See also Circumconscient, the
Evolution, 77-78 aided by pressure of supraphysical planes, 5 of consciousness, 28, 30
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dynamics of, 393-96
process of, 396-97
See also Social evolution
Faith,
and belief, 199-200
"blind faith", 203
central, 205
and doubt, 201
and experience, 202
and knowledge, 203-04
Frager, R., 390
Free will, 102-03
Frontal being, see Outer being
Gita, 123fn, 65, 168
on meaning of Samadhi, 217
Gnosis, 142, 158
See also Supermind; Truth-
Consciousness
God, 138, 140
See also Divine, the; Ishwara
Grof, Stanislav, 322, 391
Gunas, 108-18
transcendence of, 115-16
transformation of, 117-18
Higher Mind, see under Mind
Horace, 39
Human development, 390-401
Human evolution
cycles of, 250, 255
three successive elements, 255-61
Hypnosis (hypnotism), 53, 82,
246-47
Ignorance (the), 24, 49, 61, 88,
106, 143, 355
and the Inconscient, 39
transformation of, 158
See also Avidya
Illness(es), 342-43
Illumined Mind, see under Mind
Illusionism, see Mayavada
Inconscience (Inconscient), the, 28-
32, 33, 77, 140, 233-34, 294-98
passim, 307, 377, 392, 393
and the Ignorance, 39
See also Nescience
Individuality, 129-38 passim, 365-
67, 370-74 passim, 384-86
in Adwaita (Monism), 126, 374
and ego, 348-49, 398-99
and the Overmind, 154
and universality, 78
Inner being, 13-15, 22-27 passim,
26, 72-83, 84, 87, 337, 342-44,
363
See also Subliminal, the,
Inner mind (mental), see Subconscious mind
Inner senses, see Senses, inner
Intellect, and spiritual truths, 179-80,
181-84, 191
See also Mind and spiritual
truths under mind
Intuition, 87, 353
Intuition (Plane of Intuition), 142, 149-53
fourfold power of, 152
and reason, 150
Ishwara, 98
See also Divine, the; God
jāgrat, 206
See also Waking-State
James, William, 361, 370
Jivatma(n), 84, 85, 86, 135, 379,
380, 386
in Monism, 374
cf. Central being
Jung, C. G., 304
Knowledge (Vidya), 61, 143, 159
of the Higher Mind, 143-46
integral, 2, 197
and thought, 147
Kuhn, Thomas S., 316
Lajoie, Denise H., 390
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Lama Govinda, 321
Lamprecht, Karl G., 250
Lao Tse, 376
Laya (laya), 227, 367, 373, 380
Liberation, 367, 383-84, 394
and transformation, 167-69, 394
See also Moksha; Mukti
Life, 62, 377
See also Vital, the
Life-mind, 44, 45, 55
See also vital mind under Mind
Matter, 6, 121, 196, 325, 377, 400
Maya, 96 and the Self, 98
Mayavada (Illusionism), 373, 374,
375, 377
See also Shankara
Mind, 61, 193, 337
cannot integrate the being, 19
and consciousness, 8-9, 41-43
evolution of mental life, 256-58
Higher Mind, 143-46, 352
an Ignorance consciousness, 54-61
Illumined Mind, 146-49, 353
inner, see Subconscious mind
an instrument, 259
and Matter, 6
mechanical, 47
physical, 54-55, 81, 341
and the Self, 122
and sense, 51-54, 247
a sixth sense, 82
and spiritual truths, 180-81; see
also Intellect, and spiritual
truths
subliminal, 53
sub-planes of, 43
thinking, 47, 48-49, 55-56, 64
vital, 47-48, 55, 65, 341
and vital distinguished, 339-40
cf. Buddhi; Manas; Sense-mind
Moksha (mokṣa), 167, 380, 367,
373
See also Liberation; Mukti
Monism, 374, 373, 374
qualified, 136
See also Adwaita
Mukti, 71, 167, 170
See also Liberation; Moksha
Muladhar, see under Centres (of
consciousness)
Nagarjuna, 373
Nature, 38, 39, 97, 98, 99, 100,
101-02, 345-46, 384
three modes of, 108-18
See also Prakriti
Nescience, 28, 385
See also Inconscience, the
Nihilism, 373-74, 376, 377
Nirvana (nirvāṇa), 119, 120, 136,
167, 170,71, 216, 226-30, 365,
367, 373, 380,
Buddhistic, 226, 375
and cosmic consciousness, 223-
25
and the Integral Yoga, 228-29
motive forces behind the push
to, 225
Sri Aurobindo's experience of, 376
-77
Non-Being (Asat, Non-Existence),
29, 30, 31, 135, 368, 374, 377
Occultism, 195, 196
Ornstein, Robert E., 316, 322
Outer (frontal, surface) being, 13,
20, 22-27 passim, 41-71, 337,
339-41
Overmind, 142, 153-58, 355-56, 392
and cosmic consciousness, 153
descent of, 153-58 passim
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Person, 13, 125, 137
Personality, 20, 77
multiplicity of, 13, 16, 361-62
psychic, see Psychic being
and real Individuality, 136
soul-personality, see Psychic
being
stages of development, 17-19
Philistine, the (the sensational
man), 275-78
Physical mind, see under Mind
Physical vital, see under Vital (being), the
Physical (being, outer, surface), the,
67-71, 337
vital-physical, 64
Prajna, 23, 209, 215, 297
Prakriti, 86, 384
higher and lower, 106
See also Nature; Purusha and
Prakriti
Psychic,
the psychic, see Psychic being
use of word "psychic", 89fn
Psychical phenomena, 243-49
cf. Clairvoyance; Telepathy
Psychical (psychic) consciousness,
79-83, 243-49
Psychic being (soul-personality, the
psychic), 15, 84-95, 107, 337,
344-45, 379, 380
and the Atman, 85
coming to the front, 94-95
and egoism, 366
and soul, 86
and transformation, 86
cf. Psychic entity; Soul
Psychic entity (spark-soul), 14, 20,
85-86, 88-89
See also Soul; cf. Psychic being
Psychoanalysis, 66, 233, 298-300,
307
Psychological types, 46, 252
Psychology, 288-89
ancient Indian, 79, 296-98, 304
definition of, 316
methods, 319-20
modern (Western), 23, 288-96
passim, 298, 317
transpersonal, definitions of,
390-91
yoga, nature and methods of,
303-13
Purusha, 4, 15, 131, 133, 134, 384
See also Conscious being;
Purusha and Prakriti
Purusha and Prakriti, 96-107, 345-
47; see also Purusha; Prakriti
Rajas, 108, 110-15 passim
changed into tapas, 118
Ramakrishna, 229
Realisation,
meaning of, 171
spiritual and supramental, 171
Reason,
and spiritual truths, see Intellect,
and spiritual truths
Rejection,
and suppression, 65-66
Rig Veda, 29, 31
Sachchidananda, 140, 161-66,
260, 325, 337, 357-58, 368,
374, 391-92
cf. Divine, the
Samadhi, 211-19
dream-state of, 214-15
in the Gita, 217, 218
meaning of, in the Integral Yoga, 217
Nirvikalpa, 213
in the Yoga of devotion, 216
in the Yoga of Knowledge, 216
Sankhya, 103, 123fn, 136, 345
Sanskaras, 33, 34
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Sat-Chit-Ananda, see Sachchidananda
Sattwa, 108, 111-15 passim
changed into jyoti, 118
Savage, 258, 264, 265
cf. Barbarism
Science, 271-73
and the study of Soul and Mind, 288
Self, 86, 88, 100-01, 107, 119-23
passim, 134-35, 136, 140, 171,
197, 361-68, 378-80, 385
and Brahman, 121
and ego, 372, 381
individual, 85; see also Jivatman
and Maya, 98
three statuses of, 379
transcendent, 366
universal, 344, 347, 366
See also Atman; Spirit
Sense(s), 53-54, 81
inner (psychical, supraphysical),
74-75, 79-80, 81, 177-78,
243-48 passim, 312, 320
sixth sense, 82
Sense-mind, see Manas
Shakti, 98, 104-05, 106
See also Consciousness-Force
Shankara, 373, 376, 378
See also Mayavada
Shapiro, S.I., 390
Shunya, 9, 374, 375, 376
Sinha, Jadunath, 304
Sleep, 75, 231-42
becoming conscious during, 236
consciousness in, 232-33, 238
of experiences, 232
Sleep-self, 23, 75
Sleep-State (suṣupti), 213, 206-09,
215,216
Soul-personality, see Psychic being
Social evolution,
psychological stages of, 250-55
subjective (spiritual) age, 285-87
three stages of, 262-270
Sorley, Professor, 185, 186
Soul, 14, 20, 85-95, 97, 98, 99,
100, 101, 119, 379
See also Psychic entity
cf. Psychic being
Spark-soul, see Psychic entity
105, 123, 140, 197
and matter, 96, 97
See also Atman; Self
Subconscient (subconscious), the,
6, 12, 13, 21, 33-40, 72, 307,
337, 349-51, 362-63
becoming aware of, 39-40
control of, 39-40
and dreams, 233-36 passim
and the return of things, 34, 36
and the subliminal, 72
Subconscious (inner) mind, 4, 290-
91, 337
Subliminal (being, self), the, 4, 12,
13, 23, 38, 72-83, 307, 342-44,
362-63
and psychical phenomena, 248-49
and the subconscient, 72
See also Inner being
Subliminal consciousness, 291-92
See also Psychical consciousness
Subliminal mind, see Subconciou
(inner) mind
Superconscient (superconscious),
the, 6, 14-15, 38, 140-66, 307,
351-58, 362-63
Supermind,142,159-61,356-57,392
and mind, 159
and Overmind, 159
See also Gnosis; Truth-Consciousness
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Suppression,
and rejection, 65-66
and objectivity, 175-79, 192-94
Surface being, see Outer being
Sushupti (suṣupti), see Sleep-State
svapna, see Dream-State
Tamas. 108, 39, 110-15 passim,
changed into śama, 118
Tao, 9
Tart, Charles T., 315, 321
Telepathy, 82, 178, 248
cf. Psychical phenomena
Thinking mind, see under Mind
Trance, yogic, see Samadhi
Transcendent (Transcendence), the, 382, 386
Transformation, 394-95
different statuses of, 171
and liberation, 167-69, 394
of the lower nature, 173-74
meaning, 168, 169-70, 172
Truth-Consciousness, 224, 358,
159-60
See also Gnosis; Supermind
Turiya, 206, 213
Universal Life, see Cosmic Life
Universal Matter, see Cosmic Matter
Universal Mind, see Cosmic Mind
Upanishad(s), 90fm\n, 296, 297
record of experiences, 184
Vedanta (Vedantic), 170-71, 303,
367, 373, 391, 393
meaning of Nirvana in, 226
Vidya, see Knowledge
Vital (being), the, 17, 337
and the emotional being, 63
four parts of, 63-64
functions of, 64
higher vital, 63
lower vital, 63, 63-64
and mind distinguished, 339-40
outer (surface), 62-67
physical vital, 66
Vital mind, see under Physical
(being), the
Vivekananda, 38
Waking-State (jāgrat), 206-09
Washburn, Ken, 371, 392, 398
Yoga, 123
based on experience, 184, 198
experiences of, testing, 188-90
meaning of the word, 309
scientific nature of, 311
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