... universal forces that act through us. Environmental Consciousness (The Circumconscient) The inner or subliminal being receives the contacts of the environing world though the environmental consciousness or the circumconscient, a formation of the subliminal consciousness which projects itself beyond the body. "It is through this [environmental consciousness] that the thoughts, feelings etc. of... feeling and sensation, etc., which take particular form in him and rise to the surface after they have got inside. "But they do not get into his body at once. He carries about with him an environmental consciousness (called by the Theosophists the Aura) into which they first enter. If you can become conscious of this environmental self of yours, then you can catch the thought, passion, suggestion or... IV: The Subconscient and the Integral Yoga × Sri Aurobindo, Letters on Yoga - I: The Environmental Consciousness ...
... it tries still for a time from that base or refuge to trouble and recapture the assent of the higher parts—until the victory is complete and it is driven even out of the surrounding or environmental consciousness which is the extension of ourselves into the general or universal Nature. Is it that the body does not accept the sex-thoughts and desires? If so, you are entitled to reject it as... vital, they still try to hold on to the lower vital and physical. Rejected from the lower vital, they still hold the body by a physical desire. Rejected from the body, they retire into the environmental consciousness (sometimes the subconscient also, rising in dreams)—I mean by the environmental a sort of surrounding atmosphere which we carry about with us and by which we communicate with the universal... suggestions till that too ends—and they are finished and non-existent. There are two places into which it [ the suggestion of sex ] can retire—the subconscient vital below or the environmental consciousness around. When it returns it surges up from below, if it is the former, or approaches and invades from outside, if it is the latter. It [ the pleasure of sex ] is the reason why the ...
... body. 17 Environmental Consciousness (The Circumconscient) The subliminal has a formation of consciousness which projects itself beyond the body "and forms a circumconscient, an environing part of itself, through which it receives the contacts of the world and can become aware of them and deal with them before they enter." 18 This environmental consciousness surrounding the body... body is that part of the individual being through which the individual is in inner contact with other beings and with universal forces. By environmental consciousness I mean something that each man carries around him, outside his body, even when he is not aware of it, — by which he is in touch with others and with the universal forces. It is through this that the thoughts, feelings... sensation, etc., which take particular form in him and rise to the surface after they have got inside. But they do not get into his body at once. He carries about with him an environmental consciousness (called by the Theosophists the Aura) into which they first enter. If you can become conscious of this environmental self of yours, then you can catch the thought, passion, suggestion ...
... mentalities, the vital its vitalities, the physical its physicalities—these usually go back into the corresponding domain of general Nature. It all stays at first, when that happens, in the environmental consciousness which we carry about with us, by which we communicate with the outside Nature, and often it persistently rushes back from there—until it is so absolutely rejected, or thrown far away as it... him, so they return on him, often with an increased force, even with a stupendous violence, when they Page 219 find their influence rejected. But they cannot last long once the environmental consciousness is cleared—unless the "Hostiles" take a hand. Even then they can indeed attack, but if the sadhak has established his position in the inner self, they can only attack and retire. It is... its habits, is largely due to a subconscient support. The subconscient is full of irrational habits. When things are rejected from all other parts of the nature, they go either into the environmental consciousness around us through which we communicate with others and with universal Page 220 Nature and try to return from there or they sink into the subconscient and can come up from there ...
... The Vertical System: Supermind to Subconscient Letters on Yoga - I Chapter IX The Environmental Consciousness The Environmental Consciousness around the Individual Everyone carries around him an environmental consciousness or atmosphere through which he is in relation with others or with the universal forces. It is through this that these forces or... waiting till they get an opportunity to attempt entrance. It [ the environmental consciousness ] can become silent when there is the wideness. One can become conscious of it and deal with what passes through it. A man without it would be without contact with the rest of the world. The Environmental Consciousness and the Movements of the Lower Nature These things [ self-esteem, depression... cannot come fully in, the inner being remaining calm and free. Then even if there is still a surface difficulty, there will not be these overpowerings. The Environmental Consciousness and the Subconscient They [ the environmental consciousness and the subconscient ] are two quite different things. What is stored in the subconscient—impressions, memories, rise up from there into the conscious parts ...
... oneself, part of the individual being, through which one is in contact with the cosmic forces and with other beings. This last is what I have called the environmental consciousness. Sri Aurobindo Letters on Yoga - I: The Environmental Consciousness Each man has his own personal consciousness entrenched in his body and gets into touch with his surroundings only through his body and senses and... waiting till they get an opportunity to attempt entrance. Sri Aurobindo Letters on Yoga - I: The Environmental Consciousness When these things are rejected by the waking consciousness they try to take refuge in the subconscient or else in what may be called the environmental consciousness and from there they press upon the consciousness trying to recover their hold or simply to recur for a... art, poetry, philosophy, thirst for knowledge which relieve if they do not yet dispel the ignorance. Sri Aurobindo Letters on Yoga - I: The Subconscient and the Inconscient * Environmental Consciousness *The individual is not limited to the physical body—it is only the external consciousness which feels like that. As soon as one gets over this feeling of limitation, one can feel first ...
... feeling and sensation etc. which take particular forms in him and rise to the surface after they have got inside. But they do not get into his body at once. He carries about with him an environmental consciousness (called by the Theosophists the aura) into which they first enter. If you can become conscious of this environmental self of yours, then you can catch the thought, passion, suggestion or... they go to a distance outside but linger on the outskirts or even perhaps far off, waiting till they get an opportunity to attempt entrance. Sri Aurobindo Letters on Yoga - I: The Environmental Consciousness The universal forces act very often through the subconscient—especially when the force they send is something the person has been in the habit of obeying and of which the seeds, impressions ...
... not indulge the desires, the wrong impulses, the wrong brute feelings that come. Do not admit the idea that you cannot refuse. Throw them out each time they come, out of the body into the environmental consciousness till they can finally be pushed away from there also. For it is these that now separate you in the physical consciousness from the Mother. Obstruction and Obscuration The difficulty... the higher mind or from the higher to the lower ranges of overmind. For some time it resists the completeness of the siddhi. It is only when the most material and the subconscient and the environmental consciousness are quite liberated that this retarding or lowering effect of the primal Inertia is entirely overcome. What you describe—dullness, uneasiness, weakness, feeling old and worn out or ...
... 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 ... 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 Page 420 the fundamental thing in existence, 10-11 higher (spiritual), 209-10 inner and outer, 23-24 materialistic view ...
... place. The Environmental Consciousness and the Subconscient These cravings and desires are old habits of the physical which came to it from the universal Nature and which it accepted and took as part of itself and its life. When these things are rejected by the waking consciousness they try to take refuge in the subconscient or else in what may be called the environmental consciousness and from there... pressure is felt but can no longer disturb and finally it recedes to a distance (no longer pressing immediately on the physical mind or body) and either gradually or rapidly disappears. By environmental consciousness I mean something that each man carries around him, outside his body, even when he is not aware of it,—by which he is in touch with others and with the universal forces. It is through this... of the mind, vital or body. When these things [ base feelings such as jealousy ] are rejected Page 601 and disappear for a time, some part of them may go out into the environmental consciousness and from there they can return in a wave from the general Nature. If one is conscious, one can even feel them coming in. The rejection of such returns is an important part of the purification ...
... out into the environmental consciousness and from there they can return when pushed by the hostile forces. It is in these two ways that the hostiles try to recover their hold. But the rising from the subconscient is not so important except for its long persistence—it comes up in dream or it is, in the waking consciousness, fragmentary. But when it comes from the environmental consciousness then it can... thing that can come without long and steady endeavour. Movements like these have many refuges in different parts of the being and it is not till they are driven out of all and out of the environmental consciousness that one can be free from their recurrence. One must learn to be inflexible, fixed in one's aim and not discouraged by the recurring difficulties of the nature, for they have been long ingrained... They [ hostile attacks on the outer being ] are felt as suggestions, or a touch on the surface mind, vital, physical or as movements in the atmosphere (the personal or the general environmental consciousness)—but for the inner being it is like gusts or storms outside. If they penetrate by chance into the house, they are immediately ejected and the doors and windows banged on them—there is nothing ...
... to avoid this or that person. You have to learn to be on your guard and self-contained. This morning a strong wave of depression and despair vehemently knocked at my environmental consciousness. I felt as if it came from the atmosphere. Evidently these things come from the atmosphere — especially when somebody is being upset it can try to come. I... acquire. Most of the sadhaks don't seem to find it easy. They go on admitting all the time. My request to the Mother is to build a protective wall around my environmental consciousness, so that nothing of the general atmosphere intrudes on me. Whatever arises from my own lower or subconscient nature I will manage by her help. Very good. Page 107 ... when we are forced to listen to a long, boring lecture we feel lethargic. It is this kind of fatigue that is experienced here. Page 111 You threw it out of your environmental consciousness and it comes back from there if you allow it. If a thrown-out thing comes back like that what is the use of throwing out the thing that gives one so much trouble? After ...
... habits, is largely due to a subconscient support. The subconscient is full of irrational habits. When things are rejected from all other parts of the nature, they go either into the environmental consciousness around us through which we communicate with others and with universal Nature and try to return from there or they sink into the subconscient and can come up from there even after lying... mentalities, the vital its vitalities, the physical its physicalities — these usually go back into the corresponding domain of general Nature. It all stays at first, when that happens, in the environmental consciousness which we carry about with us, by which we communicate with the outside Nature, and often it persistently rushes back from there — until it is so absolutely rejected, or thrown far away ...
... environment a happier place for the child" we have workshops for parents so that the "beautiful" environment of Mira Nursery extends to the child's home as well. Page 456 6. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE ASHRAM The Ashram, as an institution, encourages ecological and environmental values very consciously and conscientiously. Wastage is avoided wherever possible. Every scrap of... even for official purposes. This has a lasting impact on the students in the campus. There are students who have reported that they cannot waste paper any longer even at home! But the environmental consciousness encompasses even other aspects: energy, water, electricity, and food. The Ashram is increasingly using alternative forms of energy and has already equipped most of its residential buildings ...
... about it. The mind rejects its mentalities, the vital its vitalities, the physical its physicalities—these usually go into the corresponding domain of general Nature. It all stays in the environmental consciousness, which we carry about with us, by which we communicate with the outside Nature, and persistently rushes back from there—until it is so absolutely rejected that it can't return. But when what... natural tendency of its inferior forces to try and perpetuate their action in the individual, so they return on him when they find their influence rejected. But they cannot last long once the environmental consciousness is cleared—unless the Hostiles take a hand. Even then these can attack, but if the sadhak has established his position in the inner self, they can only attack and retire. It is true that ...
... within or at least not primarily from there but from the environment, from a wider expanse, a universal wideness extending beyond the limits of the individual ego. This we shall call the environmental consciousness. The right consciousness may on the other hand come from above, in the for of a higher consciousness. The "above" too has many levels or planes. The highest of these is called the Supreme... the Overmind. These then are the main gradations or steps in the growth of consciousness: (1) unconsciousness, (2) consciousness, (3) active consciousness, (4) inner consciousness, (5) environmental consciousness, (6) Supramental consciousness, (7) Supreme or Transcendental consciousness. These correspond Page 282 to the seven layers of our being, sapta-kosa, the seven worlds ...
... consciousness is only a fraction of his subconscious being. In fact, what man does on the surface-consciousness is very often the result of the action of the subconscient, or even of the environmental consciousness. There is available to man even a subliminal consciousness in which the incidence of his Ignorance is considerably reduced. Take, for instance, the sense organisation. Ordinarily the... eternaly confined to his present consciousness. Man finds that his ignorance is most intense in his waking condition, and even there he is acting on a selection from the subconscient or the environmental consciousness. Subtle levels of consciousness, vast ranges of knowledge and action are available to man. So, Ignorance is not like a dark sheet completely shutting out all Light, it is rather like a hazy ...
... Pranam I experienced for some time a different kind of atmosphere almost concretely around me, so I imagined that the Mother may have put a strong spiritual influence on my subconscient and environmental consciousness. It is very good. You are right about the subconscient and environmental,—for it is there that the influence must fall so that the consciousness may go upward and spread itself out widely ...
... tal Nature. It [ rejection ] is the way to get rid of these things [ anger and sex desire ]—when rejected they either sink into the subconscient or pass out into the surrounding (environmental) consciousness through which one is connected with the universal forces. They may try to rise up from the subconscient or come in again from outside; but if one always rejects them, calling in the aid ...
... vital, they still try to hold on to the lower vital and physical. Rejected from the lower vital, they still hold the body by a physical desire. Rejected from the body, they retire into the environmental consciousness (sometimes into the subconsient also, rising in dreams)—I mean by the environmental a sort of surrounding atmosphere which we carry about with us and by which we communicate with the universal ...
... reciting and re'ading inspirational passages from various texts and listening to several distinguished speakers discussing subjects related to cultural, social and spiritual values, promoting environmental consciousness and work values and conducting value education camps and workshops in the Ashram. Paper XIV: Innovative Practices in Value»Oriented Education: National Open SchooPs Endeavour ...
... "They [the hostile attacks on the outer being] are felt as suggestions, or a touch on the surface mind, vital, physical or as movements in the atmosphere (the personal or the general environmental consciousness) — but for the inner being it is like gusts or storms outside. If they penetrate by chance into the house, they are imme- Page 342 diately ejected and the doors and windows ...
... isn't connected with one's sadhana. It is a part of the character, quite noticeable in those who do no sadhana. When certain people pass by me, their influence falls on my environmental consciousness like a shadow. Something in me can discriminate whether the influence is good or bad, pure or impure etc. But still I cannot be sure of my judgment as I am not a mature Yogi. ...
... who has cultivated silence will no longer let himself become caught in this false identification; 58 he will have become aware of what Sri Aurobindo calls the circumconscient, the environmental consciousness, 59 that field of snow around him, which can be extremely luminous, strong and solid, or become dark, corrupted, and sometimes even completely disintegrated, depending upon his own inner ...
... came out of my body and rose straight up above the house, then above the town, very high.” It signifies, I suppose, first, transcendence of the body-consciousness, then of the habitual environmental consciousness and, last, of the universal human consciousness. This transcendence of all human formulæ and ascent "very high" gives the Mother a secure station in the superconscience. But by transcendence ...
... was very wonderful, marvelous indeed. But from the place where normally I sit I could not even go to the Page 34 Samadhi. The whole place was filled up with environmental consciousness. It was very difficult to stir and move out from there . The column which was there until then is not there now. It is not there now. Even the resistance in the lower vital-physical ...
... the outer consciousness and action; when the true self is discovered, the utility of the ego ceases, this formation disappears and the true individuality is felt in its place. Environmental consciousness — see Circumconscient. the Force — see Consciousness-Force the Gita —short form of Bhagavad Gita, "the Song of the Blessed Lord", being the spiritual teachings of ...
... one status at a time; especially, a difficulty is created by the division of our being into an inner and an outer or surface nature and the farther intricacy of a secret circumconscient or environmental consciousness in which are determined our unseen connections with the world outside us. In the spiritual opening, it is the awakened inner being that readily receives and assimilates the higher influences ...
... unmoved witness of the external movements. That is the liberation of the Sannyasin. In some cases it can liberate the external also, throwing the old nature out into Page 22 the environmental consciousness, but even this is liberation, not transformation. Spiritual liberation means to be free from ego and from the imprisonment in the mind and vital and physical nature and to be conscious ...
... the mind it often goes to the vital, rejected by the vital, to the physical, rejected by the physical to the subconscient. Rejected from the subconscient also, it can still linger in the environmental consciousness—but there it has no longer any possession of the being and can be thrown away altogether. That is a known fact that everything comes from outside, from universal Nature. But the individual ...
... the Peace and Force and Light have to be settled in the mind, then in the vital (heart, navel and below) and the physical. The desires etc. will then have been pushed out into a kind of environmental consciousness from which they try to return and must be driven out from there also. This will create a firm basis for the rest of the sadhana. He is to be congratulated on the victory in the matter ...
... that recur from the general Nature", that "they return on him [the individual], often with an increased force ... when they find their influence rejected. But they cannot last long once the environmental consciousness is cleared—unless the 'Hostiles' take a hand" [p. 90]. Two questions arise: (1) Whether the Hostiles are something quite different from the waves of Nature? (2) Whether, during the process ...
... its habits, is largely due to a subconscient support. The subconscient is full of irrational habits. When things are rejected from all other parts of the nature, they go either into the environmental consciousness around us through which we communicate with others and with universal Nature and try to return from there or they sink into the subconscient and can come up from there even after lying long ...
... social life; literally, that which one lays hold of and which holds things together. Divine, the —the Supreme Truth, the Supreme Being from whom all have come and in whom all are. environmental consciousness (being) —part of the being that each person carries around him, outside his body, by which he is in touch with others and with the universal forces. gradations between mind and Supermind ...
... It's the result of this discovery. In fact, it's the result of union with the psychic being. Another detail. In several places, Sri Aurobindo speaks of the 'circumconscient' or 'environmental consciousness' through which we enter into contact with the external world. Is this the same as the 'subtle physical,' the subtle envelope? What is this circumconscient? It's the encircling consciousness ...
... the mind it often goes to the vital, rejected by the vital, to the physical, rejected by the physical to the subconscient. Rejected from the subconscient also, it can still linger in the environmental consciousness - but there it has no longer any possession of the being and can be thrown away altogether. Why did the vital feel that the Mother was displeased with me? Causeless ...
... find it interesting, but it's very revealing. Then the work finished at about half past four, and I went up and tried to meditate. Impossible! Thoughts began to come in from all sides: from environmental consciousness, from above, from below, from cosmic consciousness even. They began to pour in and in and in, till meditation was lost, sleep too was lost! (Laughter) But ideas came in and kept ...
... subconscient inertia. Page 288 The lower nature tried its best, but in vain, to throw its waves of jealousy on my vital, for the Mother has so reinforced my environmental consciousness with her Peace that nothing foreign to her can penetrate it. Yes, that is the peace that must be there. TWO FIRES I see that a sadhak who comes to ...
... become a calm and unmoved witness of the external movements. That is the liberation of the Sannyasin. In some cases it can liberate the external also throwing the old nature out into the environmental consciousness but even this is liberation, not transformation. Of course I do find some essential changes in the inner and higher parts of my being, but nothing concrete in the outer ...
... others and he receives into it the thoughts, feelings of others, without knowing it most often, and uses that too as material for his separate world. Everyone carries around him an environmental consciousness Page 22 or atmosphere through which he is in relation with others —or with the universal forces. It is through this that there [enter] forces or thoughts or feelings of ...
... different line, not along the line of the normal activity of the mental and vital and physical consciousness. Body and life and mind belong after all, at least are closely affiliated, to one's environmental consciousness; they are indeed part of the circumstances in which one is born and lives and moves. It is when one bypasses them or passes through them beyond into one's soul, into one's true being and ...
... line of the normal Page 64 activity of the mental and vital and physical consciousness. Body and life and mind belong after all, at least are closely affiliated, to one's environmental consciousness; they are indeed part of the circumstances in which one is born and lives and moves. It is when one by-passes them or passes through them beyond into one's soul, into one's true being and ...
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