... is a mental substance as there is a vital Page 306 substance and physical substance. And as there is a substance, there is a corresponding world with an autonomous existence, that is to say, there can be a mind without any physical support. The physical body may disappear and the mind can continue to exist. It is here that it is important to understand that there is a mental substance which... said, for instance, that the cells are the substance of your body. It is not exactly matter, the mind is not quite material, but it is the very thing of which the mind is made. If there were no mental substance, there would be no mental being. It would be only a vibration; and even a vibration needs a medium to manifest itself. But if your body were not made of material substance, you wouldn't have ...
... transmit the essential idea and even something that is higher than the idea: the state—the state of consciousness, of knowledge, of perception—directly through the vibration. When you think, the mental substance vibrates in a certain way in accordance with the form your consciousness gives to your thought, and it is this vibration which should be perceived by the other mind if it is well attuned. Indeed... said. And people imagine that they have understood each other because they have heard the sound of words, but they haven't communicated. So, if you want to exercise the least effect on the mental substance, the first thing is to learn how to think clearly, and not a verbal thought which depends on words but a thought which can dispense with words, which can be understood in itself without words... tried it? Well then, try. You have an absolutely clear and precise understanding of what you want to communicate to others—it vibrates in a special way, it has the power to give a form to the mental substance; and then, afterwards , as a concession to human habits you organise a certain number of words around it to try—there, much lower down—to give a verbal form to the vibration of consciousness ...
... y of no substance. Then there is no universe. It is conceivible that there is no substance, somewhere. Where there is no substance then there is no world. Material substance, vital substance, mental substance, spiritual substance, all this is one Substance but in actual working it lends itself to all kinds of demarcation or difference. There is a series which seems to descend from Spirit to Matter... straight line but it is an ascending line. Matter in the series of substance is influenced by life, partly now; it is influenced by mind, partly now. It is man who embodies in him the three series of mental substance, vital and physical substance. He holds in himself the first possibility of opening the higher series of substance. He creates the first possibility in which the spirit-substance can act directly... descend and manifest itself, here, but then an instrument would be needed. And Sri Aurobindo says man is the instrument because he is one who holds in himself,—material substance, vital substance, mental substance. Man brings the whole evolved powers of the cosmos to a point; and his substance does not end with the body. A more perfect physical body, also, can be evolved if man admits the possibility. The ...
... whereas there is a mental substance as there is a vital substance and physical substance. And as there is a substance, there is a corresponding world with an autonomous existence, that is to say, there can be a mind without any physical support. The physical body may disappear and the mind can continue to exist. It is here that it is important to understand that there is a mental substance which, obviously ...
... long as the supramental light does not fall fully on the upward looking mentality. But an increasing will to equality in the intelligence is needed, before that light can work freely upon the mental substance. This too is not an abnegation of the seekings and cosmic purposes of the intelligence, not an indifference or impartial scepticism, nor yet a stilling of all thought in the silence of the Ineffable... when the object is to free the mind from its own partial workings, in order that it may become an equal channel of a higher light and knowledge; but there must also be a transformation of the mental substance; otherwise the higher light cannot assume full possession and a compelling shape for the ordered works of the divine consciousness in the human being. The silence of the Ineffable is a truth of ...
... difference while pinpointing her Page 65 subject - the part of the being with which she is busy - thus: "It is not the physical mind...it is the mind of Matter. It is the mental substance which belongs to Matter itself, to the cells. That is what was once called 'the spirit of the form' when it was said that the mummies kept their body intact so long as the spirit of the form... Otherwise they go wrong. When the work in the cells will have been finished, there won't be any further difficulty".¹ The Mind of Light in an increased aspect which has to do with the mental substance belonging to Matter itself - an aspect involving an extension of the Supermind's establishment in the cerebral mentality which the Mother had realised in the immediate wake of Sri Aurobindo's ...
... culminating experiences. Which when they touch that mental substance in its state of utter silence or love or utter passivity overwhelms that substance with such intensity and perfection that that aspect or quality of the indivisible infinite that is in the forefront in the experience is felt to le final or ultimate. But, if the mental substance is further deepened or widened or heightened, new experiences ...
... countless conditions Page 176 of the lower levels: one begins to know what joy and love are in themselves, without cause. But the light is still cold, somewhat hard. It is still a heavy mental substance catching the light from above and mixing it with its own substance, covering it with a thinking layer without even being aware of it, and therefore understanding the light received only after... trouble to eliminate from its development anything that might contradict its conclusion. Indeed, it can open itself to higher planes and receive flashes, but this is not its normal altitude; its mental substance is designed to break down the light. It cannot understand unless it first explains. c) The Illumined Mind The illumined mind has a different nature. As the higher mind gradually accepts ...
... of organisation and action.” Why? The mind gives a form to the thoughts. This power of formation forms mental entities whose life is independent of the mind that has formed them.... There is a mental substance just as there is a physical substance, and on this plane the mind can emanate innumerable forms. These forms can be objectivised and seen, and that is one of the most common explanations for dreams ...
... the mind that has formed them – they act as beings that are at least semi-independent. One can form a thought which then travels, goes out to someone, spreads the idea it contains. There is a mental substance just as there is a physical substance, and on [its own] plane the mind can emanate innumerable forms.” 31 “We regard thought as a thing separate from existence, abstract, unsubstantial ...
... allowed for the perception of vibrations in a much larger if not completely total way; and it eliminates the sensation of division which one has with the former kind of substance, with the ordinary mental substance … This [new] substance is at present almost universally spread in the terrestrial atmosphere.’ 9 March 19 69: ‘It is as if that new Consciousness has brought with it a whole new field ...
... normally understood, not of a transformational process – because they were thinking in terms of illness. A thought is not an abstraction, it is something concrete in the mental world, embodied in mental substance, and sure to work out the intention with which it has been charged. When such thoughts were directed at the Mother, she sometimes had to react with vigour, simply to protect herself. Question: ...
... degree of subtlety and refinement allows for a larger, not to say total perception of the vibrations; and it eliminates the impression of division one has within the old substance, the ordinary mental substance. There is a subtlety of vibration which makes that the global, universal perception is something spontaneous and natural. Within this substance the sense of division, of separation disappears ...
... Supermind is meant the full Truth-consciousness of the Divine Nature in which there can be no place for the principle of division and ignorance; it is always a full light and knowledge superior to all mental substance or mental movement. Between the Page 146 Supermind and the human mind are a number of ranges, planes or layers of consciousness—one can regard it in various ways—in which the element ...
... Intimations rise to our surface from the psyche, but our mind does not detect their source; it takes them for its own activities because, before even they come to the surface, they are clothed in mental substance: thus ignorant of their authority, it follows or does not follow them according to its bent or turn at the moment. If the mind obeys the urge of the vital ego, then there is little chance of the ...
... formations. But, you see, in a smaller measure and less perfectly one is making formations all the time. When, for instance, one thinks of somebody quite powerfully, there is a small emanation of mental substance which, instantaneously, goes to this person, you understand, a vibration of your thought which goes and touches his; and if he is receptive, he sees you. He sees you and tells you, "You came last ...
... Intimations rise to our surface from the psyche, but our mind does not detect their source; it takes them for its own activities because, before even they come to the surface, they are clothed in mental substance: Page 2 thus ignorant of their authority, it follows or does not follow them according to its bent or turn at the moment. If the mind obeys the urge of the vital ego, then ...
... influences which come from the soul; "our mind does not detect their source; it takes them for its own activities because, before even they come to the surface, they are clothed in mental substance: thus igno- rant of their authority, it follows or does not follow them 4. From the viewpoint of yoga, true faith is not a mental belief but a dynamic intuitive conviction in the soul ...
... formations. But, you see, in a smaller measure and less perfectly one is making formations all the time. When, for instance, one thinks of somebody quite powerfully, there is a small emanation of mental substance which, instantaneously, goes to this person, you understand, a vibration of your thought which goes and touches his; and if he is receptive, he sees you. He sees you and tells you, “You came last ...
... until a future life so as to participate in it with all its gains. In artists, as for instance in certain musicians who have used their hands in a particularly conscious way, the vital and mental substance is preserved in the form of hands, and these hands remain fully conscious, they can even use the body of living people if there is a special affinity—and so on. Otherwise, in ordinary people ...
... day when I entered his mind, it was frightful! I can't listen to him, but I can be with him without listening to him. There you have it! ( Mother laughs ) He clearly knows how to put mental substance into shape—but this handling of mental matter to give it a shape, everybody does it unknowingly, automatically; you only have to think a little strongly for it to be done. Only, people don't see ...
... existence. The why and the how do not exist in the domain of the Supramental Consciousness because the principles of division and ignorance have no place there. It is above the dualities of the mental substance and the mental movements. It is ever luminous with the full knowledge and a will that is instantly effective the moment one thinks or wants something, — without any intermediary whatsoever, — ...
... more difficult to become universalized, while the other cells very spontaneously extended everywhere. Probably because they have become extremely "mentalized,” covered over and permeated with mental substance, while the other “natural” cells, if we may say so, have a very direct perception of Matter’s oneness. Like Sri Aurobindo, She was beginning to expand everywhere: I feel I have no more limits ...
... you define this physical Mind, that which was subject to this transfer of power?”— That isn’t the physical Mind. It is the material Mind—not even the material Mind: the mind OF MATTER. It is the mental substance that belongs to Matter itself, to the cells. That’s what was formerly called “the spirit of the form,” when it was said that mummies kept their bodies intact as long as the spirit of the form ...
... action & the holder of the joy by the understanding. Indra is dhiyeshita. But what will ensure the understanding itself from error & swerving? It is the divine inspiration, Saraswati, rich with mental substance & clearness, who will keep the system purified, uphold sovereignly the Yajna, & illumine all the actions of the understanding, by awakening with the high divine perception, daivyena ketuná, the ...
... until a future life so as to participate in it with all its gains. In artists, as for instance in certain musicians who have used their hands in a particularly conscious way, the vital and mental substance is preserved in the form of hands, and these hands remain fully conscious, they can even use the body of living people if there is a special affinity — and so on. Otherwise, in ordinary ...
... subtlety and refinement allowed the perception of vibrations in a much wider, if not altogether total way, and it removes the sensation of division one has with the old substance, the ordinary mental substance. There is a subtlety of vibration which makes global, universal perception a spontaneous and natural thing. The sense of division, of separation, disappears quite naturally and spontaneously with ...
... higher origin than the mind. There is a region of the mind, higher than the ordinary mind, in which there are ideas, typal ideas, really prototypes; and these ideas descend and are clothed in mental substance. So, in accordance with—how to put it?—the quality of the receiver, they either keep all their own qualities and original nature or become distorted, coloured, transformed in the individual c ...
... transfer of power? It is not the physical mind. It is long since the physical mind has changed.... It is the material mind—not even the material mind: it is the mind of Matter . It is the mental substance which belongs to Matter itself, to the cells. That is what was once called the "spirit of the form", when it was said that mummies kept their body intact as long as the spirit of the form persisted ...
... soul when it dwells in the principle of mind, not yet subject to but user of life and body, knows itself as a mental being working out its mental life and forces and images, bodies of the subtle mental substance, according to its individual knowledge, will and dynamis modified by its relation to other similar beings and powers in the universal mind. When it dwells in the principle of life, it knows itself ...
... purpose of farther fixing the transformation of intuitive mentality into intuitive ideality. This has been effected so that even in relaxed states of the system, the thought is ideal and not of the mental substance. The mental form is becoming exceptional, peculiar to a most relaxed condition of the system. Samadhi still distressed by nidra. Dream of half-samadhi turning to vision, incoherence sometimes ...
... and refinement allowed the perception of vibrations in a much more extensive, if not altogether total way, and it abolishes the sensation of division one has with the old substance, the ordinary mental substance.” The Mother is here describing the new, more refined kind of Matter necessary for the embodiment of the new species. In the coming years her descriptions of this new kind of Matter will become ...
... the only one existent, while in fact it is but one of the many gradations of substance which lend concreteness to the tiers of being. For vital beings exist in vital substance, mental beings in mental substance, supramental beings in supramental substance. “[Matter] is a fit and noble material out of which He weaves constantly His garbs, builds recurrently the unending series of His mansions.” 4 The ...
... the perception of vibrations in a much wider, if not altogether total way, and it [i.e. that new substance] removes the sensation of division one has because of the old substance, the ordinary mental substance. There is a subtlety of vibration which ensures that a global, universal perception is something spontaneous and natural. The sense of division, of separation, disappears quite naturally and ...
... of the mind that has formed them—they act as beings that are at least semi-independent. One can form a thought which then travels, goes out to someone, spreads the idea it contains. There is a mental substance just as there is a physical substance, and on this plane the mind can emanate innumerable forms. These forms can be objectivised and seen, and that is one of the most common explanations for dreams ...
... difficult to put it into words. But if you are able to do that, it could do you good, it could be restful. My experience, you see, is that his mental silence is rigid—rigid, closed—but the mental substance, the brain's physical substance really rests, his silence can rid you of a headache, for instance. It's a very, very material vibration, he has some mastery there. ( What follows was un ...
... underwent the transfer of power? That isn't the physical mind. The physical mind, it's a long time since... It is the material mind—not even the material mind: the mind OF MATTER. 1 It is the mental substance that belongs to Matter itself, to the cells. That's what was formerly called "the spirit of the form," when it was said that mummies kept their bodies intact as long as the spirit of the form ...
... be able to take the next step in discipline. For after the storage and increase of energy comes the sublimation of energy, that is to say, the physico-vital energy transmuted into the energy of mental substance, medha. Sublimation means also the increase of brain-power, an enhancement in the degree and quality of its capacity. This has nothing to do with the volume of knowledge enclosed (the mass of ...
... is meant the full Truth-Consciousness of the Divine Nature in which there can be no place for the principle of division and ignorance; it is always a full light and knowledge superior to all mental substance or mental movement. Between the supermind and the human mind are a number of ranges, planes or layers of consciousness – one can regard it in various ways – in which the element or substance ...
... the words of this class which express the idea of wish and desire. Growth or expansion in richness & substance of the individual being, (the primary object of all Rigveda), is the purpose for which this luminous mental activity & abundant formation is desired by the Rishi,—growth especially of mental force, fertility and clearness. Again, this processwith its resultant growth is desired, dyavi dyavi... s, Indra always when our gettings & our felicity are attacked & our city has to be held against the dasyus, the robbers, the foes. He comes to us always bringing fresh substance to our mental faculties, increased resources of mental force for our active consciousness.भुवत्, गमत्,—the habitual past, formed direct from the proper stem भू, गम्. I accept राये as the usual dative, although I do not feel... is supposed to have increased mental force in accordance with past experience (वृद्धो अजायथाः, अवीवृधन्) and in answer to the prayer त्वां वर्धंतु नो गिरः; the Rishi prays that that increased mental force may remain unimpaired अक्षित, and that the Lord of the Force, thus preserved in the expansion of his power, may safeguard, preserve or keep safe (सनेद्) this substance of mind, this rich mind-stuff ...
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