... an undeveloped condition, do we speak of the descent of the supramental plane, instead of the descent of the intermediate planes? For a very simple reason, because till now the whole physical, material world, the whole earth (let us take the earth) has been ruled by forces and the consciousness that come from what Sri Aurobindo calls the Overmind. Even what men call God is a force, a power coming ...
... just as in the case of an individual human being there are planes of consciousness like the physical, the vital, the mental and others, so also in the cosmic field there exist beyond the physical-material world other worlds like the vital, mental, etc. And what is of great relevance and significance is the fact that there is close connection, communication, and co-operation between the functioning ...
... mental and of something of a spiritual influence or infusion (quite veiled), everything that happens is the combination of all this—if we go out of all that (we can do it), if we rise above the physical, material world as it is, and enter another consciousness, we perceive things totally differently. And then we see that behind these appearances which seem to us absolutely logical and extremely natural ...
... the Lord to manifest his Perfection (and I am quite aware of how foolish this expression is, but it does correspond to an aspiration). 3 When I say 'manifest,' I mean to manifest in our physical, material world—I'm asking for the transformation of this world. And the moment I utter one of these invocations, the sense of the particular approach it represents is there; that's why I am now able to give ...
... Listen, Sri Aurobindo wrote the whole Arya for I don't know how much time, five years, I think, without a single thought in his head. I don't think, but I do have the thoughts of the physical, material world, the material mind. Yes, that's there. Oh, it keeps running? Yes, it keeps running. But all the rest has stopped running. There's a sort of numbness. I wouldn't complain if I didn't ...
... Nature. Red is the colour of the physical and material world. The red ring could therefore be allotted to a people that has achieved a great mastery over the physical world. This colour would also Page 265 indicate that material success has given it predominance over the others. In any case, it represents a people that stresses physical and material things. Blue, on the other hand... Messages, Letters and Conversations Messages, Letters and Conversations Sri Aurobindo Ashram Department of Physical Education On Education The Olympic Rings It has been officially stated that the five rings of the symbol of the Olympic Games represent the five continents, but no special significance has been attached to the colour of the rings, nor has... divine Origin. The arrangement of the rings also has a significance. Black is the central colour upholding all the others, and this is indeed an indication of the black chaos which now governs the world and of the blindness of those who are at present struggling to guide the ship of humanity on the dark sea of ignorance. It is our hope that in the future this black ring will be replaced by a white ...
... ordinary people into a "miracle". This is precisely what we want to do by bringing down into the physical and material world the supramental force and consciousness. At first it works by diffusion, not directly. Its working is more or less veiled, more veiled and distorted as it descends into the physical world, until it becomes almost imperceptible. If it could work here directly, without this distortion... inner eye belonging to another world. One doesn't normally see material things with this eye, or if one does, it is from a very special angle. There are people who can see at a distance what is going on in another country or in a place that is far away from them. Are these things seen by the psychic vision? No, the psychic vision doesn't usually deal with material things. Isn't it mental vision... of being belongs to a world of its own and carries within it its own destiny, its own determinism. And it is the combination of all these determinisms, which is sometimes very heterogeneous, that results in the destiny of the individual." A person may have a great many personalities within him—ten or twenty, for example—and each one has its own destiny. In the physical world, an individuality means ...
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