... the mind, without the vital. It was in that condition when X came in. There were only these perceptions (towns, buildings, temples), it lived in soul states: there were the soul states of others, the soul states of the earth, the soul states... Soul states that were translated by images. It was interesting. I cannot say it was not interesting; it was interesting, but there was no contact with material... I have had the concrete experience of what is this Matter ground by the vital and the mental, but without the vital and without the mental... it is another thing. But this "perception of soul states", there were things... marvels! No mental conception, none , can be so wonderful, none. Page 124 I have passed through moments... whatever one can feel, see, humanly, is nothing in ...
... and without vital. It was in that state. There were only those perceptions [cities, constructions, temples], Page 233 it was living in soul states: there were others' soul states, the soul states of the earth, the soul states... Those soul states were expressed in pictures. It was interesting. I can't say it wasn't interesting—it was—but there was no contact with material life, very little:... usefulness. So then, I had the concrete experience of what this matter kneaded by the vital and the mind is, but WITHOUT vital and WITHOUT mind... It's something else. But with that "perception of soul states," there were things... marvels! No mental conception, none at all, can be as wonderful—none. I lived moments... All that one can humanly feel and see is NOTHING in comparison with that. There were ...
... inside that all the time, all the time, night and day. A body without mind and without vital. There were only those perceptions. It was living in soul states: there were others' soul states, the soul states of the earth, the soul states Those soul states were expressed in pictures. 12 In that pure and annulled Matter⎯inconceivable to us, for it would not even resemble the Matter of a baby⎯there... baby⎯there remained nothing but the pain of the world, and pictures. It was the only instrument of perception. Not pictures that were seen: pictures that were lived. With that “perception of soul states,” there were things ... marvels! No mental conception, none at all, can be as wonderful—none. I lived moments All that one can humanly feel and see is nothing in comparison with that. There were moments... ...
... divine force utilised to raise to divinity the triple being of man. × Possibly, the three Purushas, soul-states or Personalities of the divine Being, indicated by the three letters A U M. The highest Brahman is beyond the three letters of the mystic syllable. ...
... Lord of the action, man, by standing back from the Prakriti as the Soul or Purusha, may be indeed, secondarily to God, the upholder of his individual system,—that formal vessel, adhara, of his soul-states,—may be in some sort sanction-giver to its activities, may be, secretly always & here eventually, the free enjoyer of all world-activities that come within its experience, but is not & because of ...
... the partial symbol and the external machinery. It is here that the Upanishads recall us to a wider & sounder view of God in the world & His purpose in action & birth. Not action but our past soul-states are the womb of our future; not action but desire, attachment and self-immersion of the individualised Soul in mind in a limited stream of the workings of its own executive Nature form the knot in ...
... ion and possessing the potency to create more than a state of understanding - that is, a state of being, an experience of the soul. Hence, in poetry which is after all an art and concerned with soul-states rather than with logical processes, rhythm is more than anything the essence of inspiration and, to an expert ear, the surest mark of dif- Page 127 ference between the various ...
... multitude of other powers are concealed in our subliminal being and with the waking of the psychical consciousness can be brought to the surface. The knowledge of our past lives,—whether of past soul states or personalities or scenes, occurrences, relations with others,—of the past lives of others, of the past of the world, of the future, of present things that are beyond the range of our physical senses ...
... mutable movement; it is then aware of the ages behind that constituted the present organisation of the movement, sees how this was prepared in an uninterrupted past, remembers something of the bygone soul-states, environments, particular forms of activity which built up its present constituents and knows to what it is moving by development in an uninterrupted future. This is the true dynamic belief in rebirth ...
... has the principle of the idea, without words, simply with the sound and all the inflexions of the... one can't call it sensations, nor feelings... what seems to be closest would be some kind of soul-states or states of consciousness. All these inflexions are clearly perceptible through the nuances of the sound. And certainly, those who were great musicians, geniuses from the point of view of music ...
... So it can be an heroic drama, it can be a musical drama, it can be a tragic drama, or quite simply a poetic drama—and ninety-nine times out of a hundred, it's a romantic drama. And then, these 'soul states' (!) come replete with certain spoken expressions ... ( laughing ) I'm holding myself back from saying certain things!—You know, it's like a theatricals store where you rent scenery and costumes ...
... and mutable movement; it is then aware of the ages behind that constituted the present organisation of the movement, sees how this was prepared in an uninterrupted past, remembers the bygone soul-states, environments, particular forms of activity which built up its present constituents and knows to what it is moving by development in an uninterrupted future." 1 This quotation from Sri ...
... l. It is brought about within us by a whole series of efforts and inner attitudes. And one of the essential conditions if we want to achieve and maintain within ourselves these attitudes, these soul-states, is to devote part of our time each day to some impersonal action; every day, we must do something useful for others. Until we know the essential thing we are intended to do, we must therefore ...
... human intelligence to profound, large and powerful truths of the spirit, or, as in certain French writers, to mould into accurate rhythm the very substance and soul and characteristic movement of soul-states, ideas or objects described and seen. These are things that need to be done, but it remains to be seen whether they cannot be done in the recognised and characteristic movement of poetry, rather ...
... is infinite & embracing, ráyá paríṇasá. It environs all our sensations, states & actions, it environs also for us all the vishayas of our sensations, all the beings who come into contact with our soul states, all the objects & fields of our action.We come to take in all these equally the same pure & divine delight. Because the Lord of Tapas brings to us this wonderful felicity, he is called in this hymn ...
... of the ego-sense brings us to the NonBirth. Therefore the Non-Birth is also called the Dissolution (Vinasha). Page 60 Birth and Non-Birth are not essentially physical conditions, but soul-states. A man may break the knot of the ego-sense and yet remain in the physical body; but if he concentrates himself solely in the state of dissolution of ego, then he is not born again in the body. He ...
... abandon; the delusion that it is bound by birth is the last delusion that it has to destroy. SURYA AND AGNI On the basis of this conception of the worlds and the relation of these different soul-states to each other the Upanishad proceeds to indicate the two lines of knowledge and action which lead to the supreme vision and the divine felicity. This is done under the form of an invocation to Surya ...
... s and to evolve in the English language, which does not have much of a tradition in this regard, a poetic diction that can build up the atmosphere and the imagery for interpreting the subtle soul-states that Sri Aurobindo wishes to communicate. For instance, the line 9 Ibid., p. 9. Page 228 "All grew a consecration and a rite" reminds one of Wordsworth's great line: ...
... index of an inward grace or victory. Whatever happens, A deep spiritual calm no touch can sway Upholds the mystery of the Passion-play. The serenity, and authenticity, of such soul-states, their noetic nuances, are an addition to the world's poetry. To an unprejudiced reader their relevance for the renewal of man ought to be obvious. Sri Aurobindo's later poetry marks an ontological ...
... what once was I, in It A silent unnamed emptiness content Either to fade in the Unknowable Or thrill with the luminous seas of the Infinite. 3 Nirvana is only one of the soul states described. In the Soul's Scene is described the state of the soul as it awaits the descent Impassible she waits long for the sun's gold and the azure, The sea's song with its slow happy ...
... its sensations, the mind by its thoughts.... But they seem to me to be passing instruments that will be replaced by other states of consciousness.... Page 766 But this "perception of soul states", there were things... marvels!... There were moments... moments absolutely wonderful. But without thought, without thought. And then for a whole day she saw images inexpressibly beautiful and ...
... of which the heat did not resemble material heat, but which was more like intense love, a paroxysm of love or of joy perhaps, a love-joy which had nothing to do with human feelings or emotions or soul-states: a substance of love, a stream of solid joy which held one in its ray. And quiet—quiet without any shadow of excitement or of upheaval, not even of a quivering, or such a rapid quivering that it ...
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