A Primary Difference Between Traditional Understanding of Yoga and the Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother

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Yoga has historically focused on
liberation of the individual

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soul from the illusion of the
outer world.

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The secret is advised to see
through the transitory nature of

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all external rewards, undertake
practices that helped him to

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discover his true self.
And once that is done live, a

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life free from the normal sense
of human bondage, until such

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time, as he can escape the cycle
of rebirth entirely.

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The practice is focused on
individual salvation.

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The goal is otherworldly, the
external world the society in

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which the individual lives is
given little consequence and is

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treated either as a dream, an
illusion or an inconvenience or

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impediment.
It is of course, essential that

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the Seeker find a way to free
himself from the illusory.

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Pursuits of the external World
Liberation.

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In that sense is a basic
requirement.

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In the Buddhist tradition.
There is a bodhisattva vow that

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the Seeker will not undertake
his own Liberation until such

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time as his presence in the
world.

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Can Aid The Liberation of every
other sentient being.

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We see here, a purpose, infused
into the life in the world, and

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that is to Aid other beings who
are misled about the illusory,

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nature of the outer existence,
SRI aurobindo takes a different

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view of the matter as he does
not accept the duality of World

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versus spirit.
Rather the world is a

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manifestation of spirit, the
creation, has a Divine Purpose,

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and the objective of the Seeker
is not to escape from existence,

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but to participate in the
manifestation and the unfoldment

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of its objective, which he shows
to be intimately tied to a

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progressive, unfoldment were
evolution of Consciousness and

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the increasing unification
between matter and spirit that

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such An increasing awareness
makes obvious.

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There is one reality, it is
real.

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Not illusory in its Essence.
The illusion is the fixation on

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the external ego personality.
And it's short-term ideas about

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success and enjoyment in the
world.

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When the Seeker aligns with the
larger Universal Consciousness,

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he achieves Union with the
Divine and can act in the world,

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as a node or Nexus of the
spiritual energy that is in

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process of creating the
universal manifestation.

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Dr. Dalal observes quote,
traditionally the term yoga

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which literally means Union has
been generally understood as a

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path which aims at achieving the
union of the individual self

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with the universal self.
So as to lead to Liberation from

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the ignorance and suffering of
life on Earth.

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Entry aurobindo yoga, which aims
at not only the liberation of

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the individual soul, but the
transformation of Earthly life.

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Yoga implies, not only Union of
the individual soul with the

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Divine, but also the union of
the outer being with the soul

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and the unification of ones
being around the soul for

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according to Sri, aurobindo and
the mother, it is only through

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such a unification of ones.
Being But the Divine can be made

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to manifest and transform the
Earthly life in quote, reference

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SRI aurobindo, and the mother,
our many selves practical yogic

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