Oct. 19, 2022
Escaping the Little Ego-Consciousness Through Concentration on Infinite Space and Eternal Time
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2022/10/14/escaping-the-little-ego-consciousness-through-concentration-on-infinite-space-and-eternal-time/
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We were usually, so busy
focusing on the day-to-day
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lives.
We are living that we rarely
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take the time to reflect on the
larger significance of the
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universal manifestation.
And what role we as individuals
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play on this development the
concept of Maya, the cosmic
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illusion is based on our
entanglement in this day-to-day
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activity without recognizing the
larger reality.
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We become attached, we are
passionate about the small
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things that occupy us and fail
to see the big picture of the
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00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:42,100
universe.
When we do take the opportunity
11
00:00:42,100 --> 00:00:46,700
to reflect on these things we
begin to appreciate how small
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and actually infinitesimally.
We are in the larger scope and
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through this process we widen
the Consciousness and loosen the
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00:00:56,300 --> 00:01:01,600
attachments.
The mother notes quote, there
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are lots of intellectual ways of
widening, the Consciousness.
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These, I have explained fully in
my book, but in any case, when
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you are bored by something, when
something is painful to you or
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very unpleasant, if you begin to
think of the eternity of time
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and the immensity of space, if
you think of all that has gone
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before and all that will come
afterwards And that this second
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in eternity, is truly just a
passing breath and that, it
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seems.
So utterly ridiculous to be
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upset by something, which in The
Eternity of time is one doesn't
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even have the time to become
aware of it.
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It has no place no important
because what indeed is a second
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in eternity, if one can manage
to realize that to how to put it
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visualize picture.
Little person, one is in the
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little Earth where one is and
the tiny second of
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Consciousness, which for the
moment is hurting you or is
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unpleasant for you, just this,
which in itself is only a second
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of your existence and that you
yourself have been many things
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before and will be many more
things afterwards.
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That what affects you?
Now, you will have probably
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completely forgotten in ten
years.
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Or if you remember it you will
say how did I happen to attach
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any importance to that?
If you can realize that first
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and then realize your little
person, which is a second in
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eternity, not even a second, you
know, imperceptible, a fragment
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of the second in eternity that
the whole world has unrolled
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before this and will unroll, yet
indefinitely before behind and
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that.
Well then suddenly you sense the
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00:03:03,900 --> 00:03:07,100
utter ridiculousness.
Of the importance.
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You attach to what happened to
you.
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Truly, you feel to what an
extent, it is absurd to attach
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any importance to one's life to
oneself and to what happens to
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00:03:21,100 --> 00:03:24,300
you.
And in the space of three
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minutes, if you do this
properly, all unpleasantness is
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swept away.
Even a very deep pain, can be
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swept away, simply a
concentration, like this, and to
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place oneself in infinity and
Eternity.
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Everything goes away.
One comes out of it, cleansed
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one can get rid of all
attachments.
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And even I say of the deepest
sorrows of everything in this
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way, if one knows how to do it
in the right way, it immediately
55
00:04:02,900 --> 00:04:04,700
takes you out of your little
ego.
56
00:04:05,900 --> 00:04:11,700
And quote, reference SRI
aurobindo, and the mother living
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00:04:11,700 --> 00:04:15,600
within the yoga approached, a
psychological health and growth
58
00:04:16,300 --> 00:04:19,899
exercises for growth and Mastery
widening.
59
00:04:19,899 --> 00:04:23,900
The Consciousness Pages 150 to
155,
00:00:01,700 --> 00:00:04,700
We were usually, so busy
focusing on the day-to-day
2
00:00:04,700 --> 00:00:07,500
lives.
We are living that we rarely
3
00:00:07,500 --> 00:00:11,300
take the time to reflect on the
larger significance of the
4
00:00:11,300 --> 00:00:16,400
universal manifestation.
And what role we as individuals
5
00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:21,400
play on this development the
concept of Maya, the cosmic
6
00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:25,600
illusion is based on our
entanglement in this day-to-day
7
00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:29,500
activity without recognizing the
larger reality.
8
00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:34,000
We become attached, we are
passionate about the small
9
00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:38,600
things that occupy us and fail
to see the big picture of the
10
00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:42,100
universe.
When we do take the opportunity
11
00:00:42,100 --> 00:00:46,700
to reflect on these things we
begin to appreciate how small
12
00:00:46,700 --> 00:00:51,700
and actually infinitesimally.
We are in the larger scope and
13
00:00:51,700 --> 00:00:56,300
through this process we widen
the Consciousness and loosen the
14
00:00:56,300 --> 00:01:01,600
attachments.
The mother notes quote, there
15
00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:04,900
are lots of intellectual ways of
widening, the Consciousness.
16
00:01:05,500 --> 00:01:10,100
These, I have explained fully in
my book, but in any case, when
17
00:01:10,100 --> 00:01:14,200
you are bored by something, when
something is painful to you or
18
00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:19,100
very unpleasant, if you begin to
think of the eternity of time
19
00:01:19,500 --> 00:01:23,800
and the immensity of space, if
you think of all that has gone
20
00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:29,100
before and all that will come
afterwards And that this second
21
00:01:29,100 --> 00:01:33,600
in eternity, is truly just a
passing breath and that, it
22
00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:36,000
seems.
So utterly ridiculous to be
23
00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:41,400
upset by something, which in The
Eternity of time is one doesn't
24
00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:43,500
even have the time to become
aware of it.
25
00:01:43,500 --> 00:01:49,200
It has no place no important
because what indeed is a second
26
00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:55,500
in eternity, if one can manage
to realize that to how to put it
27
00:01:55,500 --> 00:02:00,200
visualize picture.
Little person, one is in the
28
00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:03,800
little Earth where one is and
the tiny second of
29
00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:06,900
Consciousness, which for the
moment is hurting you or is
30
00:02:06,900 --> 00:02:12,600
unpleasant for you, just this,
which in itself is only a second
31
00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:16,800
of your existence and that you
yourself have been many things
32
00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:20,600
before and will be many more
things afterwards.
33
00:02:21,300 --> 00:02:24,200
That what affects you?
Now, you will have probably
34
00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:26,800
completely forgotten in ten
years.
35
00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:33,100
Or if you remember it you will
say how did I happen to attach
36
00:02:33,100 --> 00:02:38,000
any importance to that?
If you can realize that first
37
00:02:38,700 --> 00:02:41,900
and then realize your little
person, which is a second in
38
00:02:41,900 --> 00:02:48,300
eternity, not even a second, you
know, imperceptible, a fragment
39
00:02:48,300 --> 00:02:52,800
of the second in eternity that
the whole world has unrolled
40
00:02:52,800 --> 00:03:00,400
before this and will unroll, yet
indefinitely before behind and
41
00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:03,800
that.
Well then suddenly you sense the
42
00:03:03,900 --> 00:03:07,100
utter ridiculousness.
Of the importance.
43
00:03:07,100 --> 00:03:09,500
You attach to what happened to
you.
44
00:03:10,500 --> 00:03:15,700
Truly, you feel to what an
extent, it is absurd to attach
45
00:03:15,700 --> 00:03:21,100
any importance to one's life to
oneself and to what happens to
46
00:03:21,100 --> 00:03:24,300
you.
And in the space of three
47
00:03:24,300 --> 00:03:29,700
minutes, if you do this
properly, all unpleasantness is
48
00:03:29,700 --> 00:03:33,500
swept away.
Even a very deep pain, can be
49
00:03:33,500 --> 00:03:39,100
swept away, simply a
concentration, like this, and to
50
00:03:39,100 --> 00:03:42,700
place oneself in infinity and
Eternity.
51
00:03:43,700 --> 00:03:48,500
Everything goes away.
One comes out of it, cleansed
52
00:03:49,300 --> 00:03:51,700
one can get rid of all
attachments.
53
00:03:51,700 --> 00:03:57,300
And even I say of the deepest
sorrows of everything in this
54
00:03:57,300 --> 00:04:02,900
way, if one knows how to do it
in the right way, it immediately
55
00:04:02,900 --> 00:04:04,700
takes you out of your little
ego.
56
00:04:05,900 --> 00:04:11,700
And quote, reference SRI
aurobindo, and the mother living
57
00:04:11,700 --> 00:04:15,600
within the yoga approached, a
psychological health and growth
58
00:04:16,300 --> 00:04:19,899
exercises for growth and Mastery
widening.
59
00:04:19,899 --> 00:04:23,900
The Consciousness Pages 150 to
155,
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