A Podcast Featuring Sri Aurobindo Studies
April 17, 2023

Intensity of an Experience Does Not Guarantee Its Veracity

Intensity of an Experience Does Not Guarantee Its Veracity
Intensity of an Experience Does Not Guarantee Its Veracity
Sri Aurobindo Studies
Intensity of an Experience Does Not Guarantee Its Veracity
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0:01 There are occasions when an individual experience is something that is so powerful. So intense that it causes him to trust the experience. Spiritual experiences in particular can have a force that overwhelms, the normal mental standpoint of the individual and impose themselves upon the Seeker in a way that goes far beyond the normal action reaction processes of the Mind. I'd life body complex. It is easy in such an instance to believe that such a powerful experience. Represents a truth that cannot be denied. There is however, a caveat to be appreciated. When the barrier between the external mind life body complex and the inner Realms is breached, it can bring all manner of new experiences.

0:55 Many of them quite intense. This implies that some experiences may represent spiritual forces, While others arise from mental, vital or subtle physical Realms, another issue is the interpretation and filtering done as the outer being receives and transcribe. The experience in this case, any impurity weakness or simply a lack of complete background and understanding can cause the external being to apply its own interpretation, that can clearly misconstrue what is actually occurring? SRI aurobindo notes quote, I do not question it all the personal intensity or concreteness of your internal experiences but experiences can be intense and yet be very mixed in their truth and their character in your experience, your own subjectivity.

1:57 Sometimes your ego pushes, interfere, very much, and give them their form, and the impression they create on you, It is only if there is a pure psychic response that the form given to the experience, is likely to be the right one and the mental and vital movements will then present themselves in their true nature. Otherwise the mind the vital, the ego give their own color to what happens their own term, very usually their own deformation. Intensity is not a guarantee of entire truth and correctness in an experience. It is only purity of the Consciousness that can give an entire truth and correctness and quote reference SRI aurobindo and the mother growing within the psychology of inner development.

2:54 Chapter 7, growth of Consciousness. Inner experiences Pages, 137 to 138