June 29, 2024
Involution and Evolution of Consciousness in the Material World of Forms
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YouTube referemce: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, The Hidden Forces of Life, Ch.6 Hidden Worlds and Evolutionary Forces, pg. 134 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/06/25/involution-and-evolution-of-consciousness-in-the-material-world-of-forms/
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We observe the material world
around us, and as we study that
2
00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:10,480
world we see the development of
forms of ever greater complexity
3
00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:12,880
and power, of action and
intelligence.
4
00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:17,080
Charles Darwin described the
process of the evolution of
5
00:00:17,080 --> 00:00:20,200
forms in his book The Origin of
Species.
6
00:00:21,080 --> 00:00:25,040
The cause and purpose, however,
were never satisfactorily
7
00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:28,280
answered.
This led to the debate between
8
00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:31,880
religion and science, with
religion essentially holding
9
00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:36,840
that beings were created by God
in their present forms and that
10
00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:39,680
the idea of evolution of forms
was mistaken.
11
00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:44,840
Science, meanwhile, built a
complex model showing how forms
12
00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:49,120
actually evolved and used
skeletal history and carbon
13
00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:52,720
dating as means to document
their position.
14
00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:58,200
Each side of the debate,
however, left out important
15
00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:02,560
aspects and thus no conclusion
could be reached.
16
00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:07,560
Shiro Window, taking up and
expanding on the guidance
17
00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:12,120
provided in the Vedic and
Upanishadic texts, described the
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00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:15,720
evolution of forms as the result
of the pressure of higher powers
19
00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:18,880
of consciousness to manifest in
this world.
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00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:24,480
These higher powers had their
own native worlds or domains,
21
00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:31,040
vital domains, mental domains,
spiritual domains where they
22
00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:33,000
acted in their own direct
manner.
23
00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:36,960
They created the material
universe through a process of
24
00:01:36,960 --> 00:01:41,160
increasing density of the
vibrations they produced until
25
00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:45,600
they took on a solid shape and
involved these powers into
26
00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:50,960
matter later to evolve out
systematically while producing
27
00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:55,160
new forms capable of holding and
expressing their force of
28
00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:59,560
consciousness and power of
action effectively, thereby
29
00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:05,080
marrying the spiritual aspect
with the material aspect in an
30
00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:08,960
expressive whole.
Matter, therefore, is not the
31
00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:13,480
starting point, but is actually
the result of the action of
32
00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:16,720
powers of consciousness acting
on the causal plane.
33
00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:22,000
As the higher powers begin to
develop in the material forms,
34
00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:25,960
they initiate a vibratory
pattern that attracts the action
35
00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:29,680
of the corresponding force of
consciousness from its native
36
00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:33,280
domain.
This process of aspiration
37
00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:37,760
brings about the response and
the support from these higher
38
00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:42,640
powers and thus makes the
evolutionary process possible.
39
00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:48,280
The world, in Triorbindo's view,
is not a random occurrence
40
00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:51,320
developed solely from dead
matter through some unknown
41
00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:53,440
process of chemical
interactions.
42
00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:58,720
Rather, it is the expression of
consciousness creating and
43
00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:03,920
manifesting the entire creation
for its own purpose, according
44
00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:09,760
to its own sense, Sri Aurobindo
writes in his epic poem Savitri,
45
00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:15,720
a legend and a symbol quote.
Our earth is a fragment and a
46
00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:18,840
residue.
Her power is packed with the
47
00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:23,240
stuff of greater worlds and
steeped in their colour lusters
48
00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:28,000
dimmed by her drowse.
An atavism of higher births is
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00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,920
hers.
Her sleep is stirred by their
50
00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:35,080
buried memories, recalling the
lost spheres from which they
51
00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:39,080
fell.
Unsatisfied forces in her bosom
52
00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:42,680
move.
They are partners of her greater
53
00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:47,120
growing fate and her return to
immortality.
54
00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:55,640
Srirubindo Zavitri book two
canto one and quote a difficult
55
00:03:55,640 --> 00:04:00,200
evolution from below called a
masked intervention from above.
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00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:05,320
Else this great blind,
inconceant universe could never
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00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:10,200
have disclosed its hidden mind,
or even in blinkers worked in
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00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:15,880
beast and man, the intelligence
that devised the cosmic scheme.
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00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:25,440
Sriorobindo savitri book two
canto 4 reference sriorobindo
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00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:27,720
and the Mother.
The Hidden Forces of Life,
61
00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:33,600
Chapter 6 Hidden Worlds and
Evolutionary Forces, page 134.
00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:05,960
We observe the material world
around us, and as we study that
2
00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:10,480
world we see the development of
forms of ever greater complexity
3
00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:12,880
and power, of action and
intelligence.
4
00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:17,080
Charles Darwin described the
process of the evolution of
5
00:00:17,080 --> 00:00:20,200
forms in his book The Origin of
Species.
6
00:00:21,080 --> 00:00:25,040
The cause and purpose, however,
were never satisfactorily
7
00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:28,280
answered.
This led to the debate between
8
00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:31,880
religion and science, with
religion essentially holding
9
00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:36,840
that beings were created by God
in their present forms and that
10
00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:39,680
the idea of evolution of forms
was mistaken.
11
00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:44,840
Science, meanwhile, built a
complex model showing how forms
12
00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:49,120
actually evolved and used
skeletal history and carbon
13
00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:52,720
dating as means to document
their position.
14
00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:58,200
Each side of the debate,
however, left out important
15
00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:02,560
aspects and thus no conclusion
could be reached.
16
00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:07,560
Shiro Window, taking up and
expanding on the guidance
17
00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:12,120
provided in the Vedic and
Upanishadic texts, described the
18
00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:15,720
evolution of forms as the result
of the pressure of higher powers
19
00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:18,880
of consciousness to manifest in
this world.
20
00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:24,480
These higher powers had their
own native worlds or domains,
21
00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:31,040
vital domains, mental domains,
spiritual domains where they
22
00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:33,000
acted in their own direct
manner.
23
00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:36,960
They created the material
universe through a process of
24
00:01:36,960 --> 00:01:41,160
increasing density of the
vibrations they produced until
25
00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:45,600
they took on a solid shape and
involved these powers into
26
00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:50,960
matter later to evolve out
systematically while producing
27
00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:55,160
new forms capable of holding and
expressing their force of
28
00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:59,560
consciousness and power of
action effectively, thereby
29
00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:05,080
marrying the spiritual aspect
with the material aspect in an
30
00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:08,960
expressive whole.
Matter, therefore, is not the
31
00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:13,480
starting point, but is actually
the result of the action of
32
00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:16,720
powers of consciousness acting
on the causal plane.
33
00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:22,000
As the higher powers begin to
develop in the material forms,
34
00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:25,960
they initiate a vibratory
pattern that attracts the action
35
00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:29,680
of the corresponding force of
consciousness from its native
36
00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:33,280
domain.
This process of aspiration
37
00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:37,760
brings about the response and
the support from these higher
38
00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:42,640
powers and thus makes the
evolutionary process possible.
39
00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:48,280
The world, in Triorbindo's view,
is not a random occurrence
40
00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:51,320
developed solely from dead
matter through some unknown
41
00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:53,440
process of chemical
interactions.
42
00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:58,720
Rather, it is the expression of
consciousness creating and
43
00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:03,920
manifesting the entire creation
for its own purpose, according
44
00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:09,760
to its own sense, Sri Aurobindo
writes in his epic poem Savitri,
45
00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:15,720
a legend and a symbol quote.
Our earth is a fragment and a
46
00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:18,840
residue.
Her power is packed with the
47
00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:23,240
stuff of greater worlds and
steeped in their colour lusters
48
00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:28,000
dimmed by her drowse.
An atavism of higher births is
49
00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,920
hers.
Her sleep is stirred by their
50
00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:35,080
buried memories, recalling the
lost spheres from which they
51
00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:39,080
fell.
Unsatisfied forces in her bosom
52
00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:42,680
move.
They are partners of her greater
53
00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:47,120
growing fate and her return to
immortality.
54
00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:55,640
Srirubindo Zavitri book two
canto one and quote a difficult
55
00:03:55,640 --> 00:04:00,200
evolution from below called a
masked intervention from above.
56
00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:05,320
Else this great blind,
inconceant universe could never
57
00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:10,200
have disclosed its hidden mind,
or even in blinkers worked in
58
00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:15,880
beast and man, the intelligence
that devised the cosmic scheme.
59
00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:25,440
Sriorobindo savitri book two
canto 4 reference sriorobindo
60
00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:27,720
and the Mother.
The Hidden Forces of Life,
61
00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:33,600
Chapter 6 Hidden Worlds and
Evolutionary Forces, page 134.