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June 20, 2023

Overmind

Overmind

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Introduction, Sri Aurobindo on Our Many Selves, Planes and Parts of the Being, pp. xxx-xxxi This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/06/17/overmind/


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They're further levels of
consciousness beyond the

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intuition, the next Superior
level as SRI, aurobindo has

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defined.
It is that of the overmind, the

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overmind involves, at least a
partial shift of standpoint as

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it sees and understands the
greater Oneness and unity and

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factors that knowledge into its
action.

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It is, however, primarily
focused on effectuation of the

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spiritual knowledge, into the
limited and much less flexible

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framework provided by the Mind.
Life body complex.

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The higher light and force of
the Supreme reality and the

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super mental level of
Consciousness is too bright.

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And overpowering for the Mind
life body complex to Bear.

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It is the role of the overmind
to act as something like a Step

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Down, Transformer of the light
and force that it receives from

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above, to make it possible to
disseminate a lesser power of

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that light into the lower terms
of the Nation SRI, aurobindo

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observes, quote, the overmind
knows the one as the support

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Essence fundamental power of all
things, but in the dynamic play

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proper to it, it lays emphasis
on its divisional, power of

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Multiplicity and seeks to give
each power or aspect.

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It's full chance to manifest
relying on the underlying

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Oneness to prevent disharmony,
or Flicked each godhead as it

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were creates his own world, but
without conflict with others,

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each aspect each idea, each
force of things can be felt in

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its full separate energy or
Splendor, and work out its

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values.
But this does not create a

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disharmony because the overmind
has the sense of the infinite.

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And in the true, not spatial
infinite many Concordia.

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Infinities are possible.
In its nature, and law, the

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overmind is a delegate of the
super mind Consciousness.

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Its delegate to the ignorance,
or we might speak of it as a

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protective double a screen of
dissimilar similarity through

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which supermind can act in
directly on an ignorance.

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Whose Darkness could not bear or
receive the direct impact of a

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supreme light.
Even it is by the projection of

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this luminous.
Is over mine Corona, that the

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diffusion of a diminished light
in the ignorance, and the

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throwing of that contrary
Shadow, which swallows up in

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itself.
All light, the in Contents

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became at all possible.
For supermind, transmits to

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overmind, all its realities, but
leaves it to formulate them in a

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movement and according to an
awareness of things which is

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still a vision of Truth and yet
at the same time, of first

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parent of the ignorance and
quote reference SRI aurobindo,

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and the mother, our many
shelves, practical, yogic

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psychology introduction.
SRI aurobindo on our many selves

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planes and parts of the being
Pages Roman 3231.