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May 26, 2023

Preparation for the Definitive Shift of the Consciousness to a New Standpoint

Preparation for the Definitive Shift of the Consciousness to a New Standpoint
Preparation for the Definitive Shift of the Consciousness to a New Standpoint
Sri Aurobindo Studies
Preparation for the Definitive Shift of the Consciousness to a New Standpoint

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Reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Growing Within: The Psychology of Inner Development, Chapter IX Reversal of Consciousness: The New Birth, pp. 173-174

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when a speaker has an unusual
experience when the

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Consciousness shifts to a
different standpoint, When new

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forms of understanding
inspiration and response

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suddenly arise there can be a
feeling of intense

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disorientation concern, fear or
anxiety.

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What is happening to me?
Given the predominant mindset of

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the modern world.
There may be concern about

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whether one is having some kind
of psychological breakdown, an

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outbreak of Madness of some
sort, family and friends, May

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observe when acting in a new and
strange way and may even suggest

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psychological help or counseling
Needless to say there are

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substantial adjustments
necessary.

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The mother in advance provides a
context for understanding to the

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spiritual aspirant.
So that when eventually the

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shift of Consciousness occurs
either temporarily, as an

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experience or definitively as a
positive realization, that is

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embedded in the being The
individual will have enough

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assurances and information to
understand that this is actually

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the normal process when a
reversal of Consciousness takes

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place.
And rather than being a source

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of anxiety or fear the
experience, or realization

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should be embraced as the Seeker
becomes acclimatized to the

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change or shift of
Consciousness.

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He is able to build up his
interface with the external

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World from a new Viewpoint and
is able to make necessary

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adjustments.
The mother notes quote.

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You see what may have to wait
for days months years?

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Centuries lives before this
moment comes.

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But if one intensifies, his
aspiration, there is a moment

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when the pressure is so great
and the intensity of the

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question.
So strong, that something turns

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over in the consciousness.
And then this is absolutely what

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one feels instead of being here.
When is there instead of seeing

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from outside and seeking to see
within when is inside, and the

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minute one is within absolutely
everything changes completely

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and all that seemed to him, true
natural, normal real tangible.

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All that immediately.
Yes, it seems to him very

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grotesque, very queer, very
unreal, quite absurd, but one is

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touch something.
Which is supremely true and

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eternally, beautiful.
And this one never loses again.

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Once the reversal is taken
place, you can glide into an

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external Consciousness, not lose
the ordinary contact with the

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things of life, but that remains
and it never moves.

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You may and your dealings with
others fall back a little into

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their ignorance and blindness.
But there is always something

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there.
Living standing up within which

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does not move anymore, until it
manages to penetrate everything

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to the point where it is over,
where the blindness disappears

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forever.
And this is an absolutely

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tangible experience.
Something more concrete than the

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most concrete object, more
concrete than a blow on your

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head, something more real than
anything, whatever.

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In quote, reference SRI
aurobindo and the mother growing

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within the psychology of inner
development, chapter 9 reversal

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of Consciousness.
The new birth Pages 173 2174