Self-Knowledge and Self-Mastery

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The purpose of attaining.
Self-knowledge is not to create

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an intellectual framework and be
able to learnedly expound on a

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subject.
Rather self-knowledge imply that

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the Seeker has a purpose behind
the effort.

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This purpose maybe to find a way
to gain Liberation from the

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existing life to escape the
sense of Illusion that permeates

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all goals and actions of the
external life.

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Or it may be as SRI aurobindo
and the mother indicate to gain

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self Mastery over the external
nature and thereby, prepare the

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being for the next stage of
evolutionary development.

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In the Divine manifestation, dr.
Dalal writes, quote self

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understanding must lead to self
mastery.

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That's the mother explaining the
meaning of her phrase to know

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oneself and control.
Oneself says, this means to be

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conscious of one's inner truth.
Conscious of the different parts

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of ones being and their
respective functions.

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You must know why you do this.
Why you do that?

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You must know your thoughts,
know your feelings, all your

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activities, all your movements
of what you are.

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Purple Etc.
And to know oneself is not

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enough.
This knowledge must bring a

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conscious control to know
oneself.

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Perfectly is to control oneself
perfectly Dr. Dalal concludes.

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These statements imply that an
understanding of the different

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parts of ones being
constituting.

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Our different selves must result
in self control and self

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Mastery.
If the mental understanding is

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to become true self knowledge
but true self Mastery.

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Can come about only when the
different parts of the being

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which are normally divided and
conflicted are unified around

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the inmost.
Center of our being the sole or

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psychic being.
As the mother remarks, this

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unification is indispensable if
when wants to be the master of

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ones being and of all its
actions.

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Reference SRI aurobindo and the
mother.

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Our many selves practical yogic
psychology preface Pages.

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Roman 14 to 15.