Sept. 23, 2024
Sources of the Higher Forms of Imagination
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YouTube reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Powers Within, Chapter III Imagination, pp. 26-27 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/09/19/sources-of-the-higher-forms-of-imagination/
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How does imagination work?
Why do some people seem to have
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a large amount of active
imagination and others very
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little?
All kinds of formations are
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active in the vital and the
mental domains.
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For those who have the
receptivity and the aware
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connection to either of these
realms, there is an interchange
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that takes place.
They receive intimations from
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these realms, powers or
formations that want to take a
9
00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:36,400
physical form, that want to
manifest in our complex world of
10
00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:41,040
matter, life and mind, exert
pressure and thereby become
11
00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:43,600
known to the receptive
individual.
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For individuals with the most
receptivity, who are least bound
13
00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:54,880
by the existing forms active in
the world, new insights, ideas
14
00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:58,680
and visions become active.
There are various levels of
15
00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:02,280
interaction and intensity that
can express themselves through
16
00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:06,080
the receptive individual.
We then describe these
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00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:12,280
individuals as visionaries,
artists, inventors, people who
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00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:16,720
see over the horizon of our
present situation.
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A disciple asks how is it
disciplining the imagination
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done?
The mother observes quote.
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Imagination is something very
complex and manifold, what is
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00:01:31,960 --> 00:01:36,880
vaguely called imagination?
It can be the capacity for
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seeing and recording, noting the
forms in some mental or other
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00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:45,080
domain.
There are artistic, literary,
25
00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:50,880
poetic domains, domains of
action, scientific domains, all
26
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belonging to the mind, not a
very high and abstract mind, a
27
00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:59,520
mind above the physical mind,
which, without our knowing it,
28
00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:04,040
pours out constantly through the
individual and collective mind
29
00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:09,160
to manifest in action.
Some people, through a special
30
00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:13,840
faculty, are in contact with
these domains, take up one
31
00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:17,720
formation or other that is
there, draw them to themselves,
32
00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:22,080
and give them an expression.
This power of expression is
33
00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:25,440
different in different people.
But those who can open
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themselves to these domains, to
see things there, to draw these
35
00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:34,000
forms towards themselves and
express them either in
36
00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:38,720
literature or in painting or
music, or in action or science,
37
00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:42,320
are, according to the degree of
their power of expression,
38
00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:47,480
either very highly talented
beings or else geniuses.
39
00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:53,080
There are higher geniuses still.
They are people who can open to
40
00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:57,560
a higher region, a higher force,
which, passing through the
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00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:02,840
mental layers, comes and takes a
form in a human mind and reveals
42
00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:06,680
itself in the world as new
truths, new philosophical
43
00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:11,280
systems, new spiritual
teachings, which are the works
44
00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:15,560
and at the same time the actions
of the great beings who come to
45
00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:19,720
take birth on earth.
That is an imagination which can
46
00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:25,160
be called truth imagination.
These higher forces, when they
47
00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:29,800
come down into the earth
atmosphere, take living, active,
48
00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:35,800
powerful forms spread throughout
the world and prepare a new age.
49
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These two kinds of imagination
are what could be called the
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higher imaginations.
End Quote Reference Srioro Bindu
51
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and the Mother Powers within,
Chapter 3 Imagination, pages 26
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00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:53,760
to 27.
00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:06,360
How does imagination work?
Why do some people seem to have
2
00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:10,000
a large amount of active
imagination and others very
3
00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:13,440
little?
All kinds of formations are
4
00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:16,200
active in the vital and the
mental domains.
5
00:00:17,080 --> 00:00:20,600
For those who have the
receptivity and the aware
6
00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:24,560
connection to either of these
realms, there is an interchange
7
00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:28,080
that takes place.
They receive intimations from
8
00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:31,960
these realms, powers or
formations that want to take a
9
00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:36,400
physical form, that want to
manifest in our complex world of
10
00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:41,040
matter, life and mind, exert
pressure and thereby become
11
00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:43,600
known to the receptive
individual.
12
00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:49,200
For individuals with the most
receptivity, who are least bound
13
00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:54,880
by the existing forms active in
the world, new insights, ideas
14
00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:58,680
and visions become active.
There are various levels of
15
00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:02,280
interaction and intensity that
can express themselves through
16
00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:06,080
the receptive individual.
We then describe these
17
00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:12,280
individuals as visionaries,
artists, inventors, people who
18
00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:16,720
see over the horizon of our
present situation.
19
00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:23,320
A disciple asks how is it
disciplining the imagination
20
00:01:23,320 --> 00:01:26,680
done?
The mother observes quote.
21
00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:31,960
Imagination is something very
complex and manifold, what is
22
00:01:31,960 --> 00:01:36,880
vaguely called imagination?
It can be the capacity for
23
00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:41,200
seeing and recording, noting the
forms in some mental or other
24
00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:45,080
domain.
There are artistic, literary,
25
00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:50,880
poetic domains, domains of
action, scientific domains, all
26
00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:55,320
belonging to the mind, not a
very high and abstract mind, a
27
00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:59,520
mind above the physical mind,
which, without our knowing it,
28
00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:04,040
pours out constantly through the
individual and collective mind
29
00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:09,160
to manifest in action.
Some people, through a special
30
00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:13,840
faculty, are in contact with
these domains, take up one
31
00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:17,720
formation or other that is
there, draw them to themselves,
32
00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:22,080
and give them an expression.
This power of expression is
33
00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:25,440
different in different people.
But those who can open
34
00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:30,280
themselves to these domains, to
see things there, to draw these
35
00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:34,000
forms towards themselves and
express them either in
36
00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:38,720
literature or in painting or
music, or in action or science,
37
00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:42,320
are, according to the degree of
their power of expression,
38
00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:47,480
either very highly talented
beings or else geniuses.
39
00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:53,080
There are higher geniuses still.
They are people who can open to
40
00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:57,560
a higher region, a higher force,
which, passing through the
41
00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:02,840
mental layers, comes and takes a
form in a human mind and reveals
42
00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:06,680
itself in the world as new
truths, new philosophical
43
00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:11,280
systems, new spiritual
teachings, which are the works
44
00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:15,560
and at the same time the actions
of the great beings who come to
45
00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:19,720
take birth on earth.
That is an imagination which can
46
00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:25,160
be called truth imagination.
These higher forces, when they
47
00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:29,800
come down into the earth
atmosphere, take living, active,
48
00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:35,800
powerful forms spread throughout
the world and prepare a new age.
49
00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:40,640
These two kinds of imagination
are what could be called the
50
00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:46,520
higher imaginations.
End Quote Reference Srioro Bindu
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and the Mother Powers within,
Chapter 3 Imagination, pages 26
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to 27.