Dec. 15, 2022
The Beginning of Liberation from the Limitations of the Mental Consciousness
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2022/12/13/the-beginning-of-liberation-from-the-limitations-of-the-mental-consciousness/
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As long as the mental
Consciousness remains insulated
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within its own range of
awareness, it believes it has a
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power of knowledge and action
that can be made practically
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infallible, even when its
shortcomings are made patently,
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obvious it believes that an
improvement in its processes or
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the input of new facts available
to it now, or in the future will
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lead to the desired result.
All it does is believes itself
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to be self-sufficient and thus
is self-satisfied.
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It has not caused to look
outside of its own functionality
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00:00:42,100 --> 00:00:47,800
to resolve any pending concerns.
There are several ways that this
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00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:51,400
walled Fortress of the mental,
Consciousness can be breached
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00:00:51,700 --> 00:00:54,500
and a path of growth and
Consciousness affected.
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00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:58,700
One of these ways is a more or
less complete breakdown of the
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00:00:58,700 --> 00:01:02,700
mental arrogance through
overwhelming pressure, the chose
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it simply is unable to find an
Implement, any meaningful
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Solutions.
We appear to be reaching such a
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Tipping Point today in the world
as we Face existential problems
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and End up unable to act because
different people see, various
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aspects and differing ways of
addressing the problems and all
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are unwilling, or unable to see
things in a more comprehensive
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00:01:30,100 --> 00:01:34,600
manner, that would address the
different views and provide real
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00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:37,900
solutions.
Another way is for the
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individual to actually
experience a new Consciousness,
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which takes him out of the
mental framework and shows a way
25
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for solution to the intractable
issues faced at the mental
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level.
The spiritual consciousness is
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itself so clear and self-evident
that it makes the mental
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Consciousness, understand the
incontrovertible truth.
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00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:08,699
If it is confronted with when
the experience occurs, The
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00:02:08,699 --> 00:02:13,500
mother observes quote.
When the spiritual force is able
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to act when it begins to have an
influence, it jolts the Mind
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self satisfaction.
And by continuous pressure,
33
00:02:23,700 --> 00:02:25,900
begins to make it feel that
Beyond it.
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There is something higher and
truer, then a little of its
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00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:32,800
characteristic.
Vanity gives way under this
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influenced.
And as soon as it realizes that
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it is limited ignorant incapable
of reaching the true truth.
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Liberation begins with the
possibility of opening to
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00:02:45,300 --> 00:02:49,900
something Beyond.
But it must feel the power, the
40
00:02:49,900 --> 00:02:53,900
beauty, the force of this
Beyond, to be able to surrender,
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00:02:54,900 --> 00:02:59,400
it must be able to perceive its
in capacity and its limitations
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00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:02,100
in the presence of something
higher than itself.
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00:03:02,700 --> 00:03:06,300
Otherwise, how could it ever
feel its own weakness?
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00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:10,400
Sometimes one single contact is
enough.
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00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:14,700
Something that makes a little
rent in that self-satisfaction.
46
00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:19,900
Then the yearning to go beyond
the need for a pure light
47
00:03:19,900 --> 00:03:23,400
awakened.
And with this, Awakening comes
48
00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:27,700
the aspiration to win them.
And with the aspiration
49
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Liberation begins and one day.
Breaking all limits one blossoms
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in the infinite light.
If there were not, this constant
51
00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:45,000
pressure simultaneously from
within, and without from above,
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00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:49,500
and from the profoundest, depths
nothing would ever change.
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Even with that, how much time is
required for things to change,
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what obstinate, resistance in
this lower nature, what blind
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00:04:00,300 --> 00:04:04,600
and stupid attachment to the
animal waves of the being what a
56
00:04:04,608 --> 00:04:10,300
refusal to liberate oneself.
When you open to the spirit
57
00:04:10,300 --> 00:04:13,700
within you, it brings you a
first for taste of that higher
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00:04:13,700 --> 00:04:16,600
life which alone is worth
living.
59
00:04:17,300 --> 00:04:21,899
Then comes the will to rise to
that the hope of reaching it.
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The certitude that this is
possible and finally, the
61
00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:31,900
strength to make the necessary
effort and the resolution to go
62
00:04:31,900 --> 00:04:35,300
to the very end for one must
wake up.
63
00:04:35,900 --> 00:04:41,800
Then one can conquer and quote
reference SRI aurobindo and the
64
00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:46,000
mother growing within the
psychology of inner development.
65
00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:51,400
Chapter 2, Awakening of
Consciousness Pages, 29 to 30
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00:04:35,900 --> 00:04:41,800
Then one can conquer and quote
reference SRI aurobindo and the
67
00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:46,000
mother growing within the
psychology of inner development.
68
00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:51,400
Chapter 2, Awakening of
Consciousness Pages, 29 to 30
00:00:01,700 --> 00:00:05,200
As long as the mental
Consciousness remains insulated
2
00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:09,700
within its own range of
awareness, it believes it has a
3
00:00:09,700 --> 00:00:13,100
power of knowledge and action
that can be made practically
4
00:00:13,100 --> 00:00:17,700
infallible, even when its
shortcomings are made patently,
5
00:00:17,700 --> 00:00:23,200
obvious it believes that an
improvement in its processes or
6
00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:28,200
the input of new facts available
to it now, or in the future will
7
00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:32,600
lead to the desired result.
All it does is believes itself
8
00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:36,800
to be self-sufficient and thus
is self-satisfied.
9
00:00:37,700 --> 00:00:41,600
It has not caused to look
outside of its own functionality
10
00:00:42,100 --> 00:00:47,800
to resolve any pending concerns.
There are several ways that this
11
00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:51,400
walled Fortress of the mental,
Consciousness can be breached
12
00:00:51,700 --> 00:00:54,500
and a path of growth and
Consciousness affected.
13
00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:58,700
One of these ways is a more or
less complete breakdown of the
14
00:00:58,700 --> 00:01:02,700
mental arrogance through
overwhelming pressure, the chose
15
00:01:02,700 --> 00:01:06,700
it simply is unable to find an
Implement, any meaningful
16
00:01:06,700 --> 00:01:10,100
Solutions.
We appear to be reaching such a
17
00:01:10,100 --> 00:01:15,200
Tipping Point today in the world
as we Face existential problems
18
00:01:15,700 --> 00:01:19,800
and End up unable to act because
different people see, various
19
00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:24,900
aspects and differing ways of
addressing the problems and all
20
00:01:24,900 --> 00:01:30,100
are unwilling, or unable to see
things in a more comprehensive
21
00:01:30,100 --> 00:01:34,600
manner, that would address the
different views and provide real
22
00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:37,900
solutions.
Another way is for the
23
00:01:37,900 --> 00:01:41,500
individual to actually
experience a new Consciousness,
24
00:01:42,100 --> 00:01:46,000
which takes him out of the
mental framework and shows a way
25
00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,800
for solution to the intractable
issues faced at the mental
26
00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:53,000
level.
The spiritual consciousness is
27
00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:57,800
itself so clear and self-evident
that it makes the mental
28
00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:02,000
Consciousness, understand the
incontrovertible truth.
29
00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:08,699
If it is confronted with when
the experience occurs, The
30
00:02:08,699 --> 00:02:13,500
mother observes quote.
When the spiritual force is able
31
00:02:13,500 --> 00:02:19,000
to act when it begins to have an
influence, it jolts the Mind
32
00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:23,100
self satisfaction.
And by continuous pressure,
33
00:02:23,700 --> 00:02:25,900
begins to make it feel that
Beyond it.
34
00:02:25,900 --> 00:02:30,200
There is something higher and
truer, then a little of its
35
00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:32,800
characteristic.
Vanity gives way under this
36
00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:36,000
influenced.
And as soon as it realizes that
37
00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:40,800
it is limited ignorant incapable
of reaching the true truth.
38
00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:45,300
Liberation begins with the
possibility of opening to
39
00:02:45,300 --> 00:02:49,900
something Beyond.
But it must feel the power, the
40
00:02:49,900 --> 00:02:53,900
beauty, the force of this
Beyond, to be able to surrender,
41
00:02:54,900 --> 00:02:59,400
it must be able to perceive its
in capacity and its limitations
42
00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:02,100
in the presence of something
higher than itself.
43
00:03:02,700 --> 00:03:06,300
Otherwise, how could it ever
feel its own weakness?
44
00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:10,400
Sometimes one single contact is
enough.
45
00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:14,700
Something that makes a little
rent in that self-satisfaction.
46
00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:19,900
Then the yearning to go beyond
the need for a pure light
47
00:03:19,900 --> 00:03:23,400
awakened.
And with this, Awakening comes
48
00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:27,700
the aspiration to win them.
And with the aspiration
49
00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:34,500
Liberation begins and one day.
Breaking all limits one blossoms
50
00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:39,200
in the infinite light.
If there were not, this constant
51
00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:45,000
pressure simultaneously from
within, and without from above,
52
00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:49,500
and from the profoundest, depths
nothing would ever change.
53
00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:55,000
Even with that, how much time is
required for things to change,
54
00:03:55,600 --> 00:04:00,300
what obstinate, resistance in
this lower nature, what blind
55
00:04:00,300 --> 00:04:04,600
and stupid attachment to the
animal waves of the being what a
56
00:04:04,608 --> 00:04:10,300
refusal to liberate oneself.
When you open to the spirit
57
00:04:10,300 --> 00:04:13,700
within you, it brings you a
first for taste of that higher
58
00:04:13,700 --> 00:04:16,600
life which alone is worth
living.
59
00:04:17,300 --> 00:04:21,899
Then comes the will to rise to
that the hope of reaching it.
60
00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:26,800
The certitude that this is
possible and finally, the
61
00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:31,900
strength to make the necessary
effort and the resolution to go
62
00:04:31,900 --> 00:04:35,300
to the very end for one must
wake up.
63
00:04:35,900 --> 00:04:41,800
Then one can conquer and quote
reference SRI aurobindo and the
64
00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:46,000
mother growing within the
psychology of inner development.
65
00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:51,400
Chapter 2, Awakening of
Consciousness Pages, 29 to 30
66
00:04:35,900 --> 00:04:41,800
Then one can conquer and quote
reference SRI aurobindo and the
67
00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:46,000
mother growing within the
psychology of inner development.
68
00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:51,400
Chapter 2, Awakening of
Consciousness Pages, 29 to 30
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