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May 25, 2023

The Breakthrough to the Reversal of Consciousness

The Breakthrough to the Reversal of Consciousness
The Breakthrough to the Reversal of Consciousness
Sri Aurobindo Studies
The Breakthrough to the Reversal of Consciousness

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Growing Within: The Psychology of Inner Development, Chapter IX Reversal of Consciousness: The New Birth, pp. 172-173


Also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/05/23/the-breakthrough-to-the-reversal-of-consciousness/


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SRI Ramana maharshi to point the
secret towards the truth of his

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existence asked, who am I With
persistent inquiry, the

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individual soon finds that this
external personality ego self

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that we normally treat as who we
are, is in reality, a front, a

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shell, an illusion.
And that the truth of our

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existence lies deep within held
his knowledge, within the sole,

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and only released into the
Forefront of our consciousness.

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When the being is ready, the
Readiness may be prepared over

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many lifetimes.
And at the right moment, the

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realization occurs as if by a
miracle.

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The realization involves a shift
of the Consciousness away from

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the ego personality, to the
Divine consciousness.

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The individuality is recognized
as a Nexus of energy one, among

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an infinite number of such
nodes, and simply a tool to be

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utilized for Action, from that
particular View and location in

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time, space and Circumstance,
without recognizing it.

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We experience from time to time
modest shifts of standpoint

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which represent in their own
limited way, A reversal of

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Consciousness.
For instance, a person goes to

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work in a company and works in a
particular Department.

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Imbibing, the process methods
and focus of that department.

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The department works to optimize
its results in order to achieve

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the objective set before it.
The person then may work for

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another department and go
through a similar process of

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acculturation.
In that department, he may eyes

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that some processes in the first
Department, may actually

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interfere with the actions of
the second department, but he is

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involved in his own work and the
result of his own department so

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he can disregard this at some
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He obtains a position in
management and now gets to

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oversee and view, not just one
department or another, but the

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entire functioning of the
company's apparatus and

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departments Initially, he may
remain in his Department Centric

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view, but eventually a day
comes, when he can actually see

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the entire workings of the
company as a coordinated

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integrated process across all
departments.

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And he sees how the Departments
are actually interfering with

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one another, and with modest
adjustments and interfaces.

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Everything could operate much
more smoothly efficiently.

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Italy and effectively for the
overall goal, he has experienced

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a shift in standpoint from
employee to manager at this

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point.
Similarly, many people report, a

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near-death experience that
involves an out-of-body

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experience, they report sitting
up at the ceiling of a room or

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along a wall and observing the
medical workers trying to revive

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their own body.
They can then recognize that

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they are not the body, but some
other Consciousness that

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inhabits and uses the body, they
bring this new awareness back

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with them when they are revived.
Well, these experiences may not

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lead to the type of permanent
shift or even to the full shift

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to the Divine Consciousness.
They help the individual to

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understand the radical change of
viewpoint that occurs when such

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a shift occurs.
A disciple.

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Inquires, is it possible to
change this at once?

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Change this Consciousness?
One feels that it will be a

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revolution to change that the
mother observes quote.

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Yes.
But a revolution can occur in

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half a second.
It can also take years, even

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centuries and even many lives.
It can be done in a second one

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can do it.
Precisely when one has this

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inner reversal of Consciousness
in one second, Everything,

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Everything Changes precisely
this bewilderment of being able

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to think that what one is, what
one considers as oneself is not

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true.
And that what is the truth of

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ones being is something one.
Doesn't know, you see.

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This should have been the normal
reaction, the one she had of

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saying, but then what is Myself.
If what I feel is myself is an

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illusory formation and not the
truth of my being then, what is

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myself for that?
She does not know and so when

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when asked the question like
that, There is a moment because

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it is a question which becomes
more and more intense and more

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and more acute.
When you have even the feeling

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precisely, that things are
strange.

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That is, they are not real.
A moment comes when this

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Sensation that you have of
yourself of being yourself,

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become strange, a kind of sense
of unreality, and the question

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continues coming up.
But then, what is myself?

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Well, there is a moment when it
comes up with so much

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concentration and such intensity
that with this intensity of

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concentration, suddenly there
occurs a reversal, and then

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instead of being on this side,
you are on that side.

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And when you are on that side,
everything is very simple, you

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understand?
You know, you are you live?

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And then you see clearly the
unreality of the rest and this

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is enough and quote reference
SRI aurobindo in the mother

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growing within the psychology of
inner development.

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Chapter 9 reversal of
Consciousness.

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The new birth Pages 172 173