May 25, 2023
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
3
00:00:14,300 --> 00:00:19,300
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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00:00:25,700 --> 00:00:29,800
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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00:00:35,300 --> 00:00:38,800
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
10
00:00:48,700 --> 00:00:52,400
realization occurs as if by a
miracle.
11
00:00:53,500 --> 00:00:57,400
The realization involves a shift
of the Consciousness away from
12
00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:01,100
the ego personality, to the
Divine consciousness.
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00:01:02,300 --> 00:01:07,400
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.
17
00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:28,200
We experience from time to time
modest shifts of standpoint
18
00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:32,500
which represent in their own
limited way, A reversal of
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00:01:32,500 --> 00:01:36,800
Consciousness.
For instance, a person goes to
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00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:39,800
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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00:01:45,300 --> 00:01:49,200
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
24
00:01:53,500 --> 00:01:57,000
another department and go
through a similar process of
25
00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:01,700
acculturation.
In that department, he may eyes
26
00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:05,700
that some processes in the first
Department, may actually
27
00:02:05,700 --> 00:02:09,800
interfere with the actions of
the second department, but he is
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00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:14,000
involved in his own work and the
result of his own department so
29
00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,800
he can disregard this at some
point.
30
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He obtains a position in
management and now gets to
31
00:02:21,700 --> 00:02:26,100
oversee and view, not just one
department or another, but the
32
00:02:26,100 --> 00:02:29,200
entire functioning of the
company's apparatus and
33
00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:34,600
departments Initially, he may
remain in his Department Centric
34
00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:40,100
view, but eventually a day
comes, when he can actually see
35
00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:44,400
the entire workings of the
company as a coordinated
36
00:02:44,500 --> 00:02:48,100
integrated process across all
departments.
37
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And he sees how the Departments
are actually interfering with
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00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:56,400
one another, and with modest
adjustments and interfaces.
39
00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:00,600
Everything could operate much
more smoothly efficiently.
40
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Italy and effectively for the
overall goal, he has experienced
41
00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:11,900
a shift in standpoint from
employee to manager at this
42
00:03:11,900 --> 00:03:17,400
point.
Similarly, many people report, a
43
00:03:17,408 --> 00:03:20,400
near-death experience that
involves an out-of-body
44
00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:25,000
experience, they report sitting
up at the ceiling of a room or
45
00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:29,600
along a wall and observing the
medical workers trying to revive
46
00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:33,400
their own body.
They can then recognize that
47
00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:36,700
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
49
00:03:41,900 --> 00:03:47,300
with them when they are revived.
Well, these experiences may not
50
00:03:47,300 --> 00:03:51,700
lead to the type of permanent
shift or even to the full shift
51
00:03:51,700 --> 00:03:55,600
to the Divine Consciousness.
They help the individual to
52
00:03:55,600 --> 00:04:00,500
understand the radical change of
viewpoint that occurs when such
53
00:04:00,500 --> 00:04:04,100
a shift occurs.
A disciple.
54
00:04:04,100 --> 00:04:08,300
Inquires, is it possible to
change this at once?
55
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Change this Consciousness?
One feels that it will be a
56
00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:17,000
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
59
00:04:24,500 --> 00:04:31,400
centuries and even many lives.
It can be done in a second one
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00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:34,700
can do it.
Precisely when one has this
61
00:04:34,700 --> 00:04:38,900
inner reversal of Consciousness
in one second, Everything,
62
00:04:39,300 --> 00:04:44,300
Everything Changes precisely
this bewilderment of being able
63
00:04:44,300 --> 00:04:49,300
to think that what one is, what
one considers as oneself is not
64
00:04:49,300 --> 00:04:52,600
true.
And that what is the truth of
65
00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:56,600
ones being is something one.
Doesn't know, you see.
66
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This should have been the normal
reaction, the one she had of
67
00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:06,600
saying, but then what is Myself.
If what I feel is myself is an
68
00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:11,900
illusory formation and not the
truth of my being then, what is
69
00:05:11,900 --> 00:05:16,700
myself for that?
She does not know and so when
70
00:05:16,700 --> 00:05:22,300
when asked the question like
that, There is a moment because
71
00:05:22,300 --> 00:05:26,000
it is a question which becomes
more and more intense and more
72
00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:29,600
and more acute.
When you have even the feeling
73
00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:33,000
precisely, that things are
strange.
74
00:05:33,300 --> 00:05:37,200
That is, they are not real.
A moment comes when this
75
00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:40,700
Sensation that you have of
yourself of being yourself,
76
00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:47,500
become strange, a kind of sense
of unreality, and the question
77
00:05:47,500 --> 00:05:52,200
continues coming up.
But then, what is myself?
78
00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:56,100
Well, there is a moment when it
comes up with so much
79
00:05:56,100 --> 00:06:01,100
concentration and such intensity
that with this intensity of
80
00:06:01,100 --> 00:06:05,600
concentration, suddenly there
occurs a reversal, and then
81
00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:09,200
instead of being on this side,
you are on that side.
82
00:06:10,100 --> 00:06:14,400
And when you are on that side,
everything is very simple, you
83
00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:18,900
understand?
You know, you are you live?
84
00:06:19,700 --> 00:06:25,000
And then you see clearly the
unreality of the rest and this
85
00:06:25,100 --> 00:06:31,800
is enough and quote reference
SRI aurobindo in the mother
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growing within the psychology of
inner development.
87
00:06:35,700 --> 00:06:38,600
Chapter 9 reversal of
Consciousness.
88
00:06:39,300 --> 00:06:43,600
The new birth Pages 172 173
00:00:02,300 --> 00:00:06,900
SRI Ramana maharshi to point the
secret towards the truth of his
2
00:00:06,900 --> 00:00:14,300
existence asked, who am I With
persistent inquiry, the
3
00:00:14,300 --> 00:00:19,300
individual soon finds that this
external personality ego self
4
00:00:19,300 --> 00:00:25,700
that we normally treat as who we
are, is in reality, a front, a
5
00:00:25,700 --> 00:00:29,800
shell, an illusion.
And that the truth of our
6
00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:34,600
existence lies deep within held
his knowledge, within the sole,
7
00:00:35,300 --> 00:00:38,800
and only released into the
Forefront of our consciousness.
8
00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:44,400
When the being is ready, the
Readiness may be prepared over
9
00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:48,700
many lifetimes.
And at the right moment, the
10
00:00:48,700 --> 00:00:52,400
realization occurs as if by a
miracle.
11
00:00:53,500 --> 00:00:57,400
The realization involves a shift
of the Consciousness away from
12
00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:01,100
the ego personality, to the
Divine consciousness.
13
00:01:02,300 --> 00:01:07,400
The individuality is recognized
as a Nexus of energy one, among
14
00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:12,300
an infinite number of such
nodes, and simply a tool to be
15
00:01:12,300 --> 00:01:18,000
utilized for Action, from that
particular View and location in
16
00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:24,200
time, space and Circumstance,
without recognizing it.
17
00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:28,200
We experience from time to time
modest shifts of standpoint
18
00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:32,500
which represent in their own
limited way, A reversal of
19
00:01:32,500 --> 00:01:36,800
Consciousness.
For instance, a person goes to
20
00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:39,800
work in a company and works in a
particular Department.
21
00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:44,500
Imbibing, the process methods
and focus of that department.
22
00:01:45,300 --> 00:01:49,200
The department works to optimize
its results in order to achieve
23
00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:53,500
the objective set before it.
The person then may work for
24
00:01:53,500 --> 00:01:57,000
another department and go
through a similar process of
25
00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:01,700
acculturation.
In that department, he may eyes
26
00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:05,700
that some processes in the first
Department, may actually
27
00:02:05,700 --> 00:02:09,800
interfere with the actions of
the second department, but he is
28
00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:14,000
involved in his own work and the
result of his own department so
29
00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,800
he can disregard this at some
point.
30
00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:21,700
He obtains a position in
management and now gets to
31
00:02:21,700 --> 00:02:26,100
oversee and view, not just one
department or another, but the
32
00:02:26,100 --> 00:02:29,200
entire functioning of the
company's apparatus and
33
00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:34,600
departments Initially, he may
remain in his Department Centric
34
00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:40,100
view, but eventually a day
comes, when he can actually see
35
00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:44,400
the entire workings of the
company as a coordinated
36
00:02:44,500 --> 00:02:48,100
integrated process across all
departments.
37
00:02:48,700 --> 00:02:52,200
And he sees how the Departments
are actually interfering with
38
00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:56,400
one another, and with modest
adjustments and interfaces.
39
00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:00,600
Everything could operate much
more smoothly efficiently.
40
00:03:00,700 --> 00:03:07,100
Italy and effectively for the
overall goal, he has experienced
41
00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:11,900
a shift in standpoint from
employee to manager at this
42
00:03:11,900 --> 00:03:17,400
point.
Similarly, many people report, a
43
00:03:17,408 --> 00:03:20,400
near-death experience that
involves an out-of-body
44
00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:25,000
experience, they report sitting
up at the ceiling of a room or
45
00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:29,600
along a wall and observing the
medical workers trying to revive
46
00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:33,400
their own body.
They can then recognize that
47
00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:36,700
they are not the body, but some
other Consciousness that
48
00:03:36,700 --> 00:03:41,900
inhabits and uses the body, they
bring this new awareness back
49
00:03:41,900 --> 00:03:47,300
with them when they are revived.
Well, these experiences may not
50
00:03:47,300 --> 00:03:51,700
lead to the type of permanent
shift or even to the full shift
51
00:03:51,700 --> 00:03:55,600
to the Divine Consciousness.
They help the individual to
52
00:03:55,600 --> 00:04:00,500
understand the radical change of
viewpoint that occurs when such
53
00:04:00,500 --> 00:04:04,100
a shift occurs.
A disciple.
54
00:04:04,100 --> 00:04:08,300
Inquires, is it possible to
change this at once?
55
00:04:08,300 --> 00:04:11,800
Change this Consciousness?
One feels that it will be a
56
00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:17,000
revolution to change that the
mother observes quote.
57
00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,700
Yes.
But a revolution can occur in
58
00:04:20,700 --> 00:04:24,500
half a second.
It can also take years, even
59
00:04:24,500 --> 00:04:31,400
centuries and even many lives.
It can be done in a second one
60
00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:34,700
can do it.
Precisely when one has this
61
00:04:34,700 --> 00:04:38,900
inner reversal of Consciousness
in one second, Everything,
62
00:04:39,300 --> 00:04:44,300
Everything Changes precisely
this bewilderment of being able
63
00:04:44,300 --> 00:04:49,300
to think that what one is, what
one considers as oneself is not
64
00:04:49,300 --> 00:04:52,600
true.
And that what is the truth of
65
00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:56,600
ones being is something one.
Doesn't know, you see.
66
00:04:56,600 --> 00:05:00,400
This should have been the normal
reaction, the one she had of
67
00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:06,600
saying, but then what is Myself.
If what I feel is myself is an
68
00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:11,900
illusory formation and not the
truth of my being then, what is
69
00:05:11,900 --> 00:05:16,700
myself for that?
She does not know and so when
70
00:05:16,700 --> 00:05:22,300
when asked the question like
that, There is a moment because
71
00:05:22,300 --> 00:05:26,000
it is a question which becomes
more and more intense and more
72
00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:29,600
and more acute.
When you have even the feeling
73
00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:33,000
precisely, that things are
strange.
74
00:05:33,300 --> 00:05:37,200
That is, they are not real.
A moment comes when this
75
00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:40,700
Sensation that you have of
yourself of being yourself,
76
00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:47,500
become strange, a kind of sense
of unreality, and the question
77
00:05:47,500 --> 00:05:52,200
continues coming up.
But then, what is myself?
78
00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:56,100
Well, there is a moment when it
comes up with so much
79
00:05:56,100 --> 00:06:01,100
concentration and such intensity
that with this intensity of
80
00:06:01,100 --> 00:06:05,600
concentration, suddenly there
occurs a reversal, and then
81
00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:09,200
instead of being on this side,
you are on that side.
82
00:06:10,100 --> 00:06:14,400
And when you are on that side,
everything is very simple, you
83
00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:18,900
understand?
You know, you are you live?
84
00:06:19,700 --> 00:06:25,000
And then you see clearly the
unreality of the rest and this
85
00:06:25,100 --> 00:06:31,800
is enough and quote reference
SRI aurobindo in the mother
86
00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:35,700
growing within the psychology of
inner development.
87
00:06:35,700 --> 00:06:38,600
Chapter 9 reversal of
Consciousness.
88
00:06:39,300 --> 00:06:43,600
The new birth Pages 172 173
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