July 9, 2024
The Material Universe Is the Result of Consciousness, Not Its Cause
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YouTube reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, The Hidden Forces of Life, Ch.6 Hidden Worlds and Evolutionary Forces, pp.144-145 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/07/04/the-material-universe-is-the-result-of-consciousness-not-its-cause/
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It is a human tendency rooted in
our foundation and our physical
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being to try to understand
everything is being created
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first and foremost from a basis
in matter.
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In the Taitarya Upanishad, a
similar situation occurs when a
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young seeker approaches his
father to understand the nature
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of existence.
He is asked to focus on that
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from which these creatures are
born, whereby being born they
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live, and to which they go hence
and enter again, for that is the
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eternal.
His first insight was that
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matter was the answer.
He was then sent back to
11
00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:44,600
continue his concentration and
came to successively deeper
12
00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:47,520
insights as to the source of
existence.
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00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:51,360
Western scientists have followed
a similar path.
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They start from matter and look
at the evolution of forms.
15
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At some point they discover that
this is insufficient and does
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00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:04,080
not truly answer the question as
to the origin, nature and
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00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:06,680
mechanism of the universal
creation.
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Eventually they discovered that
there is a strict encoding of
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data in what is called DNA, and
it is this encoded data which
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determines the form.
And the capabilities?
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00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:23,520
Of the form to be created, just
as the physical box we call a
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computer did not create purely
from its physical substance the
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software the computer code
needed to carry out its.
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Functions.
So the physical bodies do not
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create.
The code that directs them in
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their existence and action.
The scientists continued to
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follow.
This thread and eventually.
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Conclude that the.
Physical form.
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Is the result.
Not the cause of conscious.
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Existence they.
Plot the vital energy and move
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on, as did the.
Student in the Tytteria
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00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:58,520
Upanishad to understand.
That the plane of mind is.
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More basic.
Than the vital or physical
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00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:02,440
planes.
And that.
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There is yet behind that a
causal plane and a plane of pure
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00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:10,960
existence, consciousness and
bliss, from whence this entire
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creation proceeds.
Sri Aurobindo.
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00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:18,080
Observes quote we find.
These higher worlds in our
39
00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:21,760
vision and experience of them to
be in no way based upon the
40
00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:27,240
material universe, in no way
it's results, but rather greater
41
00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:31,160
terms of being larger and freer
ranges of consciousness.
42
00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:35,280
And all the action of the
material plane looks more like
43
00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:40,360
the result and not the origin of
these greater terms derivatory
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00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:45,000
from them, even partly dependent
on them in its evolutionary
45
00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,440
endeavor.
Immense ranges of powers,
46
00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:53,560
influences, phenomena descend
covertly upon us from the over
47
00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:56,640
mind and the higher mental and
vital ranges.
48
00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:01,920
But of these only a part, a
selection, as it were, or
49
00:03:01,920 --> 00:03:06,440
restricted number, can stage and
realize themselves in the order
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00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:10,560
of the physical world.
The rest await their time and
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proper circumstance for
revelation in physical term and
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form, for their part in the
terrestrial evolution, which is
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at the same time and evolution
of all the powers of the Spirit.
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Necessarily by terrestrial we do
not mean this one Earth and it's
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period of duration, but use
Earth in the wider root sense of
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the Vedantic pretty V the Earth
principle creating habitations
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of physical form for the soul.
End Quote.
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Reference Sri Aurobindo and the
Mother, The Hidden Forces of
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00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:51,680
Life, Chapter 6, Hidden Worlds
and Evolutionary Forces, pages
60
00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:53,760
1:44 to 1:45.
00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:05,440
It is a human tendency rooted in
our foundation and our physical
2
00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:09,360
being to try to understand
everything is being created
3
00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:12,560
first and foremost from a basis
in matter.
4
00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:17,680
In the Taitarya Upanishad, a
similar situation occurs when a
5
00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:20,840
young seeker approaches his
father to understand the nature
6
00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:25,000
of existence.
He is asked to focus on that
7
00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:28,640
from which these creatures are
born, whereby being born they
8
00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:33,440
live, and to which they go hence
and enter again, for that is the
9
00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:36,600
eternal.
His first insight was that
10
00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:40,080
matter was the answer.
He was then sent back to
11
00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:44,600
continue his concentration and
came to successively deeper
12
00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:47,520
insights as to the source of
existence.
13
00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:51,360
Western scientists have followed
a similar path.
14
00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:56,120
They start from matter and look
at the evolution of forms.
15
00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,200
At some point they discover that
this is insufficient and does
16
00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:04,080
not truly answer the question as
to the origin, nature and
17
00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:06,680
mechanism of the universal
creation.
18
00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:11,080
Eventually they discovered that
there is a strict encoding of
19
00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:15,880
data in what is called DNA, and
it is this encoded data which
20
00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:18,800
determines the form.
And the capabilities?
21
00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:23,520
Of the form to be created, just
as the physical box we call a
22
00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:28,200
computer did not create purely
from its physical substance the
23
00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:31,600
software the computer code
needed to carry out its.
24
00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:34,520
Functions.
So the physical bodies do not
25
00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:36,520
create.
The code that directs them in
26
00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:41,400
their existence and action.
The scientists continued to
27
00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:43,280
follow.
This thread and eventually.
28
00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:45,520
Conclude that the.
Physical form.
29
00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:48,560
Is the result.
Not the cause of conscious.
30
00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:51,920
Existence they.
Plot the vital energy and move
31
00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:54,560
on, as did the.
Student in the Tytteria
32
00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:58,520
Upanishad to understand.
That the plane of mind is.
33
00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:00,960
More basic.
Than the vital or physical
34
00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:02,440
planes.
And that.
35
00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:07,200
There is yet behind that a
causal plane and a plane of pure
36
00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:10,960
existence, consciousness and
bliss, from whence this entire
37
00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:14,280
creation proceeds.
Sri Aurobindo.
38
00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:18,080
Observes quote we find.
These higher worlds in our
39
00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:21,760
vision and experience of them to
be in no way based upon the
40
00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:27,240
material universe, in no way
it's results, but rather greater
41
00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:31,160
terms of being larger and freer
ranges of consciousness.
42
00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:35,280
And all the action of the
material plane looks more like
43
00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:40,360
the result and not the origin of
these greater terms derivatory
44
00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:45,000
from them, even partly dependent
on them in its evolutionary
45
00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,440
endeavor.
Immense ranges of powers,
46
00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:53,560
influences, phenomena descend
covertly upon us from the over
47
00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:56,640
mind and the higher mental and
vital ranges.
48
00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:01,920
But of these only a part, a
selection, as it were, or
49
00:03:01,920 --> 00:03:06,440
restricted number, can stage and
realize themselves in the order
50
00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:10,560
of the physical world.
The rest await their time and
51
00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:14,360
proper circumstance for
revelation in physical term and
52
00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:18,320
form, for their part in the
terrestrial evolution, which is
53
00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:22,480
at the same time and evolution
of all the powers of the Spirit.
54
00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:28,160
Necessarily by terrestrial we do
not mean this one Earth and it's
55
00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:33,240
period of duration, but use
Earth in the wider root sense of
56
00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:38,160
the Vedantic pretty V the Earth
principle creating habitations
57
00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:41,400
of physical form for the soul.
End Quote.
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00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:46,800
Reference Sri Aurobindo and the
Mother, The Hidden Forces of
59
00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:51,680
Life, Chapter 6, Hidden Worlds
and Evolutionary Forces, pages
60
00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:53,760
1:44 to 1:45.