May 21, 2023
The Nature of the Reversal of Consciousness Cannot Be Fully Grasped by the Ordinary Human Externalized Consciousness
referemce: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Growing Within: The Psychology of Inner Development, Chapter IX Reversal of Consciousness: The New Birth, pg. 169
Also available as a blog post: https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/05/19/the-nature-of-the-reversal-of-consciousness-cannot-be-fully-grasped-by-the-ordinary-human-externalized-consciousness/
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If we reflect for a moment that
a being who does not have a
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highly developed abstract mental
capacity, perhaps a fish or a
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00:00:10,700 --> 00:00:16,300
honey bee, or even a cat or dog
is unable to truly appreciate
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and understand the functioning
of the higher reasoning and
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logical capabilities that human
beings consider to be their
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exclusive province.
There is no doubt that the human
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being interacts with these other
beings.
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And in some cases is able to
train them up to a certain
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00:00:36,100 --> 00:00:41,200
degree to understand certain
simple ideas concept or
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00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:44,700
commands.
But thus far, we have been
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00:00:44,700 --> 00:00:48,200
unable to identify the
development of such a higher
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00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:53,800
mental capacity in the animal or
insect Kingdom even under the
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00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:57,300
direct influence of evolved
human individuals.
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Yes.
If we now transpose this
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reflection to the ability of the
higher mental capacity to truly
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00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:10,300
appreciate and understand and
evolutionary stage beyond the
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mind, it becomes possible to
appreciate that.
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00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:19,000
There are statuses of being,
which cannot be fully understood
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or properly interpreted by even
the most highly developmental
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00:01:23,700 --> 00:01:29,700
intelligence When someone has a
spiritual experience or
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00:01:29,700 --> 00:01:33,500
undergoes, a shift of
Consciousness, which enables him
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00:01:33,500 --> 00:01:36,400
to see and understand things
from a totally different
23
00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:41,500
standpoint, there is clearly no
Pathway to communicate the
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actual experience to the mental
substance.
25
00:01:45,700 --> 00:01:50,300
The best that can be done is to
create imagery, develop
26
00:01:50,300 --> 00:01:55,000
analogies or other transcription
tools to point the way.
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Even if they cannot fully
Express the experience to a mind
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00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:05,500
that is not prepared for it.
We see a similar situation when
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00:02:05,500 --> 00:02:09,100
a profound deep thinking
individual tries to explain an
30
00:02:09,100 --> 00:02:13,900
esoteric concept, he winds up
using language that has little,
31
00:02:13,900 --> 00:02:16,500
or no meaning to the ordinary
individual.
32
00:02:17,100 --> 00:02:21,600
And as the saying goes, the
concept goes right over the head
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00:02:22,100 --> 00:02:25,300
of the individual, who does not
have that capacity.
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Actively developed within him.
Mother observes quote.
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Those who have experienced this
reversal know what I am speaking
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00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:40,800
about, but if one hasn't on
can't understand, one may have a
37
00:02:40,808 --> 00:02:45,600
kind of idea by analogy people
who have tried to describe yoga
38
00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:48,000
compare it with the reversal of
a prism.
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When you put it at a certain
angle, the light is white when
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00:02:52,500 --> 00:02:54,800
you turn it over it is broken
up.
41
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Well this is exactly what
happens that is how to SAU
42
00:02:59,500 --> 00:03:03,100
restore the white in the
ordinary Consciousness.
43
00:03:03,100 --> 00:03:07,300
There is decomposition and you
restore the white.
44
00:03:07,700 --> 00:03:11,900
However, this is only an image.
It is not really that.
45
00:03:12,300 --> 00:03:16,800
This is an analogy.
But the phenomenon is extremely
46
00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:20,100
concrete.
It is almost as though you were
47
00:03:20,100 --> 00:03:24,000
to put what is inside out and
what is outside in?
48
00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:29,000
And it isn't that either.
But if you could turn a ball
49
00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:34,000
inside out where a balloon you
can't, can you, if you could put
50
00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:38,900
the inside out and the outside
in It would be something like
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00:03:38,900 --> 00:03:44,400
what I mean.
In quote reference SRI aurobindo
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00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:48,200
and the mother growing within
the psychology of inner
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00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:52,300
development, chapter 9 reversal
of Consciousness.
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00:03:52,300 --> 00:03:56,400
The new birth Pages 169 to 170.
00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:05,700
If we reflect for a moment that
a being who does not have a
2
00:00:05,700 --> 00:00:10,700
highly developed abstract mental
capacity, perhaps a fish or a
3
00:00:10,700 --> 00:00:16,300
honey bee, or even a cat or dog
is unable to truly appreciate
4
00:00:16,300 --> 00:00:20,400
and understand the functioning
of the higher reasoning and
5
00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:25,100
logical capabilities that human
beings consider to be their
6
00:00:25,100 --> 00:00:29,800
exclusive province.
There is no doubt that the human
7
00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:32,200
being interacts with these other
beings.
8
00:00:32,900 --> 00:00:36,100
And in some cases is able to
train them up to a certain
9
00:00:36,100 --> 00:00:41,200
degree to understand certain
simple ideas concept or
10
00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:44,700
commands.
But thus far, we have been
11
00:00:44,700 --> 00:00:48,200
unable to identify the
development of such a higher
12
00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:53,800
mental capacity in the animal or
insect Kingdom even under the
13
00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:57,300
direct influence of evolved
human individuals.
14
00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:00,800
Yes.
If we now transpose this
15
00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:06,000
reflection to the ability of the
higher mental capacity to truly
16
00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:10,300
appreciate and understand and
evolutionary stage beyond the
17
00:01:10,308 --> 00:01:14,600
mind, it becomes possible to
appreciate that.
18
00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:19,000
There are statuses of being,
which cannot be fully understood
19
00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:23,700
or properly interpreted by even
the most highly developmental
20
00:01:23,700 --> 00:01:29,700
intelligence When someone has a
spiritual experience or
21
00:01:29,700 --> 00:01:33,500
undergoes, a shift of
Consciousness, which enables him
22
00:01:33,500 --> 00:01:36,400
to see and understand things
from a totally different
23
00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:41,500
standpoint, there is clearly no
Pathway to communicate the
24
00:01:41,500 --> 00:01:44,900
actual experience to the mental
substance.
25
00:01:45,700 --> 00:01:50,300
The best that can be done is to
create imagery, develop
26
00:01:50,300 --> 00:01:55,000
analogies or other transcription
tools to point the way.
27
00:01:55,800 --> 00:02:00,400
Even if they cannot fully
Express the experience to a mind
28
00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:05,500
that is not prepared for it.
We see a similar situation when
29
00:02:05,500 --> 00:02:09,100
a profound deep thinking
individual tries to explain an
30
00:02:09,100 --> 00:02:13,900
esoteric concept, he winds up
using language that has little,
31
00:02:13,900 --> 00:02:16,500
or no meaning to the ordinary
individual.
32
00:02:17,100 --> 00:02:21,600
And as the saying goes, the
concept goes right over the head
33
00:02:22,100 --> 00:02:25,300
of the individual, who does not
have that capacity.
34
00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:31,000
Actively developed within him.
Mother observes quote.
35
00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:34,800
Those who have experienced this
reversal know what I am speaking
36
00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:40,800
about, but if one hasn't on
can't understand, one may have a
37
00:02:40,808 --> 00:02:45,600
kind of idea by analogy people
who have tried to describe yoga
38
00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:48,000
compare it with the reversal of
a prism.
39
00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:52,500
When you put it at a certain
angle, the light is white when
40
00:02:52,500 --> 00:02:54,800
you turn it over it is broken
up.
41
00:02:55,500 --> 00:02:59,500
Well this is exactly what
happens that is how to SAU
42
00:02:59,500 --> 00:03:03,100
restore the white in the
ordinary Consciousness.
43
00:03:03,100 --> 00:03:07,300
There is decomposition and you
restore the white.
44
00:03:07,700 --> 00:03:11,900
However, this is only an image.
It is not really that.
45
00:03:12,300 --> 00:03:16,800
This is an analogy.
But the phenomenon is extremely
46
00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:20,100
concrete.
It is almost as though you were
47
00:03:20,100 --> 00:03:24,000
to put what is inside out and
what is outside in?
48
00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:29,000
And it isn't that either.
But if you could turn a ball
49
00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:34,000
inside out where a balloon you
can't, can you, if you could put
50
00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:38,900
the inside out and the outside
in It would be something like
51
00:03:38,900 --> 00:03:44,400
what I mean.
In quote reference SRI aurobindo
52
00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:48,200
and the mother growing within
the psychology of inner
53
00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:52,300
development, chapter 9 reversal
of Consciousness.
54
00:03:52,300 --> 00:03:56,400
The new birth Pages 169 to 170.
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