The Path to the Attainment of Integral Self-Knowledge

0:02 In the Life, Divine SRI aurobindo describes at some length, what he calls the refusal of the ascetic. This refusal is caused by the focus on the attainment of the Supreme by disregarding, or even eliminating the relationship of the Seeker to the life of the external world and Society. He has choose all objectives or goals that do not lie. Lead directly to the Supreme in. So doing, he necessarily treats the material world, the vital powers, and the Mind as a form of distraction an illusion or at Best of being of lesser importance. SRI, aurobindo takes issue with this approach and its underlying implied recognition of a duality of Truth Versus illusion. He maintains that Oneness of all Consciousness and the forms created by that Consciousness mandates that we understand and respect the Divine meaning and significance of the manifestation and carry out that meaning in our search for the Divine and our adherence to the Divine intention. Dr. Dalal notes, quote, the traditional Path of Knowledge, jnana, yoga in India, aims at

1:33 eliminating successively, the body, the life, and the mind, and taking a straight plunge, by merging into the Supra, Cosmic reality of such eat Ananda However, for an integral self-knowledge, says SRI aurobindo it is necessary to ascend through each of the supercontinent planes including the super mind in the passage to set. Cheer Ananda SRI aurobindo continues, quote, the method of the traditional way of knowledge, eliminating all these things body life mind arrives at the conception and realization of a pure conscious existence self-aware, self Blissful unconditioned by mind and life and body and to its ultimate positive experience that is Atman.

2:30 The self the original and essential nature of our existence. Here at last, there is something centrally true, but any taste to arrive at it. This knowledge assumes that there is nothing between the thinking mind and the highest Buddha hey parrot us to Saha that which is Supreme Over booty is he and shutting its eyes in sumati tries to rush through all that actually intervenes without even seeing these Great and luminous kingdoms of the spirit. Perhaps it arrives at its object but only to fall asleep in the infinite or if it remains awake, it is in the highest experience of the Supreme into which the self and nulling mind can enter but not in the Supreme of the Supreme para para.

3:29 The mind can only be aware of the self in a mental life. Spiritual thinness, only of the Mind reflected such E de nada. The highest truth. The integral self-knowledge is not to be gained by this self blinded leap into the absolute. But by a patient Transit beyond the Mind into the truth Consciousness, where the infinite can be known felt seen experienced in all the fullness of its unending riches and quote. Reference SRI aurobindo and the mother, our many shelves, practical, yogic psychology introduction, SRI aurobindo on our mini selves planes and parts of the being Pages. Roman 32 to 33, Reference SRI aurobindo and the mother, our many shelves, practical, yogic psychology introduction, SRI aurobindo on our mini selves planes and parts of the being Pages.

4:21 Roman 32 to 33,