March 25, 2024
The Subliminal, the Subconscient, the Superconscient and the Circumconscient Forces That Impact Our Responses to Life
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YouTube reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, The Hidden Forces of Life, Ch. 2 Hidden Forces Within, pg.28 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/the-subliminal-the-subconscient-the-superconscient-and-the-circumconscient-forces-that-impact-our-responses-to-life/
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Our surface awareness is
basically the tip of the
2
00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:08,320
iceberg.
Most of what takes place in our
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00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:11,800
being occurs outside of the
range of our active external
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00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:14,880
perception of the senses and
mental awareness.
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Even the interactions with the
external reality we experience
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00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:24,520
represent only a small fraction
of the input we are receiving
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from that external reality.
Our range of perception and
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00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:32,960
understanding is limited on all
sides within a very narrow
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00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:37,320
framework.
While forces, factors, and
10
00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:42,560
influences from outside this
range wind up impacting us, we
11
00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:46,600
are simply blind to these forces
and the ways in which they
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00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:51,520
influence how we perceive,
respond to, and react to the
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00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:55,320
world around us.
Much of what actually moves us
14
00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:59,440
remains buried in subconscious
memories, which can be triggered
15
00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:02,840
based on appropriate
circumstances impinging upon us.
16
00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:09,200
It can be a sight, a scent,
something we hear, or a location
17
00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:13,640
we visit that somehow triggers
reactions that we had no clue
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00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:18,280
were part of our being.
We do not actually understand
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most of the impulsions that we
nevertheless adopt as our own
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00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:27,920
thoughts, feelings, emotions,
ideas, concepts or directions,
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00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:32,840
Sri Aubindo writes in his epic
poem Xavi Tree.
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A legend and a symbol quote only
a little of us foresees its
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steps, only a little has will
and purpose.
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Pace, a vast subliminal is man's
measureless part.
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The dim subconscient is his
cavern base, and a portion of us
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lives in present time.
A secret mass in dim
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inconscience gropes out of the
inconscient and subliminal
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00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:07,120
arisen.
We live in minds, uncertain
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light, and strive to know and
master a dubious world whose
30
00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:14,920
purpose and meaning are hidden
from our sight.
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Above us dwells A superconscient
God hidden in the mystery of his
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own light.
Around us is a vast of ignorance
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lit by the uncertain ray of
human mind.
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Below us sleeps the inconscient,
dark and mute.
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End Quote Reference Savitri, A
Legend and a symbol.
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Book 7.
Canto 2.
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00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:48,760
Greater reference Sri Aurobindo
and the Mother, The Hidden
38
00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:54,600
Forces of Life, Chapter 2,
Hidden Forces within page 28.
00:00:01,920 --> 00:00:05,120
Our surface awareness is
basically the tip of the
2
00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:08,320
iceberg.
Most of what takes place in our
3
00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:11,800
being occurs outside of the
range of our active external
4
00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:14,880
perception of the senses and
mental awareness.
5
00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:19,720
Even the interactions with the
external reality we experience
6
00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:24,520
represent only a small fraction
of the input we are receiving
7
00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:29,080
from that external reality.
Our range of perception and
8
00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:32,960
understanding is limited on all
sides within a very narrow
9
00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:37,320
framework.
While forces, factors, and
10
00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:42,560
influences from outside this
range wind up impacting us, we
11
00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:46,600
are simply blind to these forces
and the ways in which they
12
00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:51,520
influence how we perceive,
respond to, and react to the
13
00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:55,320
world around us.
Much of what actually moves us
14
00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:59,440
remains buried in subconscious
memories, which can be triggered
15
00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:02,840
based on appropriate
circumstances impinging upon us.
16
00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:09,200
It can be a sight, a scent,
something we hear, or a location
17
00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:13,640
we visit that somehow triggers
reactions that we had no clue
18
00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:18,280
were part of our being.
We do not actually understand
19
00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:21,680
most of the impulsions that we
nevertheless adopt as our own
20
00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:27,920
thoughts, feelings, emotions,
ideas, concepts or directions,
21
00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:32,840
Sri Aubindo writes in his epic
poem Xavi Tree.
22
00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:38,840
A legend and a symbol quote only
a little of us foresees its
23
00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:42,600
steps, only a little has will
and purpose.
24
00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:47,240
Pace, a vast subliminal is man's
measureless part.
25
00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:55,160
The dim subconscient is his
cavern base, and a portion of us
26
00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:58,880
lives in present time.
A secret mass in dim
27
00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:03,640
inconscience gropes out of the
inconscient and subliminal
28
00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:07,120
arisen.
We live in minds, uncertain
29
00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:12,400
light, and strive to know and
master a dubious world whose
30
00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:14,920
purpose and meaning are hidden
from our sight.
31
00:02:15,920 --> 00:02:20,680
Above us dwells A superconscient
God hidden in the mystery of his
32
00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:25,080
own light.
Around us is a vast of ignorance
33
00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:28,520
lit by the uncertain ray of
human mind.
34
00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:33,600
Below us sleeps the inconscient,
dark and mute.
35
00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:39,280
End Quote Reference Savitri, A
Legend and a symbol.
36
00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:41,000
Book 7.
Canto 2.
37
00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:48,760
Greater reference Sri Aurobindo
and the Mother, The Hidden
38
00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:54,600
Forces of Life, Chapter 2,
Hidden Forces within page 28.