The Value of Attaining the Standpoint of the Witness Consciousness in Understanding the Complexity of Interaction of the Parts of the Being

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It has been famously stated that
we cannot understand the system

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within which we are acting until
we can shift our View to a

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standpoint outside that frame.
As long as we are immersed,

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within any particular system or
standpoint.

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We are locked into the Viewpoint
and understanding embedded

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within that frame and our
ability to perceive and fully

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appreciate the forces acting
upon us is both severely limited

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and extremely biased.
To become the Observer of the

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external nature.
Therefore, is a prerequisite for

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attaining.
Both self-knowledge and

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self-mastery.
Sankhya philosophy understood

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these limitations and therefore
set forth a method of

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understanding that separated the
witness Consciousness, purusha

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from the active nature,
proximity.

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As we learn how to shift the
standpoint to that of the

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witness free and separate from
the actions of the nature.

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We can begin to see the gears
turning and the forces moving in

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acting and interacting to
create. we know of, as our

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external being At a certain
point, we begin to gain the

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ability to actually untangle the
convoluted and intertwine

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threads of impulsion and action
within us.

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And at that point, we can see
and eventually leverage this

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knowledge to act upon the parts
and aspects of the outer nature.

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Dr. Dalal notes, quote real self
knowledge begins, when a

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separation takes place between
purusa and prakruti between the

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self and its outer nature.
Then we perceive as SRI

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aurobindo States.
The extraordinary complexity of

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our own being the stimulating
but also embarrassing

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multiplicity of our personality.
The rich endless confusion of

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nature.
Dr. Dalal continues.

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We also perceive that the
numerous personalities which are

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mixed up on the surface are
separate and distinct when

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viewed from within each
personality, represents a part

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of the being, which has its own
complex, individuality and

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different nature.
Its own demands agreeing neither

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with itself, nor with the
others, Speaking of the

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perfectly normal to visibility
of the different parts of the

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being SRI aurobindo States.
In the outer surface nature,

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mind psychic, vital physical are
all jumbled together and it

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needs a strong power of
introspection and self-analysis

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close observation, and
disentanglement of the threads

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of thought feeling, and impulse
to find out the composition of

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our nature and the relation and
interaction of these parts upon

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each other.
But when one goes inside, we

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find the sources of all this
surface action and they're the

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parts of our being are quite
separate and clearly distinct

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from each other.
We feel them indeed as different

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beings in us and just as two
people in a joint action can do,

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they too are seen to observe
criticized help or oppose and

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restrain each other.
It is as if we were a group

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being each member of the group
with its separate place and

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function and all directed by a
central being who is sometimes

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in front above the others,
Behind the scenes.

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And quote, reference SRI
aurobindo, and the mother, our

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many selves practical yogic
psychology introduction.

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SRI aurobindo on our many selves
planes and parts of the being

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Pages.
Roman 18 to Roman 19.