Transformation of Human Nature Requires a Shift of Standpoint Away From Absorption in the Actions and Reactions of the External Being

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Transformation of human nature
is Not Practical from a

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standpoint mired within that
nature forces, pushed the being

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in One Direction or another.
And the individual is under the

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power of the Divergent drives,
put up by the physical, the

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vital and the mental being
compounded by the impact of the

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ever-changing, balance of the
three gunas or qualities of

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nature, which either depressed
or accentuate the response to

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the various forces and drives
acting on one aspect or another

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of the external being Therefore,
it is necessary to shift the

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standpoint so that one is not
totally absorbed by and involved

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in the external nature.
Shifting to the status of the

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witness of the nature, allows
the secret to observe and not be

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caught up in the play of the
outer nature.

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This is the separation of
purusa, the witness

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Consciousness and prakruti the
active nature.

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SRI aurobindo writes quote man,
is in his self a unique person,

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but he is also in his
manifestation of self a

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multi-person in quote.
Dr. Dalal notes.

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Quote, in this statement, SRI
aurobindo makes a distinction

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which is fundamental in
understanding his explanation of

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the nature of the human being,
the distinction between the

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person and its many
personalities.

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This distinction is far from a
parent to us in our ordinary

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consciousness.
SRI aurobindo continues.

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The ordinary mind knows itself
only as an ego with all the

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movements of the nature in a
jumble and identifying itself.

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With these movements thinks I am
doing this feeling that thinking

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enjoy, or in sorrow, Etc.
The First beginning of real self

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knowledge is when you feel
yourself separate from the

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nature in you and its movements
and Then you see that there are

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many parts of your being many
personalities, each acting on

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its own behalf and in its own
way.

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Dr. De la comments.
We do not possess self-knowledge

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because we know ourselves not as
the person but as an ego which

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is an identification of the
person with the many

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personalities that constitute
the outer nature of our being in

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terms of sankhya philosophy, we
do not know ourselves as the

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purusa person because we are
identified with prakruti nature

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in this.
This state of identification

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with prakruti.
The complex nature of our being

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is hidden from our view.
And quote.

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Reference SRI aurobindo and the
mother or many selves practical

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yogic psychology introduction.
SRI aurobindo on our many selves

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planes and parts of the being
page, Roman 17.