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

0:01 Transformation of human nature is Not Practical from a standpoint mired within that nature forces, pushed the being in One Direction or another. And the individual is under the power of the Divergent drives, put up by the physical, the vital and the mental being compounded by the impact of the ever-changing, balance of the three gunas or qualities of nature, which either depressed or accentuate the response to the various forces and drives acting on one aspect or another of the external being Therefore, it is necessary to shift the standpoint so that one is not totally absorbed by and involved in the external nature. Shifting to the status of the witness of the nature, allows the secret to observe and not be caught up in the play of the outer nature.

1:01 This is the separation of purusa, the witness Consciousness and prakruti the active nature. SRI aurobindo writes quote man, is in his self a unique person, but he is also in his manifestation of self a multi-person in quote. Dr. Dalal notes. Quote, in this statement, SRI aurobindo makes a distinction which is fundamental in understanding his explanation of the nature of the human being, the distinction between the person and its many personalities.

1:42 This distinction is far from a parent to us in our ordinary consciousness. SRI aurobindo continues. The ordinary mind knows itself only as an ego with all the movements of the nature in a jumble and identifying itself. With these movements thinks I am doing this feeling that thinking enjoy, or in sorrow, Etc. The First beginning of real self knowledge is when you feel yourself separate from the nature in you and its movements and Then you see that there are many parts of your being many personalities, each acting on its own behalf and in its own way.

2:30 Dr. De la comments. We do not possess self-knowledge because we know ourselves not as the person but as an ego which is an identification of the person with the many personalities that constitute the outer nature of our being in terms of sankhya philosophy, we do not know ourselves as the purusa person because we are identified with prakruti nature in this. This state of identification with prakruti. The complex nature of our being is hidden from our view. And quote. Reference SRI aurobindo and the mother or many selves practical yogic psychology introduction. SRI aurobindo on our many selves planes and parts of the being page, Roman 17.