June 29, 2023
Untying the Knot of the Ego-Consciousness
Apple Podcasts 
Spotify 
Amazon Music 
RSS Feed 
Castro 
RadioPublic 
PocketCasts 
YouTube reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 1, Our Manifold Being, pg. 5 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/06/27/untying-the-knot-of-the-ego-consciousness/
1
00:00:01,900 --> 00:00:05,100
As long as an individual is
locked within a framework of
2
00:00:05,100 --> 00:00:09,300
understanding.
He is unable to truly recognize
3
00:00:09,300 --> 00:00:12,200
or exceed, the limit of that
framework.
4
00:00:13,100 --> 00:00:18,300
The ego Consciousness is such a
frame of awareness, it creates
5
00:00:18,300 --> 00:00:21,600
the sense of a separate
individual apart.
6
00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:26,300
And having his own autonomy, in
contradistinction to the rest of
7
00:00:26,300 --> 00:00:29,800
the creation.
It creates a sense of self.
8
00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:34,600
Elf and other that drives the
individual to see things in a
9
00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:38,300
fragmented manner.
Depending on the cultural
10
00:00:38,300 --> 00:00:42,600
background, this may lead people
in a particular society to try
11
00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:49,400
to control or gain dominion over
the rest of the creation or it
12
00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:52,900
may lead to a collective
understanding of codependent and
13
00:00:52,900 --> 00:00:56,700
interconnectedness that reduces
the hold of the ego
14
00:00:56,700 --> 00:01:01,100
Consciousness as it raises up
the sense of community.
15
00:01:02,100 --> 00:01:05,300
This does not totally remove the
ego awareness.
16
00:01:05,300 --> 00:01:09,100
However, and there are still
opportunities for it to set
17
00:01:09,100 --> 00:01:13,800
itself in opposition to others.
Even in a community that
18
00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:17,900
recognizes the interconnections
of all nature.
19
00:01:19,500 --> 00:01:22,800
The ego naturally attempts to
maximize the sense of
20
00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:28,800
well-being, Health achievement
progress, success, and
21
00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:33,500
recognition for the individual.
It is bound up tightly with the
22
00:01:33,500 --> 00:01:36,700
attempt to control or Master the
outer world.
23
00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:43,800
It's beings forces and events.
As long as the ego hold sway, it
24
00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:47,500
is not really possible to gain
any true insight to the nature
25
00:01:47,500 --> 00:01:50,000
of the reality within which we
exist.
26
00:01:50,900 --> 00:01:54,800
It is only when we find a way to
transcend the barrier set up by
27
00:01:54,800 --> 00:02:00,600
the ego and shift the standpoint
to a place where we can observe
28
00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:05,200
and see the do personality and
action that the Spiritual
29
00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:09,000
Development can occur.
This occurs through the
30
00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:13,400
mechanism of the separation of
the purusa, from the prakruti,
31
00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,300
the witness Consciousness from
the active nature.
32
00:02:18,300 --> 00:02:22,700
This shift of standpoint
provides leverage to understand
33
00:02:22,700 --> 00:02:27,500
the various forces that act upon
the nature and to see and
34
00:02:27,500 --> 00:02:32,500
understand the various parts of
the being that respond to these
35
00:02:32,500 --> 00:02:39,400
forces, SRI, aurobindo notes,
quote, The ordinary mind knows
36
00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:43,300
itself only as an ego with all
the movements of the nature in a
37
00:02:43,300 --> 00:02:48,000
jumble and identifying itself
with these movements.
38
00:02:48,300 --> 00:02:54,400
Thanks, I am doing this feeling
that thinking enjoy, or in
39
00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:59,000
sorrow Etc.
The First beginning of real self
40
00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,600
knowledge is when you feel
yourself separate from the
41
00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:07,800
nature in you and its movement.
And then you see that there are
42
00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:13,300
many parts of your being many
personalities, each acting on
43
00:03:13,300 --> 00:03:16,700
its own behalf, and in its own
way.
44
00:03:17,700 --> 00:03:23,100
And quote, reference SRI
aurobindo in the mother, our
45
00:03:23,100 --> 00:03:26,200
many shelves, practical, yogic
psychology.
46
00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:31,200
After 1 hour manifold B page 5.
After 1 hour manifold B page 5.
00:00:01,900 --> 00:00:05,100
As long as an individual is
locked within a framework of
2
00:00:05,100 --> 00:00:09,300
understanding.
He is unable to truly recognize
3
00:00:09,300 --> 00:00:12,200
or exceed, the limit of that
framework.
4
00:00:13,100 --> 00:00:18,300
The ego Consciousness is such a
frame of awareness, it creates
5
00:00:18,300 --> 00:00:21,600
the sense of a separate
individual apart.
6
00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:26,300
And having his own autonomy, in
contradistinction to the rest of
7
00:00:26,300 --> 00:00:29,800
the creation.
It creates a sense of self.
8
00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:34,600
Elf and other that drives the
individual to see things in a
9
00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:38,300
fragmented manner.
Depending on the cultural
10
00:00:38,300 --> 00:00:42,600
background, this may lead people
in a particular society to try
11
00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:49,400
to control or gain dominion over
the rest of the creation or it
12
00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:52,900
may lead to a collective
understanding of codependent and
13
00:00:52,900 --> 00:00:56,700
interconnectedness that reduces
the hold of the ego
14
00:00:56,700 --> 00:01:01,100
Consciousness as it raises up
the sense of community.
15
00:01:02,100 --> 00:01:05,300
This does not totally remove the
ego awareness.
16
00:01:05,300 --> 00:01:09,100
However, and there are still
opportunities for it to set
17
00:01:09,100 --> 00:01:13,800
itself in opposition to others.
Even in a community that
18
00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:17,900
recognizes the interconnections
of all nature.
19
00:01:19,500 --> 00:01:22,800
The ego naturally attempts to
maximize the sense of
20
00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:28,800
well-being, Health achievement
progress, success, and
21
00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:33,500
recognition for the individual.
It is bound up tightly with the
22
00:01:33,500 --> 00:01:36,700
attempt to control or Master the
outer world.
23
00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:43,800
It's beings forces and events.
As long as the ego hold sway, it
24
00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:47,500
is not really possible to gain
any true insight to the nature
25
00:01:47,500 --> 00:01:50,000
of the reality within which we
exist.
26
00:01:50,900 --> 00:01:54,800
It is only when we find a way to
transcend the barrier set up by
27
00:01:54,800 --> 00:02:00,600
the ego and shift the standpoint
to a place where we can observe
28
00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:05,200
and see the do personality and
action that the Spiritual
29
00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:09,000
Development can occur.
This occurs through the
30
00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:13,400
mechanism of the separation of
the purusa, from the prakruti,
31
00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,300
the witness Consciousness from
the active nature.
32
00:02:18,300 --> 00:02:22,700
This shift of standpoint
provides leverage to understand
33
00:02:22,700 --> 00:02:27,500
the various forces that act upon
the nature and to see and
34
00:02:27,500 --> 00:02:32,500
understand the various parts of
the being that respond to these
35
00:02:32,500 --> 00:02:39,400
forces, SRI, aurobindo notes,
quote, The ordinary mind knows
36
00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:43,300
itself only as an ego with all
the movements of the nature in a
37
00:02:43,300 --> 00:02:48,000
jumble and identifying itself
with these movements.
38
00:02:48,300 --> 00:02:54,400
Thanks, I am doing this feeling
that thinking enjoy, or in
39
00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:59,000
sorrow Etc.
The First beginning of real self
40
00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,600
knowledge is when you feel
yourself separate from the
41
00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:07,800
nature in you and its movement.
And then you see that there are
42
00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:13,300
many parts of your being many
personalities, each acting on
43
00:03:13,300 --> 00:03:16,700
its own behalf, and in its own
way.
44
00:03:17,700 --> 00:03:23,100
And quote, reference SRI
aurobindo in the mother, our
45
00:03:23,100 --> 00:03:26,200
many shelves, practical, yogic
psychology.
46
00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:31,200
After 1 hour manifold B page 5.
After 1 hour manifold B page 5.