Sri Aurobindo is one of the gifted philosophers of the Indian sub-continent. He had a thorough western upbringing and education. He understood evolution as Darwin. He points out the story of evolution would ultimately leave your life empty. Sri Aurobindo believes science offers rationality. He argues there is more to life than simple biological longevity and spending time to control life.
Sri Aurobindo felt that the human being is a being of aspiration.
Sri Aurobindo feels just as the material is a veil of life the biological life is a veil of mind and that mind is now a further veil, which will transcend itself and show a more radiant truth in the form of some kind of higher consciousness.
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As you read Sri Aurobindo, if you allow your mind to be open to his consciousness without limiting ourselves to simple rational processes, we feel he takes our mind from the bare limitations of rationality and he shows us a sight of the things higher. Sri Aurobindo’s writings is viewed as a powerful way of transforming the mind and raising our consciousness to greater and greater limits. For our rational mind, we see something very important which is a continuity from below up to where we are and that is mainly a result of experience. So in objects we see no consciousness, no connection, no consciousness that we can be aware of. With a flower we can sense the consciousness through response and sensations but not so much in an emotional response that we feel. With animals we feel a direct emotional contact. For example, a young child can be able to sense logically but cannot really articulate in rational terms to converse with us. As he grows older the mind is more formed he is able to argue or converse with …show more content…
The whole logical thinking of the mind is aiming for something which out highest aspirations point out too, but our logical mind is unable to match up to that and falls short. Some of the most obvious forms in which our higher aspirations are recognized but are unreachable are our aspirations for truths, justice, love. When you try to put simple things in harmony such as two people discussing, we find out how difficult it is. It is easy to do it with objects because we limit them to their physical attributes but with people it is much more difficult. For instance, a word spoken, a slight change in tone makes the other person to misunderstand or miss the whole idea. The other person is unable to feel what you are feeling. They are unable to figure out what is your deepest thoughts. They have to listen to your words and stare at your expression in order to guess the
Sri Aurobindo felt that the human being is a being of aspiration.
Sri Aurobindo feels just as the material is a veil of life the biological life is a veil of mind and that mind is now a further veil, which will transcend itself and show a more radiant truth in the form of some kind of higher consciousness.
Sri Aurobindo believes science addresses heart of …show more content…
As you read Sri Aurobindo, if you allow your mind to be open to his consciousness without limiting ourselves to simple rational processes, we feel he takes our mind from the bare limitations of rationality and he shows us a sight of the things higher. Sri Aurobindo’s writings is viewed as a powerful way of transforming the mind and raising our consciousness to greater and greater limits. For our rational mind, we see something very important which is a continuity from below up to where we are and that is mainly a result of experience. So in objects we see no consciousness, no connection, no consciousness that we can be aware of. With a flower we can sense the consciousness through response and sensations but not so much in an emotional response that we feel. With animals we feel a direct emotional contact. For example, a young child can be able to sense logically but cannot really articulate in rational terms to converse with us. As he grows older the mind is more formed he is able to argue or converse with …show more content…
The whole logical thinking of the mind is aiming for something which out highest aspirations point out too, but our logical mind is unable to match up to that and falls short. Some of the most obvious forms in which our higher aspirations are recognized but are unreachable are our aspirations for truths, justice, love. When you try to put simple things in harmony such as two people discussing, we find out how difficult it is. It is easy to do it with objects because we limit them to their physical attributes but with people it is much more difficult. For instance, a word spoken, a slight change in tone makes the other person to misunderstand or miss the whole idea. The other person is unable to feel what you are feeling. They are unable to figure out what is your deepest thoughts. They have to listen to your words and stare at your expression in order to guess the