It decrees, "This is good, that is bad this is friendly, that is hostile." It Seeks to trim off all the rough edges, purify by exclusion, and reduce its world to a uniform, How bright and beautiful are Thy errors, O Lord! Thy falsehoods save Truth alive by Thy stumblings the world is perfected.4 But the mind, which sees only the present surface of things, And the growth process is slow and difficult. Nothing to do with thought or good deeds, though these may be steps on the way it has to do with a Of the whole truth at once, we would turn it into some gnome in our own present image! Truth has Smallness and stumblings, because we do sense the truth that is behind them, growing behind them,Īs if protected,3 Sri Aurobindo said, by that very smallness and all those stumblings. This is also why we are so attached to our own The center of each one of us, we would crumble. If it were not for that absolute and unique truth at The flaws and perversions it obeys an intimate law that impels it towards the one truth of itsīeing-even the leaves on the same tree are all unique. Toward a special absolute, expressing it more or less accurately and often perversely, but despite all That it is the very vision of Wisdom, because each thing, each being, each force on the earth moves The supramental being sees things not as one on the levels surrounded by a jungle of present facts and phenomena but from above, not from outside and judged by their surfaces, but from within and viewed from the truth of their centre.2 Therefore, we cannot understand anythingĪbout the Supramental if we do not constantly refer it to another dimension. Supramental, or Supermind, sees not only the whole of things and beings within a single vision,Ĭonnecting all the beams together without opposing anything, but it also sees the point of view ofĮach separate thing, each being, each force it is an all-encompassing view that does not terminate inĪ single, central point but in myriads of points: Universal either by way of excluding all other perspectives or else by annexing them. In a single point, and it sees everything from its own particular point of view it is unitary and The overmind connects everything with a single beam, but its beam terminates The mind dissects little fragments and opposes The supramental vision is a global vision. Often, when SriĪurobindo and Mother tried to describe their experience, their remarks would echo one another inĮnglish and in French: Another language would be needed, une autre langue. Two aspects are inseparable this consciousness is power, an active vision. But this means becoming caught in the mental trap again, because these We might try to approach it by distinguishing two aspects, one of consciousness or Itself may mislead us, because it is not an epitome of human consciousness, but another type ofĬonsciousness. Nonmental by definition, and it defies all our three-dimensional laws and perspectives. Intent, and damage to the commercial value of the work are important considerations.It is quite difficult to define the supramental consciousness in mental terms, for it is That’s vital so that copyright law doesn’t block your freedom to express your own works - only the ability to appropriate other people’s. īeezone operates under the “fair use” exemption to (U.S.) copyright law was created to allow things such as commentary, parody, news reporting, research and education about copyrighted works without the permission of the author. In the end, as in the beginning, and so in the middle, there is Only One Responsibility. Such persons ALONE, are responsible for their thoughts, feelings, actions, behaviors and the impact they may have for themselves, on others and the environment in which they exist. They had best understand they themselves, and NO ONE ELSE, under whatever AUTHORITY or POWER, are responsible for themselves and the decisions they make. Search Beezone Search for: Beezone DisclaimerĪll who study a subject having to do with personal understanding and development or enter onto a 'path' of spiritual or psychological practice(s) should remember they are responding to some form of a 'call' or 'need'.
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