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

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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.