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The Evolution and Manifestation of New Powers of Consciousness · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  Plato, in the famous dialogues recounting the teaching of his
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  mentor Socrates, recounts the understanding that Socrates held
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  that education was simply a recognition by the individual of
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  what he already knows. The process of education one was
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  one of drawing out, removing the obstacles to the expression of
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  the knowledge and not a matter of stuffing in that we consider
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  to be education in today's world.
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  The Latin language root of the term education literally means
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  to draw out or to lead out, thus emphasizing the Socratic view.
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  There are powers within each individual of which he may not
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  be aware until they are brought to his attention, focused on,
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  and developed. Similarly, some latent powers
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  may simply need exercise and practice to blossom into their
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  full potentiality. Human development is not
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  uniform. Individuals grow, mature, and
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  develop their powers within their own time frame and
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  circumstances. Latent capacity sometimes
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  manifested various stages of life and in some cases arise
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  under pressure of situations and in response to some inner or
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  outer crisis in the life. Thus, someone who shows no sign
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  of any scientific, artistic, mathematical, spiritual, or
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  other powers of consciousness may suddenly blossom in a
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  particular direction that in many cases was unforeseen and
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  unexpected. In some cases, a spiritual
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  experience of some kind opens the doors to new powers, which
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  can then be cultivated and developed.
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  We already know that the human range of perception is limited
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  within a specific scale of the electromagnetic spectrum, such
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  that there are sounds both below and above our current range, as
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  well as ranges of sight that are outside our range.
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  For each of the senses, we have a corresponding limitation of
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  our range, which in some cases animals may experience.
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  Dogs, for instance, have potential for the sense of smell
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  and hearing that are beyond our range.
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  Bees see things in a range outside ours as well.
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  Consciousness is a continuum and is not artificially limited by
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  our sensory limitations or our limitations of physical, vital
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  or mental formations or processes.
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  Thus, any expansion we make in our ability to tune to, perceive
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  and receive consciousness from outside the current limited
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  range represents an opportunity for a newly discovered occult
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  power to work in US and manifest in our lives.
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  Sri Aurobindo notes quote Consciousness in its very nature
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  could not be limited by the ordinary physical human, animal
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  consciousness. It must have other ranges.
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  Yogic or occult powers are no more supernatural or incredible
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  than is supernatural or incredible.
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  The power to write a great poem or compose great music.
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  Few people can do it as things are not even one in a million.
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  For poetry and music come from the inner being and to write or
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  to compose true and great things, one has to have the
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  passage clear between the outer mind and something in the inner
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  being. That is why you got the poetic
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  power as soon as you began yoga. Yogic force made the passage
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  clear. It is the same with yogic
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  consciousness and its powers. The thing is to get the passage
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  clear, for they are already within you.
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  Of course the first thing is to believe, aspire, and with the
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  true urge within, make the endeavour end.
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  Quote. Reference Sri Urbindu and the
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  Mother Powers within, Chapter 19.
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  Occult Powers of the Subliminal, pages 143 to 144.