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Overcoming Polarization and Argument · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  We live in a time of extreme polarization people and even
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  entire societies are taking fixed stands and disputing the
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  validity or right of anyone holding different, or opposing
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  viewpoints. In the framework of governing a
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  nation. This leads inevitably to either
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  a form of political gridlock if the sides are relatively equally
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  matched or a form of authoritarianism that attempts
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  to control or Stamp Out views held by a minority who lack the
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  immediate political power to level the playing field due to
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  the extremity and intensity of the opposing views, there's an
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  unwillingness to make accommodations or reach
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  Remediated Solutions. Politics does has turned into a
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  winner-take-all form of warfare where in the end very little can
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  be accomplished and progress is halted.
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  We see the same thing occurring in interpersonal relationships.
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  We hold a fixed View and refuse to acknowledge the right or
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  legitimacy of those with differing views.
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  This extends to cultural religious philosophical, racial
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  social economic, or political differences, as well.
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  In some cases, we refuse to communicate with those, we
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  disagree with and even friends and family if they take an
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  opposing view can find themselves ostracized and cut
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  off despite emotional familial or other bonds.
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  That would otherwise bring them together this prevents Is also
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  from widening our viewpoints and learning from others, who may
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  have different backgrounds experience, or worldviews, and
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  thus progress, and inner growth is stultified, or even stopped.
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  As long as we are fixed and immovable in our own View and we
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  refuse to entertain ideas values, or feelings, that arise
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  from a different view. Conflict is inevitable.
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  The mother proposes that we not engage in fighting or quarreling
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  over are differing views or opinions, but use the
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  opportunity to widen our understanding by placing
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  ourselves in the Viewpoint of the person with whom we are
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  ready to argue. While we may continue to
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  maintain our own view of things. At the very least, we may find
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  that the other person is not entirely being unreasonable, but
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  just seeing and responding to a different Viewpoint and
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  Experience and thus there may be ways to accommodate and Bridge
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  the differences instead of fighting all the time.
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  The mother elsewhere has pointed out that when you become
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  conscious of the whole world at the same time, then you can
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  become conscious of the Divine. If we reflect on the meaning of
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  the statement, we can see that inner growth and spiritual
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  realization is based in a process of widening.
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  And a recognition that the world contains an almost infinite.
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  Variety of forms, forces, viewpoints and developmental
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  directions. And thus anyone Viewpoint is
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  insufficient to incorporate the intent and significance of the
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  Divine manifestation. What is right from one
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  standpoint remains, right? But not the exclusive right?
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  For the entire planet and all the beings at this stage under
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  these circumstances. The mother observes quote you
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  have never tried to enter another person's Consciousness
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  to know exactly what is going on.
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  They're not projecting your Consciousness into someone else
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  because then you find yourself inside him in.
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  This is not interesting but entering into relation with his
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  Consciousness, which is within him.
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  For example, when for one reason or another, you don't see things
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  eye to eye one sees them. One way the other and another if
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  people are reasonable, they do not quarrel, but if they are not
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  reasonable, they begin quarreling then instead of
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  coralie. The best thing to do is to enter
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  into the others Consciousness, and ask yourself why he says
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  things like that, what is it that pushes him to do this or
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  say that? What is the inner reason?
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  What is his vision of things? Which makes him take this
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  attitude. It is extremely interesting.
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  If you do this immediately, you stop being angry, first thing,
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  you can no longer be angry. So this is already a great gain,
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  but also, if the other continues being angry, it has no effect on
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  you. And then later one can try to
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  identify oneself more perfectly and prevent the movements of
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  division and deformation and stop corals very useful and
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  quote, reference SRI, aurobindo and the mother living within the
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  yoga approached, a psychological health and growth exercises for
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  growth and Mastery identification Pages 144 to 149