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Inner Attitudes Towards Life, Towards Oneself and Others, Towards Work and Towards Difficulties · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  We have previously explored the attitudes of the external outer
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  being in relation to these various issues.
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  This is the opportunity to compare that view with the
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  attitude of the inner being. At a certain point in an
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  individual's journey, the development takes him beyond his
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  initial fixation with the things that the external life can
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  offer. Satisfaction of desires, family,
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  fame, wealth, power, the sense of accomplishment, all seem to
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  be somewhat illusory, and a point comes when these things
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  simply do not satisfy any longer, do not provide a deeper
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  meaning which the individual is seeking for why he is alive and
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  what he is here to do. In many cases, this turning away
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  from the fulfilment of desires is accompanied with some kind of
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  experience, either traumatic or revelatory or uplifting, that
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  shows the individual that there is actually more to life, that
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  there is actually a deeper meaning, that his life and life
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  experience has a purpose and that it fits into the wider
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  purpose of the cosmic manifestation.
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  This leads to the reversal of consciousness that the Mother
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  speaks about as being a primary characteristic of an individual,
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  shifting his standpoint inwards and taking up the spiritual
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  quest. This reversal of consciousness
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  leads to entirely new attitudes from those held when the
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  individual was focused solely on the external world and his
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  striving to succeed in that world.
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  Dr. Delal notes quote towards life.
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  Search for the purpose and meaning of life.
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  Pursuit of inner growth. Life governed by what is felt to
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  be the truth of one's inner being towards oneself and
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  others. Looking upon oneself and others
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  as more than a physical, vital, mental being as a person.
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  Towards work. A means of inner growth, self
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  offering and self consecration. Towards difficulties.
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  Viewing difficulties with equanimity as opportunities for
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  inner growth. End Quote Reference Sri
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  Aurobindo and the Mother. Looking from within.
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  Introduction by Doctor Dalal, pages Roman 11:00 to 12:00.