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The Vital Reaction of Jealousy · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  In Shakespeare's, play The Tragedy of Othello, the more of
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  Venice, the vital reaction of jealousy is explored in
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  considerable depth. The Title Character, Othello is
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  married to a young woman with whom he is passionately in love.
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  In the normal sense of the word. Yago.
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  Who wants to bring down a fellow systematically poisons.
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  Othello's mind with thoughts. That his wife is cheating on him
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  and selectively shows with ello proofs, which convinces him of
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  the veracity of the case. He undergoes a fit of rage and
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  kills his wife, only realizing afterwards that he has lost the
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  one person for whom. He had a deep and passionate
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  affection, and that he has been Related with falsehood, he then
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  commits suicide. Disregarding the motivations of
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  Iago and all the subplots. The play itself provides a clear
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  and accurate description of the way jealousy acts upon the mind
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  and praise upon the vital being of, man, We can say that the
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  case as portrayed by Shakespeare is Extreme but what we cannot
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  say is that for people living an ordinary life filled with
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  relationships of various sorts that jealousy does not arise.
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  We can also put aside the connection between sexual
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  connection and jealousy is jealousy can and does arise in
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  all kinds of relationships in some cases disciples living
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  together in a spiritual Community experience jealousy
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  because of a perceived difference in the intensity of
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  the smile, bestowed on one person, rather than themselves
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  by the guru. SRI aurobindo takes a close look
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  at this force of jealousy and shows how it arises as a
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  consequence of a possessive Instinct in the vital nature,
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  For a spiritual Seeker. This type of vital reaction is
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  subject to being reviewed and changed over time through the
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  change in Consciousness that reduces and then eventually it
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  eliminates the Reliance of the ego personality and the desire
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  soul, as the psychic being comes forward and the Consciousness,
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  shifts to the spiritual standpoint.
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  SRI aurobindo notes quote. I do not see why you make such a
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  big difference between the corals and jealousy over other
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  women, and corals and jealousy, over other attractions not of a
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  sexual character. They both spring from the same
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  primary impulse the possessive instinct which is at the base of
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  ordinary vital love. In the latter case, as often
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  sexual jealousy is not possible. The Mind supports itself on
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  other motives which seem to equate reasonable and
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  justifiable. It may not be conscious that it
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  is being pushed by the vital, but the corals and the vivacity
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  of the disagreement are there all the same whether you had or
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  had not both forms of it. Is not very material and does
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  not make things better or worse. It is the getting rid of the
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  Instinct itself that matters, whether from the psychological
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  point of view, or from that of a spiritual change and quote,
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  reference SRI aurobindo in the mother living within the yoga
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  approach to psychological health and growth, disturbances of the
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  vital jealousy. US 68 to 69.