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Purity from the Moral Standpoint or the Spiritual Standpoint · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  In the bhagavad-gita Arjuna poses, the question to Shri
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  Krishna as to how to identify the realized Soul asking, how
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  does he act, how does he speak Etc?
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  Shri Krishna responds, that it is not true outer action.
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  That one can identify the liberated individual, as this is
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  something that can only be understood from the inner state
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  of consciousness of that. Vidual.
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  Some people follow the moral precepts of their society or
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  their religion in an exemplary fashion yet inwardly, they may
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  be in a state of turmoil Under Pressure perhaps even lusting
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  after things that they do not show outwardly.
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  They are considered moral and leading lights of society yet
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  from the spiritual standpoint, they are struggling and unready
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  for the deeper realization Asians, there may be others who
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  outwardly seem to be lacking in the correct moral standpoint at
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  least within the framework of the social order with, in which
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  they live. But who are free inwardly and
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  hold, a deep sense of spiritual purpose, these individuals will
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  still be working out the challenges they face, but they
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  do it with an orientation and focus possibly absent from the
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  individual who strictly observes the outer forms, while not
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  solving the inner obstacles that arise.
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  The mother observes quote. For example, if you take your
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  stand on a moral Viewpoint which is itself altogether wrong from
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  the spiritual point of view. There are people who apparently
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  lead in all together perfectly moral life, who conform to all
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  the social laws, all the Customs, the moral conventions
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  and where a mass of impurity from the spiritual point of view
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  these beings are profoundly impure.
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  Or on the other hand, there are some poor people who do things,
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  who are born. For instance with a sense of
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  freedom and do things, which are not considered, very respectable
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  from the social or moral point of view.
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  And who can be in a state of inner aspiration and inner
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  sincerity, which makes them infinitely pure than others.
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  This is one of the big difficulties as soon as one
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  speaks of these things there. Arises the deformation produced
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  in the Consciousness, by all the social and moral conventions.
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  The soon as you speak of Purity, immoral Monument comes in front
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  of you, which completely falsifies your notion.
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  And note that it is infinitely easier to be moral from the
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  social point of view than to be moral from the spiritual point
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  of view to be moral from the social Viewpoint.
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  One has only to pay good attention to do nothing which is
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  not approved of by others. This may be somewhat difficult
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  but still it is not impossible and one may be, as I said a
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  monument of insincerity and impurities.
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  While doing this, whereas to be pure from the spiritual point of
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  view means of vigilance a Consciousness.
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  The sincerity that stand all tests and quote, reference SRI,
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  aurobindo, and the mother growing within the psychology of
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  inner development, chapter for growth of Consciousness, first
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  steps and Foundation Pages 65 to 66,