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The Growth and Evolution of the Soul · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  most people are not directly aware of their soul, although it
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  is frequently talked about There seems to be much confusion.
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  Western scientists have tried to determine the existence of the
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  Soul. Like they would measure
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  particular chemical elements within the body.
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  They weigh the body immediately before.
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  And then immediately, after the time of death and try to
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  determine if there is any difference in weight.
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  This approach assumes that the soul has weight and mass that
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  would be measurable by our external measuring capabilities.
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  It does not recognize the subtle unseen powers of existence
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  unless they can be validated through some external technique.
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  The same approach can be applied and is proven when one tries to
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  measure the existence of the Mind, No weight difference
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  before and after death or the existence of the heart of
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  emotion. The action of the emotions, the
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  action of the Mind are subtle actions.
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  That use the physical instruments to receive an
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  Express, various energetic, vibrational States, but do not
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  add to the weight that we carry around as a physical organ or
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  form. Similarly we cannot see
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  electricity or gravity or other cosmological forces yet we can
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  experience their effects. Einstein famously developed a
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  formula to convert energy and matter into one another which
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  indicated that mass could become pure energy moving at the speed
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  of light without Mouse. One could extrapolate that there
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  are states were a measuring tool subtle enough and sensitive
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  enough. Could actually weigh the
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  energetic packets and who knows? Maybe someday they will succeed
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  in measuring the weight of the soul, for whatever?
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  That will be worth. As the spiritual growth takes
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  place. The individual becomes acutely,
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  aware of both the existence of and the action of the soul.
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  In The evolutionary development, including the transition from
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  birth to death and rebirth, that marks, the souls developmental
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  Journey Through Time, SRI aurobindo writes quote.
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  It is necessary to understand. Clearly, the difference between
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  the evolving Soul, psychic being and the pure Optimum cell for a
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  spirit. The pure self is unborn does not
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  pass through death or birth is independent of birth or body or
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  mind, or life, or this manifested nature.
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  It is not bound by these things, not limited not effective even
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  though it assumes and supports them.
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  The sole on the contrary is something that comes down into
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  birth and passes through death. Although it does not itself die
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  for it is Immortal from one state to another from the Earth
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  plane to other planes and back again to the Earth existence.
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  It goes on with this progression, from life to life,
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  through an evolution, which leads it up to the human State
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  and evolve through it all. A being of itself which we call
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  the psychic being that supports the evolution and develops a
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  physical vital, a mental human consciousness, as its
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  instruments of World experience. And of a disguised imperfect,
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  but growing self-expression. All this, it does from behind a
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  veil showing something of its Divine self.
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  Only insofar as the imperfection of the instrumental, being will
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  allow it. But a time comes, when it is
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  able to prepare to come out from behind the veil, to take command
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  and turn all the instrumental nature towards a Divine
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  fulfillment. This is the beginning of the
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  true spiritual life. The soul is able now to make
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  itself ready for a higher evolution of manifested
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  Consciousness than the mental human.
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  It can pass from the mental to the spiritual and through
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  degrees of the spiritual to the Supra mental state.
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  Till then there is no reason why it should cease from birth.
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  It cannot in fact, do so if having reached the spiritual
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  state it Wills to pass out of the terrestrial manifestation,
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  it may indeed do so but there is also possible a higher
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  manifestation in the knowledge and not in the ignorance.
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  And grow reference SRI aurobindo, and the mother
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  growing within the psychology of inner development, chapter 8,
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  the psychic being and inner growth Pages 149 to 150.