Latest / Sri Aurobindo Studies / Liberation from Illusion and the Transformation of Life

Transcript

Liberation from Illusion and the Transformation of Life · Sri Aurobindo Studies

• 0:00
  There is a long history of spiritual aspirants seeking
• 0:03
  liberation from what they come to perceive as the illusion of
• 0:08
  life in the world. It is a signal experience when
• 0:12
  the individual awakens to the apparent unreality, the
• 0:16
  transitory nature of the external life, and the seemingly
• 0:21
  meaningless actions that have no ultimate significance.
• 0:26
  However, it is formulated, when this realization strikes an
• 0:30
  individual forcefully, he begins to actively and consciously
• 0:34
  pursue his spiritual destiny. The Prince Sidarta, sheltered
• 0:41
  from birth from the realities of life, was immersed in a life of
• 0:45
  luxury and sensual enjoyment. When he observed people
• 0:49
  suffering from illness, old age, weakness, and death, he
• 0:55
  reflected on the human condition formulated as the Four Noble
• 0:59
  Truths, and subsequently he abandoned his status to seek for
• 1:05
  liberation. The world as illusion Maya has
• 1:11
  long been a core experience of spiritual development as it
• 1:15
  signals a new vision and understanding.
• 1:19
  For most seekers, the path of liberation has meant simply
• 1:23
  abandoning what has been recognized as illusory and
• 1:26
  focusing on the eternal truths, the unchanging reality that
• 1:32
  abides when all the transitory satisfactions have wilted and
• 1:36
  faded away. Srioro Bindo distinguishes
• 1:41
  between the liberation that extinguishes life and a
• 1:45
  liberation that frees the individual to fulfil the deeper
• 1:49
  purpose of the creation, the divine intention.
• 1:53
  It is for this deeper purpose that the secret takes up the
• 1:57
  transformation of life rather than its denial.
• 2:02
  Sri Robindo writes quote the self of Atman being free and
• 2:07
  superior to birth and death. The experience of the Jeev Atman
• 2:11
  and its unity with the Supreme or Universal Self brings the
• 2:15
  sense of liberation. It is this which is necessary
• 2:20
  for the supreme spiritual deliverance, but for the
• 2:24
  transformation of the life and nature, the awakening of the
• 2:28
  psychic being and its rule over the nature are indispensable.
• 2:33
  The psychic being realizes its oneness with the true Being, the
• 2:37
  Jiv Atman, but it does not change into it.
• 2:41
  End Quote Reference Srioro Bindu and the Mother.
• 2:46
  The Psychic Being soul, its nature, Mission and evolution.
• 2:51
  Section 1. Meaning and Nature of the
• 2:53
  Psychic Being, pages 19 to 20.