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Death, the Conquest of Death, and the Supramental Transformation · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  In his lectures on Raja yoga, Swami Vivekananda point out.
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  Clearly. The chasing after Powers were
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  cities as they're called, is not the aim of the yoga and can be a
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  distraction from the primary goal.
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  They may come but should not be sought after or made a primary
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  determinant of the yogic process nor set has a goal of any sort.
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  Similarly, SRI aurobindo has emphasized that the eventual
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  super mental transformation while it will clearly have
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  impacts on the physical body does not have as its goal, the
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  conquest of death or the seeking for immortality of the body.
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  In fact, he goes on to state that such a step would be at the
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  tail end of a long process. Not something immediate that the
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  Seeker could or might expect as a Out of the yogic practice.
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  In order to achieve this, not only the mind has to be
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  illumined and the vital force. Enhanced at the very cells of
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  the body would need to become conscious responsive and capable
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  of adaptation far beyond where they are in today's world.
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  SRI aurobindo writes quote death is there because the being in
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  the body is not yet developed enough to go on growing in the
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  same body without the need of change.
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  And the body itself is not sufficiently conscious.
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  If the mind and vital and the body itself were more conscious
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  and plastic death would not be necessary.
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  As for conquest of death, it is only one of the sequel.
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  I of super mental ization and I am not aware that I have
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  Forsworn My Views about the super mental descent, but I
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  never said or thought that the super mental descent would
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  automatically make everybody immortal.
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  The super mental can only make the best conditions for anybody
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  who can open up to it, then, or there after attaining to the
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  super mental Consciousness and its consequences, but it could
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  not dispense with the necessity of sadhna.
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  If it did, The Logical consequence would be that the
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  whole earth, men, dogs and worms would suddenly wake up to find
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  themselves. Super mental, there would be no
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  need of a notch. Or of yoga.
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  Why vital? What is, vital is the super
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  mental change of Consciousness? Conquest of death is something
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  minor. And as I have always said the
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  last physical result of it, not the first result of all.
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  And or the most important, a thing to be added to complete.
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  The whole, not the one thing needed and essential to put it
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  first is to reverse all spiritual values.
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  It would mean that the Seeker was actuated not by any High
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  spiritual aim, but by a vital clinging to life or a selfish
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  and timid seeking for the security of the body, such a
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  spirit, could not bring the super mental change and quote,
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  reference SRI aurobindo, integral yoga, SRI aurobindo
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  teaching and method of practice. Chapter 8, the triple
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  transformation, Psychic Spiritual.
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  And super mental, the super mental transformation Pages 229
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  to 237.