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Dual States of Consciousness in the Being · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  The normal human individual lives primarily in a state of
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  consciousness that is immersed in the outer life, including the
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  inner reactions to that life and the functions of the body Life
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  Energy and mind. This is true whether the person
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  considers himself to be an extrovert or an introvert, the
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  introvert simply focuses. More on the inner reactive
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  states of the being in. Relation to that, external
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  reality. But the focus remains
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  essentially, the scene as the extrovert When an individual
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  takes up the practice of yoga, one of the first recommended
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  steps is stepping back from this external personality to achieve
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  the standpoint of the witness Consciousness.
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  The purusa observing the action of the nature.
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  Prakruti, this leads to a dual State of Consciousness as the
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  purusa awareness takes hold while the ego Consciousness is
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  still active, SRI aurobindo notes, Who, but you have noticed
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  about the disturbance is true. There are now two
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  consciousnesses in you. The new one that is growing and
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  what is left of the old. The old has something in it,
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  which is a habit of the human vital.
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  The tendency to keep any Touch of grief anger, vexation, Etc,
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  or any kind of emotional, vital, or mental disturbance to make
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  much of it to Long it not to wish to let it go to return to
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  an even when the cause of disturbance is past and could be
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  forgotten, always to remember and bring it up when it can,
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  this is a common trait of human nature.
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  And equate, customary movement, the new Consciousness on the
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  contrary does not want these things, and when they happen,
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  throws them off as quickly as possible.
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  When the new Consciousness is fully grown and established,
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  then the disturbances will be altogether rejected.
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  Even if the causes of them happen, there will be no
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  response of grief anger, vexation Etc.
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  In the nature and quote, reference, SRI, aurobindo in the
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  mother living within the yoga approached, a psychological
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  health and growth, disturbances of the vital transforming, the
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  vital pay. Ages 69 to 85.