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The Role, Nature and Action of the Physical Mind · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  If we reflect on the amount of time and focus, we give to
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  organizing and living, our external physical lives dealing
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  with food shelter, clothing, Comforts of various sorts
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  entertainment travel family and friends.
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  It becomes clear that a considerable part.
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  Indeed, the greatest part of our time and attention is spent on
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  addressing the outer life. The mentality operative to
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  undertake this focus is what tree, aurobindo terms, the
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  physical mind, as he distinguishes it from the vital
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  mind which focuses on fulfillment of desires,
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  Ambitions and various vital and emotional energies.
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  And from the mental intelligence proper, which concerns itself
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  with issues, not directly related to the immediate
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  external life including theoretical, Pursuits
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  speculations. Effy religious contemplation,
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  art and spiritual Pursuits science, and higher forms of
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  conceptualization about the nature purpose and functioning
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  of the universal creation. The physical mind does not
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  employ these higher functions of the mentality and tends to react
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  in a relatively straightforward and altogether transactional.
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  Manner without reflection introspection or
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  self-examination, this may cause altercations disputes and
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  outbreak of fighting when someone or something gets
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  between the individual operating from the physical mind and its
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  objects. SRI aurobindo notes, quote, the
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  physical mind is that, which is fixed on physical objects and
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  happenings sees, and understands these only and deals with them
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  according to their own nature. But can with difficulty respond
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  to the higher forces, Left to itself.
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  It is skeptical of the existence of supra, physical, things of
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  which it has no direct experience and to which it can
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  find no clue. Even when it has spiritual
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  experiences, it forgets them easily, loses the impression and
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  result and finds it difficult to believe.
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  To Enlighten the physical Mind by the consciousness of the
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  higher spiritual. And super mental planes is one
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  object of this yoga. Just as to Enlighten it by the
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  power of the higher vital and higher mental elements of the
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  being is the greatest part of human self development,
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  civilization and culture. It, the physical mind is the
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  instrument of understanding and ordered action on physical
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  things. Only instead of being obscure
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  and ignorant and fumbling as now or else guided only by an
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  external knowledge, it has to become conscious of the Divine
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  and to act in accordance with an inner light will and knowledge
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  putting itself into contact and an understanding Unity with the
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  physical world. Of course, most men live in
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  their physical mind and vital except a few Saints.
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  And a rather larger number of intellectuals, that is why as it
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  is now, discovered Humanity has made little progress in the last
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  3,000 years, except in information and material
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  equipment, a little less cruelty and brutality.
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  Perhaps more plasticity of the intellect.
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  In the elite, a quicker habit of change in forms.
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  That is all in quote reference SRI aurobindo, integral yoga.
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  SRI aurobindo is teaching and method of practice, chapter 9,
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  transformation of the nature, transformation of the Mind pages
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  to 42 to 45. That is all in quote reference
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  SRI aurobindo, integral yoga. SRI aurobindo is teaching and
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  method of practice, chapter 9, transformation of the nature,
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  transformation of the Mind pages to 42 to 45.