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The Manifestation of the Supermind Level of Consciousness As the Next Evolutionary Phase · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  Each successive plane of consciousness has a native
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  action in its own domain, and then as it enters the material
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  plane, it has to modify its actions to conform to the
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  limitations of the other principles.
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  Thus the native action of the vital plane is freer and more
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  fluid and powerful than when the vital force manifests in the
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  physical. Similarly, the native action of
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  the mind is much more powerful when not limited by the
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  instruments and in capacities or specific impulsions of the
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  physical and vital nature as manifested here.
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  Mind is not the final term of the evolution, and thus we
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  recognize that there are both higher planes of consciousness
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  that are more powerful in their native action and which at the
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  same time modify their action as they come into play in the
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  physical existence. The Teteria Upanishad provides
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  insight to the successive levels of consciousness and their
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  increasingly more powerful influence and action in chapter
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  3. Beyond the level of mind, there
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  is the Knowledge plane or level, which in modern terminology we'd
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  call the Super Mental literally superior to the mental level or
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  the Causal plane. This level is charged with
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  implementing the Divine Intention in its pure and
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  blatant status as Sachidanabda into actual realization in the
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  external manifestation. It necessarily has the complete
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  view of the Divine Intention as well as the knowledge and powers
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  of action needed to implement this view and keep each element
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  in its right place and right action.
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  As we see with each of the preceding principles, the Super
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  mind could not evolve if it were not already involved in matter.
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  The encoded data set for the Super mental manifestation is
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  therefore already deeply embedded in matter.
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  The action at the purely material level turns out to form
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  elaborate, complex and harmonious patterns in the
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  arrangement of atoms, molecules, elements, energetic relations
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  and actions, mathematical precision of development, and a
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  detailed interrelationship that creates symbiotic and
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  interdependent parts to the entirety of the creation.
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  When we observe the subatomic actions, the galactic and
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  universal movements, and the emergence of biological entities
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  that depend on one another, we can see the secret action of the
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  higher organizing and manifesting force that goes far
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  beyond what the mind can either envision or create.
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  As the Super mental force takes up a more overt and direct
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  action through the evolutionary process, we could see the
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  clarification of the conflicting mental ideas into a whole that
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  is harmonious and balanced. The removal of confused or
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  obfuscating perceptions, the understanding of the Oneness of
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  the entire creation and the insertion of a new force of
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  balance and harmony into the creation with a shift of
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  standpoint to the Divine standpoint as opposed to the
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  individual egoistic standpoint from which we tend to act at the
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  physical, vital and mental levels of manifestation.
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  Sri Aurobindo writes quote. The Supermind is veiled here and
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  does not work according to its characteristic law of being and
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  self knowledge, but without it nothing could reach its aim.
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  A world governed by an ignorant mind would soon drift into a
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  chaos. It could not in fact come into
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  existence or remain in existence unless supported by the secret
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  omniscience of which it is the cover.
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  A world governed by a blind, inconscient force might repeat
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  constantly the same mechanical workings, but it would mean
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  nothing and arrive nowhere. This could not be the cause of
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  an evolution that creates life out of matter, out of life,
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  mind, and a graduation of planes of matter, life and mind,
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  culminating in the emergence of Supermind.
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  The secret truth that emerges in Supermind has been there all the
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  time, but now it manifests itself and the truth and things
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  and the meaning of our existence.
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  End Quote. Reference Srirobindu and the
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  Mother. The Hidden Forces of Life,
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  Chapter 6 Hidden Worlds and Evolutionary Forces, page 149.