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organised for manifestation. The bottoms-up ‘Knowledge-Force’(known as Chit-SSakti in the
approach to construct a model of reality can Indian tradition). It is in this gestalt that the
no longer stand ground, for ostensibly, the human being manifests.
foundation of all things appear to be in a
flux, floating in an ether where no forms but Reality is thus represented by an all-encomp-
only impressions of movements remain. This assing consciousness where the unitary essence
is how when scientists could not visualise does not belittle the multiplicity. Translated
any further, they ascertained the presence in practical terms in the domain of physical
of sub-atomic particles by studying how sciences, the exploration of the atomic
protons (composed of quarks) got deflected structure is as necessary as the appreciation
when fired by electrons. Using this model, of the primal ether in which all sub-atomic
Nobel Laureates Friedman, Kendall and particles lapse by becoming formless. In the
Taylor revealed a new level of matter by domain of health, the proliferation of multiple
studying angles of scattered particles. The specialist disciplines catering to different
mystics had a more refined perception when organ systems are important but can lose
they described that the subtle transcripts in relevance if it is not related to the well-being
consciousness preceded the manifestation that arises by being pivoted around what is
of forms. the immortal essence in us. This is because
at the end, Reality is one and not a sum or
Sri Aurobindo describes how consciousness concourse.
is simultaneously pluri-dimensional and
integral. Moreover it is also simultaneously References
transcendental, universal and individual.
The Supreme creative consciousness is 1. Sri Aurobindo. Birth Centenary Library, Volume
situated in the Transcendental plane, where 18. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust;
creative ‘Real-Ideas’ are programmed. 1970, p.33.
These are supramental archetypal ideas that
have in-built energy for execution and are 2. Sri Aurobindo. Essays Divine and Human.
translated as transcripts in the universal Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust;
consciousness from where they materialise 1994, p. 196
into individual forms. If the Supreme creative
consciousness is at one end of the spectrum 3. Ibid., p. 195.
of consciousness, the material world is at
another end of the continuum. In between lies 4. Ibid., p. 194.
the whole range of consciousness organised
as planes, energy-substrates and matrices of 5. Sri Aurobindo. SABCL, Volume 12. 1971, p.66.

— Dr. Soumitra Basu

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