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giving, surrender; discrimination and choice complexity of the manifestation; there can be
of Truth, Goodness, Beauty and rejection of no macadamized short-cut. It is only then that
all that is false, evil, ugly and discordant. the inner Light can illumine the material life.
The psychic being itself is a projection of
the Jivatman which upholds the being from “As if strophes of a cosmic ode,
outside the manifestation. A contact with the A hierarchy of climbing harmonies
Jivatman gives the experience of freedom, Peopled with voices and visages
wideness, mastery and a sense of universality Aspired in a crescendo of the Gods
in the individual (6). From Matter’s abysses to the Spirit’s peaks (7).”

This is not all. One can go down to clean the References
subconscient only when one can be poised
deep within oneself or above oneself. Finally, 1. Tagore R. Aurobindo Ghosh, written on board
one needs to traverse the Overhead planes Santili Ship, May 29 , 1928.
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above the thinking mind so as to access the
supra-cognitive planes of consciousness 2. Nietzsche F. Beyond Good and Evil — Prelude to
and activate supra-rational faculties like a Philosophy of the Future. New York: Random
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between Knowledge and Will, Consciousness
and Force is gradually bridged. Such is the 3. Ibid.
complexity of a programme for personal
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What is the end-result of the pursuit of such
a complexity? If material life has to be made 5. Basu S. Integral Health. 2 ed. Pondicherry:
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perfect in terms of health, psychology, action SAIIIHR; 2011, p.70.
and knowledge, one cannot take a simple leap
out of life to the Absolute or Void. One has 6. Ibid., p. 84.
to deal with intervening variables, working
on them, expanding their scope, elevating 7. Sri Aurobindo. Birth Centenary Library, Volume
them, enriching them with yet unborn 28. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust;
terms and acknowledging the intricacy and 1970, p..91.

— Dr. Soumitra Basu

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