The Foundations of Psychological Theory in the Veda from Sri Aurobindo Society, Singapore - C. Krishnamurthy chamathu2003@yahoo.co.uk
While
pursuing ‘Indian Yoga for self-development’, Sri Aurobindo got the first
contact with Vedic thought indirectly and as a surprise. During this stage,
though his intent was not in finding the meanings of the mantrās, the
secret that lay hidden in the Veda stood revealed to him. Then with this
prompt, he went into deeper pursuits of the hymns, traditional knowledge,
ancient usages and the Shastrās. He thus broke the seal over the age-old secret
embedded in the language of the Vedas…
1.
Before reading the Veda, he was none the different from majority of educated
Indians. For them, the Upanishads were the most ancient source of Indian thought
and religion and the Rig Veda in its modern translations was only an important
document of Indian national history, seldom carrying any value for a living
spiritual experience.
2.
The figures of three female energies, Ila, Saraswati and Sarama that were
revealed to him, represented faculties of the intuitive reason - ‘revelation,
inspiration and intuition’. It was at this stage that he got partial clues more
towards identity of name rather than identity of the symbol…
Sri
Aurobindo’s approach was quite straightforward, not departing from simple and
naturalistic sense of words or clauses. When this rule was applied, he found
that not merely the separate verses but also the entire passages came into
evidence. This made the whole character quite sound and the scripture presented
the richest golden thought and the spiritual experience continuous.
An
autobiographical short story by the Mother Mirra Alfassa by Sandeep Sapphire Tale on October 4, 2012
Before
she became the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Mirra Alfassa was a
spiritual seeker like any other, reading books on mysticism, communing with
nature, probing the recondite worlds of her dreams, meeting with fellow
seekers, and generally exploring the mysterious intimations of a vaster
consciousness that were being disclosed to her from time to time.
Levi Bryant Misreading Whitehead? from Footnotes to Plato by Matthew David Segall - Re-posting
my comment to Bryant’s recent criticism of Whitehead and process-relational
thought below: Levi,
I’m
not so sure treating an actual occasion as a “bundle of prehensions” is at all
faithful to Whitehead’s scheme. Maybe you arguing that some other aspect of his
thought forces him into an inconsistency on this point? If that’s not what
you’re suggesting, then I fail to understand how an actual occasion’s process
of concrescence–which Whitehead insists is self-created and transcends the
whole of the past universe in a moment of private self-enjoyment–could be
reduced to a “bundle of prehensions.” Don’t forget Whitehead’s formula of
Creativity: “the many become one, and are increased by one.” It seems to me
you’re selectively ignoring Whitehead’s emphasis on the distinct and novel
oneness produced by each occasion’s concrescence.
I
think Bryant is making the same mistake about Whitehead that Harman makes. See my earlier post in response to Harman.
The
meeting of the East and the West in Sri Aurobindo's philosophy - Page 191 - S.K.
Maitra - 1956 - The Double Trinity In Plotinus: I now come to the more philosophical parts of Plotinus' system. ... "all things are three
and three is everywhere".12 Be that as it may, there is the double triad in Plotinus — the higher and the
lower. ... I. p. 122 There are two things which are to be observed
in SRI AUROBINDO AND PLOTINUS 191. Annual
- Issues 5-8 - Page 148 - Sri
Aurobindo mandir, Calcutta - 1946 - Sri Aurobindo mandir, Calcutta ... THE DOUBLE TRINITY IN PLOTINUS
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