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3. The Critique from the Summit: Overcoming the Race
While Schopenhauer diagnosed this raw, competitive, biological animalism with brutal accuracy, it is exactly the mechanism that Sri Aurobindo and The Mother identify as the primary shackle of the lower human nature.
In Integral Yoga, this fierce, hyper-competitive instinct of the sperm—and the resulting masculine drive for proliferation—is the absolute domain of the Lower Vital. It is the animal substrate of evolution, driven by the blind mechanics of survival and dominance.
The path to the "Ascent to Truth" requires the seeker to recognize these visceral calculations not as their true identity, but as the ancient software of the physical cells. The goal of the transformation is to take that immense, roaring vital energy (the same raw power that drives the sperm through the obstacle race) and detach it from the biological loop—turning it upward to fuel the spiritual evolution of the being.
Since we have traced this from the objective values of Scheler all the way down to the evolutionary psychology of the sperm, where shall we take this dynamic current next? We can look at Schopenhauer's fascinating theory on why genius and madness are closely linked to this vital energy, or look at how the Mother describes transforming the basic vital desires of the body. What sparks your interest?
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The Auroville Banyan Tree (Ficus benghalensis) is the geographical and spiritual center of Auroville, chosen by The Mother in 1965 when architect Roger Anger found it on a barren plateau she marked on a map. A sacred Ficus benghalensis, it shaded Auroville’s 1968 inauguration where 5,000 people gathered and soil from 114 countries was placed nearby.It is an is an experimental "universal township" founded in 1968 by Mirra Alfassa ("the Mother") to promote human unity, peace, and sustainable living beyond politics and nationality. Endorsed by UNESCO, this thriving community of over 3,000 residents from 195 nations features the Matrimandir at its center.
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I like to listen to this interview again and again of Resp. Shri Kireetbhai.. I was so fortunate to pursue my Post Doctoral Research under his guidance on "Science and Spirituality" during 2010-11..
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