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| Anyone here read much of Aurobindo.
I can only say that for me he has the answers to all my questions. It took me a while to appreciate him though. He has written so much and a great deal of is seems so "heady". But reading him is a meditation, not something to hurry through, rather something to ponder. And the great thing is that he has written so much there is almost no end to the reading. I am about half finished with The Synthesis of Yoga, 900 pages. I had always wished there was some sectret ancient book with all teh deepest insights and answer to the mystery of our existence. I beleive I have found that book though it is not really so ancient. I would love to discuss it with others. |
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| I just bought a book of his last week, but its the luggage lockup and I won't get it until two days from now when I leave! From what I have experienced, his teaching are at the base of many of the influences I have had, so I am excited to learn more! |
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| Thoughts and Aphorisms.
I have several of his books and books of The Mother, who continued the work after he left the physical body.
While BKS Iyengar is my teacher's guruji, Sri Aurobindo is his gurudev. We speak of the master's work often. The work is gargantuan in nature and Aurobindo himself was an influence beyond comprehension.
Edited by purnayoga 2009-01-05 2:41 AM
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| I am so glad there are others here who appreciate him. |
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| sri aurobindo is one of the modern masters.
his life, teachings, and work continue to inspire and enlighten so many people. |
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| From the Synthesis of Yoga Part IV Chapter VIII The liberation of the Spirit.
At any rate in man it is the ego idea which
chiefly supports the falsehood of a separative existence; to get
rid of this idea, to dwell on the opposite idea of unity, of the
one self, the one spirit, the one being of nature is therefore
an effective remedy; but it is not by itself absolutely effective.
The ego sense must be replaced by a oneness
with the transcendental Divine and with universal being.
To get rid of this separativeness
an attempt is made to absorb oneself in the idea and realisation
of the Divine, and this takes in certain forms of spiritual askesis
the turn of a strain towards the abolition of all individual being
and a casting away, in the trance of immersion, of all individual
or universal relations with the Divine, in others it becomes an
absorbed dwelling in him and not in this world or a continual
absorbed or intent living in his presence, s ¯ayujya, s ¯alokya,
s ¯am¯ipya mukti. The way proposed for the integral Yoga is a
lifting up and surrender of the whole being to him, by which not
only do we become one with him in our spiritual existence, but
dwell too in him and he in us, so that the whole nature is full of
his presence and changed into the divine nature; we become one
spirit and consciousness and life and substance with the Divine
and at the same time we live and move in and have a various
joy of that oneness.
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It seems as though even the most religious of people do not want to accept this idea of unity, as if it means the ego as we know it must disolve. I think Aurobindo sees it more like the ego becomes transparant in service to the greater unity. So the indivudal self can always remain, but seen for what it truly is, a manifestation of something greater.
Edited by Shakuhachi 2009-03-27 2:21 PM
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Sri Aurobindo
