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In the Old Yogas, Yogins have confirmed to have Self Realisation or realization of Jivatma. But according to my understanding from Sri Aurobindo’s writings, Jivatma is the Vigyanamaya Purusha whose abode is Supermind. But since non of the realizations from Old Yogas had reached the Supramental Consciousness, then how we can say that they have realized the Jivatman which is also the goal of Vedantic realization🤔?

The origin of Jivatman is in the Supermind but a portion of it descends in the adventure of Time and Space as the psychic essence

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In the light of Gita’s concept of tyaga and sanyasa, can we look at Buddha’s spiritual actions as an example of sanyasa, external renunciation? Because he gave up on kingdom and family to be able to pursue Truth. Then again, from what I have read of Buddha’s words himself, he did not pay much attention to external fanfare. He told the monks ‘You can put on the robe in fifteens minutes but learning true monkhood will take you lifetimes of effort as one needs to have a pure mind first.’ This looks like he emphasised more on tayra 🤨. I was wondering how you look at this.

I never felt a sanyasi in the Buddha just as I never felt a sanyasi in Sri Aurobindo leaving behind everything as he sailed to

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Do I think too much?I told you during meditation some thought/question attracts my attention and I is strong enough that I know I need to find the answer. And when I get that ‘AHA’ moment I know that is the correct answer. I get physical reaction at that moment too. The best way to describe it is what I have seen on tv and in movies, when the fine electric shock to person’s heart to bring him back. I kind of feel mild jolt near heart and I get a mild convulsion thru my body. No pain, no discomfort. What is this🤔?

It is an aha moment, the opening of an inner door leading to a flash of insight…..

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You mentioned in one of your speeches that people typically seek a spiritual path when they are dissatisfied with the world or realise its limitations. The first strategy is a little pessimistic because Mother mentions that if the same world begins to meet your wants, you might become enamoured or attracted once more. However, what if we are just in the initial stage, such as being unhappy with the world? Does it still serve as a launching pad for our spiritual development🤨?

Yes certainly whatever makes one turn towards and seek the Divine, even if it be for material goods or well-being is fine. But for this

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It would help if you could clarity two terms Life and Thought, from the Life Divine. This is from the opening para of the chapter Reality Omnipresent: Since, then, we admit both the claim of the pure Spirit to manifest in us its absolute freedom and the claim of universal Matter to be the mold and condition of our manifestation, we have to find a truth that can entirely reconcile these antagonists and can give to both their due portion in Life and their due justification in Thought, amercing neither of its rights, denying in neither the sovereign truth from which even its errors, even the exclusiveness of its exaggerations draw so constant a strength🤔 (pg. 29)

Life is the means through which matter begins to aspire and seek, however vaguely towards the Spirit. Life is also the energy needed for anything,

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In one of the answer you advised us to approach one of the main four gods. What about the goddess?What if the main four aspects of the divine is represented as follow:-1) Sat / Brahma 2) Chit-Tapas / Shiva- Shakti 3) Anand / Vishnu. The above looks more appropriate to me based on the Chapter 12 – Vishnu, the All-Pervading Godhead of Part 2 of The Secret of the Veda🤔.

If this appeals to you, it is fine. Sri Krishna would not object to it. However here is what Sri Aurobindo himself has written. <br

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Often when I go into solitude for meditation🧘‍♀️ for a prolonged period interesting things happen. Prophetic dreams, etc. 1.5 years ago I was down with covid and couldn’t see anyone for a week. I was feeling very bad and spent entire days sleeping. One day, I woke up from such a heavenly dream that I will never forget that experience. The dream was very very simple — it was me walking around some “school” if it can even be called that” with a few friends. The location was in some picturesque place in the nature. And I literally felt when I woke up that I wish I had NEVER woken up. It was such a deep feeling of loss that I experienced when I woke up because what I felt in the dream was just absolute Bliss. There is simply no other way to describe that state. And I bet in life there is no experience that can compare with the state of supreme serenity, absolute happiness, and joy beyond all imagination. Just wanted to share this because I haven’t felt that way since, and I still don’t know why that beautiful experience came in the middle of my illness. Could it be that my mind was completely shut off at that point in time, so I could experience something much deeper?

Sometimes a state of outer crisis, an illness for instance, open an inner door of help. A withdrawl from the waking state is anyways conducive

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