2) Since the creation is cyclic with repetition, there must be a previous Kalpa. Or Manvantra, in which the Superman must have evolved from Man. Maybe some other Divine Personality, like Sri Aurobindo and The Mother, would have done that, or it might have happened on its own evolutionary process. Is there any evidence of Superman in a previous kalpa? Or Manvantra? When you get time, please clarify for me. It is the city of dawn, the city the earth needs, the city of the future
If it had already been achieved, then the path would be there and there would be no need to discover it. In that case the Superman would have been there as the peak of creation and not Man. In that case there would have been no need for a pralaya and by now a new supramental species with luminous deathless body would have already been there. The Rishis themselves would have spoken about it. From all available records, the Rishis did not foresee any such possibility. For them, Brahmagyana and individual Moksha were the highest ideals. The world was for them, in the last analysis, a play of Maya, a bondage of sorts. Also, from all available accounts, while the revered Rishis had the Brahman realisation and their minds were uplifted to great heights, some even had astounding miraculous powers as well, yet it cannot be denied that they had their human parts and their difficulties like anger, passions, attachments, and other difficulties as well. This is not the Superman of Sri Aurobindo. Here are a few letters clarifying this.
‘By transformation I do not mean some change of the nature—I do not mean for instance sainthood or ethical perfection or Yogic siddhis (like the Tantrik’s) or a transcendental (cinmaya) body. I use transformation in a special sense, a change of consciousness radical and complete and of a certain specific kind which is so conceived as to bring about a strong and assured step forward in the spiritual evolution of the being, an advance of a greater and higher kind and of a larger sweep and completeness than that smaller though decisive achievement of the emerging Consciousness when a mentalised being first appeared in a vital and material animal world. If anything short of that takes place or at least if a real beginning is not made on that basis, a fundamental progress towards this fulfilment, then my object is not accomplished. A partial realisation, something mixed and inconclusive, does not meet the demand I make on life and Yoga.’
(Ref. https://incarnateword.in/cwsa/29/transformation-in-the-integral-yoga)
Affectionately,
Alok Da
