Philosophical Speculations

Ashvin, are you going to reply to MMs latest?

About thinking in Aurobindo, there's this passage in Life Divine, from p. 322. I haven't inquired more about Overmind Consciousness, however it seems clear it goes well beyond the subjective witness in silent awareness: ...we do not freely determine our thinking according to the truth of things, it ...

In connection with this point at page 10 of the Cell Intelligence thread, where it is question of the spiritual path proposed by Sri Aurobindo, I thought I would try to render a passage from Scaligero's " From Yoga to the Rose Cross " in which he shared his understanding of Aurobindo. My i...

Since the following thought has just come to me in a roundabout way (not from the daily thoughts) I'll share it here :) Thanks, Cleric :) I appreciate the advice, tough it sets the bar high! But then I've wondered: "What consecrating actually means in this thought, more than blessing, sending ...

Now in response to: "...yes, all introspective approaches can be thought about as having some sort of cosmology behind them. Nevertheless, the only ones that are true - the only ones that are real in today's evolutionary phase - don't have a cosmology behind them. Rather, they literally are the...

More comments on Part V - From a coarse-grained idealism to a multi-modal conscious universe : My comment : More introspection is surely needed, which points back to the question of practice: how to understand introspection so that it achieves its purpose to bring knowledge to life from the inside ...

More comments on Part V - From a coarse-grained idealism to a multi-modal conscious universe : My comment : More introspection is surely needed, which points back to the question of practice: how to understand introspection so that it achieves its purpose to bring knowledge to life from the inside ...

More comments on Part V - From a coarse-grained idealism to a multi-modal conscious universe : My comment : More introspection is surely needed, which points back to the question of practice: how to understand introspection so that it achieves its purpose to bring knowledge to life from the inside o...

Yeah, if he responds, I am guessing the main issue will be this dichotomy that we have encountered so many times introduced between the logical mind and the 'pure awareness'. It's a very difficult thing to address because the person on the other side feels the pure experiencing/awareness etc. is a ...

Woah, that was a lot! But I believe it's appropriate, and will not be misunderstood - though I've had a second of hesitation for the word "astral" for "soul" :) In parallel, there is Part V , where much of what you point out is also elaborated well, but the last crucial connecti...