Estimation of Sri Aurobindo fluctuates

[Foreword by Ken Wilber:  A Greater Psychology: An Introduction to the Psychological Thought of Sri Aurobindo, edited by A. S. Dalal.

It wasn't that other great thinkers had not seen that evolution is basically Spirit-in-action (it was obvious to Schelling and Hegel, for example). Nor was Aurobindo necessarily the most enlightened spirit in modern India (many would point to the illustrious Sri Ramana Maharshi in that regard). 9:47 AM]

[Columbia University Press » Blog Archive » Getting beyond the ... The following post is by Peter Heehs, author of The Lives of Sri Aurobindo August 4th, 2008 at 10:43 am

There is general agreement among students of religion that Aurobindo was a remarkable mystic, but few are willing to swallow the claim of some of his followers that he was an avatar, like Krishna, Chaitanya or Christ…

What about the assertion that Aurobindo was an avatar? I can’t say that the question interests me very much. Aurobindo never claimed the distinction for himself, and I don’t think anyone alive is in a position to say one way or the other.]

[IY Fundamentalism - Letter to the Managing Trustee, from Peter Heehs 25 September 2008 Dear Manoj-da,

I decided to write about Sri Aurobindo, first, because I find him tremendously interesting. I won’t go any farther than this.]

[The Lives of Sri Aurobindo: reviewed by Alan for Auroville Today.

(By the by, Peter is the first biographer to speculate, albeit briefly, about the nature of Sri Aurobindo’s sexual experience.)]

An individual’s estimation of Sri Aurobindo is obviously subjective that evolves/fluctuates throughout the life. Expecting a fixed countenance, therefore, is unfair. It is, however, desirable that one is candid about such feelings without hoodwinking others or institutions. [TNM]