Dear Joseph,
Study of consciousness should be segregated into at least three different sectors:
1. One's professional life involves a set of skills and values. Those have a bearing on one's conception of consciousness. Those engaged in science are the most affected.
2. As social beings, a practical level of understanding of consciousness is assumed. It needn't interfere with 1. and 3.
3. At the purely personal level, the responsibility of finding what is true is paramount and should be pursued disregarding 1. and 2. Many feel they can search for the truth on their own but tell things that are imperfectly plagiarised versions of earlier propositions.
A main problem in this Forum is people generally conflate the three whereas distinct routes can lead to more honest discoveries.
Thanks,
Tusar (b.1955)
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Dear Joseph,
I'm not aware of your background. You can check the following links to get a sense of what Sri Aurobindo has in mind:
Then we can discuss the current concerns in a more fruitful manner. Thanks,
Tusar (b.1955)
June 25, 2017
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Dear LSG,
The following essay can answer your questions in the most satisfactory manner.
Thanks,
Tusar (b.1955)
An Introduction to Sri Aurobindo’s Metaphysical Cosmology: Part I – The Involution
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Dear Kashyap and Vinod,
Debate is at a very interesting point and I feel Sri Aurobindo can be of help to resolve issues.
1. On the Ontology front, he posits the Exclusive Concentration concept whereby the highest Consciousness restricts itself to become finite beings.
2. On the Epistemology front, he invokes the Logic of the Infinite principle which, in essence, means the highest Consciousness is not bound by our rationality and can manifest simultaneously as void as well as existence or something can arise out of nothing and things like that.
If one accepts these two aspects, other jigsaw pieces fall into place and there are no contradictions in Ontology. Otherwise, forced juxtaposition of distinct domains are bound to be at loggerheads, for a long time in future.
Thanks,
Tusar (b.1955)
June 30, 2017
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