Matter in Sri Aurobindo


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  • Dr. R. Subramony Associate Professor and Head, Department of English, The Madura College (Autonomous), Madurai, India

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Matter, Evolution, Inconscience, Consciousness

Abstract

Matter is the first stage in the evolution of consciousness and the ultimate step in involution. In this stage consciousness appears to lose itself in an infinite in conscience. Sri Aurobindo in Life Divine describes two important processes in the creation of the world- the aspect of the ascent of the spirit into the world and its descent.  Without the descent of the spirit into the world, there cannot be any ascent of the world into the spirit.  There is a descent of the spirit even into Matter.  Matter is the ultimate step in involution. In this stage consciousness appears to lose itself in an infinite in conscience.  Sri Aurobindos evolutionary cycle begins with the inconconscient and thereafter the first three stages are matter, life and mind.  For Sri Aurobindo, matter is a pulsation of the divine.  It possesses awareness which is on the level of the inconscient.  It contains within it fixed stage which exist each with its appropriate order of nature.  Evolution is inevitable. Even Matter evolves. It proceeds step-by-step. 

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2017-12-31

How to Cite

Dr. R. Subramony. “Matter in Sri Aurobindo”. The Creative Launcher, vol. 2, no. 5, Dec. 2017, pp. 255-6, https://thecreativelauncher.com/index.php/tcl/article/view/726.

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