Descent of the Supramental Conscinousness

June 21, 2009

Namaste

A few words in my humble opinion.

Sri Aurobindo and The Mother have said that each individual is capable of transforming the physical body into a vessel of Godhead by transforming each cell in the body to be able to/ be pure enough to accept the Supramental Energy. This could be akin to burning away/purifying/cleansing the body for eg through Homam, surrendering to The Divine Will, Truth... Her Grace is munificent and is there for everyone for the asking. She bestows Her Grace even without asking if only you are willing to accept it, open up . All She asks is unshakeable faith and love for the Divine in oneself and others.

Nothing could be away from the *Truth* that the principles/ mails/messages of Narasimha garu reiterate (for me atleast) exactly that.

I live for the 'pichai' of Her Grace,

humble pranams

Nalini

rajarshi nandy <rajarshi14 Sent: Saturday, 20 June, 2009 8:31:15 AM Descent of the Supramenal Conscinousness

Namaste

I found an interesting article based on Sri Aurobindo's writing. I am posting it here for anyone interested.

Near the beginning of the 20th century the great Indian freedom fighter and yogi-sage, Sri Aurobindo, began to express a truth which had not been expressed before. In his high states of divine union he saw that the time had come for a new stage in the evolution of mankind. He saw that the divine was to manifest right here on Earth and that the time for this divine emergence into Earth life was now. He spoke of heaven descending to Earth, even as Earth experienced a breakdown due to the intrinsic resistance held within her material body towards this ï¿½descent.ï¿½ï¿½Sri Aurobindo was joined in Pondicherry, India, by a French mystic, Mirra Alfassa, who later became known as the Mother. Together they embarked on a journey of intensive cellular transformation that is very relevant to the colossal uncertainties we face today.ï¿½Sri Aurobindo saw that the divine force permeates all matter, and that all matter therefore has a force of

consciousness. The process of the divine spirit descending down into matter is called involution. The process by which the divine ascends back upwards out of matter is called evolution. According to Sri Aurobindo, humanity has reached a stage where these two events are occurring simultaneously, and in his inner visions, he foresaw that we would soon be experiencing a descent of what he called ï¿½supramental (or monadic) consciousnessï¿½ that would entirely change everything on Earth.ï¿½Manï¿½s greatness is not in what he is, says Sri Aurobindo, but in what he makes possible. An immortal soul is somewhere within him, even if seldom active in most people, while an eternal spirit overshadows him, even if obstructed from descent by the hard lid of his constructed personality. There is a great divine plan in motion, even if the evidence of the outer senses seems to contradict it.

Sri Aurobindo recognized that humankind is going through an evolutionary crisis. A stage has been reached in which the human mind has made tremendous strides on the one hand, but is left hopelessly inadequate to prevent its own extinction as a species. Meanwhile, as the Mother testified before her death in 1973, a consciousness higher than the human rational mind, what may be termed the Supermind, has recently been established in the fields of the Earth, and is active there. Our task now is to bring it down into cellular consciousness.

Evolution took a great leap forward with the origins of Life, and later with the emergence of Mind. We are now at the threshold of another leap forward, even more momentous, as we prepare for the emergence of the Supermind. Sri Aurobindo speaks about four stages of human evolution, which we will soon be starting to experience concurrently upon Earth. The first is ï¿½animal human,ï¿½ our current species, a rational being possessing an individualized soul, but largely obstructed from contacting and merging with it.ï¿½Next is the ï¿½human human,ï¿½ a species that is spontaneous- ly coming to birth under the influence of an ever-expanding supramental field, a being that is largely able to merge and live from soul-consciousness rather than mind-consciousness.

Thirdly is the ï¿½Overman,ï¿½ who will still inhabit a dense physical body, but will be in possession of the Mind of Light, which is supramental consciousness that has begun to merge with cellular consciousness.

Finally, our ultimate goal as a species is the ï¿½Supramental Being,ï¿½ divinity incarnated fully within the subtle realms of matter. This will be a race of what we could call ï¿½Descended Masters.ï¿½ In this species, the unity of matter and spirit would be fully realized upon Earth.

The great work of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother was in bringing supramental consciousness down into the cellular consciousness of their own bodies. Since this is a unified consciousness, this meant that the supramental consciousness was simultaneously being brought into the consciousness fields of the Earth, awaiting the moment when it would flower into its full manifestation in collective matter.Whenever there is a ï¿½descentï¿½ there is corresponding resistance. Sri Aurobindo and the Mother speak of their experience with the four ï¿½Asuras,ï¿½ essentially anti-divine forces, at work in the world today. There is the Asura of Darkness, the Asura of Suffering, The Asura of Falsehood, and the Asura of Death. These are the forces that are so outwardly apparent, and which seem to be in control of current global events. According to them the Asura of Darkness (Lucifer?) has gone through a transformation recently, and the Asura of Suffering has

returned to Source, and so only the latter two still remain to wreak havoc on Earth. Interestingly, they spoke of the Asura of Falsehood ï¿½channelingï¿½ through Hitler during World War II, and of their own intensive inner work in countering his influence. It would not be difficult to see how this same Asura may be influencing other world leaders in the current political sphere.

With the descent of this new vibratory consciousness all our old obsolete human structures will be demolished. However, Sri Aurobindo emphasized that although the changes will be enormous they would not be necessarily catastrophic. The power of Truth automatically erases Falsehood, and our world for the most part consists of Falsehood. Yet, the Supramental, he maintained, carried a power of harmonization which could overcome this resistance by means other than dramatic struggle and violence. The Asuras will eventually be absorbed into their original emanations of Light, Life, Beauty, and Truth. It may be interesting to speculate, with all the violence in the world today, the destruction we might have experienced if not for this power of harmonization!

When does all this happen? Sri Aurobindo and the Mother believed that the world stage was set for this quantum descent, and that it was quite imminent. The Mother said in 1968 that the supramental transformation was a certainty now, and that it would come about with a minimum of destruction, ï¿½although this minimum is still considerable.ï¿½ She said that the year 2000 would be a turning point.

This was a very interesting read and matches what Narasimhaji says about changes coming in the world.

-Regards

Rajarshi

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June 24, 2009

Jai Santoshi Ma,

This is a compelling thread. But, to me, the most intriguing aspect of Vimalananda's assertion that the rishis created the gods is "how" he could say it. The answer seems to be that he could say anything, in that he was protected by Smashan Tara. Vimalananda, if he existed, came very close to living in a state beyond fear, and in a constant state of ecstasy, having removed bodily suffering by directly challenging it. The sexual excitement of suffering, call it kundalini or whatever, seemed to be the key to this passion for life. The mind, the rishis, the Godhead are all ultimately the play of shakti. The Yakshini who follows him and says "Mai Aaun" is his ego's own projection of a limited shakti, the temptation or play of his own mind, which threatens destruction. The yakshini is his own doubt about the mother, and he can't live with this doubt, the fear that the mother will harm him. He had to ask one of his gurus to finally take the yakshini away

because he didn't want to be bothered and he didn't believe he had the power to remove her himself. Vimalananda had such devotion to the mother that he did not have to fear, because he knew that he would return to the mother and that all of this earthly life was mere play. When he goes to the smashan and leaves his new wife in the car, she gets scared and passes out because of the miracle of union with shakti that Vimalananda has achieved. When the male does not resist the feminine force, there are no more egoic demons for Kali to destroy. She passes out, unconscious. At that point, Vimalananda was at the top of his game. He was beyond fear. It is only in moments of weakness that Shiva would need Vishnu or vice versa, moments of fatigue, like passing the baton in a race or tag teaming in wrestling: the duality of on/off. The rishi's mind cannot sustain any one state, so he creates many gods. He can't abide in shakti all the time, so he manifests his own

ego as Vishnu or Shiva in order to preserve or destroy manifestations of shakti, thoughts of his own mind which either please or disturb him. The myth of the ever burning light, (like Byron the Bulb in "Gravity's Rainbow") is an example of the unattainable. It is the shakti which the rishi knows is there only when he thinks about it, but he cannot think about it or experience it all the time. If he could tune all chakras to this shakti at all times that would be perfect tantra. He must, however, create the manifestation of shakti, or the mother, to rescue him from any type of mental or physical difficulty, or backwater of consciousness which he encounters. The Yakshini is only his death if he needs death, but his mother if he needs life. If he can't take the backwater anymore he will sacrifice his sexual energy to the yakshini and have done with life. But if he sees her as mother he will live. Ultimately he would like to see her as Shiva saw Parvati. If

he can hold this latter state he has reached perfect tantra.

Thanks,

Jeff Berger--- On Tue, 6/23/09, Narasimha P.V.R. Rao <pvr wrote:

Narasimha P.V.R. Rao <pvr Re: Descent of the Supramenal Conscinousness Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 11:42 PM

ï»¿ Namaste Rajarshi,

The non-dual Aatman or Brahman is the original source of everything. But the world of duality is a lot more tricky.

Please see the "many faced diamond" analogy for god at the end of http://groups. / group/vedic- wisdom/message/ 1 to get clarity on why different people give different hierarchies and consider different beings as supreme. As per Narayana sooktam, all gods (including Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Indra etc) came from Narayana. As per Ganapathi Atharva seersham, all gods (including Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Indra etc) came from Ganapathi. As per Ganapathi Atharva seersham, all gods (including Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Indra etc) came from Ganapathi. As per Suryopanishat, all gods (including Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Indra etc) came from Surya. And so on.

The duality is so vast and yet non-duality is the underlying supreme reality in duality. Thus, the hierarchy within hierarchy will have to start at the connection with non-duality and it is not one. In other words, any hierarchy given by anyone is with respect to one perspective. I will not be too keen on finalizing one hierarchy, because that cannot be done really. If you haven't before, do read the analogy in the last part of the mail mentioned above. It is an analogy worth getting into your thinking system.

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> I mean is it the Rishi who is acting our the Mother's instructions

> or is it She who is creating the environment for the Rishi's wish

> to come true? Which one came first?

There is no causal relationship between the two. Actions of rishis and the will of the supreme cosmic being are in sync. They just happen together. Neither causes the other.

Rishis are the most perfected beings without a trace of ego and yet performing actions of great consequence, with zero attachment. They operate right on the border of duality and non-duality.

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> As a devotee it is natural and simple to believe that the God I

> pray to is the Ultimate Supreme authority, but when I hear that

> Rishis are even beyond this, then doubt creeps in, is the deity

> therefore not as supreme as is made out to be?

Our ego does not leave us even in sadhana. Sometimes, one's belief that one's guru is the best guru or the god one prays to is the supreme one is rooted in one'e ego and one's need to be the best and be associated with the best. Just contemplate if that is the case and if it is, try to root out such thinking.

Having said that, do look at the god you pray to as the supreme and try to reach the supreme through him/her by surrendering to him/her. If you take a low level manifestation of that deity, then rishis may indeed be beyond him/her as Vimalananda said. But, if you take the highest manifestation of the deity, as the supreme cosmic being, then rishis are his playmates and neither above nor below.

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If you take a company, there may be a chairman who may be the highest authority. But, it may be a ceremonial role and some may consider CEO to be higher while some may consider the chairman to be higher. Why bother about who is higher? In a company does well, they both work with understanding.

The hierarchy is irrelevant to one who is a clerk at the company. Just follow the order of your boss (guru) instead of wondering whether chairman calls the shots or CEO.

Best regards,Narasimha------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------Do a Short Homam Yourself: http://www.VedicAst rologer.org/ homamDo Pitri Tarpanas Yourself: http://www.VedicAst rologer.org/ tarpanaSpirituality: http://groups. / group/vedic- wisdomFree Jyotish lessons (MP3): http://vedicastro. home.comcast. netFree Jyotish software (Windows): http://www.VedicAst rologer.orgSri Jagannath Centre (SJC) website: http://www.SriJagan nath.org------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------

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rajarshi nandy

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 6:56 AM

Re: Re: Descent of the Supramenal Conscinousness

Namaste Narasmihaji

I have a question. Though it will probably sound stupid to a learned man like you, but I just could not get a convincing answer to it, so thought of putting this question in this forum.

You mentioned that a senior Maharishi is doing this. In the books of Vimalananda he says Naths, Munis and Rishis are higher beings, even higher than deities.

What confuses me is that, what can be higher than a deity? For example Goddes Durga is the supreme mother of all worlds, then how can a Rishi or any being be higher than Her? Or lord Shiva or Narayana?

I mean is it the Rishi who is acting our the Mother's instructions or is it She who is creating the environment for the Rishi's wish to come true? Which one came first?

It gets confusing- .

As a devotee it is natural and simple to believe that the God I pray to is the Ultimate Supreme authority, but when I hear that Rishis are even beyond this, then doubt creeps in, is the deity therefore not as supreme as is made out to be?

Sorry if these questions seem childish, but I really get confused thinking about this.

-Regards

Rajarshi

The upsurge (of consciousness) is Bhairava - Shiva Sutra--- On Mon, 22/6/09, Narasimha P.V.R. Rao <pvr (AT) charter (DOT) net> wrote:

Narasimha P.V.R. Rao <pvr (AT) charter (DOT) net> Re: Descent of the Supramenal ConscinousnessMonday, 22 June, 2009, 9:32 AM

ï»¿ Namaste,

Aurobindo need not be talking about a single "savior" the way people may imagine. Also, he need not be talking about somebody "connected to" his ashram. Moreover, when it comes to great lineages, there are connections between all. For example, Aurobindo used to visit the house of Sister Nivedita, the foremost disciple of Swami Vivekananda and knew her well when he still lived in Calcutta. He had a vision in his prison cell of Swami Vivekananda, just a few years after his death, in which he imparted Aurobindo some key knowledge. Paramahamsa Yogananda grew up in Calcutta and learnt Sanskrit from M, who was a sishya of Ramakrishna and wrote the gospel of Ramakrishna. Trilinga Swami sent a tantra teacher to Ramakrishna to expand his knowledge. Trilinga Swami knew Lahiri mahashaya and admired him. And so on.

Coming back to the main point, the supermind established in the field of earth that was referred to by Aurobindo can simply be a maharshi paying some attention to matters on earth. A maharshi absorbed in the divine in one of the higher planes of consciousness can accomplish huge changes on earth by the mere power of his thought. If there is a divine play to make some positive changes on earth and a maharshi takes part in the play, he may focus a small part of his supermind on the affairs of earth and direct a few important souls to do some key work. Some important souls (deities, rishis or yogis etc) may send their amshas (partial essence) to be born on earth to fulfil different parts of a divine play.

You may then see several (not just one) elevated beings, enlightened beings and realized beings born on earth to bring clarity in different aspects of spiritual knowledge. Each of them will get specific internal/external guidance from the divine, based on what their part in the play is.

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The "Asura of Falsehood" that Aurobindo alluded to is all around us. At the subtlest level, he manifests as false ego in pretty much everybody. At the grossest level, he manifests as blatant lies, wrong propaganda etc.

One should not tolerate this Asura (demon) and fight hard. However, one should not hate this Asura or those afflicted by him. When we encounter lies, we should fight and stand for truth but not hate the liar at the same time. There is nothing that needs to be hated in this world. One should learn to do the job assigned to one by Nature without attraction or repulsion to anything or anybody and with unconditional love (i.e. no expectations of a return) to all.

> This was a very interesting read and matches what Narasimhaji

> says about changes coming in the world.

I know very little. But I was told that an age that is somewhat like the bygone ages will be established on earth for a few hundred years in the coming decades. The reason the Divine Mother appeared before Manish and asked him to spread simple homam procedures in the world was to prepare the grounds for that. Manish also told me that all this is the play of a senior maharshi.

Best regards,Narasimha------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------Do a Short Homam Yourself: http://www.VedicAst rologer.org/ homamDo Pitri Tarpanas Yourself: http://www.VedicAst rologer.org/ tarpanaSpirituality: http://groups. / group/vedic- wisdomFree Jyotish lessons (MP3): http://vedicastro. home.comcast. netFree Jyotish software (Windows): http://www.VedicAst rologer.orgSri Jagannath Centre (SJC) website: http://www.SriJagan nath.org------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------

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Laxmi Narayan

Sunday, June 21, 2009 6:50 PM

Re: Descent of the Supramenal Conscinousness

Hi, Some time back I saw similar article and was intrigued by it. Who might be coming down to earth to help Human Beings? Personally, I believe it was pointing towards Mother Meera. She is a Enlightened person and has helped thousands who go to her by removing some of their karmic cords. Although she now lives in Germany but in her younger days she was connected to Aurobindo;s ashram. Regards,LaxmiNarayan --- On Fri, 19/6/09, rajarshi nandy <rajarshi14 (AT) (DOT) co.in> wrote:

rajarshi nandy <rajarshi14 (AT) (DOT) co.in> Descent of the Supramenal ConscinousnessFriday, 19 June, 2009, 9:31 PM