Philosophy of Mind Quotes by Sri Aurobindo

“The spiritual life (adhyatma-jivana), the religious life (dharma-jivana) and the ordinary human life of which morality is a part are three quite…

— Śrī Aurobindo

Those who have advanced rise to the mind which is in the head, - they have the play of their mental movements…

— Sri Aurobindo

The consciousness of the seer, is a greater power for knowledge than the consciousness of the thinker. The perceptual power of the…

— Sri Aurobindo

Evolution of consciousness is the central motive of terrestrial existence.

— Sri Aurobindo

We can arrive at a point of view where the preservation of the individual activities is no longer inconsistent with our comprehension…

— Sri Aurobindo

Outside and above the mind there is the play of a consciousness which is lighted by the higher Truth, but man is…

— Sri Aurobindo

Be conscious first of thyself within, then think and act. All living thought is a world in preparation; all real act is…

— Sri Aurobindo

The consciousness of the supreme Purusha remains above, but in the mind there may be a Purusha consciousness which they call the…

— Sri Aurobindo

Be conscious first of thyself within, then think and act.

— Sri Aurobindo

One can see light above the head; that indicates a consciousness outside the body. But that itself is not the Truth-Consciousness or…

— Sri Aurobindo

The one aim of [my] yoga is an inner self-development by which each one who follows it can in time discover the…

— Sri Aurobindo

What is required is faith. Man has body, life and mind but that is not all that constitutes man. He has risen…

— Sri Aurobindo

A quiet mind does not mean that there will be no thoughts or mental movements at all, but that these will be…

— Sri Aurobindo

The human mind moves always forward, alters its viewpoint and enlarges its thought substance, and the effect of these changes is to…

— Sri Aurobindo

The progressive growth of the finite consciousness of man towards this Self, towards the universal , the eternal, the infinite, in a…

— Sri Aurobindo

What comes from outside, one mistakes it as coming from inside. So many thoughts etc. move about outside in the universal -…

— Sri Aurobindo

A thought is an arrow shot at the truth; it can hit a point, but not cover the whole target. But the…

— Sri Aurobindo

Sit in meditation ! But do not think ! Look only at your mind ! You will see thoughts coming into it…

— Sri Aurobindo

The mind is running on all sides to think about many things, - what we call thoughts coming from outside. We must…

— Sri Aurobindo