You said that one has to go by stages. While rising above, some parts of the being ask, “Which plane should I attempt first?”Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume 3. 1936-37
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Sri Aurobindo — Doshi, Nagin
1936 (1936-1937)
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1936-37
You said that one has to go by stages. While rising above, some parts of the being ask, “Which plane should I attempt first?”
It is not necessary for the parts of the being to understand mentally where they have to rise or determine that by the mind. That is determined by a higher power than the mind and, if any knowledge comes, it must be from above or as a part of the ascending movement.
When you get the true intuitive plane, there will be no need for instructions or questions as to how to do sadhana. The sadhana will do itself under the light of the intuition.
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is only the supramental that is all Knowledge. All below that from Overmind to Matter is Ignorance – an Ignorance growing at each level nearer to the full knowledge. Below Supermind there may be knowledge but it is not all Knowledge.
Absolute certitude about all things can only come from the supermind. Meanwhile one has to go on with what knowledge the other planes give.
1 This paragraph is repeated as another letter in the 1st volume, p. 256
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[Largest or earliest found passage: ] Doshi, Nagin. Guidance from Sri Aurobindo: Letters to a Young Disciple.- In 3 volumes.- Volume 1. 1933-34
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