Sri Aurobindian Ontology

Inadequacy of Mental Ability to Conceive the Nature of the Supermind

Posted by: Tusar N. Mohapatra on: February 22, 2012

Reblogged from Sri Aurobindo Studies:

When the sages of the Upanishads tried to express the nature of the Infinite and Eternal which they experienced, they eventually concluded with the saying “Neti, Neti” meaning, “Not this, not that”. The implication was made more clear in the Taittirya Upanishad when they described “The delight of the Eternal from which words turn away without attaining and the mind also returns baffled…” By its very nature, the experience of states of consciousness beyond the mind is impossible of accurate depiction by the mind and the powers of speech.

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Tusar N. Mohapatra

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