In Aurobindo’s thought, every human being is a yogi, but not a conscious one.
Author
Ramin Jahanbegloo, Professor & Vice Dean and Executive Director, Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Peace Studies, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana, India.
Summary
This essay examines the concept of “unity” in the work of Sri Aurobindo. This unity, according to Aurobindo, could not take place unless Man’s vital and mental nature was uplifted by a spiritual supernature.
For Aurobindo, the evolutionary process of human unity is possible through yogic experience, not through rationality. In Aurobindo’s thought, every human being is a yogi, but not a conscious one. Those who have become conscious of this process through the yogic experience can help others.
Published in: Jahanbegloo, R. (2022). Sri Aurobindo and the Idea of Human Unity. In: Puri, B. (eds) Reading Sri Aurobindo. Springer, Singapore.
To read the full chapter, please click here.
