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Persona #204

Sri Aurobindo

1872–1950
Indian nationalist, yogi, and philosopher; principal theorist of integral yoga and supramental evolution

Integral yoga and supramental descent — modern Indian philosophy of evolutionary ascent toward divine consciousness

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Attribute Sri Aurobindo
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Emergent
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Cyclical
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Emergent
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Non-local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Emergent
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Non-local
Observer · Time Instance Multiple
Observer · Space Instance Multiple
Observer · Knowledge Extent Immediate
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Both
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Experience
Observer · Theological Method Mystical
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Reversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each persona's writings reveal about their stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Sri Aurobindo

Cyclic evolutionary time; the cosmic descent and ascent of Spirit.

Space

Sri Aurobindo

Non-local emergent; the planes of consciousness interpenetrate.

Matter

Sri Aurobindo

Emergent through the descent of Spirit; matter is the densest manifestation of consciousness.

Observer

Sri Aurobindo

Plural evolving souls; multiple time/space instances through planes of consciousness. Personal metaphysical agency: Sachchidananda.

Energy

Sri Aurobindo

Conserved cosmic shakti; reversible cosmic respiration.

Information

Sri Aurobindo

Personal soul conserved through evolution; eventual union with the supramental.

Internal Tensions

Where each persona's working synthesis strains against itself.

Sri Aurobindo

Aurobindo's claim to have inaugurated a supramental descent in 1956 has been a matter of devotional commitment for his followers and skepticism for outside observers. The Auroville experimental township has had a difficult institutional history. The reception of his integral-yoga programme in Western New Age and Wilberian "integral theory" has been substantial but doctrinally loose.