Work Classification Layer
Compare Works
Pick two or more works to set their attribute fingerprints, dimension-by-dimension passages, and shared school embodiments side by side. Especially useful for author-stage comparisons (Wittgenstein early vs late) and for setting a single tradition's foundational texts against each other.
The Synthesis of Yoga
Aurobindo's integral-yoga manual — synthesis of major yogic traditions for the evolution of consciousness
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | The Synthesis of Yoga (Mature) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Infinite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | Non-Deterministic |
| Time · Traversability | Linear |
| Time · Dimensionality | One |
| Time · Direction | Uni-directional |
| Space · Extent | Infinite |
| Space · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Space · Curvature | Flat |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Local |
| Matter · Extent | Infinite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Matter · Conservation | Conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | Local |
| Observer · Time Instance | Single |
| Observer · Space Instance | Single |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Total |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Active |
| Observer · Number | Singular |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Personal |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Experience |
| Observer · Theological Method | — |
| 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 work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
The Synthesis of Yoga
The 1914-21 serial composition; the integral-yoga period of Aurobindo's mature work.
Space
The Synthesis of Yoga
The Pondicherry ashram setting; the yogic-practical space.
Matter
The Synthesis of Yoga
The embodied yogic practitioner whose transformation the manual specifies.
Observer
The Synthesis of Yoga
The yogic practitioner as proper-participant-observer.
Energy
The Synthesis of Yoga
The yogic-spiritual energies of integral-practice.
Information
The Synthesis of Yoga
The systematic practical-yogic content of the manual.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
The Synthesis of Yoga remains the standard manual for integral-yoga practice; traditional-yogic critics question the integral synthesis's departures from received-yogic-traditions; modern-spiritual readers have found it valuable.