BOOK TWO
The Book of the Traveller of the Worlds
BOOK TWO
The Book of the Traveller of the Worlds
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BOOK TWO OVERVIEW:
(under development)
BOOK TWO DETAILS:
The World-Stair
P.99 (bottom third)
In the involution of the creation, i.e. the descent from Spirit, but before the emergence of forms, there was a loss of that spirit (i.e. its self-absorption).
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P.100 (middle)
The Creation, Man begins as unevolved; but there is a promise of so much more.
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P.101+ (very bottom)
The king is now the Traveler of the Worlds who is discovering the planes of being -- both seen and unseen -- in the cosmos. The planes of his travels will in the following cantos be described.
The Kingdom of Subtle Matter
P.103 (middle)
The subtle physical plane of existence is come upon and described. [It is the invisible physical plane, where things have an urge to take shape into the actual seen physical reality. Mother in The Agenda had visions of this plane often, and saw their individual she knew who had passed on and were now working in the subtle physical.]
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P.108 (middle, new section)
The spirit behind matter is described. [Sri Aurobindo in The Life Divine and elsewhere says that out of the Spirit emerged matter, and that we cannot see it, the Spirit is involved in it deeply. Through our own spiritual connection we bring out the spirit buried in matter, including our own physical bodies. Perhaps as he above indicated that the subtle physical has an urge to emerge from the physical, so too has the spiritual an urge to emerge from matter.]
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P.111 (lower two fifths)
The infinite seeks to manifest its spiritual properties in life. In the unmanifest subtle physical realm, it more readily can demonstrate those properties (as opposed to the actual physical).
CANTO THREE
The Glory and the Fall of
Life
P.116 (top)
There is uncertainty in the next realm the King journeys into.
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P.117 (top)
He comes upon a world devoid of knowledge; of infinite vicissitudes, circumstances that are described. [Comment: At the physico-vital plane there is little knowledge, only a play of endless ways of living that have both and negative aspects. This is akin to the plane we ordinarily live in. It is the vital plane of the mesh and mixture of happiness and pain. Remember he is visiting many planes that are not necessarily an objective view of the actual planes we live in, but are symbolic or reflective of them -- though their nature is very similar to the real planes and real experiences of our lives.]
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P.118 (bottom third, new section)
The hidden kingdoms of beitude are described. [This is a deeper vital plane, of spiritual bliss, where there is only spiritual delight, joy, bliss without pain.]
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P.120 (lower half, new section)
The King ascends to the peaks of Spirit, where that spiritual realm and earth life begun to melt into one another.
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P.121 (bottom)
He comes to know that even in the (just earlier described) dualistic, divided vital world of positive and negative that she (the Creator force) created, serves the Divine purpose.
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P.124 (second fifth)
He encounters a world of spiritual bliss (i.e. ultimate spiritual vital pleasure), and utter spiritual freedom that She -- the Divine Shakti/Creator -- has created).
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P.128 (lower half, new section)
But the King could not enter into the joy of this spiritual world of bliss. (The ordinary (vital) world pulled him down.)
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P.129 (top sixth)
From the dumb material world that he has descended to, there is a call to Life (i.e. to something in Life) to invade this unconscious, senseless realm.
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P.130 (second fifth)
The awakening of Life to a higher status is described.
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P.130 (lower two fifths)
But there was darkness in the first realm of unfolding of life. (The inconscient [of unconscious matter's influence] pulls one down in this plane.)
The Kingdoms of the Little Life
[The vital life is that of sensation, desire, want, need, emotion,
feeling, trade, interaction, association, etc. This is the aspect of
vital plane of being addressed here. There are other higher
formations of the vital, such as affection, love, delight, etc.]
P.132 (top)
The limited, unstable vitality of life is described. [i.e. the nature of this vital existence. I.e. pleasure and pain, positive and negative circumstances mixed together. Love and hate. etc.]
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P.137 (lower quarter, new section)
The King saw the Divine Will even in this mindless vital life. [It is mindless because our mentality is not central here; feelings, emotions, wants, et all are. There is thinking only to the degree it serves the vital propensities.]
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P.140 (bottom)
Creation brought with it limitation (as in this realm of life). [A thought: The creation was born of inconscience of dumb matter, which had an impact on the planes that emerged out of matter, which was forth the vital plane, especially the first lower manifestations of the vital plane, that we have been addressing above.]
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P.141 (of section, near bottom (bottom)
The King sees the Spirit even in Nature's (limiting) course in Life. [Comment: In this vital-oriented world there is contradiction and duality. Life however does progress, but trough pain and conflict. This is Nature's Way, particularly at this Vital plane of contradictions. However, even though Nature's course (in life, vital life)) is slow an painful, it ultimately has the sanction of the Divine. Soul is however the method beyond Nature that the Divine seeks in the world.]
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P.141 (bottom)
The animal-like life one lives in this lower vital existence, with only a limited mentality which takes form as mere sense oriented thought (i.e. of what one derives with the five senses, as opposed to any real conceptual thought.) is described.
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P.142 (bottom)
He saw the limitation of mind in this vital life; to perceive the true nature of the reality behind it. [How it is sense-oriented, devoid of true thought, logic, real conception, etc.]
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P.144 (bottom)
Relations of intense (vital) wanting between individuals is described. [which occurs particularly in this lower vital existence that we have been addressing.]
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P.146 (end of section)
He saw the limited thinking being in this small vital realm.
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P.147 (bottom)
He saw the emergence of a seeing, observing power of man developing as he began to move out of the lower vital existence.
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P.148 (middle)
Sense mind is described. [To reiterate: Sense mind can be described as a most primitive, outer faculty of mind, where one is absorbed with gathering sense data through the five senses, where we are overwhelmed by what is seen, heard, etc. as opposed to the more central aspects of mind; idea processing, rational and pure thinking, etc. Allured by the perturbations of the alluring surface of life, Sense mind prevents us from using the more rational faculties of mind. Sense mind is connected with the physical/vital nature of our five senses.]
The Godheads of the Little Life
P.160 (top, new section)
The Ignorance that does not see is described. [Integral Knowledge and Truth Sees in totality. Ignorance is the polar opposite. We can move to this Integral Knowledge.]
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P.162 (top, new section, "A thinking puppet..")
The mind of the vital/life that we want to evolve beyond is explored.
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P.167 (bottom, new section, "Yet was ..")
There are the depths within and the spiritual heights beyond this small life.
[There is the evolving soul in the depths of the horizontal plane, and the heights of spiritual mind and beyond in the vertical plane. How can we move toward the Integral Truth and Knowledge? One way is a movement within.]
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P.168 (top third, "And when ..")
We can make a connection to the soul within. [The greatest depths is the Soul within, a spark of the Divine.]
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P.171 (top, "And when ..")
The descent of the greater Self can come into our lives. [There is a spiritual reality which we can call the Self (Atman in Sanskrit). We can embody that Spirit Self in our own selves; through the discovery our True Self, personal Soul.]
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P.171 (bottom third, "But first ..")
Before this descent of the greater Self can take place, we need to make the inner, Soul connection.
[Sri Aurobindo in 'The Life Divine' speaks of the Tripe Transformation. Before we can make the Spiritual transformation we need to make the Psychic transformation; i.e. fully connect wt the Soul/Psychic Being within. The Supramental transformation is then beyond the Spiritual.]
The Kingdom and Godheads of the Greater Life
P.173 (Start) [editing point]
He came to a realm of intensity, but unsolid, where nothing aimed for was ever achieved.
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P.183 (new section "A consciousness ..")
Living deeper within is the first step in living the Greater Life.
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P.187 (bottom third, "One felt ...")
In this realm was a care for others; an inner connection between people, even from afar, though this was not quite a true Oneness.
The
Descent into Night
P.205 (New Section, "As from...")
A sinister place.
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P.208 (New Section, "Then the scene...")
It is a place of Ignorance, expressing through Individuality.
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P.209
(Top, "There ego...")
Ego and falsehood was there.
(Middle, "True freedom...")
Lack of true freedom was there.
(Lower two fifths, "A proud...")
Rigidity was there, a lack of openness.
(Lower third, "Power and...")
It was a place of power and domination.
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P.210
(Top half, "All faith...")
It was a place of tyrannous religion.
(Lower two fifths, "A lie was there...")
It was a place of the lie.
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P.211 (New section, "A greater darkness...")
They came to a place of even greater darkness. A land where spirit had no power; where there was pride, evil, and perversion.
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P.212
(Top, "A strong and fallen goddess...")
It was a place of hopelessness.
(Middle, "Epics of horror...")
Of horror, grimness.
(Lower third, "Epics of horror...")
Of sadistic ways.
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P.213
(Top, "And art parades...")
It
was a place of horrible forms, of evil worshipping.
(Middle, "Hatred...")
Of
hatred, torture, ugliness, dullness.
(Bottom, "A new philosophy...")
Of decadence, brutishness.
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P.214
(Lower third, "Overthrow the reason...")
There was non-reason there.
(Lower third, "In others' suffering...")
There was an enjoyment of others' suffering.
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P.215 (Lower fifth, "In that wide cynic...")
There was greed, hate; nothing noble was spoken.
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P.216
(Top third, "All were deceived...")
There was deceit, untruth, falsehood
("All that is low...")
Existence was sordid, base there.
(Lower quarter, "All threatening...")
Things were threatening; dogmas abounded.
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P.216 (New section, "A lone discoverer...")
The King was able to throw off this dark influence.
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P.217
(Top, "Soon he emerged...")
He
came upon a void, but it still harbored a hostile life.
(Middle, "he faced a sense...")
There were voices of denial there.
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P.217 (Bottom third, "He strove...")
He was now in the pure Darkness, a realm devoid of all figures and life.
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P.218
(Top quarter, "Drawn towards depths...")
He was in the formless void; the dark grim.
(Middle, "A nameless...")
A nameless fear was there. There was an eternity of pain there. There was an anguished nothingness.
(Bottom, "But he endured...")
He was then able to return to the light.
-End of analysis of book
two,
The Book of
the Traveller of the Worlds.