The Ignorance of the Egoistic Soul


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Sri Aurobindo Studies

For a long time in human history, the earth was considered to be the center of the universe. Science now tells us that this conception is inaccurate. For an even longer time, human beings have considered themselves to be the center of the universe, and this conception, rooted in the daily experience of the ego-consciousness, has proven to be much harder to shake. Yet, it is quite as inaccurate as the earth-centric view of the cosmos.

Sri Aurobindo describes this state: “Acutely conscious of himself he sees the ego as the cause and whole meaning of life and not the Divine. He sees himself as the doer of works and does not see that all the workings of existence including his own internal and external activities are the workings of one universal Nature and nothing else. He sees himself as the enjoyer of works and imagines that for him all…

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