Theory of Existence is Science

Science is now understood as the field of discovery of the laws of Nature. In common practice, Science is mistaken for technology. Science came into its own when it challenged the ruling thought of superstition in almost all walks of life. Over the centuries, science has lived up to its original claim and now, all over the world, in every field conceivable, science is the ruling philosophy, the inspiring vision and a mental incentive for the multitude. It is said that the conqueror is often conquered.

Part VII

Q-        ‘Life must include the Transcendent’ is No.52.

A-        This is the theme of the second chapter in the second part of the second book. Life is considered as terrestrial, cosmic, extra-cosmic and synthetic. Obviously Sri Aurobindo rejects all views other than the synthetic.

Part VI

Q-        I must understand what the Master says. HE says ‘don’t take initiative.’ Therefore we must desist from taking initiative. We have a personality of our own. We can’t overrule it. Our net result is a compromise between the active urges of our personality and the ideal we have learnt.

A-        I wish to hear more on ‘Life progresses by consciousness and consciousness by organisation’.

Q-        Energy - Life - Consciousness - Organisation - Spirit is a chain.

Part V

Q-        To explain is easy. Even the article on it, short though it is, gives all you need. Let us wait for the right context, not now. Even this principle No. 5 can explain Romance in the sense that man without losing his identity with his own inner Brahman should reach the Brahman in the other person.
A-        Discovering the Brahman in the woman is Romance for man.

Part IV

Q-        Perhaps if he had led India to freedom through his satyagraha but recognised the need for armed uprising, India would have become the guru of the world, and her geographical unity would not have been lost.
A-        What can be done now?

Part III

Q-        This is too much, especially for the teacher. Let us not go beyond to other dimensions or extensions.
A-        No. 12 says the big and small are equal. Of course, we know His example of the solar system and ant hill. What is its import?

Part II

Q-        Can we say these two correspond to Time and Timelessness.
A-        The third dimension - the Simultaneous integrality of Time and Timelessness - is the Unity rediscovering itself in multiplicity.