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Man and his Destiny : Few Philosophical Reflections

Explore deep philosophical questions on existence, consciousness, destiny, and purpose in this enlightening text. Delve into layers of personality and the essence of being in a multi-dimensional world.

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Man and his Destiny : Few Philosophical Reflections

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  1. Man and his Destiny :Few Philosophical Reflections MA 3rdSem Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo 3rd Paper(Optional) Varanasi. by Dr Nandini SinghAssistant Professor(Philosophy)Mahatma Gandhi KashiVidyapithVaranasi

  2. “Life I know not, what thou art, But know that I and thou must part, And where and how and why we met, Is to me a secret yet.” - Anonymous “I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea – shore while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.” - Isaac Newton

  3. Some Philosophical Questions- • Who am I? • Am I a machine? • What is my reality? • What is Consciousness? • Can Consciousness be explained? • Is there any life after death? • What is the purpose of my life? • What is my Destiny? etc

  4. Who am I? • “Know Thyself.” - Socrates • “I know that I know nothing” - Socrates • “Aatmaanamviddhi” • “Atmaddipobhav” • “Erwin Schrodinger, father of Quantum -wave-machines declared that the one and only task of science is to answer the one philosophical question , “who are we?”- The Speaking Tree, The Times of India, 25-11-02

  5. An Integral view of our existence The layers of our personality The multiple essence of man… • Physical • Vital • Mental • Supra Mental • Divine • Nature • Biological • Social • Moral etc • So man is a multi dimensional being who should be treated integrally in all his aspects.

  6. Consciousness and its Metaphysics: • Is Consciousness Physical? Or Non-Physical? Or it has some other status? • What are the hard and Easy questions of Consciousness? • Dose Consciousness mean only Cognition? • Is there any hierarchy of consciousness? • Where from comes the concept of Self? • Is Artificial Intelligence possible?

  7. What is the purpose/ meaning of life? • Nor Salvation or Mukti but fulfillment, perfection is the aim. • Perfection is a growing movement: the maximum harmonization of all the elements present in a situation at a moment. • But Perfection is relative. • So the aim of life is to work for Perfection at every moment in every situation. • Hence, maximum co-ordination and maximum harmony should be the aim of life.

  8. Man and his Destiny “A blind God is not destiny's architect, A Conscious power has drawn the plan of life, There is a meaning In each curve and line.” , “…one is here because something to be done and this something is not anything…..since I am here it means that I have a mission to fulfill. Since I have been endowed with a consciousness, it is that I have something to do with that consciousness- what is it?” “But not for a changeless and littleness were you meant, Nor for vain repetition were you built, Almighty powers are shut in Natures cells, A greater destiny awaits you in your front, The life you lead conceals the light you are.” - Savitri, Sri Aurobind

  9. Thank you

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