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Two aspects of the Self

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The Mother with Nolini Da
Complaining or Reporting about others
10/16/2019
Fatuity of the World
10/18/2019
Published by Sri Aurobindo on 10/17/2019
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  • Brahman
  • Cosmic spirit
  • Mother
  • passive
  • self
  • union

The Self has two aspects, passive and active. In the first it is pure silence, wideness, calm, the inactive Brahman – in the second it is the Cosmic Spirit, universal not individual. One can feel in it union or oneness with the Mother.

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