In Search of Self - by Maithily for IIMB Latitude

1. In Search
of
Self

2. Introduction
 Evolution of Consciousness: Gift of Mind and Unique Soul
 Indian Knowledge: The Knowledge within, requires faith
 Theory of Individuality: For Understanding and organizing oneself

3. Where is consciousness?
Skill 1: Understanding and placing “I”
“It all depends where the consciousness places itself and concentrates
itself . If it places itself within the ego, you are identified with Ego, if in
mind, you are the mind and so on…..that is why one has to concentrate the
consciousness in heart or mind in order to go within or above.”
- Sri Aurobindo, Letters on Yoga, pp. 235-6
“Being a witness gives you possibility of being quiet and not being affected
by things”
-The Mother, MCW, Vol. 6, p.426

4. Gift of Mind
Skill 2: Questioning Oneself
“Nothing can be taught to the mind which is not already concealed as
potential knowledge in the unfolding soul of the creature…All teaching is a
revealing; self-knowledge and an increasing consciousness are the means
and the process”
- Sri Aurobindo, The Synthesis of Yoga, pp. 235-6

5. Knowledge from Within
Skill 3: Finding the Linchpin
“When we are in contact with the Divine or in contact with an inner
knowledge and vision, we begin to see all circumstances in new light”
- Sri Aurobindo, Letters on Yoga, pp. 1626
“We read, we try to understand, we explain, we try to know. But a single
minute of true experience teaches us more than millions of words..”
-Mother

6. Organization of chaos within
Skill 4: Unveiling and Organization of personalities
 Awareness and Alignment
 Control and switching

7. Gratitude and Surrender
Skill 5: Keep Track of the process
“There is nothing which gives you a joy equal to that of gratitude. One
hears a bird sing, sees a lovely flower, looks at a little child …this kind of
emotion comes upon you…so deep, so intense..”
-The Mother

8. Yajnya
Skill 6: Inviting the Light
Om Atma Me Shudhyantam,
Jyoti Aham Viraja Vipapma, Bhooyasan Swaha
Om Antaratma Me Shudhyantam,
Jyoti Aham Viraja Vipapma, Bhooyasan Swaha
Om Paramatma Me Shudhyantam,
Jyoti Aham Viraja Vipapma, Bhooyasan Swaha