Conference Presentations by Ashwini Surpur
Dharma and Psychology, 2006
Human life is a constant and persistent endeavor to discover the truth of life, to seek self-deve... more Human life is a constant and persistent endeavor to discover the truth of life, to seek self-development and to attain a perfect freedom from the supra-natural forces that control existence and beyond. As Rishi Aurobindo puts it, "the individual is not merely a physical ephemeral creature, but a living power of eternal truth". Or as the Vedas and Upanishads declare, human life is a manifestation of the divine being in all its glory and truth. Human psychology is the most complete implementation of nature's psychic characteristics since the cycle of creation has begun. Hence, of all the creatures, it is the human alone that has the required physical, mental and metaphysical faculty of nature to rediscover the original nature, the truth from which life originated and that into which it subsumes. Humanity by and large, has attempted to do this introspection ever since its existence. The ancient-most surviving texts-the Vedas, show us that man has been on this soul-seeking mission persistently, along with his invention of the necessity such as the wheel, weapons, metals and the like.
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Conference Presentations by Ashwini Surpur