This year in August I found out that Peter Heehs in his book: The Lives of Sri Aurobindo - stated that Aurobindo suffered from "an inherent streak of madness" - implied, he didn't attain Supermind.
Heehs', and others of same opinion have no idea that Supermind and its Bliss-Essence can't be reached by the reasoning mind, so he/they sooth themselves with nonsensical theorizing about the state of mind of one whose Soul got Initiated to this Kosmic address.
The non-initiated mind's impulse/motive invents absurd notions in order to shine before others with 'look at me, I'm smarter than the one some call "giant of consciousness!'
These types of assertions generate instant attention . . . After all, Aurobindo has been called "giant of consciousness", so instantly the Heehs' of the world compulsive need to feel superior, jump into word-action because they are utterly convinced they have the power to strip the "giant" of his/her power. These special people types can fool a lot of unsuspecting folks - and we, those of us who know better, supposed to say nothing?
Academics, and non-academic folks (without Yogic consciousness) are NOT in a position to comprehend the highest-level Gnosis. Some can sound very clever, but clever thinking does not evidence mystical wisdom.
Aurobindo stated (and I agree that):
Mind cannot go outside its cycle - all ideas of a straight line of movement or of progress reaching infinitely upward or sidewise into the Infinite is a delusion.
The Upanishad lists ten ascending levels of bliss before one reaches the apex-point of Ananda Bliss--and each level a hundredfold the intensity of the proceeding level.
Precisely! Anyone whose Anada Purusha (eternal self-Soul) gets plugged via the Crown chakra to the Essence of the Absolute Supreme feels its Influence in every atom of our being. We see with the eyes of flesh and spiritualised consciousness Light-aura field around our head/body.
Aurobindo expressed this beautifully in his poem titled: The Bliss of Brahman (snippet)
I have become a foam-white sea of bliss,
I am curling wave of God's delight,
A shapeless flow of happy passionate light,
A whirlpool of the Streams of Paradise.
I am a cup of His felicities,
A thunderbolt of His golden ecstasy's might,
A fire of joy upon creation's height,
I am His rapture's wonderful abyss.
Again in Sri Aurobindo's words:
Therefore when the heart and life turn towards the Highest and the Infinite, they arrive not at an abstract existence or non-existence, a Sat or else a Nirvana, but an infinite I am of bliss, and Ananda Purusha; nor can they emerge and lose consciousness and bliss in featureless existence, but must insist on ALL three in one, for delight of existence is their highest power and without consciousness delight cannot be possessed. That is the sense of the supreme figure of the interest Indian religion of love, Sri Krishna, the All-blissful and All-beautiful.
- The Synthesis of Yoga, p. 3: The Yoga of Divine Love, ch.5 The Divine Personality, pp 554-555.
If he didn't experience this, (poems) The Bliss of Brahman, The Bride of Fire and Bliss of Identity, wouldn't have been written.
We wouldn't know about the great value and importance of certain mystical states/experiences, if we didn't get Initiated to this 'Ultimate Consummation' station-point.
Anyone who is ready to commit to the Divine within ones innermost sanctuary, will go through years of Love's purifying trials and arrive . . .
In closing: Recently I chanced upon a quote attributed to the author of the Dead Sea Scrolls - whose words' meaning is filled-to-brim with radiance of a mystical illumination . . .which ascended Souls world over no matter the tradition can relate to.
I have reached the inner vision and through Thy Spirit in me I have heard Thy wondrous secret, through Thy mystic insight Thou hast caused a spring of knowledge to well up within me, a fountain of power, pouring forth living waters, a flood of love and all embracing wisdom, like the splendor of eternal light.
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