Cosmic Consciousness A Comparative Study on Teilhard De Chardin and Sri Aurobindo

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RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE AND THE CONCEPT OF COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE AND THE CONCEPT OF COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS 1 Phenomenology of Religion 2 Possibility of Religious Experience 6 Nature of Religious Experience 8 Concept of Cosmic Consciousness 19 COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS ACCORDING TO TEILHARD DE CHARDIN TEILHARD`S GENERAL METHODOLOGY, CENTRAL OBJECTIVES AND DOCTRINAL INDEBTEDNESS 25 His General Methodology His Central Objectives Teilhard and St. Paul: Doctrinal Indebtedness SEEDS OF COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS AND ITS PROGRESS IN THE LEVELS OF MATTER AND LIFE Seeds of Cosmic Consciousness Process of Cosmic Consciousness on the Levels of matter and Life COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS IN NOOSPHERE 74 Basic Experiences 76 Origin of Noosphere 79 Growth of Noosphere 84 COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE CHRISTOSPHERE 93 Experiential Basis 95 Explanation of Omega 105 ZENITH OF COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS 109 Personalization 110 The Mystical Body of Christ as Christian Cosmic Consciousness 122 COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS IN SRI AUROBINDO SRI AUROBINDO`S PERSON AND PERSPECTIVE, HIS CENTRAL OBJECTIVES AND GENERAL METHODOLOGY 131 Person and Perspective His Central Objectives 144 His General Methodology 149 BASIS OF COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS 154 Experiences of the Spirit 155 Aurobindo`s Adherence to Hindu Scriptures 167 COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS ON THE MATERIAL LEVEL 176 Inter-connectedness of Spirit and Matter 178 The Omnipresent Reality 180 Principles Inherent in Iter-connectedness 188 Meaning and Reality of Matter 196 COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE MENTAL SPHERE 200 Meaning ofMaya 202 Nature of Mind 209 Stages of Consciousness in the Sphere of Mind 213 PEAK OF COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS 220 Overmental Consciousness: Its Nature and Function 221 Supermind: Its Nature and Role 229 A GENERAL SYNTHESIS: COMPARISONS, CONCLUSIONS AND REFLECTIONS Comparisons: Evolution, Christie andVedantic 241 General Conclusions: Direct and Derivative 260 Some Suggestions for a Theological Reflection 274