Transcendental Awakening According to Sri.Aurobindo and Paulo Coelho

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Abstract

This paper attempts to analyse the concept of transcendental awakening according to the doctrines of Sri. Aurobindo and Paulo Coelho. The analysis is made in the light of The Life Divine and Brida. Both the writers represent the ideas of the oriental and occidental views on spirituality respectively. Aurobindo postulates his theories based on Vedas, Upanishads and Hindu philosophy. He was a great yogi and preached the idea of Integral Yoga. He strongly believed in the divinisation of earth through individual transformation. Paulo Coelho advocates the concepts of self-realisation and pursuing one’s ambition. He explains spirituality in the background of occultism and pagan worship. He celebrates the positive aspects of witch craft. Both the authors emphasise on the need for concentration and meditation for evoking the Supreme Consciousness. They also opposed the notion of the denial of the material world for spiritual realisation. Spirituality is not the product of religious orthodoxy. It is a way of life which creates a sense of oneness among the creatures of the universe. Aurobindo and Coelho signify the value of human life and how it becomes the cause for transcendental awakening.