SUPERMAN
According to a very brief definition
a superman is one who is unusually strong or intelligent or who can do
something supremely well. This is also the definition of a superwoman if she has
an extraordinary career and can take care of her home and family.
Some other qualities of a superman
are super strength, stamina and invulnerability.
Many leaders of states are regarded
as supermen if they have dictatorial powers and their states have ultramodern weapons of war.
Brute
force in a person is not universally appreciated . Wrestlers and warriors are
not loved as great supermen.
Look at these facts : Despite his
god-like power, Superman’s personality is defined by moral traits like
humility, compassion, kindness, truth, justice, hope and indomitable will for
peace and prosperity.
Pride, arrogance, combative tendency, lust for more and more power and the instinct to humiliate others by
any kind of personal superiority are not admirable qualities in a superman.
The Indian yogi Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
(1872-1950) defines superman as a divinely transformed individual, a gnostic
being who has ascended beyond the limitations of the human mind to embody a
higher consciousness. He further says : This spiritual evolution is not a purely
mental or ego-driven concept like Nietzsche’s, but one that involves a full
transformation of being, including the physical body, into a state of divine
consciousness, knowledge and joy. This gnostic being can then act in the world
from a place of unity and spiritual purpose, not personal gain.
A Gnostic believes that salvation
comes from spiritual knowledge (gnosis) rather than through traditional action
of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil.
In his essay on Superman Sri Aurobindo
says: The world’s discords have to be understood, seized, transmuted. Love must
call Power and Knowledge into the temple and seat them beside her in a unified
equality; Power must bow its neck to the yoke of Light and Love before it can
do any real good to the race.
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G.R.Kanwal
27 November 2025
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