Sri Aurobindo on the Future of Mankind

Some Reflections

Abstract

Sri Aurobindo is not only a philosopher but also a visionary who could visualize the future of the human race. He has shown that the present stage of the human race is only transitional and a better and more evolved human race is awaited. This visualization of the future of the human race is not based on a mere speculation or guess; it is based on the hard evidences available in the spiritual past of the mankind. Sri Aurobindo’s prophecy regarding the future is not a mere figment of imagination but a part of his yogic experience of the innermost spiritual development of human beings in the centuries gone by. If human beings could exceed their animal nature and could realize the spiritual possibilities of the human soul, then it is not impossible that mankind could make another jump in its own spiritual development culminating in the emergence of a superhuman race. This essay is an attempt to understand the philosophical foundations of the idea of a superhuman race and to bring out the meaning of the Sri Aurobindo’s concept of superman.