May 28, 2024
Accessing Universal Vital Forces Directly or Through Vital Interchange With Others
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YouTube reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, The Hidden Forces of Life, Ch. 4 Cosmic and Universal Forces, pp 94-95 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/05/24/accessing-universal-vital-forces-directly-or-through-vital-interchange-with-others/
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The mother clarifies a
distinction between receiving
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the universal vital forces
directly and receiving them
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through a vital interchange with
other individuals.
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These two methods represent two
entirely different statuses of
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00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:20,280
consciousness.
To receive the universal vital
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00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:24,240
forces directly, a wide and
receptive consciousness is
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00:00:24,240 --> 00:00:27,440
needed.
Many people do not appreciate
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00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:32,439
that this is an actual palpable
experience of wideness, not
9
00:00:32,439 --> 00:00:37,560
restricted to a mental status.
As the yogic practice develops,
10
00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:42,760
it is possible to have glimpses
of this experiential state and
11
00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:47,480
eventually to live constantly in
that wideness, not limited to
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00:00:47,480 --> 00:00:50,680
the awareness of the physical
frame of the body.
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00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:56,320
Most individuals, however,
identify themselves with the
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00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:58,600
physical body and its limited
frame.
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00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:04,040
In such cases, they do not
openly and consciously receive
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00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:08,000
the universal vital forces.
Although these forces are
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constantly active and working on
a subliminal level, they engage
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for the most part and
interchange with other
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00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:20,480
individuals similarly situated
and draw in vital energies from
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00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:24,920
those other individuals and pass
along the vital energies they
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00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:28,960
are holding to their associates.
The mother describes the
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limitations and the issues
involved with such a process.
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The mother observes quote.
But those who draw back upon
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themselves, who turn and double
up on themselves, cannot do
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this.
One must live all the time in a
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very vast and very expansive
consciousness.
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I don't know if you understand
the word.
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00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:58,120
It means something which extends
very homogeneously and quietly,
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00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:02,840
as when the tide is at its
height and the water spreads
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00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:06,680
like that quietly.
That's the impression.
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00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:11,720
The vital must be like that.
Then one is open to the
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00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:16,080
universal forces.
But if, for example, one has the
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00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:19,720
very bad habit of exchanging
vital forces with one's fellow
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man, then one loses the capacity
altogether.
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00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:28,360
So unless one is in relation
with someone, one receives
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nothing at all.
But naturally, if you receive
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forces through others, you
receive at the same time all the
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00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:40,800
difficulties of the other
person, perhaps sometimes his
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00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:44,520
qualities also, but these are
less contagious.
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00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:51,280
This indeed is something that
shuts you up most, some people,
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unless they have more or less
social relations with others,
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00:02:55,920 --> 00:03:00,080
relations of friendship,
conversing, and then it goes
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00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:04,640
still farther, they don't
receive any forces, and this is
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00:03:04,640 --> 00:03:08,600
how they receive them.
But this always makes a soup.
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00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:13,040
The forces one receives are
already half digested.
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In any case, they don't have
their primal purity, and this
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effects your own capacity.
End Quote.
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Reference Sri Aurobindo and the
Mother, The Hidden Forces of
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00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:33,600
Life, Chapter 4, Cosmic and
Universal Forces, pages 94 to
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00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:34,480
95.
00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:05,480
The mother clarifies a
distinction between receiving
2
00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:09,360
the universal vital forces
directly and receiving them
3
00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:12,000
through a vital interchange with
other individuals.
4
00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:16,440
These two methods represent two
entirely different statuses of
5
00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:20,280
consciousness.
To receive the universal vital
6
00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:24,240
forces directly, a wide and
receptive consciousness is
7
00:00:24,240 --> 00:00:27,440
needed.
Many people do not appreciate
8
00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:32,439
that this is an actual palpable
experience of wideness, not
9
00:00:32,439 --> 00:00:37,560
restricted to a mental status.
As the yogic practice develops,
10
00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:42,760
it is possible to have glimpses
of this experiential state and
11
00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:47,480
eventually to live constantly in
that wideness, not limited to
12
00:00:47,480 --> 00:00:50,680
the awareness of the physical
frame of the body.
13
00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:56,320
Most individuals, however,
identify themselves with the
14
00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:58,600
physical body and its limited
frame.
15
00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:04,040
In such cases, they do not
openly and consciously receive
16
00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:08,000
the universal vital forces.
Although these forces are
17
00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:13,360
constantly active and working on
a subliminal level, they engage
18
00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:15,640
for the most part and
interchange with other
19
00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:20,480
individuals similarly situated
and draw in vital energies from
20
00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:24,920
those other individuals and pass
along the vital energies they
21
00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:28,960
are holding to their associates.
The mother describes the
22
00:01:28,960 --> 00:01:33,440
limitations and the issues
involved with such a process.
23
00:01:34,320 --> 00:01:38,720
The mother observes quote.
But those who draw back upon
24
00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:42,840
themselves, who turn and double
up on themselves, cannot do
25
00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:46,000
this.
One must live all the time in a
26
00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,120
very vast and very expansive
consciousness.
27
00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:52,280
I don't know if you understand
the word.
28
00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:58,120
It means something which extends
very homogeneously and quietly,
29
00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:02,840
as when the tide is at its
height and the water spreads
30
00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:06,680
like that quietly.
That's the impression.
31
00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:11,720
The vital must be like that.
Then one is open to the
32
00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:16,080
universal forces.
But if, for example, one has the
33
00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:19,720
very bad habit of exchanging
vital forces with one's fellow
34
00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:23,640
man, then one loses the capacity
altogether.
35
00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:28,360
So unless one is in relation
with someone, one receives
36
00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:31,960
nothing at all.
But naturally, if you receive
37
00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:36,520
forces through others, you
receive at the same time all the
38
00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:40,800
difficulties of the other
person, perhaps sometimes his
39
00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:44,520
qualities also, but these are
less contagious.
40
00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:51,280
This indeed is something that
shuts you up most, some people,
41
00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:55,360
unless they have more or less
social relations with others,
42
00:02:55,920 --> 00:03:00,080
relations of friendship,
conversing, and then it goes
43
00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:04,640
still farther, they don't
receive any forces, and this is
44
00:03:04,640 --> 00:03:08,600
how they receive them.
But this always makes a soup.
45
00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:13,040
The forces one receives are
already half digested.
46
00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:18,080
In any case, they don't have
their primal purity, and this
47
00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:22,080
effects your own capacity.
End Quote.
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00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:27,600
Reference Sri Aurobindo and the
Mother, The Hidden Forces of
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00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:33,600
Life, Chapter 4, Cosmic and
Universal Forces, pages 94 to
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95.