Oct. 4, 2024
All Problems Can Be Solved Through the Power of Concentration
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YouTube reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Powers Within, Chapter IV Concentration, pg. 39 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/09/30/all-problems-can-be-solved-through-the-power-of-concentration/
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In the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali,
the power of concentration is
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extolled.
In particular, the one pointed
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00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:12,920
concentration on any particular
object unites the seeker with
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the object such that they become
one.
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At that point, all of the
secrets of the object are
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delivered up to the person
undertaking the concentration.
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The process of unification
through 1 pointed concentration
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00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:30,800
with the object is called
samyama.
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Anything can become the object
of such focus, including any
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00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:42,200
particular issue, obstacle,
decision, plan, direction, or
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00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:44,520
practical skill one wants to
choose.
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00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:50,280
The deeper 1 explores any issue,
the more one understanding one
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00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:54,160
can gain. 1 can look at
circumstances from all angles.
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00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:57,200
One can focus on the energetic
situation.
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00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:00,720
One can look at the situation
according to its source,
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00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,440
intensity, trajectory, and
momentum.
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00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:08,360
One can look at a variety of
different potential directions
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00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:13,360
and conduct what we might call
simulations in our mind to get a
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sense of how different types of
action yield vastly different
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00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:20,160
results.
All of this is possible through
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00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:22,720
use of the power of
concentration.
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00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:27,280
Process of oneness provides an
immediate awareness of these
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00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:30,080
issues.
Even short of complete
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00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:33,880
achievement of oneness, however,
the process can nevertheless
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provide significant insights and
yield dramatic results.
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The mother observes.
Quote.
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If your power of concentration
is complete, then there is not a
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00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:50,640
problem you cannot solve.
I don't mean arithmetic
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00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:54,680
problems.
Laughter, I mean problems about
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00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:57,960
leading one's life, about
decisions to be taken,
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00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:00,960
psychological problems which
need solving.
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00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:07,320
There is not one that can resist
this power of concentration and
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00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:12,360
quote reference Sri Aurobindo
and the Mother Powers within
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00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:16,520
Chapter 4 Concentration page 39.
00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:04,880
In the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali,
the power of concentration is
2
00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:08,600
extolled.
In particular, the one pointed
3
00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:12,920
concentration on any particular
object unites the seeker with
4
00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:15,960
the object such that they become
one.
5
00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:20,640
At that point, all of the
secrets of the object are
6
00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:23,760
delivered up to the person
undertaking the concentration.
7
00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:28,160
The process of unification
through 1 pointed concentration
8
00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:30,800
with the object is called
samyama.
9
00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:35,800
Anything can become the object
of such focus, including any
10
00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:42,200
particular issue, obstacle,
decision, plan, direction, or
11
00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:44,520
practical skill one wants to
choose.
12
00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:50,280
The deeper 1 explores any issue,
the more one understanding one
13
00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:54,160
can gain. 1 can look at
circumstances from all angles.
14
00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:57,200
One can focus on the energetic
situation.
15
00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:00,720
One can look at the situation
according to its source,
16
00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,440
intensity, trajectory, and
momentum.
17
00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:08,360
One can look at a variety of
different potential directions
18
00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:13,360
and conduct what we might call
simulations in our mind to get a
19
00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:16,800
sense of how different types of
action yield vastly different
20
00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:20,160
results.
All of this is possible through
21
00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:22,720
use of the power of
concentration.
22
00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:27,280
Process of oneness provides an
immediate awareness of these
23
00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:30,080
issues.
Even short of complete
24
00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:33,880
achievement of oneness, however,
the process can nevertheless
25
00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:38,600
provide significant insights and
yield dramatic results.
26
00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:41,960
The mother observes.
Quote.
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00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:46,920
If your power of concentration
is complete, then there is not a
28
00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:50,640
problem you cannot solve.
I don't mean arithmetic
29
00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:54,680
problems.
Laughter, I mean problems about
30
00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:57,960
leading one's life, about
decisions to be taken,
31
00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:00,960
psychological problems which
need solving.
32
00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:07,320
There is not one that can resist
this power of concentration and
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00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:12,360
quote reference Sri Aurobindo
and the Mother Powers within
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00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:16,520
Chapter 4 Concentration page 39.