All Problems Can Be Solved Through the Power of Concentration
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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0:00 In the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the power of concentration is extolled. In particular, the one pointed concentration on any particular object unites the seeker with the object such that they become one. At that point, all of the secrets of the object are delivered up to the person undertaking the concentration. The process of unification through 1 pointed concentration with the object is called samyama. Anything can become the object of such focus, including any particular issue, obstacle, decision, plan, direction, or practical skill one wants to choose.
0:45 The deeper 1 explores any issue, the more one understanding one can gain. 1 can look at circumstances from all angles. One can focus on the energetic situation. One can look at the situation according to its source, intensity, trajectory, and momentum. One can look at a variety of different potential directions and conduct what we might call simulations in our mind to get a sense of how different types of action yield vastly different results. All of this is possible through use of the power of concentration. Process of oneness provides an immediate awareness of these issues. Even short of complete achievement of oneness, however, the process can nevertheless provide significant insights and yield dramatic results.
1:39 The mother observes. Quote. If your power of concentration is complete, then there is not a problem you cannot solve. I don't mean arithmetic problems. Laughter, I mean problems about leading one's life, about decisions to be taken, psychological problems which need solving. There is not one that can resist this power of concentration and quote reference Sri Aurobindo and the Mother Powers within Chapter 4 Concentration page 39.
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