June 21, 2024
Are There Really Vampires? — the Reality and Nature of Vampirism
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YouTube reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, The Hidden Forces of Life, Ch. 5 Occult Forces, pp. 120-121 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/06/17/are-there-really-vampires-the-reality-and-nature-of-vampirism/
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00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:05,040
The popular imagination about
the existence and
2
00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:09,360
characteristics of vampires has
developed from the famous novel
3
00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:14,440
by Braun Stoker, Dracula.
From that book we get the
4
00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:18,320
picture of beings that survive
many hundreds of years, who are
5
00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:21,920
shape shifters and who drank the
blood of their victims,
6
00:00:22,240 --> 00:00:26,760
preferably the blood of young
innocent women, in order to gain
7
00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:29,280
sustenance and extend their
lives.
8
00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:33,040
The blood sucking concept
appears to have come from the
9
00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:36,200
actions of a form of bat, the
vampire bat.
10
00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:41,040
Countless motion pictures and
extensions of these core
11
00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:45,240
concepts have fixed the idea of
vampires in our mind as some
12
00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:50,000
kind of object of horror, and an
entire genre of literature and
13
00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:53,840
film has risen up and grabbed
the attention of popular
14
00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:57,080
culture, particularly among the
young.
15
00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:03,840
Yet this conception of vampires
and the nature of vampirism is
16
00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:08,520
actually a caricature of the
actual underlying phenomenon of
17
00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:12,360
vampirism.
The essence of vampirism is the
18
00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:16,720
drawing out and depleting of the
vital energy of an individual,
19
00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:22,320
mostly done by beings through
vital interactions unseen in
20
00:01:22,320 --> 00:01:26,600
most cases unnoticed and only
recognized by the state of the
21
00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:31,040
victim after the interaction.
A state characterized by
22
00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:36,760
fatigue, exhaustion, depression
or dark moods and feelings,
23
00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:40,920
vital weakness, physical feeling
of being drained.
24
00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:44,760
Most people have had some
experience of meeting with
25
00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:49,800
someone and afterwards stating I
get so drained in the company of
26
00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:54,680
that person.
Vampirism can take place on a
27
00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:59,040
relatively low level, or in the
instance of a vital being
28
00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:03,680
actively feeding off of human
energetic vibrations, it can
29
00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:09,120
take on a very powerful form.
A disciple inquires.
30
00:02:10,039 --> 00:02:12,680
There are some human beings who
are like vampires.
31
00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:15,600
What are they and why are they
like that?
32
00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:20,200
The Mother notes quote.
They are not human.
33
00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:23,320
There is only a human form or
appearance.
34
00:02:23,920 --> 00:02:27,320
They are incarnations of beings
from the world that is just next
35
00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:31,600
to the physical beings who live
on the plain, which we call the
36
00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:35,280
vital world.
It is a world of all the desires
37
00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:39,120
and impulses and passions and of
movements of violence and greed
38
00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:41,960
and cunning and every kind of
ignorance.
39
00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:47,320
But all the dynamisms too are
there, all the life energies and
40
00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:51,320
all the powers.
The beings of this world have by
41
00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:55,120
their nature a strange grip over
the material world and can
42
00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:58,040
exercise upon it a sinister
influence.
43
00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:01,920
Some of them are formed out of
the remains of the human being
44
00:03:01,920 --> 00:03:05,320
that persist after death in the
vital atmosphere near to the
45
00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,800
earth plane.
His desires and hunger still
46
00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:13,080
float there and remain in form
even after the dissolution of
47
00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:16,800
the body.
Often they are moved to go on
48
00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:21,120
manifesting and satisfying
themselves, and the birth of
49
00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:24,240
these creatures of the vital
world is the consequence.
50
00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:29,360
But these are minor beings, and
if they can be very troublesome,
51
00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,560
it is yet not impossible to deal
with them.
52
00:03:33,640 --> 00:03:37,720
There are others far more
dangerous, who have never been
53
00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:40,880
in human form.
Never were they born into a
54
00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:44,840
human body upon earth.
For most often they refuse to
55
00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:48,080
accept this way of birth,
because it is slavery to matter,
56
00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:53,360
and they prefer to remain in
their own world, powerful and
57
00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:57,560
mischievous, and to control
earthly beings from there.
58
00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:02,560
For if they do not want to be
born on earth, they do want to
59
00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:06,720
be in contact with the physical
nature, but without being bound
60
00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:09,880
by it.
Their method is to try first to
61
00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:14,440
cast their influence upon a man.
Then they enter slowly into his
62
00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:19,200
atmosphere and in the end may
get complete possession of him,
63
00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:24,160
driving out entirely the real
human soul and personality.
64
00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:28,720
These creatures, when in
possession of an earthly body,
65
00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:33,000
may have the human appearance,
but they have not a human
66
00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:36,080
nature.
Their habit is to draw upon the
67
00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:39,960
life force of human beings.
They attack and capture vital
68
00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:43,400
power wherever they can and feed
upon it.
69
00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:46,920
If they come into your
atmosphere, you suddenly feel
70
00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:50,560
depressed and exhausted.
If you are near them for some
71
00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:54,720
time, you fall sick.
If you live with one of them, it
72
00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:57,080
may kill you.
End Quote.
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00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:00,840
Reference Shriorobindo and the
Mother.
74
00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:03,680
The Hidden Forces of Life,
Chapter 5.
75
00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:07,520
Occult Forces, pages 1:20 to
1:21.
00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:05,040
The popular imagination about
the existence and
2
00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:09,360
characteristics of vampires has
developed from the famous novel
3
00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:14,440
by Braun Stoker, Dracula.
From that book we get the
4
00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:18,320
picture of beings that survive
many hundreds of years, who are
5
00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:21,920
shape shifters and who drank the
blood of their victims,
6
00:00:22,240 --> 00:00:26,760
preferably the blood of young
innocent women, in order to gain
7
00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:29,280
sustenance and extend their
lives.
8
00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:33,040
The blood sucking concept
appears to have come from the
9
00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:36,200
actions of a form of bat, the
vampire bat.
10
00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:41,040
Countless motion pictures and
extensions of these core
11
00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:45,240
concepts have fixed the idea of
vampires in our mind as some
12
00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:50,000
kind of object of horror, and an
entire genre of literature and
13
00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:53,840
film has risen up and grabbed
the attention of popular
14
00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:57,080
culture, particularly among the
young.
15
00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:03,840
Yet this conception of vampires
and the nature of vampirism is
16
00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:08,520
actually a caricature of the
actual underlying phenomenon of
17
00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:12,360
vampirism.
The essence of vampirism is the
18
00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:16,720
drawing out and depleting of the
vital energy of an individual,
19
00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:22,320
mostly done by beings through
vital interactions unseen in
20
00:01:22,320 --> 00:01:26,600
most cases unnoticed and only
recognized by the state of the
21
00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:31,040
victim after the interaction.
A state characterized by
22
00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:36,760
fatigue, exhaustion, depression
or dark moods and feelings,
23
00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:40,920
vital weakness, physical feeling
of being drained.
24
00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:44,760
Most people have had some
experience of meeting with
25
00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:49,800
someone and afterwards stating I
get so drained in the company of
26
00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:54,680
that person.
Vampirism can take place on a
27
00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:59,040
relatively low level, or in the
instance of a vital being
28
00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:03,680
actively feeding off of human
energetic vibrations, it can
29
00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:09,120
take on a very powerful form.
A disciple inquires.
30
00:02:10,039 --> 00:02:12,680
There are some human beings who
are like vampires.
31
00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:15,600
What are they and why are they
like that?
32
00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:20,200
The Mother notes quote.
They are not human.
33
00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:23,320
There is only a human form or
appearance.
34
00:02:23,920 --> 00:02:27,320
They are incarnations of beings
from the world that is just next
35
00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:31,600
to the physical beings who live
on the plain, which we call the
36
00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:35,280
vital world.
It is a world of all the desires
37
00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:39,120
and impulses and passions and of
movements of violence and greed
38
00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:41,960
and cunning and every kind of
ignorance.
39
00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:47,320
But all the dynamisms too are
there, all the life energies and
40
00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:51,320
all the powers.
The beings of this world have by
41
00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:55,120
their nature a strange grip over
the material world and can
42
00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:58,040
exercise upon it a sinister
influence.
43
00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:01,920
Some of them are formed out of
the remains of the human being
44
00:03:01,920 --> 00:03:05,320
that persist after death in the
vital atmosphere near to the
45
00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,800
earth plane.
His desires and hunger still
46
00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:13,080
float there and remain in form
even after the dissolution of
47
00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:16,800
the body.
Often they are moved to go on
48
00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:21,120
manifesting and satisfying
themselves, and the birth of
49
00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:24,240
these creatures of the vital
world is the consequence.
50
00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:29,360
But these are minor beings, and
if they can be very troublesome,
51
00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,560
it is yet not impossible to deal
with them.
52
00:03:33,640 --> 00:03:37,720
There are others far more
dangerous, who have never been
53
00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:40,880
in human form.
Never were they born into a
54
00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:44,840
human body upon earth.
For most often they refuse to
55
00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:48,080
accept this way of birth,
because it is slavery to matter,
56
00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:53,360
and they prefer to remain in
their own world, powerful and
57
00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:57,560
mischievous, and to control
earthly beings from there.
58
00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:02,560
For if they do not want to be
born on earth, they do want to
59
00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:06,720
be in contact with the physical
nature, but without being bound
60
00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:09,880
by it.
Their method is to try first to
61
00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:14,440
cast their influence upon a man.
Then they enter slowly into his
62
00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:19,200
atmosphere and in the end may
get complete possession of him,
63
00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:24,160
driving out entirely the real
human soul and personality.
64
00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:28,720
These creatures, when in
possession of an earthly body,
65
00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:33,000
may have the human appearance,
but they have not a human
66
00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:36,080
nature.
Their habit is to draw upon the
67
00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:39,960
life force of human beings.
They attack and capture vital
68
00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:43,400
power wherever they can and feed
upon it.
69
00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:46,920
If they come into your
atmosphere, you suddenly feel
70
00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:50,560
depressed and exhausted.
If you are near them for some
71
00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:54,720
time, you fall sick.
If you live with one of them, it
72
00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:57,080
may kill you.
End Quote.
73
00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:00,840
Reference Shriorobindo and the
Mother.
74
00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:03,680
The Hidden Forces of Life,
Chapter 5.
75
00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:07,520
Occult Forces, pages 1:20 to
1:21.