A Podcast Featuring Sri Aurobindo Studies
Oct. 26, 2022

Attaining Peace in the Being

Attaining Peace in the Being
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2022/10/21/attaining-peace-in-the-being/
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The Central Key to attaining,
peace lies in achieving the

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Poise of non-attachment.
Non-attachment is sometimes

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confused with avoidance of
action or some kind of

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renunciation.
But non-attachment can develop

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even among those who are active
in the world.

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King jenica was known as being
non-attached while still ruling

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a kingdom and living amidst the
luxuries that were part of his

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position.
Buta achieve non-attachment

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through overcoming the force of
Desire, non-attachment is an

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underlying basis for refocusing,
the concentration of the being

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on the eternal.
Energy flows where it is

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directed.
If we are attached to the life

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in the world than our entire
focus goes towards achieving.

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What is considered to be success
in the world whether through

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development of family wealth
fame or other emolument, When we

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determined to refocus the energy
towards the Divine, or towards

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the principle of Peace, then we
set up an energetic relationship

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with those objects and thus can
achieve.

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The result of that concentration
that is once again the principle

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of samyama and action.
The question was posed.

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How can we establish a settled
peace and Silent in the mind?

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The mother responds quote.
First of all, you must want it.

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And then you must try and must
persevere.

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Continue drying.
What I have just told you as a.

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Very good means yet.
There are others also You sit

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quietly to begin with and then
instead of thinking of 50

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things, you begin saying to
yourself.

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Peace.
Peace, peace, peace.

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Peace calm peace.
You imagine peace and calm, you

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Aspire ask that.
It may come peace, peace, calm.

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And then when something comes
and touches you and acts say

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quietly like this peace.
Peace.

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Peace.
Do not look at the thoughts.

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Do not listen to the thoughts,
you understand?

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You must not pay attention to
everything that comes.

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You know, when someone bothers
you a great deal and you want to

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get rid of him, you don't listen
to him.

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Do you good?
You turn your head away, juster

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and think of something else.
Well, you must do that.

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When thoughts come, you must
not.

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Look at them most not listen to
them.

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Let's not pay any attention at
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You must behave as though they
did not exist, you see, and then

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repeat all the time like a kind
of how shall I put it as an

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idiot?
Does who repeats the same thing

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always?
Well you must do the same thing.

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You must repeat.
Peace.

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Peace.
Peace.

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So you try this for a few
minutes and then do what you

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have to do.
And then another time you begin

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again, sit down again.
And then try do this on, getting

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up in the morning.
Do this in the evening when

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going to bed You can do this
look, if you want to digest your

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food properly, you can do this
for a few minutes before eating

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you can't imagine how much this
helps your digestion before.

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Beginning to eat.
You sit quietly for a while and

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say peace peace peace and
everything becomes calm It seems

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as though all the noises were
going far, far far away.

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Mother stretches out her arms on
both sides.

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And then, you must continue.
And there comes a time when you

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no longer need to sit down and
no matter what you are doing, no

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matter what you are saying, it
is always peace.

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Peace peace.
Everything remains here like

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this.
It does not enter gesture in

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front of the forehead.
It remains like this.

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And then one is always in a
perfect piece after some years.

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But at the beginning of very
small beginning, two or three

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minutes, it is very simple for
something complicated.

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You must make an effort and when
one makes an effort, when it's

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not quiet, it is difficult to
make an effort.

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While remaining quiet.
Very simple, very simple.

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You must be very simple in these
things.

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It is as though you were
learning how to call a friend by

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dint of being called, he comes.
Well make peace and calm your

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friends and call them.
Come peace, peace peace.

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Peace, come In quote, reference
SRI, aurobindo, and the mother

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living within the yoga approach
to psychological health and

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growth exercises for growth and
Mastery establishing peace in

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the mind Pages. 161 2162.