Basic Overview of the Physical Consciousness

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The body has an incredible
number of functions it carries

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out without the conscious
control or input of the mental

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consciousness.
The operation and interaction of

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the organ systems, the working
of the immune system, the entire

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mechanism of development, birth,
growth, and repair of injuries,

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all take place through the
action of what Tria Robindo

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describes as the physical
consciousness.

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When the mind actually tries to
intervene in any of these

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functions, such as, for
instance, trying to override or

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micromanage the food intake, the
breath, or other functions, it

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more often than not creates more
issues than it solves.

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Western psychology does not
formally recognize this as a

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separate form of consciousness
as it fixates on the operation

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of the mind, but it has begun to
recognize that the state of

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health and Wellness of the body
can affect emotions and mental

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responses and capacities.
Additionally, Western psychology

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is also recognizing that the
body is responsible for sending

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signals to the brain to activate
certain voluntary actions to

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support the body's needs.
For instance, hunger signals

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sent to the brain by the body
activate a search for food.

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The physical consciousness
necessarily functions under some

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very strict fixed rules.
For instance, blood chemistry

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needs to stay balanced within a
very narrow pH range or the

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individual will go into some
type of potential life and death

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struggle.
The physical consciousness is

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therefore the least malleable,
most rigid of the three primary

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states of consciousness that
together make up the majority of

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what we recognize as the
external being.

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There are also sub conscient and
super conscient aspects that

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impact the external being, but
they are treated elsewhere in

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our review.
Those who are more closely

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wedded to the physical
consciousness tend to adopt the

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basic characteristics associated
with the physical and therefore

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tend to be more resistant to
change and slow to adopt new

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things.
Generally, this provides a

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certain amount of stability and
equilibrium to our human

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existence and must be valued for
helping us avoid fatal errors of

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over enthusiastic vital response
or incomplete assessments by the

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mental being Doctor de Lal
observes Quote.

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The outer being is made-up of
three parts, each with its own

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distinct type of consciousness,
distinguishable by its

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characteristic traits or
qualities which are reflected in

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the attitudes pertaining to it.
A description of these parts of

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the being is given below using
Sri Aurobindo's terminology.

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The physical Being Though people
generally attribute

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consciousness and intelligence
only to the mind and look upon

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the body of something
mechanical, the psychology of

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yoga reveals that the body is
endowed with its own

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characteristic consciousness and
intelligence.

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It is the consciousness in the
body which regulates the complex

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workings of the different bodily
organs and physiological

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systems.
Though the mind exhibits a

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higher form of consciousness and
intelligence than that of the

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body, it cannot but marvel at
the wisdom of the body expressed

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in the various processes which
maintain the body in health and

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heal it in illness or accident.
However, physical consciousness,

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as compared to mental
consciousness, is seen to be

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relatively inert, obscure,
narrow or limited, and automatic

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or mechanical in its
functionings.

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Thus, attitudes which are
characterized by rigidity,

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narrowness, conservatism or
slowness to change, indifference

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or boredom, and habitual or
routine modes of action and

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reaction are related to the
physical part of our being.

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End Quote.
Reference.

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Srioro Bindu and the Mother.
Looking from within.

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Introduction by Doctor de la
Pages, Romans, six to seven.