July 15, 2023
Causes and Avoidance of Accidents
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YouTube reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 2, Planes and Parts of the Being, pp. 18-20 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://wordpress.com/post/sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/34153
1
00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:06,480
An accident avoided an
individual related the following
2
00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:09,800
incident.
He was driving with a passenger
3
00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:13,360
through Yellowstone National
Park in the USA some years ago
4
00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:18,480
during the summer season.
In a van late in the afternoon,
5
00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:23,440
he had a sense or feeling of an
impending accident involving a
6
00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:27,640
bison, although there were no
bison insight anywhere.
7
00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:31,960
So he was driving extremely
slowly and cautiously.
8
00:00:33,480 --> 00:00:38,000
A park Ranger driving behind him
was visibly impatient, but he
9
00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:40,040
did not change his driving
speed.
10
00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,840
The Ranger passed him and speed
down the road.
11
00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:50,280
A couple of miles later.
Suddenly a massive bison ran in
12
00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:54,240
front of the vehicle he was
driving and he slammed on the
13
00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:57,160
brakes.
It was a near miss.
14
00:00:58,100 --> 00:01:02,380
That the Bison looking into the
windshield of the van from only
15
00:01:02,700 --> 00:01:07,580
a few inches away.
Had he been driving any faster,
16
00:01:08,380 --> 00:01:11,060
an accident would have been
unavoidable.
17
00:01:12,180 --> 00:01:16,980
As it turned out, the pressure
on his vital envelope that
18
00:01:16,980 --> 00:01:21,060
created the feeling protected
him from what would likely have
19
00:01:21,060 --> 00:01:27,020
been a fatal accident, a
disciple inquires.
20
00:01:27,660 --> 00:01:29,500
What are the causes of
accidents?
21
00:01:29,940 --> 00:01:31,860
Are they due to a
disequilibrium?
22
00:01:33,460 --> 00:01:38,380
The mother responds.
Quote if one answers deeply,
23
00:01:39,260 --> 00:01:42,220
outwardly.
There are many causes, but there
24
00:01:42,220 --> 00:01:44,780
is a deeper cause which is
always there.
25
00:01:45,900 --> 00:01:49,540
I said the other day that if the
nervous envelope is intact,
26
00:01:50,100 --> 00:01:54,580
accidents can be avoided and
even if there is an accident, it
27
00:01:54,580 --> 00:02:00,070
won't have any consequences.
As soon as there is a scratch or
28
00:02:00,070 --> 00:02:05,150
a defect in the nervous envelope
of the being, and according to
29
00:02:05,150 --> 00:02:09,190
the nature of this scratch, if
one may say so, its place, its
30
00:02:09,190 --> 00:02:13,190
character, there will be an
accident which will correspond
31
00:02:13,710 --> 00:02:16,550
to the diminution of resistance
in the envelope.
32
00:02:17,870 --> 00:02:21,550
I believe almost everybody is
psychologically aware of one
33
00:02:21,550 --> 00:02:24,630
thing.
That accidents occur when one
34
00:02:24,630 --> 00:02:29,070
has a sort of uncomfortable
feeling when one is not fully
35
00:02:29,070 --> 00:02:35,790
conscious and selfpossessed when
one feels uneasy in any case.
36
00:02:35,790 --> 00:02:39,390
Generally people have a feeling
that they are not fully
37
00:02:39,390 --> 00:02:42,830
themselves, not fully aware of
what they are doing.
38
00:02:44,030 --> 00:02:48,350
If one were fully conscious, the
consciousness wide awake
39
00:02:49,110 --> 00:02:53,300
accidents would not occur.
One would make just the right
40
00:02:53,300 --> 00:02:57,500
gesture, the necessary movement
to avoid the accident.
41
00:02:58,620 --> 00:03:03,940
Hence, in an almost absolute
way, it is a flagging of
42
00:03:03,940 --> 00:03:08,140
consciousness.
Or quite possibly it may be that
43
00:03:08,140 --> 00:03:12,900
the consciousness is fixed in a
higher domain, for example, not
44
00:03:12,900 --> 00:03:17,660
to speak of spiritual things, a
man who is busy solving a mental
45
00:03:17,660 --> 00:03:21,300
problem and is very concentrated
upon his mental problem.
46
00:03:22,060 --> 00:03:27,340
Becomes inattentive to physical
things and if he happens to be
47
00:03:27,340 --> 00:03:31,540
in a street or in a crowd, his
attention fixed upon his
48
00:03:31,540 --> 00:03:36,100
problem, he will not make the
movement necessary to avoid the
49
00:03:36,100 --> 00:03:39,020
accident and the accident will
occur.
50
00:03:40,380 --> 00:03:44,660
It is the same for sports, For
games you can observe this
51
00:03:44,660 --> 00:03:47,380
easily.
There's always a flagging of the
52
00:03:47,380 --> 00:03:49,420
consciousness when accidents
occur.
53
00:03:50,150 --> 00:03:56,870
Or a lack of attention a little.
Absent mindedness, suddenly one
54
00:03:56,870 --> 00:04:00,270
thinks of something else.
The attention is drawn
55
00:04:00,270 --> 00:04:04,350
elsewhere. 1 is not fully
conscious of what one is doing,
56
00:04:05,310 --> 00:04:09,950
and the accident happens, as I
was telling you at the
57
00:04:09,950 --> 00:04:14,590
beginning, if for some reason or
other, for example, lack of
58
00:04:14,590 --> 00:04:19,390
sleep, lack of rest, or an
absorbing preoccupation.
59
00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:25,760
Or all sorts of things which
tire you, that is to say, when
60
00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:29,400
you are not above them.
If the vital envelope is a
61
00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:34,000
little damaged, it does not
function perfectly, and any
62
00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,480
current of force whatever which
passes through is enough to
63
00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:42,000
produce an accident.
In the final analysis, the
64
00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:46,320
accident comes always from that.
It is what one may call
65
00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:49,210
inattentiveness.
Or a slackening of
66
00:04:49,210 --> 00:04:52,890
consciousness.
There are days when one feels
67
00:04:52,890 --> 00:04:58,170
quite not exactly uneasy, but as
though when we're trying to
68
00:04:58,170 --> 00:05:02,410
catch something which escapes.
One can't hold together.
69
00:05:03,290 --> 00:05:08,770
One is as though half diluted.
These are the days of accidents.
70
00:05:09,610 --> 00:05:14,050
You must be attentive.
Naturally, this is not to tell
71
00:05:14,050 --> 00:05:16,010
you to shut yourself up in your
room.
72
00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:20,400
And not to stir out when you
feel like that, This is not what
73
00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:23,680
I mean.
Rather, I mean that you must
74
00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:28,160
watch all the more attentively,
be all the more on your guard,
75
00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:34,440
not allow precisely this
inattentiveness, this slackening
76
00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:41,960
of consciousness to come in end,
quote reference Sriorobindo and
77
00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:45,090
the mother.
How are many cells Practical?
78
00:05:45,090 --> 00:05:50,290
Yogic Psychology, Chapter 2,
Planes and Parts of the Being,
79
00:05:50,890 --> 00:05:52,650
pages 18 to 20.
00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:06,480
An accident avoided an
individual related the following
2
00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:09,800
incident.
He was driving with a passenger
3
00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:13,360
through Yellowstone National
Park in the USA some years ago
4
00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:18,480
during the summer season.
In a van late in the afternoon,
5
00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:23,440
he had a sense or feeling of an
impending accident involving a
6
00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:27,640
bison, although there were no
bison insight anywhere.
7
00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:31,960
So he was driving extremely
slowly and cautiously.
8
00:00:33,480 --> 00:00:38,000
A park Ranger driving behind him
was visibly impatient, but he
9
00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:40,040
did not change his driving
speed.
10
00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,840
The Ranger passed him and speed
down the road.
11
00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:50,280
A couple of miles later.
Suddenly a massive bison ran in
12
00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:54,240
front of the vehicle he was
driving and he slammed on the
13
00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:57,160
brakes.
It was a near miss.
14
00:00:58,100 --> 00:01:02,380
That the Bison looking into the
windshield of the van from only
15
00:01:02,700 --> 00:01:07,580
a few inches away.
Had he been driving any faster,
16
00:01:08,380 --> 00:01:11,060
an accident would have been
unavoidable.
17
00:01:12,180 --> 00:01:16,980
As it turned out, the pressure
on his vital envelope that
18
00:01:16,980 --> 00:01:21,060
created the feeling protected
him from what would likely have
19
00:01:21,060 --> 00:01:27,020
been a fatal accident, a
disciple inquires.
20
00:01:27,660 --> 00:01:29,500
What are the causes of
accidents?
21
00:01:29,940 --> 00:01:31,860
Are they due to a
disequilibrium?
22
00:01:33,460 --> 00:01:38,380
The mother responds.
Quote if one answers deeply,
23
00:01:39,260 --> 00:01:42,220
outwardly.
There are many causes, but there
24
00:01:42,220 --> 00:01:44,780
is a deeper cause which is
always there.
25
00:01:45,900 --> 00:01:49,540
I said the other day that if the
nervous envelope is intact,
26
00:01:50,100 --> 00:01:54,580
accidents can be avoided and
even if there is an accident, it
27
00:01:54,580 --> 00:02:00,070
won't have any consequences.
As soon as there is a scratch or
28
00:02:00,070 --> 00:02:05,150
a defect in the nervous envelope
of the being, and according to
29
00:02:05,150 --> 00:02:09,190
the nature of this scratch, if
one may say so, its place, its
30
00:02:09,190 --> 00:02:13,190
character, there will be an
accident which will correspond
31
00:02:13,710 --> 00:02:16,550
to the diminution of resistance
in the envelope.
32
00:02:17,870 --> 00:02:21,550
I believe almost everybody is
psychologically aware of one
33
00:02:21,550 --> 00:02:24,630
thing.
That accidents occur when one
34
00:02:24,630 --> 00:02:29,070
has a sort of uncomfortable
feeling when one is not fully
35
00:02:29,070 --> 00:02:35,790
conscious and selfpossessed when
one feels uneasy in any case.
36
00:02:35,790 --> 00:02:39,390
Generally people have a feeling
that they are not fully
37
00:02:39,390 --> 00:02:42,830
themselves, not fully aware of
what they are doing.
38
00:02:44,030 --> 00:02:48,350
If one were fully conscious, the
consciousness wide awake
39
00:02:49,110 --> 00:02:53,300
accidents would not occur.
One would make just the right
40
00:02:53,300 --> 00:02:57,500
gesture, the necessary movement
to avoid the accident.
41
00:02:58,620 --> 00:03:03,940
Hence, in an almost absolute
way, it is a flagging of
42
00:03:03,940 --> 00:03:08,140
consciousness.
Or quite possibly it may be that
43
00:03:08,140 --> 00:03:12,900
the consciousness is fixed in a
higher domain, for example, not
44
00:03:12,900 --> 00:03:17,660
to speak of spiritual things, a
man who is busy solving a mental
45
00:03:17,660 --> 00:03:21,300
problem and is very concentrated
upon his mental problem.
46
00:03:22,060 --> 00:03:27,340
Becomes inattentive to physical
things and if he happens to be
47
00:03:27,340 --> 00:03:31,540
in a street or in a crowd, his
attention fixed upon his
48
00:03:31,540 --> 00:03:36,100
problem, he will not make the
movement necessary to avoid the
49
00:03:36,100 --> 00:03:39,020
accident and the accident will
occur.
50
00:03:40,380 --> 00:03:44,660
It is the same for sports, For
games you can observe this
51
00:03:44,660 --> 00:03:47,380
easily.
There's always a flagging of the
52
00:03:47,380 --> 00:03:49,420
consciousness when accidents
occur.
53
00:03:50,150 --> 00:03:56,870
Or a lack of attention a little.
Absent mindedness, suddenly one
54
00:03:56,870 --> 00:04:00,270
thinks of something else.
The attention is drawn
55
00:04:00,270 --> 00:04:04,350
elsewhere. 1 is not fully
conscious of what one is doing,
56
00:04:05,310 --> 00:04:09,950
and the accident happens, as I
was telling you at the
57
00:04:09,950 --> 00:04:14,590
beginning, if for some reason or
other, for example, lack of
58
00:04:14,590 --> 00:04:19,390
sleep, lack of rest, or an
absorbing preoccupation.
59
00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:25,760
Or all sorts of things which
tire you, that is to say, when
60
00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:29,400
you are not above them.
If the vital envelope is a
61
00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:34,000
little damaged, it does not
function perfectly, and any
62
00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,480
current of force whatever which
passes through is enough to
63
00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:42,000
produce an accident.
In the final analysis, the
64
00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:46,320
accident comes always from that.
It is what one may call
65
00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:49,210
inattentiveness.
Or a slackening of
66
00:04:49,210 --> 00:04:52,890
consciousness.
There are days when one feels
67
00:04:52,890 --> 00:04:58,170
quite not exactly uneasy, but as
though when we're trying to
68
00:04:58,170 --> 00:05:02,410
catch something which escapes.
One can't hold together.
69
00:05:03,290 --> 00:05:08,770
One is as though half diluted.
These are the days of accidents.
70
00:05:09,610 --> 00:05:14,050
You must be attentive.
Naturally, this is not to tell
71
00:05:14,050 --> 00:05:16,010
you to shut yourself up in your
room.
72
00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:20,400
And not to stir out when you
feel like that, This is not what
73
00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:23,680
I mean.
Rather, I mean that you must
74
00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:28,160
watch all the more attentively,
be all the more on your guard,
75
00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:34,440
not allow precisely this
inattentiveness, this slackening
76
00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:41,960
of consciousness to come in end,
quote reference Sriorobindo and
77
00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:45,090
the mother.
How are many cells Practical?
78
00:05:45,090 --> 00:05:50,290
Yogic Psychology, Chapter 2,
Planes and Parts of the Being,
79
00:05:50,890 --> 00:05:52,650
pages 18 to 20.