Complex Interaction of the Gunas Can Bring About Opposite Responses from an Individual Under Various Circumstances

1
00:00:00,100 --> 00:00:04,700
As we take our standpoint
primarily in the external

2
00:00:04,700 --> 00:00:08,900
nature, we are clearly subject
to the action of the three gunas

3
00:00:08,900 --> 00:00:13,800
or qualities of nature.
These qualities, do not remain

4
00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:19,900
constant and our ever changing
and they then determine the type

5
00:00:19,900 --> 00:00:24,600
of reaction and action, an
individual has in any particular

6
00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:31,200
situation or provocation, thus
depending on On the predominance

7
00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:34,400
of a particular quality at any
point in time.

8
00:00:35,300 --> 00:00:39,000
An individual May exhibit
totally different responses to

9
00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:44,300
any situation developed
Tendencies or capacities of the

10
00:00:44,300 --> 00:00:48,800
individual may cause him to
respond characteristically along

11
00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:53,400
certain lines.
But this is no guarantee that

12
00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:58,000
under specific circumstances you
will always respond that same

13
00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:01,600
way.
The capacity to respond to

14
00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:05,400
specific types of vibrations
resides in certain centers,

15
00:01:05,700 --> 00:01:10,600
called chakras, and the Indian
tradition and thus, depending on

16
00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:15,200
the Guna that is predominant.
At the time, the response may be

17
00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:19,600
the highest or even the lowest
form of response.

18
00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:23,900
We frequently hear that love and
hate are so intertwined.

19
00:01:23,900 --> 00:01:28,200
That the person we hate may turn
out to be the greatest, love at

20
00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:33,200
some point and vice versa.
Generally, calm individuals, may

21
00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:37,100
find that under certain types of
provocation, they become

22
00:01:37,100 --> 00:01:40,700
enraged.
Those who have developed the

23
00:01:40,700 --> 00:01:44,800
firm standpoint of the witness
Consciousness separate from the

24
00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:49,200
external nature and its
reactions are better able to

25
00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:51,700
control and manage these
responses.

26
00:01:51,700 --> 00:01:55,900
And thus avoid becoming fully
engaged with the source of the

27
00:01:55,900 --> 00:02:01,700
provocation and the response
there to until Such a firm

28
00:02:01,700 --> 00:02:05,900
statuses in place.
However, each individual is

29
00:02:05,900 --> 00:02:10,400
subject to what appear to be
contradictory actions from time

30
00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:14,600
to time.
The mother observes quote.

31
00:02:15,300 --> 00:02:18,200
The human individual is a very
complex being.

32
00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:23,000
He is composed of innumerable
elements each one of which is an

33
00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:28,500
independent entity and has
almost a personality, not only.

34
00:02:28,500 --> 00:02:32,400
So the most contradictory
elements are housed together.

35
00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:37,300
If there is a particular quality
or capacity present the very

36
00:02:37,300 --> 00:02:42,100
opposite of it, annulling it, as
it were will also be found.

37
00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:47,000
Along with it and embracing it.
I have seen a man Brave

38
00:02:47,100 --> 00:02:52,100
courageous heroic to, the
extreme flinching from no danger

39
00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:56,900
facing unperturbed.
The utmost Peril, truly the

40
00:02:56,900 --> 00:03:01,200
bravest of the Brave.
And yet I have seen the same man

41
00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:06,600
cowering in abject Terror like
the last of poltroon 's in the

42
00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:08,700
presence of certain
circumstances.

43
00:03:09,300 --> 00:03:13,300
I have seen a most generous man,
giving things away, largely

44
00:03:13,300 --> 00:03:17,800
freely, not counting any
expenditure or sacrifice,

45
00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:20,800
without the least care or
reservation.

46
00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:24,200
The same person.
I have also found to be the

47
00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:28,400
vilest of misers with respect to
certain other considerations.

48
00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:33,800
Again, I have seen the most
intelligent person with a clear

49
00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:37,700
mind full of light and
understanding easily.

50
00:03:37,700 --> 00:03:41,600
Comprehending the Nick and
implication of the topic.

51
00:03:41,900 --> 00:03:46,000
And yet I have seen him
betraying the utmost stupidity

52
00:03:46,300 --> 00:03:49,700
of which even in ordinary Man,
Without education, or

53
00:03:49,700 --> 00:03:54,800
intelligence would be incapable.
These are not theoretical

54
00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:59,600
examples I have come across such
persons actually in life.

55
00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:05,700
End quote, reference SRI
aurobindo in the mother growing

56
00:04:05,700 --> 00:04:09,000
within the psychology of inner
development.

57
00:04:09,300 --> 00:04:14,200
Chapter 8, the psychic being and
inner growth page 150.