May 25, 2024
Drawing on the Universal Energy for Life-Force
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YouTube reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, The Hidden Forces of Life, Ch. 4 Cosmic and Universal Forces, pp. 93-94 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/05/22/drawing-on-the-universal-energy-for-life-force/
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1
00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:05,720
If we observe the way we receive
energy normally, we can
2
00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:10,000
determine that the sun is the
immediate source of physical
3
00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:14,680
energy and it then gets
transformed or converted into
4
00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:17,920
other forms of energy, including
life energy.
5
00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:21,440
The first step in this
transformation comes about
6
00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:25,480
through the ability of plants to
turn solar energy into life
7
00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:28,160
energy.
The plants then store the
8
00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:32,759
produced energy, using some of
it for growth and some for life
9
00:00:32,759 --> 00:00:36,800
activities.
Animals in turn consume plants
10
00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:40,440
to obtain a share of this
physical energy which they need
11
00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:45,200
to survive and thrive.
Some beings then consume animal
12
00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:49,520
flesh to take this energy, now
several steps removed from its
13
00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:53,640
source.
The secret to direct conversion
14
00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:57,880
of solar energy into life force
and the creation of storage
15
00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:01,520
mechanisms for that energy in
the form of the physical forms
16
00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:06,480
of the plants and animals, is
held by the absolute simplest
17
00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:11,760
living organisms we know.
Somewhere locked away in the
18
00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:15,600
coding of our existence, this
secret lies hidden.
19
00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:20,320
Some individuals have found ways
to partially unlock this secret,
20
00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:23,880
and they are able to draw their
life force directly from
21
00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:29,000
universal forces without
requiring the medium of food and
22
00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:31,480
the conversion steps implied
thereby.
23
00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:37,320
Paraman's Yogananda relates a
tale in his classic text
24
00:01:37,320 --> 00:01:42,400
Autobiography of a Yogi, of an
individual he met who was able
25
00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:46,360
to draw the energy directly from
the universe and who thereby
26
00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:50,560
needed to eat very little if
anything in order to maintain an
27
00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:54,480
active life.
Many people, mostly
28
00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:58,280
unconsciously, have some amount
of capacity to draw on the
29
00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:02,680
universal forces more or less
directly, even if they remain
30
00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:07,040
primarily dependent upon
consumption of food to provide
31
00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:09,400
the basis for their physical
existence.
32
00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:14,120
They absorb the energy through
receptivity and through the
33
00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:18,240
breathing process.
They absorb prana and distribute
34
00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:22,840
it to work within their body.
Another secret lies in the
35
00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:25,320
mitochondria within the body's
cells.
36
00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:31,640
This is the energy factor that
converts the components absorbed
37
00:02:31,640 --> 00:02:34,920
from the food into usable
biological energy.
38
00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:41,440
This opens up an entire range of
speculation about the possible
39
00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:46,480
future ability to reduce, or
even entirely abandoned, the
40
00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:51,400
need for food to convert, store
and provide energy in the
41
00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:54,720
ascending scale of what is known
as the food chain.
42
00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:59,360
Once the linkage between a
physical processing capability
43
00:02:59,960 --> 00:03:04,480
and the utilization of universal
force has been broken, we can
44
00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:08,760
conceive of a future in which
the individual can draw energy
45
00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:12,440
directly.
It is interesting to note that
46
00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:16,760
in a corresponding way, Nikola
Tesla envisioned the production
47
00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:20,480
of mechanical and useful
electrical energy directly from
48
00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:23,800
the atmosphere without
intervening mechanisms.
49
00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:28,400
The example provided by those
individuals who have learned to
50
00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:32,200
rely on universal forces rather
than physical food for their
51
00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:38,400
sustenance and energetic needs
provide a further hint of our
52
00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:43,880
future status.
A disciple asks on what do our
53
00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:47,200
physical reserves?
Energy reserves depend mother,
54
00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,360
the mother responds.
Physical reserves.
55
00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:55,200
You mean the reserve of energy?
It depends on the capacity to
56
00:03:55,200 --> 00:04:00,440
receive the universal vital
force, because in fact through
57
00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:04,520
food also it is these vital
forces one receives, but one
58
00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:08,440
receives them from below.
But in order to have reserves,
59
00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:12,000
you must know how to receive the
universal vital forces
60
00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:16,880
constantly, and to have a kind
of balance in the being which
61
00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:19,399
prevents you from spending more
than you have.
62
00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:24,840
A proportion has to be kept
between the receptivity and the
63
00:04:24,840 --> 00:04:28,160
expenditure.
It is a kind of harmony in the
64
00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:31,360
being which must be established
only.
65
00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:34,800
Some people have an almost
instinctive power of attracting
66
00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:38,760
towards them the vital forces,
or absorbing them the universal
67
00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:42,160
vital forces, I mean.
And so they make up their
68
00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:46,080
expense as they go along.
Spending these people can
69
00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:49,760
produce much more than others.
Some of them, in certain
70
00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:55,080
conditions like sleep or a kind
of repose or relaxation, can
71
00:04:55,080 --> 00:05:00,640
accumulate forces, and later
they exhaust them, so to say in
72
00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:04,360
their activities, and they must
yet once again charge the
73
00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:08,320
battery afterwards.
This is already a much less
74
00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:13,680
favorable condition.
End Quote Reference Sri
75
00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:18,080
Aurobindo and the Mother, The
Hidden Forces of Life, Chapter
76
00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:23,080
4, Cosmic and Universal Forces,
pages 93 to 94.
00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:05,720
If we observe the way we receive
energy normally, we can
2
00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:10,000
determine that the sun is the
immediate source of physical
3
00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:14,680
energy and it then gets
transformed or converted into
4
00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:17,920
other forms of energy, including
life energy.
5
00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:21,440
The first step in this
transformation comes about
6
00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:25,480
through the ability of plants to
turn solar energy into life
7
00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:28,160
energy.
The plants then store the
8
00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:32,759
produced energy, using some of
it for growth and some for life
9
00:00:32,759 --> 00:00:36,800
activities.
Animals in turn consume plants
10
00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:40,440
to obtain a share of this
physical energy which they need
11
00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:45,200
to survive and thrive.
Some beings then consume animal
12
00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:49,520
flesh to take this energy, now
several steps removed from its
13
00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:53,640
source.
The secret to direct conversion
14
00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:57,880
of solar energy into life force
and the creation of storage
15
00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:01,520
mechanisms for that energy in
the form of the physical forms
16
00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:06,480
of the plants and animals, is
held by the absolute simplest
17
00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:11,760
living organisms we know.
Somewhere locked away in the
18
00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:15,600
coding of our existence, this
secret lies hidden.
19
00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:20,320
Some individuals have found ways
to partially unlock this secret,
20
00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:23,880
and they are able to draw their
life force directly from
21
00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:29,000
universal forces without
requiring the medium of food and
22
00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:31,480
the conversion steps implied
thereby.
23
00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:37,320
Paraman's Yogananda relates a
tale in his classic text
24
00:01:37,320 --> 00:01:42,400
Autobiography of a Yogi, of an
individual he met who was able
25
00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:46,360
to draw the energy directly from
the universe and who thereby
26
00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:50,560
needed to eat very little if
anything in order to maintain an
27
00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:54,480
active life.
Many people, mostly
28
00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:58,280
unconsciously, have some amount
of capacity to draw on the
29
00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:02,680
universal forces more or less
directly, even if they remain
30
00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:07,040
primarily dependent upon
consumption of food to provide
31
00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:09,400
the basis for their physical
existence.
32
00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:14,120
They absorb the energy through
receptivity and through the
33
00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:18,240
breathing process.
They absorb prana and distribute
34
00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:22,840
it to work within their body.
Another secret lies in the
35
00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:25,320
mitochondria within the body's
cells.
36
00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:31,640
This is the energy factor that
converts the components absorbed
37
00:02:31,640 --> 00:02:34,920
from the food into usable
biological energy.
38
00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:41,440
This opens up an entire range of
speculation about the possible
39
00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:46,480
future ability to reduce, or
even entirely abandoned, the
40
00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:51,400
need for food to convert, store
and provide energy in the
41
00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:54,720
ascending scale of what is known
as the food chain.
42
00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:59,360
Once the linkage between a
physical processing capability
43
00:02:59,960 --> 00:03:04,480
and the utilization of universal
force has been broken, we can
44
00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:08,760
conceive of a future in which
the individual can draw energy
45
00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:12,440
directly.
It is interesting to note that
46
00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:16,760
in a corresponding way, Nikola
Tesla envisioned the production
47
00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:20,480
of mechanical and useful
electrical energy directly from
48
00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:23,800
the atmosphere without
intervening mechanisms.
49
00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:28,400
The example provided by those
individuals who have learned to
50
00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:32,200
rely on universal forces rather
than physical food for their
51
00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:38,400
sustenance and energetic needs
provide a further hint of our
52
00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:43,880
future status.
A disciple asks on what do our
53
00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:47,200
physical reserves?
Energy reserves depend mother,
54
00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,360
the mother responds.
Physical reserves.
55
00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:55,200
You mean the reserve of energy?
It depends on the capacity to
56
00:03:55,200 --> 00:04:00,440
receive the universal vital
force, because in fact through
57
00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:04,520
food also it is these vital
forces one receives, but one
58
00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:08,440
receives them from below.
But in order to have reserves,
59
00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:12,000
you must know how to receive the
universal vital forces
60
00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:16,880
constantly, and to have a kind
of balance in the being which
61
00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:19,399
prevents you from spending more
than you have.
62
00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:24,840
A proportion has to be kept
between the receptivity and the
63
00:04:24,840 --> 00:04:28,160
expenditure.
It is a kind of harmony in the
64
00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:31,360
being which must be established
only.
65
00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:34,800
Some people have an almost
instinctive power of attracting
66
00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:38,760
towards them the vital forces,
or absorbing them the universal
67
00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:42,160
vital forces, I mean.
And so they make up their
68
00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:46,080
expense as they go along.
Spending these people can
69
00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:49,760
produce much more than others.
Some of them, in certain
70
00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:55,080
conditions like sleep or a kind
of repose or relaxation, can
71
00:04:55,080 --> 00:05:00,640
accumulate forces, and later
they exhaust them, so to say in
72
00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:04,360
their activities, and they must
yet once again charge the
73
00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:08,320
battery afterwards.
This is already a much less
74
00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:13,680
favorable condition.
End Quote Reference Sri
75
00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:18,080
Aurobindo and the Mother, The
Hidden Forces of Life, Chapter
76
00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:23,080
4, Cosmic and Universal Forces,
pages 93 to 94.