Effectuating the Formations of Imagination Over Time and Circumstance

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Creating a detailed imagination
is the first step in a future

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realization.
The formation so devised will

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attempt to achieve its
actualization in the world, yet

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it must contend with the
readiness of the ground upon

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which it alights, the
preparation of the soil, the

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proper support along the way,
and avoidance of those forces

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and influences which will tend
to either destroy, distract or

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delay its coming to fruition.
The formation struggles to

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survive, grow, thrive and bear
fruit.

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It may take time.
The more far reaching the

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intended outcome, the longer it
may take.

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Relatively simple desires may
not have much difficulty in

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manifesting.
It is similar to the way we

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receive new ideas in our brains.
A neural pathway is developed,

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and it may take several
repetitions to fully form

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itself.
Once it is there, when the

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vibration rises, it can
immediately follow that pathway.

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Something less common may take
some time to work out the

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situation, and as the mother
points out, most people have

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moved on from that formation by
the time it comes to fruition,

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and they are left dealing with
the fruits of a past action that

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they no longer really want to
taste.

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If we leave behind, however, all
the purely personal desires and

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formations of imagination and
move toward the larger scope of

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the evolutionary destiny of the
human race, we may consider that

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time, past habit, karmic
energetic flows, and

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circumstances may throw up
obstacles or delays, and thus we

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may not ourselves see the fruit
of the formation.

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Rather, future generations will
benefit from its realization.

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Imagine, for instance, that we
can create a world of peace and

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harmony where all human beings
live with due care and

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consideration for all others,
and also in balance with the

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world, environment, and the
other beings with whom we share

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the planet.
We do not let our personal

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greed, lust, or desires
intervene in this balance.

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We create economic and political
systems that carry out this

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intention so that we have no
cause for war, gang brutality,

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or anything that might cause
mass migrations.

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That we bring climate change
under control and thus reduce

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the spread of disease vectors
and reduce the intensity of

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destructive weather events.
Imagine a world that we can

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create, where art and music
thrive, where people do not have

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to be enslaved their whole lives
simply to survive, but can

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follow their ideals, their
dreams and their visions.

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Such a world, you may say, is
not foreseeable in our immediate

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future.
Yet there is no reason that

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given enough time and enough
powerful intention behind it,

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provided by many people who seek
such a solution to the darkness

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and conflict we see in our
present world situation, that

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such a result could not
eventuate.

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Maybe 102 hundred, 300 or 400
years represents the time frame

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necessary for the changes to
take hold and effectuate the

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foundation of such a world of
peace and harmony.

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A disciple asks then is it
through imagination that one can

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realize desires or aspirations?
The mother responds, quote.

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That means what exactly do you
want to say?

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Imagining that the desire is
realized and in this way help

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its realization?
Yes, certainly, quite certainly.

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And ideals also, the mother
replies, quote.

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Only usually, Yes, almost
totally.

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What people don't have at their
disposal is the time it takes.

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But for instance, if you have a
very powerful imagination and

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build up the realization of your
desire, build it up well with

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all its details and everything,
like an admirably made formation

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existing in itself.
Totally, you see?

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Well, you may be sure that if
you live long enough, the thing

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will be realized.
It can be realized the next day,

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it can be realized the next
minute.

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It can take years, it can take
centuries, but it is sure to be

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realized.
And then if to this imaginative

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power you add a kind of creative
vital strength, you make a very

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living force of it.
And as all living forces tend

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towards realization, it will put
a pressure upon terrestrial

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events in order to be able to
realize itself sooner.

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And it is realized only as I
said, there are two things.

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First, as regards desires,
personal circumstances 1 is not

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very persistent or very steady.
And after some time, what

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interested you very strongly
doesn't interest you any longer.

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You think of something else,
have another desire and make

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another formation.
But now the first thing one

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imagined is very well formed,
and after following its curve in

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space it is realized.
But by then the person has

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started another construction
because for some reason or

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other, the thing doesn't
interest him anymore and he is

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face to face with the
realization of his first desire

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while having already embarked
upon the second, the 3rd or the

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4th.
So he is absolutely annoyed.

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But why?
I don't want this any longer?

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Why does it come without his
being conscious that quite

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simply, it is the result of a
previous deed?

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If, however, instead of being
desires, they are aspirations

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for spiritual things, and one
continues his line with a

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regular progress, then one is
absolutely sure to obtain one

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day what he has imagined.
The day may be slightly far off

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if there are many obstacles on
the path.

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For example, if the formation
that you have made is still very

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alien to the state of the earth
atmosphere, well, it takes some

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time to prepare the conditions
for its advent.

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But if it is something which has
already been realized several

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times on earth and does not
imply too categorical a

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transformation, you may have it
quite quickly, provided that you

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follow the same line
persistently.

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And if you add to this the ardor
of a faith and trust in the

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divine grace, and that kind of
self giving to the grace which

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makes you expect everything from
it, then it can become

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tremendous.
You can see things being

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realized more and more, and the
most surprising ones can be

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realized one after another.
But for this there are

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conditions to be fulfilled.
End Quote.

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Reference Sri Orobindo and the
Mother Powers within, Chapter 3,

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Imagination, pages 32 to 33.