May 4, 2024
Fear: Its Effect on the Vital Sheath and As a Cause of Illness
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YouTube reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, The Hidden Forces of Life, Ch. 3 Hidden Forces Around, pg. 74 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/05/02/fear-its-effect-on-the-vital-sheath-and-as-a-cause-of-illness/
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1
00:00:01,480 --> 00:00:03,760
Several years ago, there was a
worldwide.
2
00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:08,480
Pandemic that affected many 10s
of millions of people, which was
3
00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:13,080
called the COVID-19 pandemic.
It provided us a clear
4
00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:18,200
opportunity to see the impact of
fear on the reactions of people.
5
00:00:19,080 --> 00:00:23,680
Panic ensued.
Stores closed, Public access was
6
00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:26,680
shut down.
In many places, people tried to
7
00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:30,680
avoid the pandemic by staying at
home and minimizing their
8
00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:34,720
interaction with other people,
keeping their distance, using
9
00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:39,800
face masks, protective gear such
as plastic Shields, and using a
10
00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:45,520
lot of hand sanitizer products.
Individual who became I'll were
11
00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:49,720
quarantined, and even those
hospitalized or dying from the
12
00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:54,240
pandemic were prevented from
interacting with family and
13
00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:57,840
friends.
We saw a similar but less
14
00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:01,480
complete response to the HIV
epidemic, which appeared to
15
00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:06,160
impact a much smaller number of
people and be confined more to a
16
00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:11,320
specific demographics.
Anyone who had HIV was basically
17
00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:13,760
ostracized by others due to
fear.
18
00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:18,760
The bubonic plague in Europe in
the Middle Ages had an
19
00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:22,680
extraordinarily amount of fear
attached to it.
20
00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:27,840
With towns walled off and closed
down, trade halted in many
21
00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:32,200
places and people trying to
escape the plague infestations
22
00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:35,400
by going out to other non
infected areas.
23
00:01:36,960 --> 00:01:42,040
Albert Camus, in his book The
Plague and Daniel Defoe in his
24
00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:46,200
book A Journal of the Plague
Year, provided outstanding
25
00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:49,880
insights to the events and
psychological forces at work,
26
00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:55,160
including the influence of
societal fear on the reactions
27
00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:58,320
of people.
The extreme fear weakened the
28
00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:01,840
vital sheath of most
individuals, who thus were more
29
00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:06,000
subject to succumbing to the
pandemic, and opened up a
30
00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:10,080
pathway for the vibrations that
brought on the changes to the
31
00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:14,360
body that accompanied the
illness to actually enter and
32
00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:16,880
carry out their task of
infection.
33
00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:22,760
The fear and the suggestions
that accompanied it predisposed
34
00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:26,960
the body to respond to those
vibrations, thus making the
35
00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:30,760
illness more virulent and
effective in its penetration
36
00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:36,240
through the protective sheath of
the vital envelope, Fiorabindo
37
00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:41,920
notes quote they the subtle
forces of illness first weaken
38
00:02:41,920 --> 00:02:46,560
or breakthrough the nervous
envelope, the aura, if that is
39
00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:50,800
strong and whole. 1000 million
germs will not be able to do
40
00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:54,720
anything to you.
The envelope pierced, they
41
00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:57,400
attack the subconscious mind in
the body.
42
00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:02,880
Sometimes also the vital mind or
mind proper prepare the illness
43
00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:07,800
by fear or thought of illness.
The doctors themselves say that
44
00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:13,880
in influenza or cholera in the
Far East, 90% get ill through
45
00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:16,680
fear.
Nothing to take away the
46
00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:21,680
resistance like fear, but still
the subconscious is the main
47
00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:25,720
thing.
If the contrary force is strong
48
00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:31,960
in the body, one can move in the
midst of plague and cholera and
49
00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:38,800
never get contaminated.
End Quote Reference Shriorobindo
50
00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:42,880
and the Mother, The Hidden
Forces of Life, Chapter 3,
51
00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:46,600
Hidden Forces Around page 74.
00:00:01,480 --> 00:00:03,760
Several years ago, there was a
worldwide.
2
00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:08,480
Pandemic that affected many 10s
of millions of people, which was
3
00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:13,080
called the COVID-19 pandemic.
It provided us a clear
4
00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:18,200
opportunity to see the impact of
fear on the reactions of people.
5
00:00:19,080 --> 00:00:23,680
Panic ensued.
Stores closed, Public access was
6
00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:26,680
shut down.
In many places, people tried to
7
00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:30,680
avoid the pandemic by staying at
home and minimizing their
8
00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:34,720
interaction with other people,
keeping their distance, using
9
00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:39,800
face masks, protective gear such
as plastic Shields, and using a
10
00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:45,520
lot of hand sanitizer products.
Individual who became I'll were
11
00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:49,720
quarantined, and even those
hospitalized or dying from the
12
00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:54,240
pandemic were prevented from
interacting with family and
13
00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:57,840
friends.
We saw a similar but less
14
00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:01,480
complete response to the HIV
epidemic, which appeared to
15
00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:06,160
impact a much smaller number of
people and be confined more to a
16
00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:11,320
specific demographics.
Anyone who had HIV was basically
17
00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:13,760
ostracized by others due to
fear.
18
00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:18,760
The bubonic plague in Europe in
the Middle Ages had an
19
00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:22,680
extraordinarily amount of fear
attached to it.
20
00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:27,840
With towns walled off and closed
down, trade halted in many
21
00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:32,200
places and people trying to
escape the plague infestations
22
00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:35,400
by going out to other non
infected areas.
23
00:01:36,960 --> 00:01:42,040
Albert Camus, in his book The
Plague and Daniel Defoe in his
24
00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:46,200
book A Journal of the Plague
Year, provided outstanding
25
00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:49,880
insights to the events and
psychological forces at work,
26
00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:55,160
including the influence of
societal fear on the reactions
27
00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:58,320
of people.
The extreme fear weakened the
28
00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:01,840
vital sheath of most
individuals, who thus were more
29
00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:06,000
subject to succumbing to the
pandemic, and opened up a
30
00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:10,080
pathway for the vibrations that
brought on the changes to the
31
00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:14,360
body that accompanied the
illness to actually enter and
32
00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:16,880
carry out their task of
infection.
33
00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:22,760
The fear and the suggestions
that accompanied it predisposed
34
00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:26,960
the body to respond to those
vibrations, thus making the
35
00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:30,760
illness more virulent and
effective in its penetration
36
00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:36,240
through the protective sheath of
the vital envelope, Fiorabindo
37
00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:41,920
notes quote they the subtle
forces of illness first weaken
38
00:02:41,920 --> 00:02:46,560
or breakthrough the nervous
envelope, the aura, if that is
39
00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:50,800
strong and whole. 1000 million
germs will not be able to do
40
00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:54,720
anything to you.
The envelope pierced, they
41
00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:57,400
attack the subconscious mind in
the body.
42
00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:02,880
Sometimes also the vital mind or
mind proper prepare the illness
43
00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:07,800
by fear or thought of illness.
The doctors themselves say that
44
00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:13,880
in influenza or cholera in the
Far East, 90% get ill through
45
00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:16,680
fear.
Nothing to take away the
46
00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:21,680
resistance like fear, but still
the subconscious is the main
47
00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:25,720
thing.
If the contrary force is strong
48
00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:31,960
in the body, one can move in the
midst of plague and cholera and
49
00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:38,800
never get contaminated.
End Quote Reference Shriorobindo
50
00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:42,880
and the Mother, The Hidden
Forces of Life, Chapter 3,
51
00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:46,600
Hidden Forces Around page 74.