Finding the Meaning of Our Lives and Expressing It in Our Thoughts, Words and Deeds

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Eventually, as we grow and
mature, as our powers of

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reflection and self examination
increase, we begin to seriously

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consider why it is we are alive,
what it is we are here to do,

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and how we accomplish whatever
our lives are intended to be.

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There are several aspects to
this process of growth and

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development.
When we are born into our human

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lives, we are immature
physically, vitally, emotionally

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and mentally.
In Book 1, Canto won.

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In his epic poem Savitri, a
legend and a symbol, Sri

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Aurobindo hints at our
situation.

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Quote.
But the oblivion that succeeds

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the fall had blotted the crowded
tablets of the past, and all

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that was destroyed must be
rebuilt and old experience

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labored out once more.
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We need to develop our physical,
vital and mental framework and

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capacities, increase their power
and perfect their action.

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This is an ongoing process in
our lives.

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Much of our early focus is
dedicated to this aspect of

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development, and we do not
therefore usually focus our

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attention on why we are doing
all this.

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If we become fully entangled in
the external being and its

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activities, we may even fully
lose sight of any deeper

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purpose.
And we live our lives as virtual

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automatons, eating, sleeping,
studying, working, enjoying

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ourselves.
In many cases we stop the

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development of our powers and
simply try to exist and enjoy

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ourselves.
And in those cases we distract

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ourselves with intoxications of
various sorts, whether they be

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drugs or alcohol, mindless
entertainment, sex, etcetera.

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Others continue developing the
instruments of mind, life, and

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body as a way of keeping some
meaning in front of them.

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Eventually, neither dissipation
nor engagement without deeper

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purpose suffices, and we then
see people turning to the deeper

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questions of existence, the
existential purpose that

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underlies everything we
experience, everything we think,

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everything we do, everything we
care about in our lives.

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Once we awaken to the
existential questions, we begin

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our conscious spiritual quest,
and at some point we become

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aware of our psychic being and
get into touch with the

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spiritual reality, the universal
consciousness that develops the

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universal manifestation for its
own intention.

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Once that occurs, we can begin
to sort out with intentionality

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the actions and focus that help
us stay consciously connected to

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the spiritual truth of our lives
and which help us determine how

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to express that in a manner that
utilizes the capacities and ever

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expanding levels of perfection
in action that occur when we act

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with understanding and
intention.

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The mother notes quote.
If we truly want to progress and

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acquire the capacity of knowing
the truth of our being, that is

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to say, what we are truly
created for, what we can call

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our mission upon earth, then we
must, in a very regular and

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constant manner, reject from us
or eliminate in US whatever

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contradicts the truth of our
existence, whatever is opposed

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to it.
In this way, little by little,

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all the parts, all the elements
of our being can be organized

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into a homogeneous whole around
our psychic center.

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This work of unification
requires much time to be brought

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to some degree of perfection.
Therefore, in order to

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accomplish it, we must arm
ourselves with patience and

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endurance, with a determination
to prolong our life as long as

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necessary for the success of our
endeavour.

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As you pursue this labor of
purification and unification,

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you must at the same time take
great care to perfect the

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external and instrumental part
of your being.

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When the higher truth manifests,
it must find in you a mind that

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is supple and rich enough to be
able to give the idea that seeks

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to express itself, a form of
thought which preserves its

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force and clarity.
This thought, again, when it

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seeks to clothe itself in words,
must find in you a sufficient

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power of expression so that the
words reveal the thought and do

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not deform it.
And the formula in which you

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embody the truth should be
manifested in all your feelings,

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all your acts of will, all your
actions, in all the movements of

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your being.
Finally, these movements

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themselves should, by constant
effort, attain their highest

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perfection.
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Reference.
Sri Aurobindo and the Mother.

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The psychic being soul, its
nature, mission and evolution.

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Section 2.
Role, function and Action of the

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Psychic.
Pages 65 to 66.