July 18, 2025
Focusing One's Attention on the Forces One Wants to Manifest
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 130This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/07/16/focusing-ones-attention-on-the-forces-one-wants-to-manifest/
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The human being receives
vibrations from the universe.
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They are either accepted and
allowed to act upon the
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individual or rejected at some
level of the being with minimal
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impact other than the pressure
on the sheath or aura that feels
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the vibration.
If the vibration is accepted, it
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can not only effectuate changes
in patterns of thoughts,
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emotions, feelings or physical
sense of well-being, but it can
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be weakened or enhanced by the
way the individual responds.
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Each vibration moves at its own
wavelength and the receiving
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capacity of the individual is
stratified according to the
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00:00:47,160 --> 00:00:51,640
various chakras or energy
centres, each of which responds
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to specific ranges of vibration.
Thus, the more physical, slower,
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denser vibrations tend to impact
the first or second chakra.
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The more light and mobility the
vibration has, the higher up the
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range of chakras it tends to be
experienced and dealt with.
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At a certain point, the
individual not only subjectively
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00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:20,760
experiences the vibrations, but
can either transmute them into a
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new form, intensify and
retransmit them, or weaken them
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but still transmit them to
others.
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That is why emotions, feelings,
diseases, and even ideas and
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other formations are able to be
communicated from one individual
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00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:44,880
to another.
We are able to tune our
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receptivity to the vibrational
frequencies of the various
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chakras.
If we tune to the first or
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second chakras, we become
immersed in physical wants and
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needs, sexual energies, et
cetera.
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If we tune to the heart center,
we become receptive to emotions,
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including feelings of love and
goodwill.
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00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:10,880
If we tune to the 6th chakra, we
gain powers of knowledge and
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will that are based there.
The real work, then, is to
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continually remember to tune
ourselves to the level we are
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trying to embody, and when we
catch ourselves vibrating to a
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different frequency, moving that
focus elsewhere.
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Looked at this way, everyone has
the capacity to observe and
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00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:36,120
attend to those vibrations that
they are most willing to attune
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themselves to.
Even if someone gets caught off
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guard and begins to vibrate to a
frequency that contradicts the
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aspiration, it is possible to
change the channel, so to speak,
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and free oneself from that
energy.
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Shrioro Bindu observes quote.
The way to get faith and all
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things else is to insist on
having them and refuse to flag
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or despair or give up until one
has them.
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It is the way by which
everything has been got since
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this difficult earth began to
have thinking and aspiring
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creatures upon it.
It is to open always, always to
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the light and turn 1's back on
the darkness.
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It is to refuse the voices that
say persistently, you cannot,
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you shall not, you are
incapable.
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You are the puppet of a dream,
for these are the enemy voices.
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They cut one off from the result
that was coming by their stride
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and clamour, and then
triumphantly point to the
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00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:43,880
barrenness of the result as a
proof of their thesis.
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The difficulty of the endeavour
is a known thing, but the
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00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:52,880
difficult is not the impossible.
It is the difficult that has
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always been accomplished, and
the conquest of difficulties
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makes up all that is valuable in
the earth's history.
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In the spiritual endeavour also
it shall be so.
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You have only to set about
resolutely slaying the Rakshasa,
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and the doors will open to you
as they have done to many others
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who were held up by their own
mind or vital nature.
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End Quote.
Reference Sri Orobindo and the
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Mother looking from within,
Chapter 5.
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00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:27,840
Attitudes on the Path, page 130.
00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:04,360
The human being receives
vibrations from the universe.
2
00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:08,160
They are either accepted and
allowed to act upon the
3
00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:13,640
individual or rejected at some
level of the being with minimal
4
00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:18,240
impact other than the pressure
on the sheath or aura that feels
5
00:00:18,240 --> 00:00:23,120
the vibration.
If the vibration is accepted, it
6
00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:26,760
can not only effectuate changes
in patterns of thoughts,
7
00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:32,960
emotions, feelings or physical
sense of well-being, but it can
8
00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:37,760
be weakened or enhanced by the
way the individual responds.
9
00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:43,120
Each vibration moves at its own
wavelength and the receiving
10
00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:47,160
capacity of the individual is
stratified according to the
11
00:00:47,160 --> 00:00:51,640
various chakras or energy
centres, each of which responds
12
00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:58,080
to specific ranges of vibration.
Thus, the more physical, slower,
13
00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:02,360
denser vibrations tend to impact
the first or second chakra.
14
00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:07,560
The more light and mobility the
vibration has, the higher up the
15
00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:10,760
range of chakras it tends to be
experienced and dealt with.
16
00:01:12,320 --> 00:01:16,080
At a certain point, the
individual not only subjectively
17
00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:20,760
experiences the vibrations, but
can either transmute them into a
18
00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:26,320
new form, intensify and
retransmit them, or weaken them
19
00:01:26,320 --> 00:01:28,320
but still transmit them to
others.
20
00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:36,000
That is why emotions, feelings,
diseases, and even ideas and
21
00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:41,280
other formations are able to be
communicated from one individual
22
00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:44,880
to another.
We are able to tune our
23
00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:48,360
receptivity to the vibrational
frequencies of the various
24
00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:51,560
chakras.
If we tune to the first or
25
00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:54,840
second chakras, we become
immersed in physical wants and
26
00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:57,960
needs, sexual energies, et
cetera.
27
00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:03,000
If we tune to the heart center,
we become receptive to emotions,
28
00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:05,840
including feelings of love and
goodwill.
29
00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:10,880
If we tune to the 6th chakra, we
gain powers of knowledge and
30
00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:16,000
will that are based there.
The real work, then, is to
31
00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,280
continually remember to tune
ourselves to the level we are
32
00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:23,480
trying to embody, and when we
catch ourselves vibrating to a
33
00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:27,240
different frequency, moving that
focus elsewhere.
34
00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:32,320
Looked at this way, everyone has
the capacity to observe and
35
00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:36,120
attend to those vibrations that
they are most willing to attune
36
00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:39,680
themselves to.
Even if someone gets caught off
37
00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:43,240
guard and begins to vibrate to a
frequency that contradicts the
38
00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:48,080
aspiration, it is possible to
change the channel, so to speak,
39
00:02:48,640 --> 00:02:51,080
and free oneself from that
energy.
40
00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:56,960
Shrioro Bindu observes quote.
The way to get faith and all
41
00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:01,440
things else is to insist on
having them and refuse to flag
42
00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:04,120
or despair or give up until one
has them.
43
00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:07,840
It is the way by which
everything has been got since
44
00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:11,920
this difficult earth began to
have thinking and aspiring
45
00:03:11,920 --> 00:03:16,440
creatures upon it.
It is to open always, always to
46
00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:20,040
the light and turn 1's back on
the darkness.
47
00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:25,280
It is to refuse the voices that
say persistently, you cannot,
48
00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:28,040
you shall not, you are
incapable.
49
00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:32,880
You are the puppet of a dream,
for these are the enemy voices.
50
00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:37,480
They cut one off from the result
that was coming by their stride
51
00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:40,720
and clamour, and then
triumphantly point to the
52
00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:43,880
barrenness of the result as a
proof of their thesis.
53
00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:47,760
The difficulty of the endeavour
is a known thing, but the
54
00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:52,880
difficult is not the impossible.
It is the difficult that has
55
00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:56,760
always been accomplished, and
the conquest of difficulties
56
00:03:56,760 --> 00:04:00,360
makes up all that is valuable in
the earth's history.
57
00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:04,360
In the spiritual endeavour also
it shall be so.
58
00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:09,280
You have only to set about
resolutely slaying the Rakshasa,
59
00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:12,720
and the doors will open to you
as they have done to many others
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00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:16,399
who were held up by their own
mind or vital nature.
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00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:21,120
End Quote.
Reference Sri Orobindo and the
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Mother looking from within,
Chapter 5.
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00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:27,840
Attitudes on the Path, page 130.
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