Freeing the Mind from Subjection to the Life-Force and the Body

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The development of the vital
life force integrated with the

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physical domain led to changes
in the physical in order to

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accommodate the action of this
new energy.

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At the same time, the life force
had to itself make adjustments

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in order to operate in the
material world as opposed to in

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its own domain, independent of
matter.

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These adjustments limited the
power and scope of the vital

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while expanding the capabilities
of expression in the material

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world.
Similarly, with the advent of

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the mental power in the world of
matter and life, certain changes

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were brought about in the action
of matter and life, but at the

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cost that mind had to also make
certain accommodations such that

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its action was limited and
modified by the constraints of

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matter and life.
An interactive, mutually

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supportive relationship was
developed, and this gave the

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physical body and the life force
certain abilities to influence

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the mind and achieve thereby
certain objectives native to

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their domains.
Although not necessarily

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relevant to a purely mental
action, these steps in the

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evolution of consciousness
clearly advanced the power and

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action of consciousness in the
material world.

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Each new power brings something
valuable and unique to the

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manifestation of our universe.
Each power strives to enhance

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its own action and influence the
others.

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The mental power is no
different.

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Human beings have recognized the
trade-offs and limitations

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involved and have striven to
find a way to create a more

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powerful, more concentrated and
more pure mental action in the

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world.
In order to do this, some have

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tried to simply abandon or
suppress the external life and

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its demands.
Others have focused on trying to

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shift their concentration purely
into the mental realm,

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disregarding as much as possible
the demands of life and body.

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Still others have attempted to
impose the powers of the mind on

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the life energy and the physical
existence.

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We have strong and visible
evidence of the impacts of mind

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on life and matter all around us
as we see mind inventing,

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reshaping and redirecting the
other principles, albeit with

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many unintended consequences
that need to be addressed to

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establish a long term beneficial
action.

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Much of this is done through the
development of technological

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aids, yet the inherent power of
the mind is not dependent on

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such aids.
For this reason, modern research

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is taking up the questions long
posed by yogic practitioners,

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namely how to go about
liberating and deploying the

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innate powers of mind.
Research into occult sciences

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such as clairvoyance,
clairaudience, telekinesis,

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remote viewing and powers to
operate technology purely

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through the power of thought and
concentration.

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Our first forays into this
attempt in the West.

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In India, powers developed
through concentration to pasya

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as well as breath control,
Pranayam and the development of

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a state of inner silence and
yogic trance.

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Tyana and samati have shown
remarkable results in freeing

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the mind from the control and
influence of the vital.

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Much of this action in reality
is the influence of yet higher

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statuses of consciousness acting
through the being and

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establishing their initial
presence in the evolutionary

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cycle of which we are apart.
Much work remains to be done to

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fully establish the mind as the
true leader of the life and

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body.
Currently, the mind is in fact

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very much manipulated by the
vital energy in order to carry

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out the desires and impulsions
proposed by the vital.

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Only through serious inner
observation can the mind free

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itself from this subjection.
In the end, the Mount Mental

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force itself is a limited power
and is therefore unable to gain

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fully control and mastery
according to its aspiration.

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It is the advent of a yet higher
power of consciousness that can

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fully see, organize, understand
and control body, life and mind

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that such mastery can truly
result.

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And this in turn needs the
guidance of the true soul, the

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psychic being, to turn the focus
on contacting, receiving and

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expressing the next level of
conscious evolution in the

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world.
Shrioro Bindo notes quote a

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certain fundamental subjection
of mind to life and matter, and

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an acceptance of this
subjection.

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An inability to make the law of
mind directly dominant and

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modify by its powers the blinder
law and operations of these

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inferior forces of being,
remains even in the midst of our

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greatest mental mastery over
self and things.

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But this limitation is not
insuperable.

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It is the interest of occult
knowledge that it shows us, and

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a dynamic force of spiritual
knowledge brings us the same

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evidence that this subjection of
mind to matter of the spirit to

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a lesser law of life, is not
what it at first appears to be,

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a fundamental condition of
things, an inviolable and

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unalterable rule of nature.
The greatest, most momentous

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natural discovery that man can
make is this, that mind, and

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still more the force of the
Spirit, can in many tried and

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yet untried ways and in all
directions, by its own nature

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and direct power, and not only
by devices and contrivances such

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as the superior material
instrumentation discovered by

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physical science.
Overcome and control life and

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matter.
End Quote.

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Reference Srioro Bindu and the
Mother Powers within, Chapter

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18.
Mind page 141.