Guarding One’s Faith

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Faith as described by SRI
aurobindo.

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And the mother is not a dogmatic
acceptance of a system of ideas,

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were articles of Faith.
Rather it is a form of knowledge

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that arises from deeper within
from the soul and its connection

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with the universe, which
provides a certainty that goes

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beyond the capacities of the
mind and its analytical, or

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Organizational skill set.
This faith is subject to attack

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as the Mind, does not know how
to relate to it.

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The vital may have objectives
that are contrary to the

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guidance of the faith, for the
Fulfillment of the life.

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And the body may wish to satisfy
its Comforts and enjoyment.

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Despite the urgings of that
deeper knowing, there are also

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the influences of family and
friends of the society and its

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expectations.
And then there are the forces

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that actively opposed for their
own reasons related to getting

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and exercising power or
domination, the promptings of

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the soul and its knowledge.
Thus faith is constantly being

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assailed by naysaying and denial
by Temptations and offers of

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worldly success and thereby, the
connection can be cut or lost.

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It is a principle of nature that
the young are weaker and more

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subject to being destroyed by
powerful forces.

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We protect the young Tree by
staking it.

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So that the winds cannot destroy
it.

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Prior to its setting down,
strong roots, we protect the

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baby in the young child, as they
have no way to protect

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themselves.
In a similar way, it is

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necessary to guard and protect
the young stirrings of Faith.

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From the doubts of the Mind, the
force of the vital and the

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influence of external powers and
circumstances.

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Once the faith, the deeper
knowledge of the Soul becomes

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more firmly established, it will
wind up protecting and guiding

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the other elements of the being.
The mother writes quote one must

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watch over one's Faith as one
watches over the birth of

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something infinitely, precious
and protected very carefully

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from everything that can impair
it in the ignorance and darkness

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of the beginning.
Faith is the most direct

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expression of the divine power
which comes to fight and Conquer

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and quote.
Reference SRI aurobindo in the

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mother growing within the
psychology of inner development.

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Chapter 3 growth of
Consciousness basic requisites

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page 45.