Oct. 22, 2024
Healing the Body Through Spiritual Force or Through Faith
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YouTube reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Powers Within, Chapter VI Faith, pp. 55-56 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/10/19/healing-the-body-through-spiritual-force-or-through-faith/
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We tend to believe that an
individual who has a strong
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mental development has
advantages in all fields of
3
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life.
It is true that the mind has
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provided some strong benefits,
particularly in navigating the
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external world, society, career,
etcetera.
6
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Yet it has its own drawbacks as
well.
7
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The mind is subject to
variability that weakens its
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ability to impact the body in a
positive direction.
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The mind is constantly jumping
from one thing to another and it
10
00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:38,360
entertains all manner of
thoughts, including those that
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00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:42,760
support the process of healing
the body, but also those that
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00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:46,920
hinder that process.
The mind is subject to doubt, to
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00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:51,560
questioning, to scepticism, all
of which weaken the intense
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00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:55,360
focus necessary to have a
lasting impact on the body's
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00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:58,360
health.
The mother points out that a
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00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:02,200
simple person who has faith is
able to open up to healing
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forces, and through that
receptivity and constancy, the
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00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:09,360
force can be more effective in
its action on the body.
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For a highly developmental
individual to accomplish this,
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he must be able to make a
transition to a higher stage of
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00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:22,160
the evolutionary cycle, going
beyond the mental to the
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spiritual realm of evolution.
A disciple asks mother by a
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mental effort, for instance, the
resolution not to take medicines
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when one is ill.
Can one succeed in making the
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body understand?
The Mother notes quote.
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That is not enough.
A mental resolution is not
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enough.
No, there are subtle reactions
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in your body which do not obey
the mental resolution.
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It is not enough.
Something else is needed.
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Other regions must be contacted.
A.
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Power higher than the mines is
needed.
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No, it is not in the mental
field that the victories are
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00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:05,040
won.
It is.
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Impossible.
It is open to all influences,
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all contradictory currents.
All the mental constructions one
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00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:15,280
makes carry their own
contradiction with them.
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One can try to overrule it or
make it as harmless as possible,
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00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:22,560
but it exists.
It is.
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There, and at the slightest
weakness or lack of vigilance or
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00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,880
inadvertence, it enters and
destroys all the.
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Work.
Mentally 1 arrives at very few
42
00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:36,240
results and they are always
mixed.
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Something else is needed.
One must pass from the mind into
44
00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:43,960
the domain of faith or of a
higher.
45
00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:47,400
Consciousness to be able to act
with safety.
46
00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:51,520
It is quite obvious that one of
the most powerful means for
47
00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:53,200
acting.
On the body is faith.
48
00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,960
People who have a simple heart,
not a very complicated mind.
49
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Simple people, you see, who
don't have a very great very.
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00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:06,960
Complicated mental development.
But have a very deep faith, have
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00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,440
a great power of action over
their bodies.
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Very great.
That is why one is quite
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00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:15,760
surprised at times.
Here's a man with a great
54
00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:20,760
realization, an exceptional
person, and he is a slave of all
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the smallest physical things.
While this man, well he is so
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00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:27,080
simple and looks.
So uncouth.
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But he has a great faith and
goes through difficulties and
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obstacles like a conqueror.
I don't say that a highly
59
00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:40,520
cultured man can't have faith,
but it is more difficult, for
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there is always this mental.
Element which?
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Contradicts.
Discusses tries to understand,
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which is difficult to convince.
Which wants.
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Proofs.
His faith is less pure.
64
00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:58,880
It is necessary then to pass on
to a higher degree in the
65
00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:03,320
evolutionary spiral, pass from
the mental to the spiritual.
66
00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:08,920
Then naturally faith takes on a
quality of a very high order.
67
00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:14,960
But I mean that in daily life,
ordinary life, a very simple man
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00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:19,240
who has a very ardent faith can
have a mastery over his body
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without it being truly a
mastery.
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It is simply a spontaneous
movement.
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A control.
Over his body far greater than
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00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:31,640
somebody who has reached a much
higher development.
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End Quote.
Reference Srioro Bindu and the
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Mother Powers within, Chapter 6,
Faith, pages 55 to 56.
00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:04,280
We tend to believe that an
individual who has a strong
2
00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:07,560
mental development has
advantages in all fields of
3
00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:10,680
life.
It is true that the mind has
4
00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:15,080
provided some strong benefits,
particularly in navigating the
5
00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:18,960
external world, society, career,
etcetera.
6
00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:22,120
Yet it has its own drawbacks as
well.
7
00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:25,880
The mind is subject to
variability that weakens its
8
00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:29,440
ability to impact the body in a
positive direction.
9
00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:34,400
The mind is constantly jumping
from one thing to another and it
10
00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:38,360
entertains all manner of
thoughts, including those that
11
00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:42,760
support the process of healing
the body, but also those that
12
00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:46,920
hinder that process.
The mind is subject to doubt, to
13
00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:51,560
questioning, to scepticism, all
of which weaken the intense
14
00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:55,360
focus necessary to have a
lasting impact on the body's
15
00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:58,360
health.
The mother points out that a
16
00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:02,200
simple person who has faith is
able to open up to healing
17
00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:06,400
forces, and through that
receptivity and constancy, the
18
00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:09,360
force can be more effective in
its action on the body.
19
00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:13,680
For a highly developmental
individual to accomplish this,
20
00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:18,160
he must be able to make a
transition to a higher stage of
21
00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:22,160
the evolutionary cycle, going
beyond the mental to the
22
00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:28,200
spiritual realm of evolution.
A disciple asks mother by a
23
00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:32,400
mental effort, for instance, the
resolution not to take medicines
24
00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:35,640
when one is ill.
Can one succeed in making the
25
00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:39,800
body understand?
The Mother notes quote.
26
00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:43,920
That is not enough.
A mental resolution is not
27
00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:47,120
enough.
No, there are subtle reactions
28
00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:50,240
in your body which do not obey
the mental resolution.
29
00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:54,120
It is not enough.
Something else is needed.
30
00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:57,480
Other regions must be contacted.
A.
31
00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:00,080
Power higher than the mines is
needed.
32
00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,960
No, it is not in the mental
field that the victories are
33
00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:05,040
won.
It is.
34
00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:08,280
Impossible.
It is open to all influences,
35
00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:12,480
all contradictory currents.
All the mental constructions one
36
00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:15,280
makes carry their own
contradiction with them.
37
00:02:15,920 --> 00:02:20,080
One can try to overrule it or
make it as harmless as possible,
38
00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:22,560
but it exists.
It is.
39
00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:26,000
There, and at the slightest
weakness or lack of vigilance or
40
00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,880
inadvertence, it enters and
destroys all the.
41
00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:33,440
Work.
Mentally 1 arrives at very few
42
00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:36,240
results and they are always
mixed.
43
00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:41,160
Something else is needed.
One must pass from the mind into
44
00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:43,960
the domain of faith or of a
higher.
45
00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:47,400
Consciousness to be able to act
with safety.
46
00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:51,520
It is quite obvious that one of
the most powerful means for
47
00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:53,200
acting.
On the body is faith.
48
00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,960
People who have a simple heart,
not a very complicated mind.
49
00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:02,120
Simple people, you see, who
don't have a very great very.
50
00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:06,960
Complicated mental development.
But have a very deep faith, have
51
00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,440
a great power of action over
their bodies.
52
00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:12,400
Very great.
That is why one is quite
53
00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:15,760
surprised at times.
Here's a man with a great
54
00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:20,760
realization, an exceptional
person, and he is a slave of all
55
00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:25,080
the smallest physical things.
While this man, well he is so
56
00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:27,080
simple and looks.
So uncouth.
57
00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:31,320
But he has a great faith and
goes through difficulties and
58
00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:35,880
obstacles like a conqueror.
I don't say that a highly
59
00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:40,520
cultured man can't have faith,
but it is more difficult, for
60
00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:43,400
there is always this mental.
Element which?
61
00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:47,880
Contradicts.
Discusses tries to understand,
62
00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:51,120
which is difficult to convince.
Which wants.
63
00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:54,720
Proofs.
His faith is less pure.
64
00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:58,880
It is necessary then to pass on
to a higher degree in the
65
00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:03,320
evolutionary spiral, pass from
the mental to the spiritual.
66
00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:08,920
Then naturally faith takes on a
quality of a very high order.
67
00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:14,960
But I mean that in daily life,
ordinary life, a very simple man
68
00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:19,240
who has a very ardent faith can
have a mastery over his body
69
00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,160
without it being truly a
mastery.
70
00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:24,800
It is simply a spontaneous
movement.
71
00:04:25,280 --> 00:04:28,440
A control.
Over his body far greater than
72
00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:31,640
somebody who has reached a much
higher development.
73
00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:36,000
End Quote.
Reference Srioro Bindu and the
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Mother Powers within, Chapter 6,
Faith, pages 55 to 56.