How to Develop New Powers of Action
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YouTube reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Powers Within, Chapter I Latent Powers, pg. 8 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/09/01/how-to-develop-new-powers-of-action/
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0:01 One of the ways we tend to limit ourselves is to decide in advance that we cannot succeed at something, that we don't have the education, the experience, the skill, or the necessary training to accomplish that task. We imprison ourselves within our narrow range by this type of mental restriction. Instead of experiencing life trying to do new things, we give up before we start. The disciple asks. Sometimes there are latent powers in us which we are unaware to do a work.
0:42 How is 1. To know whether one is capable of doing it or not? The mother observes. Quote. How can one know whether one is capable of doing it or not? By trying. That's the best thing. And if you do not succeed immediately, persevere. And you must know that if a strong urge, a very strong urge to do something comes to you, that means this work has something to do with you and you are capable of doing it. But one can have powers which are so well hidden that one has to dig long before finding them.
1:22 So you must not get discouraged at the first set back. You must persist. End Quote reference Sri or Obindo and the Mother powers within chapter 1. Latent Powers. Page 8.