Sept. 6, 2024
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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One of the ways we tend to limit
ourselves is to decide in
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advance that we cannot succeed
at something, that we don't have
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the education, the experience,
the skill, or the necessary
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training to accomplish that
task.
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We imprison ourselves within our
narrow range by this type of
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mental restriction.
Instead of experiencing life
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trying to do new things, we give
up before we start.
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The disciple asks.
Sometimes there are latent
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powers in us which we are
unaware to do a work.
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How is 1.
To know whether one is capable
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of doing it or not?
The mother observes.
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Quote.
How can one know whether one is
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capable of doing it or not?
By trying.
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That's the best thing.
And if you do not succeed
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immediately, persevere.
And you must know that if a
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strong urge, a very strong urge
to do something comes to you,
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that means this work has
something to do with you and you
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are capable of doing it.
But one can have powers which
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are so well hidden that one has
to dig long before finding them.
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So you must not get discouraged
at the first set back.
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You must persist.
End Quote reference Sri or
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Obindo and the Mother powers
within chapter 1.
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Latent Powers.
Page 8.
00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:05,800
One of the ways we tend to limit
ourselves is to decide in
2
00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:10,560
advance that we cannot succeed
at something, that we don't have
3
00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:15,760
the education, the experience,
the skill, or the necessary
4
00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:18,520
training to accomplish that
task.
5
00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:23,680
We imprison ourselves within our
narrow range by this type of
6
00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:27,720
mental restriction.
Instead of experiencing life
7
00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:32,800
trying to do new things, we give
up before we start.
8
00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:37,800
The disciple asks.
Sometimes there are latent
9
00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:42,400
powers in us which we are
unaware to do a work.
10
00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:44,560
How is 1.
To know whether one is capable
11
00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:48,520
of doing it or not?
The mother observes.
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00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:51,800
Quote.
How can one know whether one is
13
00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:54,880
capable of doing it or not?
By trying.
14
00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:59,240
That's the best thing.
And if you do not succeed
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00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:04,000
immediately, persevere.
And you must know that if a
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00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:08,400
strong urge, a very strong urge
to do something comes to you,
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00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:13,320
that means this work has
something to do with you and you
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00:01:13,320 --> 00:01:17,400
are capable of doing it.
But one can have powers which
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00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:22,040
are so well hidden that one has
to dig long before finding them.
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00:01:22,960 --> 00:01:26,840
So you must not get discouraged
at the first set back.
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00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:33,320
You must persist.
End Quote reference Sri or
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Obindo and the Mother powers
within chapter 1.
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Latent Powers.
Page 8.