April 4, 2024
How to Gain Control Over the Subconscient Impact on the External Being
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YouTube reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, The Hidden Forces of Life, Ch. 2 Hidden Forces Within, pg. 40 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/04/02/how-to-gain-control-over-the-subconscient-impact-on-the-external-being/
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Ideally we want some kind of a
pill we can take, some kind of
2
00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:10,280
an instant solution, some magic
formula that will instantly
3
00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:14,840
resolve some difficulty we face
when a subconscient formation
4
00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:18,600
has been triggered.
We react without any advance
5
00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:22,520
warning when this occurs.
It is also the source of many
6
00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:26,560
deep seated psychological
responses, whether in terms of
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00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:30,840
our emotional response, our
physical response, or any
8
00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:33,680
habitual patterns we have
developed over time.
9
00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:39,000
This includes things such as
addictive behavior, emotional
10
00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:43,320
eating, and various forms of
codependent relationships.
11
00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:48,280
If it were only so simple to
take a pill and have the
12
00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:52,000
situations all fully resolved
for all time.
13
00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:58,440
Just as we find with any attempt
to carry out a diet or eliminate
14
00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:03,520
addictions to tobacco, alcohol
or other drugs, the idea of
15
00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:09,000
simply exercising willpower or
making a resolution of some sort
16
00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:15,080
does not ensure success.
In fact, judging by the results
17
00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:19,240
most people obtain, it is not
truly a matter of being weak
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00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:22,000
willed.
Although people then blame
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00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:26,200
themselves and further embed
negative emotions and traumas
20
00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:29,960
into the subconscious through
this self blaming that they
21
00:01:29,960 --> 00:01:33,960
undertake or through the
external shaming and finger
22
00:01:33,960 --> 00:01:37,880
pointing that comes from their
family, friends and people they
23
00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:43,200
interact with in society.
Mass media and social media
24
00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:48,160
reinforce these things, both the
negative addictive behaviors
25
00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:54,160
that the individual grapples
with and the failure to resolve
26
00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:59,000
it through willpower alone.
All of this can be seen as
27
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counterproductive in any real
sense.
28
00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:07,240
Thus, people then try to turn to
chemistry, and the society
29
00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:11,480
focuses resources on developing
pharmaceutical approaches to
30
00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:14,840
overcome addictions that are
associated with physical
31
00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:18,880
activities, including weight
loss, drugs and various drugs
32
00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:22,880
that help relieve the stress of
nicotine or alcohol addiction,
33
00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:27,680
et cetera.
All of these approaches may be
34
00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:32,040
useful to some degree as part of
a larger, more comprehensive
35
00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:35,360
process.
But they fail on their own
36
00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:40,160
because they do not get to the
root of the issue, which is the
37
00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:45,440
encapsulated trauma embedded in
the very cells of the body and
38
00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:48,240
in the trained memory of the
subconscious mind.
39
00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:53,400
And they then try to suppress or
tamp down the behavior when it
40
00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:57,920
arises without actually
eliminating the underlying
41
00:02:57,920 --> 00:03:00,680
formation that causes these
things.
42
00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:06,120
It is in fact, For these reasons
that Trioro Bindo suggested that
43
00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:10,480
rather than rooting around in
the subconscient levels, the
44
00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:13,600
practitioner should focus the
effort on redirecting the
45
00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:18,120
attention to the higher super
conscient force, becoming
46
00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:21,160
receptive to it, and let it
work.
47
00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:25,560
The light of the higher planes
of consciousness can do what our
48
00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:29,880
mental, vital physical
approaches cannot do, which is
49
00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:33,920
expose the interconnected
elements of the formation to the
50
00:03:33,920 --> 00:03:39,560
light and rewire the reactive
process tied to the formation.
51
00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:46,320
Pavitra asks how to do it, The
mother responds.
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Quote How to do it, Mother
laughs.
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How to do it?
It is the same thing as the same
54
00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:57,920
method as knowing how to destroy
a formation.
55
00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:03,280
You understand it is a certain
strength to dissolve things
56
00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:07,800
which can undo formations.
It depends on the nature of the
57
00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:11,520
formation.
If it is like this, a formation
58
00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:15,520
of an adverse kind, then you
need the force of a perfectly
59
00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:19,360
pure constructive light.
If you have this at your
60
00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:23,680
disposal, all that you have to
do is to bombard the thing with
61
00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:28,120
it and you can dissolve it.
But it is an operation which
62
00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:30,440
must be performed with inner
forces.
63
00:04:30,840 --> 00:04:35,200
It cannot be done physically.
That is why all physical
64
00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:37,720
remedies you see are simply
palliatives.
65
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They are not cures because they
are not strong enough to touch
66
00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:46,920
the living centre of the thing.
Silence.
67
00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:52,280
The same phenomenon occurs with
moral difficulties.
68
00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:56,560
If one could succeed in
destroying their remembrance,
69
00:04:57,240 --> 00:05:01,400
destroying in oneself the memory
of the state one is in when in
70
00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:06,920
that difficulty, If one is
sincere, it would be the end of
71
00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:13,600
all difficulties forever.
End Quote Reference Sri
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Aurobindo and the Mother, The
Hidden Forces of Life, Chapter
73
00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:20,880
2, Hidden Forces within page 40.
00:00:01,400 --> 00:00:05,480
Ideally we want some kind of a
pill we can take, some kind of
2
00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:10,280
an instant solution, some magic
formula that will instantly
3
00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:14,840
resolve some difficulty we face
when a subconscient formation
4
00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:18,600
has been triggered.
We react without any advance
5
00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:22,520
warning when this occurs.
It is also the source of many
6
00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:26,560
deep seated psychological
responses, whether in terms of
7
00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:30,840
our emotional response, our
physical response, or any
8
00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:33,680
habitual patterns we have
developed over time.
9
00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:39,000
This includes things such as
addictive behavior, emotional
10
00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:43,320
eating, and various forms of
codependent relationships.
11
00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:48,280
If it were only so simple to
take a pill and have the
12
00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:52,000
situations all fully resolved
for all time.
13
00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:58,440
Just as we find with any attempt
to carry out a diet or eliminate
14
00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:03,520
addictions to tobacco, alcohol
or other drugs, the idea of
15
00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:09,000
simply exercising willpower or
making a resolution of some sort
16
00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:15,080
does not ensure success.
In fact, judging by the results
17
00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:19,240
most people obtain, it is not
truly a matter of being weak
18
00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:22,000
willed.
Although people then blame
19
00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:26,200
themselves and further embed
negative emotions and traumas
20
00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:29,960
into the subconscious through
this self blaming that they
21
00:01:29,960 --> 00:01:33,960
undertake or through the
external shaming and finger
22
00:01:33,960 --> 00:01:37,880
pointing that comes from their
family, friends and people they
23
00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:43,200
interact with in society.
Mass media and social media
24
00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:48,160
reinforce these things, both the
negative addictive behaviors
25
00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:54,160
that the individual grapples
with and the failure to resolve
26
00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:59,000
it through willpower alone.
All of this can be seen as
27
00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,360
counterproductive in any real
sense.
28
00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:07,240
Thus, people then try to turn to
chemistry, and the society
29
00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:11,480
focuses resources on developing
pharmaceutical approaches to
30
00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:14,840
overcome addictions that are
associated with physical
31
00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:18,880
activities, including weight
loss, drugs and various drugs
32
00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:22,880
that help relieve the stress of
nicotine or alcohol addiction,
33
00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:27,680
et cetera.
All of these approaches may be
34
00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:32,040
useful to some degree as part of
a larger, more comprehensive
35
00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:35,360
process.
But they fail on their own
36
00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:40,160
because they do not get to the
root of the issue, which is the
37
00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:45,440
encapsulated trauma embedded in
the very cells of the body and
38
00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:48,240
in the trained memory of the
subconscious mind.
39
00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:53,400
And they then try to suppress or
tamp down the behavior when it
40
00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:57,920
arises without actually
eliminating the underlying
41
00:02:57,920 --> 00:03:00,680
formation that causes these
things.
42
00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:06,120
It is in fact, For these reasons
that Trioro Bindo suggested that
43
00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:10,480
rather than rooting around in
the subconscient levels, the
44
00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:13,600
practitioner should focus the
effort on redirecting the
45
00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:18,120
attention to the higher super
conscient force, becoming
46
00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:21,160
receptive to it, and let it
work.
47
00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:25,560
The light of the higher planes
of consciousness can do what our
48
00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:29,880
mental, vital physical
approaches cannot do, which is
49
00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:33,920
expose the interconnected
elements of the formation to the
50
00:03:33,920 --> 00:03:39,560
light and rewire the reactive
process tied to the formation.
51
00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:46,320
Pavitra asks how to do it, The
mother responds.
52
00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:50,400
Quote How to do it, Mother
laughs.
53
00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:54,080
How to do it?
It is the same thing as the same
54
00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:57,920
method as knowing how to destroy
a formation.
55
00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:03,280
You understand it is a certain
strength to dissolve things
56
00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:07,800
which can undo formations.
It depends on the nature of the
57
00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:11,520
formation.
If it is like this, a formation
58
00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:15,520
of an adverse kind, then you
need the force of a perfectly
59
00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:19,360
pure constructive light.
If you have this at your
60
00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:23,680
disposal, all that you have to
do is to bombard the thing with
61
00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:28,120
it and you can dissolve it.
But it is an operation which
62
00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:30,440
must be performed with inner
forces.
63
00:04:30,840 --> 00:04:35,200
It cannot be done physically.
That is why all physical
64
00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:37,720
remedies you see are simply
palliatives.
65
00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:42,480
They are not cures because they
are not strong enough to touch
66
00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:46,920
the living centre of the thing.
Silence.
67
00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:52,280
The same phenomenon occurs with
moral difficulties.
68
00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:56,560
If one could succeed in
destroying their remembrance,
69
00:04:57,240 --> 00:05:01,400
destroying in oneself the memory
of the state one is in when in
70
00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:06,920
that difficulty, If one is
sincere, it would be the end of
71
00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:13,600
all difficulties forever.
End Quote Reference Sri
72
00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:17,160
Aurobindo and the Mother, The
Hidden Forces of Life, Chapter
73
00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:20,880
2, Hidden Forces within page 40.