How to Recognise the Divine Will

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We get prompted inwardly to do
something.

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In some cases we have
conflicting impulses or

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reactions.
We wonder how to distinguish the

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divine will from all the other
drives, motives, forces, and

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options that confront us.
Add to this the complications of

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the vital nature in its attempts
to justify and fulfill its

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desires.
Having the ability to convince

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the mind about what it wants, we
thus effectively paralyze the

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mental understanding through
this vital interaction.

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Then we have the mind itself
with its ideas, philosophies,

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religious tenets, moral rules
that tries to superimpose these

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onto the being without reference
to any higher power or source.

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In some cases these rules lead
to an awakening of what we call

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the conscience, which is
actually mainly just the

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conflict between the vital
nature and the mental rules that

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have been drummed into us.
There are several indicators of

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the divine will within this
framework.

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The vital demands are generally
loud and powerful, while the

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voice of the psychic being is
generally quiet and non

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insistent.
The framework of the mental

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consciousness reveals itself as
we are able to adopt the

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standpoint of the witness
consciousness as rigid and

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limited, as opposed to taking a
more wide and flexible approach.

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And in each case, the physical
vital mental being primarily

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looks at things from its own ego
standpoint and the benefit it

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can accrue from whatever the
proposed action turns out to be.

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These are signs of the control,
or at least the admixture of the

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ego consciousness rather than
the divine consciousness.

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The Mother provides us a
methodology for recognizing the

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Divine will.
It requires a separation of the

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inner observer from the outer
nature, and then the ability to

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listen to the quiet voice of the
psychic being, which channels

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the divine intention and the
absolute sincerity to follow

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this guidance when it comes.
The Mother observes.

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Quote.
How are we to know, you will

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ask, when it is the Divine will
that makes us act?

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The Divine will is not difficult
to recognize.

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It is unmistakable.
You can know it without being

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very far on the path.
Only you must listen to its

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voice, the small voice that is
here in the heart.

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Once you are accustomed to
listen, if you do anything that

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is contrary to the Divine will,
you feel an uneasiness.

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If you persist on the wrong
track, you get very much

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disturbed.
If, however, you give some

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material excuses, the cause of
your uneasiness, and proceed on

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your way, you gradually lose the
faculty of perception, and

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finally you may go on doing all
kinds of wrong and feel no

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uneasiness.
But if when once you feel the

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least disturbance, you stop and
ask of your inner self what is

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the cause of this, then you do
get the real answer and the

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whole thing becomes quite clear.
Do not try to give a material

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excuse when you feel a little
depression or a slight

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uneasiness.
When you stop and look about for

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the reason, be absolutely
straight and sincere.

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At first, your mind will
construct a very plausible and

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beautiful explanation.
Do not accept it, but look

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beyond and ask what is it that
is behind this movement?

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Why am I doing this?
Finally, you will discover

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hidden in a corner, the little
ripple, a slight wrong turn or

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twist in your attitude that is
caused the trouble or

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disturbance.
End Quote Reference Sri

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Aurobindo and the Mother looking
from Within, Chapter 5,

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Attitudes on the Path, page 121.