Inner Growth Differs from Modern Concepts of Growth of Awareness

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We have seen a phenomenal growth
of practices that bring

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attention to our daily actions.
Mindfulness training asks us to

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attend each movement, each step
each bite of food and each

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thought and emotion.
Clearly, with the amount of

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distraction we suffer from, as a
result of our love affair with

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technology, mobile phones
tablet, computers, internet

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television radio, and streaming,
audio and music.

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There's barely any time in our
lives to Simply attend to what

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we are actually doing.
We eat while interacting with

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our mobile phone texting or
surfing the internet, we play

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music while we work.
And in many cases, television is

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running constantly day and night
as a background to all our

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activities.
Even students in school are

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constantly distracted with the
invasion of Technology.

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Thus, we lose track of the
actual functioning and needs of

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our body, our life energy and
our mind.

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It is also true that we are not
in touch with the actual

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underlying motive Springs of
thought, feeling and action that

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lie in the subconscious levels
of are being or which enter us

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from the environment and
external forces, awareness

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training of various types May
focus on getting in touch with

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this level of perception.
Because of the confusion between

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the idea of personal growth and
the idea of inner growth, we

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believe that mindfulness
practices are part of our

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spiritual growth.
Dr. Dalal clarifies, that the

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training and awareness.
And its various forms is

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primarily to enhance the action
and power of our external being

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and personality and is not in
and of itself.

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A spiritual practice nor does it
necessarily lead to spiritual

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experience or spiritual inner
growth, awareness if focused on

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developing a relationship to the
soul, And it's linked to the

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universal creation and the
Divine May of course, be part of

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the spiritual awakening and
development.

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This however is a different form
of practice than what is

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predominantly known as awareness
training.

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Dr. Dalal notes, quote inner
growth needs to be

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distinguished.
Also, from what is commonly

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called growth of awareness
sought to be fostered by various

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modern psychological methods and
techniques.

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The term awareness as used in
modern psychology has acquired a

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wide range of meanings and
connotations ranging from the

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detection of a very weak sensory
stimulus such as a dim light to

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the acquisition of Site into the
unconscious Dynamics, which

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motivate one's actions.
From the Viewpoint of yoga

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psychology.
What is called awareness in?

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Gestalt therapy and other
similar approaches of

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psychological growth refers to
awareness of the outer or

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Surface being consisting of
physical vital, and mental parts

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of the human makeup.
Growth of such awareness lies

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and becoming more and more aware
of one's body feelings emotions

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and thoughts.
Inner growth, on the other hand,

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pertains to the progressive.
Awakening and awareness of the

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inner and higher parts of the
being and quote, reference, SRI

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aurobindo in the mother growing
within the psychology of inner

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development, introduction.
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