Jan. 31, 2025
Intuition and the Need for Self-Surrender
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YouTube reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Powers Within, Chapter XXI Intuition, pg. 161 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/01/29/intuition-and-the-need-for-self-surrender/
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We get an intimation of what we
should do, how we should respond
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to a situation.
Then all the excuses and
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justifications and needs and
temporizing begin.
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And we find that there are good
reasons why we should not do
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exactly in the precise way that
the inner guidance tells us
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something should be done.
It is not the time.
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There are so many issues or
obstacles.
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There may be negative
consequences from feedback or.
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Pushback when we try to act.
Whatever it may be, the guidance
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gets watered down.
Generally, this may be due to
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fear, self-interest, desire,
laziness or a form of mental
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arrogance based on a knowledge
of how things are done.
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In order for the inner guidance
to have its optimum impact, the
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seeker must be able to overcome
these neutralizing effects and
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that is why the mother calls for
a complete surrender, implying
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that the mental, vital and
physical resistances basically
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get out of the way of the
process without taking into
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account self-interest or any
kind of bargaining, the mother
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writes.
Quote And there comes a time
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when 1 feels a kind of inner
guidance, something which is
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leading one very perceptibly in
all that one does.
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But then for the guidance to
have its maximum power, one must
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naturally add to it a conscious
surrender.
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One must be sincerely determined
to follow the indication given
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by the higher force.
If one does that, then one saves
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years of study.
One can seize the result
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extremely rapidly.
If one also does that, the
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result comes very rapidly, but
for that it must be done with
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00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:04,360
sincerity and a kind of inner
spontaneity.
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If one wants to try without this
surrender, one may succeed, as
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one can also succeed in
developing 1's personal will and
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making it into a very
considerable power.
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But that takes a very long time
and one meets many obstacles and
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the result is very precarious.
One must be very persistent,
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obstinate, persevering, and one
is sure to succeed, but only
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after a great labor.
Make your surrender with a
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sincere, complete, self giving
and you will go ahead at full
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speed.
You will go much faster.
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But you must not do this
calculatingly, for that spoils
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everything.
End Quote Reference Sri
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Aurobindo and the Mother Powers
within, Chapter 21 Intuition,
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page 161.
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We get an intimation of what we
should do, how we should respond
2
00:00:04,520 --> 00:00:08,640
to a situation.
Then all the excuses and
3
00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:11,960
justifications and needs and
temporizing begin.
4
00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:16,840
And we find that there are good
reasons why we should not do
5
00:00:17,080 --> 00:00:22,360
exactly in the precise way that
the inner guidance tells us
6
00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:26,040
something should be done.
It is not the time.
7
00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:29,120
There are so many issues or
obstacles.
8
00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:32,640
There may be negative
consequences from feedback or.
9
00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:37,880
Pushback when we try to act.
Whatever it may be, the guidance
10
00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:41,640
gets watered down.
Generally, this may be due to
11
00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:48,720
fear, self-interest, desire,
laziness or a form of mental
12
00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:52,240
arrogance based on a knowledge
of how things are done.
13
00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:57,760
In order for the inner guidance
to have its optimum impact, the
14
00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:02,520
seeker must be able to overcome
these neutralizing effects and
15
00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:06,880
that is why the mother calls for
a complete surrender, implying
16
00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:11,320
that the mental, vital and
physical resistances basically
17
00:01:11,320 --> 00:01:15,080
get out of the way of the
process without taking into
18
00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:20,760
account self-interest or any
kind of bargaining, the mother
19
00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:24,320
writes.
Quote And there comes a time
20
00:01:24,320 --> 00:01:27,280
when 1 feels a kind of inner
guidance, something which is
21
00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:31,160
leading one very perceptibly in
all that one does.
22
00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:36,240
But then for the guidance to
have its maximum power, one must
23
00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:38,720
naturally add to it a conscious
surrender.
24
00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:43,200
One must be sincerely determined
to follow the indication given
25
00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:48,440
by the higher force.
If one does that, then one saves
26
00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:51,480
years of study.
One can seize the result
27
00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:55,320
extremely rapidly.
If one also does that, the
28
00:01:55,320 --> 00:02:00,600
result comes very rapidly, but
for that it must be done with
29
00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:04,360
sincerity and a kind of inner
spontaneity.
30
00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:09,840
If one wants to try without this
surrender, one may succeed, as
31
00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:13,320
one can also succeed in
developing 1's personal will and
32
00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:16,480
making it into a very
considerable power.
33
00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:22,080
But that takes a very long time
and one meets many obstacles and
34
00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:26,520
the result is very precarious.
One must be very persistent,
35
00:02:26,640 --> 00:02:31,240
obstinate, persevering, and one
is sure to succeed, but only
36
00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:36,120
after a great labor.
Make your surrender with a
37
00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:40,400
sincere, complete, self giving
and you will go ahead at full
38
00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:43,360
speed.
You will go much faster.
39
00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:48,720
But you must not do this
calculatingly, for that spoils
40
00:02:48,920 --> 00:02:53,560
everything.
End Quote Reference Sri
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Aurobindo and the Mother Powers
within, Chapter 21 Intuition,
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page 161.