Aug. 27, 2024
Latent Occult Powers Are Being Recognised and Acknowledged
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YouTube reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Powers Within, Introduction, pp. x-xi This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/08/22/latent-occult-powers-are-being-recognized-and-acknowledged/
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Our attitude to the development
of what many call psychic powers
2
00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:10,040
is ambivalent at best.
Our popular culture is awash
3
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with movies, books, television
programs, and any number of
4
00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:19,480
healers, psychics and occult
practitioners plying their trade
5
00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:23,920
in our society.
At the same time, while these
6
00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:27,840
themes and services are
extremely popular, we tend to
7
00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:32,080
try to dismiss them as being
something less than real because
8
00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:37,320
of the impalpable nature of some
of these powers, as well as due
9
00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:40,920
to the amount of deception and
outright fraud that has been
10
00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:45,360
committed under the sign of some
of these powers by those who
11
00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:47,400
want to take advantage of the
gullible.
12
00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:52,200
Who cannot distinguish the true
from the false in a field that
13
00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:55,640
is just emerging in our lives in
a serious way?
14
00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:00,600
Those who have real experiences
sometimes are afraid to speak
15
00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:03,960
about them through fear that
they will be ridiculed or even
16
00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:07,560
ostracized.
The actress Shirley MacLaine
17
00:01:07,960 --> 00:01:11,840
broke ground by describing some
of her experiences, and in
18
00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:16,440
particular an astral projection
experience she lived through in
19
00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:20,520
her book and the film made from
the book Out on a Limb.
20
00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:25,040
It is clear that a large number
of people have at some time in
21
00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:28,920
their lives extraordinary
experiences that they cannot
22
00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:33,680
explain away with the normal
justifications and which they
23
00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:38,960
understand intuitively relate to
a deeper reality and purpose
24
00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:42,720
than they recognize in their
outer consciousness.
25
00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:47,200
There are documented cases of
people experiencing a sense of a
26
00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:50,760
beloved relative at the moment
of death on a battlefield.
27
00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:55,160
On the other side of the world,
there are numerous instances of
28
00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:59,880
remote viewing, and elite
military units in Russia and the
29
00:01:59,880 --> 00:02:04,360
USA have in fact worked on
developing powers of this type
30
00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:09,039
as military weapons.
Energetic healing modalities
31
00:02:09,039 --> 00:02:13,520
have gained enormous popularity
due to their effectiveness both
32
00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:18,160
in their own right and as an
adjunctive therapy to allopathic
33
00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:22,920
treatments to help mitigate side
effects and pain and speed
34
00:02:22,920 --> 00:02:26,640
healing.
Hypnotism has been used in lieu
35
00:02:26,640 --> 00:02:30,200
of anesthetic, in some cases
quite successfully.
36
00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:35,320
The connection between mind and
body has been validated, and the
37
00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:39,960
ability of the mind to aid in
the healing process is no longer
38
00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:45,040
seriously contested.
Another sign that occult powers
39
00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:50,920
can influence things in the
external world, Doctor de Lal
40
00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:56,120
notes quote When people think of
latent powers, especially in the
41
00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:59,960
East, they often think of occult
powers mentioned a little
42
00:02:59,960 --> 00:03:02,600
earlier.
There are different attitudes
43
00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:05,480
both in the West and the East
towards such powers.
44
00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:09,920
In the West, where such powers
are generally called psychic
45
00:03:09,920 --> 00:03:13,360
abilities, the majority of
people look upon them with
46
00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:17,480
skepticism, attributing belief
in them to credulity and
47
00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:21,080
gullibility.
However, a growing number of
48
00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:25,280
Westerners do believe in the
veracity of abilities claimed by
49
00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:29,840
the psychics, such as the
ability to obtain information
50
00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:34,160
through extracentratory
perception, to affect objects
51
00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:38,840
and persons from a distance, to
heal by invisible means, and the
52
00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:42,360
like.
Despite their erratic nature,
53
00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:46,600
such abilities have been
sporadically employed in
54
00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:49,680
numerous fields, including
medicine and dentistry,
55
00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:54,440
psychotherapy and counseling,
police work, agriculture,
56
00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:58,520
archaeology, and many others.
End Quote.
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Reference.
Srioro Bindu and the Mother
58
00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:05,640
Powers within introduction
pages.
59
00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:07,320
Roman 10:50.
00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:04,920
Our attitude to the development
of what many call psychic powers
2
00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:10,040
is ambivalent at best.
Our popular culture is awash
3
00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:15,320
with movies, books, television
programs, and any number of
4
00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:19,480
healers, psychics and occult
practitioners plying their trade
5
00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:23,920
in our society.
At the same time, while these
6
00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:27,840
themes and services are
extremely popular, we tend to
7
00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:32,080
try to dismiss them as being
something less than real because
8
00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:37,320
of the impalpable nature of some
of these powers, as well as due
9
00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:40,920
to the amount of deception and
outright fraud that has been
10
00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:45,360
committed under the sign of some
of these powers by those who
11
00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:47,400
want to take advantage of the
gullible.
12
00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:52,200
Who cannot distinguish the true
from the false in a field that
13
00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:55,640
is just emerging in our lives in
a serious way?
14
00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:00,600
Those who have real experiences
sometimes are afraid to speak
15
00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:03,960
about them through fear that
they will be ridiculed or even
16
00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:07,560
ostracized.
The actress Shirley MacLaine
17
00:01:07,960 --> 00:01:11,840
broke ground by describing some
of her experiences, and in
18
00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:16,440
particular an astral projection
experience she lived through in
19
00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:20,520
her book and the film made from
the book Out on a Limb.
20
00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:25,040
It is clear that a large number
of people have at some time in
21
00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:28,920
their lives extraordinary
experiences that they cannot
22
00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:33,680
explain away with the normal
justifications and which they
23
00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:38,960
understand intuitively relate to
a deeper reality and purpose
24
00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:42,720
than they recognize in their
outer consciousness.
25
00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:47,200
There are documented cases of
people experiencing a sense of a
26
00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:50,760
beloved relative at the moment
of death on a battlefield.
27
00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:55,160
On the other side of the world,
there are numerous instances of
28
00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:59,880
remote viewing, and elite
military units in Russia and the
29
00:01:59,880 --> 00:02:04,360
USA have in fact worked on
developing powers of this type
30
00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:09,039
as military weapons.
Energetic healing modalities
31
00:02:09,039 --> 00:02:13,520
have gained enormous popularity
due to their effectiveness both
32
00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:18,160
in their own right and as an
adjunctive therapy to allopathic
33
00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:22,920
treatments to help mitigate side
effects and pain and speed
34
00:02:22,920 --> 00:02:26,640
healing.
Hypnotism has been used in lieu
35
00:02:26,640 --> 00:02:30,200
of anesthetic, in some cases
quite successfully.
36
00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:35,320
The connection between mind and
body has been validated, and the
37
00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:39,960
ability of the mind to aid in
the healing process is no longer
38
00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:45,040
seriously contested.
Another sign that occult powers
39
00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:50,920
can influence things in the
external world, Doctor de Lal
40
00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:56,120
notes quote When people think of
latent powers, especially in the
41
00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:59,960
East, they often think of occult
powers mentioned a little
42
00:02:59,960 --> 00:03:02,600
earlier.
There are different attitudes
43
00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:05,480
both in the West and the East
towards such powers.
44
00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:09,920
In the West, where such powers
are generally called psychic
45
00:03:09,920 --> 00:03:13,360
abilities, the majority of
people look upon them with
46
00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:17,480
skepticism, attributing belief
in them to credulity and
47
00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:21,080
gullibility.
However, a growing number of
48
00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:25,280
Westerners do believe in the
veracity of abilities claimed by
49
00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:29,840
the psychics, such as the
ability to obtain information
50
00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:34,160
through extracentratory
perception, to affect objects
51
00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:38,840
and persons from a distance, to
heal by invisible means, and the
52
00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:42,360
like.
Despite their erratic nature,
53
00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:46,600
such abilities have been
sporadically employed in
54
00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:49,680
numerous fields, including
medicine and dentistry,
55
00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:54,440
psychotherapy and counseling,
police work, agriculture,
56
00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:58,520
archaeology, and many others.
End Quote.
57
00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:02,360
Reference.
Srioro Bindu and the Mother
58
00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:05,640
Powers within introduction
pages.
59
00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:07,320
Roman 10:50.