Light and Shadow

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Yin and yang dualities that are
inextricably intertwined with

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one another that continue to
play into one another and which

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contain an element of the
opposite quality within

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themselves.
We live in a world characterized

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by Duality and when we examine
closely, we find that we cannot

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have light without Darkness,
happiness, without sadness, Etc.

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Even those who work, the hardest
to achieve a status of light

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retain some element of shadow.
Yet we can Envision an existence

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without Duality many people
believe in a Heavenly realm

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characterized by unending.
Bliss with angels singing hymns

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of joy and praise no Darkness.
There one explanation of this in

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light of our world of Duality
that.

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Those angels that had a contrary
propensity were expelled from

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heaven and took up residence in
a separate world of hell.

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Thus The Duality remains in the
creation but has been distilled

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out in two separate worlds.
Each containing one side of The

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Duality with the Earth in
between as a mixture of the two.

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All of this is based on our
current view of things that our

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current stage of evolution in
particular, the Mind evaluates

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things in a framework of either
or and the vital being is

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attached to the drama of Joy
sorrow, good bad, Etc.

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What we have not recognized
fully is that with the Advent of

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a new Power Of Consciousness, a
new paradigm of seeing and

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understanding will necessarily
accompanied it And this new

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paradigm, May overcome the need
for Duality as an organizing

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principle in the meantime,
utilizing our existing view of

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things, we can find our greatest
opportunities for growth and

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development by seeing our
greatest challenges and

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weaknesses, and conversely, we
can look at our greatest

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strengths to identify those
areas within ourselves that

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represent our greatest
potential.

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Failures or pitfalls.
This becomes a useful tool for

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undertaking, spiritual
discipline and working towards

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the evolution of the next level
of Consciousness beyond the

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mind. a disciple asks, Quote you
have said everyone possesses two

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opposite Tendencies of character
which are like the light and the

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shadow of the same thing.
This is a quote from the mother

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on education.
Everyone possesses in a large

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measure and the exceptional
individual in an increasing

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degree of precision to opposite
Tendencies of character in

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almost equal proportions, which
are like the light and the

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shadow of the same thing.
Thus someone who has the

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capacity of being exceptionally
generous will suddenly find an

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obstinate avarice rising up in
his nature.

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The courageous man will be a
coward in some part of his being

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and the good man will suddenly
have Wicked impulses in this way

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life.
Seems to endow, everyone not

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only with the possibility of
expressing an ideal but also

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with contrary elements
representing.

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In a concrete manner, the battle
he has to wage and the Victory.

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He has to win for the
realization to become possible.

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Reference the mother on
education collected works of the

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mother volume 12 page, 19.
The disciple ass.

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Why aren't things made in this
way?

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Can't 1/2.
Only the light The mother writes

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quote, yes, if one eliminates
the shadow but it must be

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eliminated.
That does not happen by itself.

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The world, as it is is a mixed
world, you cannot have an

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object, which gets the light
from one side without it's

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casting a shadow on the other.
It is like that.

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And indeed it is the Shadows.
Which make you see the lights,

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the world is like that and I
have only the light one must

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definitely go through the entire
discipline necessary for

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eliminating the shadow.
This is what I have explained a

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little farther.
I have said that this Shadow was

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like a sign of what you had to
conquer in your nature.

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In order to be able to realize
what you have come to do, if you

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have a part to play a mission to
fulfill, you always carry in

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yourself the main difficulty.
Acting you from realizing it so

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that you have within your reach,
the victory, you must win.

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If you had to fight against a
difficulty which is everywhere

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on Earth, it would be very
difficult.

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You would need to have a very
vast Consciousness and a very

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great power.
Well, if you carry in your

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nature just a shadow or defect
you must conquer.

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Well it is there within your
reach.

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You see all the time, the
effects of this thing and can

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fight it directly immediately.
It's a very practical

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organization and quote,
reference SRI aurobindo, and the

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mother growing within the
psychology of inner development.

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Chapter 6 growth of
consciousness.

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The difficulties and pitfalls
Pages. 117 to 119.

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The difficulties and pitfalls
Pages. 117 to 119.