Jan. 13, 2025
Occult Powers Awaiting Emergence from Our Subliminal Being
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1
00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:04,720
Doctor Deepak Chopra told an
interesting anecdote from his
2
00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:08,960
own experience at a talk he gave
in Chicago some years ago.
3
00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:11,920
Some of the details may have
escaped me.
4
00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:16,040
So the gist of it was that he
was visiting his birth home area
5
00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:19,600
at one point and it was
recommended to him to visit a
6
00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:21,960
famous Vedic astrologer in the
area.
7
00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:27,040
When he visited without advance
warning to the astrologer, the
8
00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:31,080
astrologer apparently knew about
him and had a scroll which he
9
00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:35,800
located that explained many of
the highlights past, present and
10
00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:41,000
future in Deepak Chopra's life.
As a doctor with a long
11
00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:45,800
background in the West, he went
in with scepticism but used the
12
00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:49,400
story to illustrate how
sometimes our western way of
13
00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:54,120
looking at things, even nowadays
to a great degree prevalent in
14
00:00:54,120 --> 00:01:00,240
India of this sort, may have to
give way to a new, deeper and
15
00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:04,000
totally other way of
understanding our lives and how
16
00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:06,560
the world we live in actually
functions.
17
00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:11,240
We attempt to judge everything
based on an artificial standard
18
00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:15,240
and set of limitations set up by
the mental consciousness.
19
00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:20,200
We make rules for how we can
evaluate things and what the
20
00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:23,880
limits and conditions for such
evaluation are going to be.
21
00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:29,120
We then formulate rules for how
the universe works, how and why
22
00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:32,000
we are alive, and what our lives
mean.
23
00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:37,720
Yet, as we gain further
knowledge or we extend our
24
00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:42,040
perception through the use of
technology, we find that many of
25
00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:47,360
these rules and strictures no
longer work and we are forced to
26
00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:52,440
re evaluate everything.
The advent of quantum mechanics
27
00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:56,160
has created major ripples in our
understanding of existence.
28
00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:01,160
Quantum events seemingly do not
conform to our Newtonian and
29
00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:04,480
Euclidean mental laws of
universal action and
30
00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:08,280
organization.
As we confront the issues that
31
00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:12,160
arise, we find that a wide
variety of new theories have
32
00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:16,480
arisen, including the idea of
there being multiple universes,
33
00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:21,040
the concept of antimatter as an
opposite mirror image of
34
00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:24,120
physical matter.
We know in our universe the
35
00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:28,760
concept of string theory, and
eventually the idea that matter
36
00:02:28,920 --> 00:02:34,040
is a condensed form of energy,
and then that energy is a
37
00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:38,560
condensed form of consciousness
which is universal and
38
00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:42,920
instantaneous.
We explore ideas about the
39
00:02:42,920 --> 00:02:47,280
relation of time and space, and
even the idea that time and
40
00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:52,560
space are adjustable and can be
bent or folded, or in the case
41
00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:57,960
of time, dilated or compressed,
depending on speed of movement
42
00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:01,320
through space.
Certain experiments are now
43
00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:04,800
indicating that present events
can influence the past.
44
00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:10,440
When we observe stars, we can
understand that the light we see
45
00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:14,200
from the stars actually was
emitted long ago in the past,
46
00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:19,160
but based on our point of
observation, we see it in the
47
00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:22,280
present.
There are obviously standpoints
48
00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:26,040
in the universe from which
observation of our present or
49
00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:29,800
future are similarly events of
the past.
50
00:03:30,640 --> 00:03:37,080
Thus, past, present and future
are relative terms depending on
51
00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:42,040
the standpoint of the observer.
From these observations,
52
00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:46,880
scientists are now able to
actually predict with a high
53
00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:50,360
degree of certainty what the
future of certain stars and even
54
00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:54,600
galaxies will be.
Thus, the artificial
55
00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:58,280
distinctions we make due to the
frame that our mental capacity
56
00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:02,800
set for how things are supposed
to happen in a straight line
57
00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:08,640
logical sequence are modified by
the standpoint of the observer
58
00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:13,160
in relation to what is being
observed and are now being
59
00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:17,920
challenged.
All of this means that what we
60
00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:21,880
have historically considered to
be fixed laws of our existence,
61
00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:27,920
invariable and highly limited
powers of consciousness, are in
62
00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:33,760
fact simply temporary and
temporal limitations that can
63
00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:38,520
and in fact are being
overturned, widened, and
64
00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:43,200
extended as we increase our
knowledge and experience and
65
00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:47,600
thereby release the powers that
remain unseen but nevertheless
66
00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:51,000
present in our subliminal
consciousness.
67
00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:57,520
When we look at a seed, an
acorn, a fertilized egg, a
68
00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:01,920
fetus, we understand that there
are powers of growth and
69
00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:05,440
consciousness that remain
latent, potent, but not
70
00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:11,120
expressed in that form.
As they develop, however, each
71
00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:14,760
of these begins to manifest the
innate powers that lie within
72
00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:20,640
that seed, until eventually the
being emerges to express in its
73
00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:24,240
fullness what it actually is
capable of doing.
74
00:05:25,280 --> 00:05:29,240
The human species is clearly not
the final stage of the evolution
75
00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:34,360
of consciousness, and this
implies that many powers remain
76
00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:39,920
as yet unexpressed, unseen,
waiting for the proper time,
77
00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:44,800
season, and stage of evolution
to manifest themselves.
78
00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:50,520
As we begin to appreciate the
oneness of consciousness, the
79
00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:54,360
universal nature of
consciousness, and then begin to
80
00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:58,840
reflect on issues such as time
dilation, multiverses, et
81
00:05:58,840 --> 00:06:04,040
cetera, we can see that the
concept of past, present and
82
00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:09,480
future are relative concepts and
that under various circumstances
83
00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:15,120
an observer can indeed tap into
events we consider to be past or
84
00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:20,920
future, or if present, occurring
outside our immediate environs,
85
00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:27,440
Sri Orobindo notes quote.
All these and a multitude of
86
00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:31,520
other powers are concealed in
our subliminal being, and with
87
00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:34,520
the waking of the psychical
consciousness can be brought to
88
00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:38,440
the surface.
The knowledge of our past lives,
89
00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:42,800
whether of past soul states or
personalities or scenes,
90
00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:47,400
occurrences, relations with
others of the past, lives of
91
00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:51,920
others, of the past, of the
world, of the future, of present
92
00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:55,920
things that are beyond the range
of our physical senses or the
93
00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:58,960
reach of any means of knowledge
open to the surface.
94
00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:04,280
Intelligence, the intuition and
impressions, not only of
95
00:07:04,280 --> 00:07:08,880
physical things, but of the
working of a past and present
96
00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:13,760
and future, mind and life and
soul, in ourselves, in others.
97
00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:18,840
The knowledge not only of this
world, but of other worlds or
98
00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:23,080
planes of consciousness and
their manifestations in time,
99
00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:26,680
and of their intervention and
workings and effects on the
100
00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:31,720
earth and its embodied souls and
their destinies, lies open to
101
00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:36,200
our psychical being, because it
is close to the intimations of
102
00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:41,200
the Universal, not engrossed
only or mainly with the
103
00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:46,400
immediate, and not shut up into
the narrow circle of the purely
104
00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:50,640
personal and physical existence.
End Quote.
105
00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:54,280
Reference.
Srioro Bindu and the Mother
106
00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:59,560
Powers within, Chapter 19.
Occult Powers of the Subliminal,
107
00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,640
pages 146 to 147.
00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:04,720
Doctor Deepak Chopra told an
interesting anecdote from his
2
00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:08,960
own experience at a talk he gave
in Chicago some years ago.
3
00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:11,920
Some of the details may have
escaped me.
4
00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:16,040
So the gist of it was that he
was visiting his birth home area
5
00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:19,600
at one point and it was
recommended to him to visit a
6
00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:21,960
famous Vedic astrologer in the
area.
7
00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:27,040
When he visited without advance
warning to the astrologer, the
8
00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:31,080
astrologer apparently knew about
him and had a scroll which he
9
00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:35,800
located that explained many of
the highlights past, present and
10
00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:41,000
future in Deepak Chopra's life.
As a doctor with a long
11
00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:45,800
background in the West, he went
in with scepticism but used the
12
00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:49,400
story to illustrate how
sometimes our western way of
13
00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:54,120
looking at things, even nowadays
to a great degree prevalent in
14
00:00:54,120 --> 00:01:00,240
India of this sort, may have to
give way to a new, deeper and
15
00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:04,000
totally other way of
understanding our lives and how
16
00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:06,560
the world we live in actually
functions.
17
00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:11,240
We attempt to judge everything
based on an artificial standard
18
00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:15,240
and set of limitations set up by
the mental consciousness.
19
00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:20,200
We make rules for how we can
evaluate things and what the
20
00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:23,880
limits and conditions for such
evaluation are going to be.
21
00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:29,120
We then formulate rules for how
the universe works, how and why
22
00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:32,000
we are alive, and what our lives
mean.
23
00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:37,720
Yet, as we gain further
knowledge or we extend our
24
00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:42,040
perception through the use of
technology, we find that many of
25
00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:47,360
these rules and strictures no
longer work and we are forced to
26
00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:52,440
re evaluate everything.
The advent of quantum mechanics
27
00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:56,160
has created major ripples in our
understanding of existence.
28
00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:01,160
Quantum events seemingly do not
conform to our Newtonian and
29
00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:04,480
Euclidean mental laws of
universal action and
30
00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:08,280
organization.
As we confront the issues that
31
00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:12,160
arise, we find that a wide
variety of new theories have
32
00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:16,480
arisen, including the idea of
there being multiple universes,
33
00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:21,040
the concept of antimatter as an
opposite mirror image of
34
00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:24,120
physical matter.
We know in our universe the
35
00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:28,760
concept of string theory, and
eventually the idea that matter
36
00:02:28,920 --> 00:02:34,040
is a condensed form of energy,
and then that energy is a
37
00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:38,560
condensed form of consciousness
which is universal and
38
00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:42,920
instantaneous.
We explore ideas about the
39
00:02:42,920 --> 00:02:47,280
relation of time and space, and
even the idea that time and
40
00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:52,560
space are adjustable and can be
bent or folded, or in the case
41
00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:57,960
of time, dilated or compressed,
depending on speed of movement
42
00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:01,320
through space.
Certain experiments are now
43
00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:04,800
indicating that present events
can influence the past.
44
00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:10,440
When we observe stars, we can
understand that the light we see
45
00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:14,200
from the stars actually was
emitted long ago in the past,
46
00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:19,160
but based on our point of
observation, we see it in the
47
00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:22,280
present.
There are obviously standpoints
48
00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:26,040
in the universe from which
observation of our present or
49
00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:29,800
future are similarly events of
the past.
50
00:03:30,640 --> 00:03:37,080
Thus, past, present and future
are relative terms depending on
51
00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:42,040
the standpoint of the observer.
From these observations,
52
00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:46,880
scientists are now able to
actually predict with a high
53
00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:50,360
degree of certainty what the
future of certain stars and even
54
00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:54,600
galaxies will be.
Thus, the artificial
55
00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:58,280
distinctions we make due to the
frame that our mental capacity
56
00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:02,800
set for how things are supposed
to happen in a straight line
57
00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:08,640
logical sequence are modified by
the standpoint of the observer
58
00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:13,160
in relation to what is being
observed and are now being
59
00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:17,920
challenged.
All of this means that what we
60
00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:21,880
have historically considered to
be fixed laws of our existence,
61
00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:27,920
invariable and highly limited
powers of consciousness, are in
62
00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:33,760
fact simply temporary and
temporal limitations that can
63
00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:38,520
and in fact are being
overturned, widened, and
64
00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:43,200
extended as we increase our
knowledge and experience and
65
00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:47,600
thereby release the powers that
remain unseen but nevertheless
66
00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:51,000
present in our subliminal
consciousness.
67
00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:57,520
When we look at a seed, an
acorn, a fertilized egg, a
68
00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:01,920
fetus, we understand that there
are powers of growth and
69
00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:05,440
consciousness that remain
latent, potent, but not
70
00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:11,120
expressed in that form.
As they develop, however, each
71
00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:14,760
of these begins to manifest the
innate powers that lie within
72
00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:20,640
that seed, until eventually the
being emerges to express in its
73
00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:24,240
fullness what it actually is
capable of doing.
74
00:05:25,280 --> 00:05:29,240
The human species is clearly not
the final stage of the evolution
75
00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:34,360
of consciousness, and this
implies that many powers remain
76
00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:39,920
as yet unexpressed, unseen,
waiting for the proper time,
77
00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:44,800
season, and stage of evolution
to manifest themselves.
78
00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:50,520
As we begin to appreciate the
oneness of consciousness, the
79
00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:54,360
universal nature of
consciousness, and then begin to
80
00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:58,840
reflect on issues such as time
dilation, multiverses, et
81
00:05:58,840 --> 00:06:04,040
cetera, we can see that the
concept of past, present and
82
00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:09,480
future are relative concepts and
that under various circumstances
83
00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:15,120
an observer can indeed tap into
events we consider to be past or
84
00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:20,920
future, or if present, occurring
outside our immediate environs,
85
00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:27,440
Sri Orobindo notes quote.
All these and a multitude of
86
00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:31,520
other powers are concealed in
our subliminal being, and with
87
00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:34,520
the waking of the psychical
consciousness can be brought to
88
00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:38,440
the surface.
The knowledge of our past lives,
89
00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:42,800
whether of past soul states or
personalities or scenes,
90
00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:47,400
occurrences, relations with
others of the past, lives of
91
00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:51,920
others, of the past, of the
world, of the future, of present
92
00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:55,920
things that are beyond the range
of our physical senses or the
93
00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:58,960
reach of any means of knowledge
open to the surface.
94
00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:04,280
Intelligence, the intuition and
impressions, not only of
95
00:07:04,280 --> 00:07:08,880
physical things, but of the
working of a past and present
96
00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:13,760
and future, mind and life and
soul, in ourselves, in others.
97
00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:18,840
The knowledge not only of this
world, but of other worlds or
98
00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:23,080
planes of consciousness and
their manifestations in time,
99
00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:26,680
and of their intervention and
workings and effects on the
100
00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:31,720
earth and its embodied souls and
their destinies, lies open to
101
00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:36,200
our psychical being, because it
is close to the intimations of
102
00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:41,200
the Universal, not engrossed
only or mainly with the
103
00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:46,400
immediate, and not shut up into
the narrow circle of the purely
104
00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:50,640
personal and physical existence.
End Quote.
105
00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:54,280
Reference.
Srioro Bindu and the Mother
106
00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:59,560
Powers within, Chapter 19.
Occult Powers of the Subliminal,
107
00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,640
pages 146 to 147.