Overcoming the Obstruction of Universal Adverse Forces

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Most people are skeptical about
the concept of conscious

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universal forces.
Even if they profess a belief in

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God, angels, demons, and other
unseen powerful beings, they

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tend to reject the idea when it
comes down to actual influence

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in their own actions, reactions
and responses.

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There is an inherent belief in
the freedom and independence of

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their decision process.
People do not like to admit that

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forces outside themselves,
particularly conscious forces,

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are controlling in any way how
they think, feel and respond.

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People acknowledge the reality
of universal forces on the

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material plane.
They experience the effects of

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gravity, electricity and other
forces operated in the material

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world.
They also tacitly acknowledge

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some larger universal forces at
the vital level when they look

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at instinctive behaviour in
animals.

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Anyone observing the coordinated
movements of a flock of birds or

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a school of fish can see that
these actions are not the result

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of a large number of individual
decisions by each bird or each

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fish.
Rather, they are all responding

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together to some force that
transcends their individual

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decision making power.
We have thus a basis for

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acknowledging that universal
forces are at work in life, and

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we can, if we explore our own
human lives, find similar

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instinctive or coordinated
behavioral responses that

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certainly impact our own
individual reactions, thoughts,

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and development.
What we have not yet arrived at

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in this analysis is the sense
that these forces are conscious

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and are acting from their own
unique needs, desires,

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viewpoints and ideas and
utilizing their powers to

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influence what we do.
When we see vast numbers of

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people suddenly responding to a
situation in a similar way, we

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can accept that some universal
forces are at play.

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The mind, with its limited
access to information and its

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limited range of perception and
understanding is not the proper

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instrument to appreciate the
existence of forces and

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conscious beings that operate
outside the minds range of

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perception.
The lack of specific

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acknowledgement by the mind does
not prove these forces do not

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exist.
Rather, they simply amplify our

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sense of limitation in our
current understanding.

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Using techniques developed by
sages, seers and Mystics

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throughout the ages and in many
different cultures and

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societies, new powers of
understanding have been

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deployed.
People have experienced and

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report the existence of
conscious entities and interact

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with humanity on the subliminal
or supreliminal levels.

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In the Titania Upanishad 1
chapter actually sets forth the

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hierarchy of conscious beings
who exist beyond the normal

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human level of experience.
Scientists, as they continue to

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probe the basis of existence,
have concluded that matter is a

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concentrated form of energy and
that energy is a concentrated

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form of consciousness, and that
the entire existence is 1.

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Consciousness is universal.
As we get used to this way of

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seeing the universe, it becomes
obvious that all that exists is

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organized, developed, planned,
and executed by a conscious

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awareness far beyond the human
mental capability.

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It is also obvious that just as
there are beings below the human

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level perception, there are
beings above the human level of

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perception.
Biologists have recently

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determined that the intestinal
flora, essentially bacteria

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colonies that live in the human
digestive system and which help

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us effectively digest food, are
themselves able to send signals

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to the brain ostensibly to
request food.

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The question of whose hunger is
it when we experience cravings

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of hunger is now being answered.
It is not solely our own

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individual experience of the
need for sustenance, but in many

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cases it seems to be the
bacteria who are commandeering

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use of our nervous systems to
communicate with the brain and

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trigger a hunger response.
This brings us to the topic at

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hand, namely the existence of
forces that are conscious,

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universal, and have their own
agenda with respect to human

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beings.
They try to influence us, and in

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many cases they feed off of the
energies and emotions we throw

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off when confronted by
situations raised by these

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forces.
In terms of negative or hostile

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forces, these energies may be
embodiments of fear, lust,

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anger, hatred, strong emotions
that vibrate strongly and cost

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us energy.
In terms of positive or helpful

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forces, they tend to help us
grow, to understand and to

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appreciate and support the
oneness of the creation, and

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help us to create harmony in our
lives and for the world within

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which we move and act,
Triorbindo notes quote.

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The prolongation of the
difficulty and its acuteness

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come from the fact that there
are forces in nature, not

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personal or individual, but
universal, which live upon these

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movements and through them they
have long controlled the

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individual nature.
These do not want to lose their

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rule, and so when these
movements are thrown out, they

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throw them back on the Saddak in
strong waves or with great

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violence, Or they create in the
vital a Great Depression,

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discouragement, despair.
That is their favorite weapon,

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because it is losing its former
field of desires and has not yet

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in any certainty something that
would replace it.

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The assured continuance, psychic
or spiritual condition or

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experience.
To prevent that is the whole

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effort of these forces.
So they create these upheavals,

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and the vital admits them
because of its own habit of

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response to the lower forces.
At the same time they put in

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suggestions to the mind so as to
make it also accept the

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disturbance, discouragement, and
depression.

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That is what I meant by saying
that these are attacks from

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outside and must be rejected if
they cannot be rejected

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altogether.
Yet one must try to keep a part

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of the mind conscious which will
refuse to admit the suggestions

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or share in the depression and
the trouble which will save

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firmly.
I know what this is, and I know

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that it will pass and I can
resume my way to the goal, which

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nothing can prevent me from
reaching, since my soul's will

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is and will always be.
For that you have to reach the

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point where you can do that
always.

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Then the power of the forces to
disturb will begin to diminish

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and fall away.
End Quote Reference Sri

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Aurobindo and the Mother Looking
from Within, Chapter 4, Ordeals

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and Difficulties, pages 90 to
91.