July 19, 2025
Peace and Faith in the Divine Action Through a Shift in Standpoint from the Ego-Standpoint to the Divine Standpoint
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 130This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/07/17/peace-and-faith-in-the-divine-action-through-a-shift-in-standpoint-from-the-ego-standpoint-to-the-divine-standpoint/
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The individual in the surface
ego personality measures
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everything that happens from his
own unique individual
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perspective.
This includes judgments based on
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perceived benefit to the
individual.
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He wants to achieve certain
results, obtain positive
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responses, and minimize or
eliminate pain, suffering,
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disappointment, and other signs
that the ego is not getting what
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it needs or expects.
The divine standpoint may be
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operating from an entirely
different perspective.
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If, for instance, the longer
range goal of the manifestation
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is to bring forth a new level of
consciousness and thereby change
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the way things operate in the
world over time, there may be a
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divine intention to confront the
current status quo, face the
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difficulties that come up with
that existing level of
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consciousness in action, and
systematically work out the
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solutions.
This could involve considerable
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suffering for the individual
along the way, particularly if
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the person is very attached to
the external personality and its
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expectations rather than to the
divine viewpoint and the time
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frames involved in the divine
action.
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The gap between the ego
personality and the divine
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intention then needs to be
appreciated, understood and
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taken into account.
We cannot expect to succeed
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immediately in addressing
movements of the being that are
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part of a millennial, long
habitual pattern.
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We will inevitably face
obstacles, setbacks,
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distractions, and with them
doubts, anxiety, and in some
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cases despair about the
possibility of success.
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Once we have understood that the
ego is not a good judge of
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spiritual progress and timing
and have shifted our viewpoint
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to more or less align with the
Divine standpoint, we can
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experience peace knowing that
beyond our limited view, the
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larger change is taking place,
that we are participating in
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that change, and that all the
issues that arise are actually
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opportunities for us to assist
in that change.
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This brings a measure of peace
as well, Shrioro Bindo notes
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quote.
We have to have the faith that
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in spite of our ignorance and
errors and weaknesses, and in
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spite of the attacks of hostile
forces and in spite of any
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immediate appearance of failure,
the Divine will is leading us
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through every circumstance
towards the final realization.
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This faith will give us
equanimity.
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It is a faith that accepts what
happens not definitively, but as
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something that has to be gone
through on the way.
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End Quote Reference.
Srioro Bindu and the Mother
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Looking from Within, Chapter 5.
Attitudes on the Path, page 130.
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The individual in the surface
ego personality measures
2
00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:08,640
everything that happens from his
own unique individual
3
00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:12,480
perspective.
This includes judgments based on
4
00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:14,720
perceived benefit to the
individual.
5
00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:19,240
He wants to achieve certain
results, obtain positive
6
00:00:19,240 --> 00:00:24,160
responses, and minimize or
eliminate pain, suffering,
7
00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:28,520
disappointment, and other signs
that the ego is not getting what
8
00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:33,120
it needs or expects.
The divine standpoint may be
9
00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:35,800
operating from an entirely
different perspective.
10
00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:40,800
If, for instance, the longer
range goal of the manifestation
11
00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:45,200
is to bring forth a new level of
consciousness and thereby change
12
00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:49,400
the way things operate in the
world over time, there may be a
13
00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:53,960
divine intention to confront the
current status quo, face the
14
00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:56,760
difficulties that come up with
that existing level of
15
00:00:56,760 --> 00:01:00,840
consciousness in action, and
systematically work out the
16
00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:04,200
solutions.
This could involve considerable
17
00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:09,520
suffering for the individual
along the way, particularly if
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00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:13,160
the person is very attached to
the external personality and its
19
00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:18,440
expectations rather than to the
divine viewpoint and the time
20
00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:21,600
frames involved in the divine
action.
21
00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:26,360
The gap between the ego
personality and the divine
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00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:31,440
intention then needs to be
appreciated, understood and
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00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:35,320
taken into account.
We cannot expect to succeed
24
00:01:35,320 --> 00:01:38,840
immediately in addressing
movements of the being that are
25
00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:41,880
part of a millennial, long
habitual pattern.
26
00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:46,520
We will inevitably face
obstacles, setbacks,
27
00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:52,640
distractions, and with them
doubts, anxiety, and in some
28
00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:56,640
cases despair about the
possibility of success.
29
00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:01,360
Once we have understood that the
ego is not a good judge of
30
00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:05,400
spiritual progress and timing
and have shifted our viewpoint
31
00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:09,600
to more or less align with the
Divine standpoint, we can
32
00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:14,680
experience peace knowing that
beyond our limited view, the
33
00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:19,400
larger change is taking place,
that we are participating in
34
00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:23,760
that change, and that all the
issues that arise are actually
35
00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:27,600
opportunities for us to assist
in that change.
36
00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:33,680
This brings a measure of peace
as well, Shrioro Bindo notes
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quote.
We have to have the faith that
38
00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,880
in spite of our ignorance and
errors and weaknesses, and in
39
00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:45,080
spite of the attacks of hostile
forces and in spite of any
40
00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:49,600
immediate appearance of failure,
the Divine will is leading us
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00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:53,920
through every circumstance
towards the final realization.
42
00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:57,240
This faith will give us
equanimity.
43
00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:02,880
It is a faith that accepts what
happens not definitively, but as
44
00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:05,840
something that has to be gone
through on the way.
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00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:11,240
End Quote Reference.
Srioro Bindu and the Mother
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Looking from Within, Chapter 5.
Attitudes on the Path, page 130.
