Preparation and Training Needed to Consciously Draw on the Universal Vital Force

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We recognize that there are
ocean currents which circulate

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ocean water worldwide and
regulate the climate.

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We also recognize that there are
air currents which we can

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partially observe through the
soaring of birds who let the air

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currents carry them along and
experience directly.

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If we are participating in the
sport of Hang Gliding or

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operating an air balloon or
small airplane, meteorologists

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refer to the jet stream, and the
movement of air in consistent

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patterns is a well known and
accepted phenomenon on which we

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rely and which we utilize
constantly.

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There are also currents internal
to the Earth with the flow of

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molten magma, which over time
can change the speed of the spin

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of the world in space and shift
the magnetic orientation of the

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planet as well.
We recognize the movement of

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streams of energy from the sun
and other sources of radiation

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in the universe.
A similar process of the

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movement of currents occurs at
the vital and the mental levels

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of energy.
We marvel at the synchronized

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flight of birds or swimming of
schools of fish.

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In these cases, it is a vital
force that connects all of them,

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and they respond instantaneously
together to create the mass

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movement patterns about which we
marvel when we observe them.

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When we stop to reflect, we can
observe the symbiotic vital

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existence between plants and
trees and animals and humans.

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We breathe regularly, and as we
do so, we are taking in the

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elements of the air excreted by
the plant Kingdom, and in turn

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they take in the elements
excreted by us.

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We are thus all part of one
large, vital existence.

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Sometimes when we enter an old
growth forest, we can feel a

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change in the energetic nature
of the life that surrounds us,

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and we may experience a feeling
of awe or consecration or deep

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peace that comes over us.
There are also vital energies

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that circulate among human
beings which can create various

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emotional or vital states such
as devotion, love, fear, hatred,

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consecration, et cetera on the
mental plane.

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Similarly, there are patterns of
thought that move as waves or

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currents, and which thereby tend
to influence and develop in the

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individuals who come in contact
with them.

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We can experience this sometimes
in a highly concentrated mental

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atmosphere, such as in a library
or research laboratory.

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Once we recognize these
patterns, we can systematically

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work to open ourselves to those
we seek to bring into our lives.

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Certain practitioners of yoga,
for instance, practice various

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forms of breath control called
pranayam, whereby they focus

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their state of awareness on the
movement of the vital energies

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that they bring in and circulate
within themselves, and thereby

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can create and influence the
thoughts, emotions, feelings and

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physical status.
Special practices of this sort

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are not, however, absolutely
necessary to draw upon the vital

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force.
Rather, a sense of openness and

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receptivity can provide the
opportunity needed for these

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forces to act within one
consciously.

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While it must be recognized that
they are active all the time, at

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some level, whether we are
consciously aware of it or not,

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a disciple asks sweet mother,
How can one draw on the

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universal vital force?
The mother responds, One can do

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it in many ways.
First of all, you must know that

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it exists and that one can enter
into contact with it.

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Secondly, you must try to make
this contact, to feel it

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circulating everywhere, through
everything, in all persons and

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all circumstances.
To have this experience, for

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example, when you are in the
countryside among trees, to see

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it circulating in the whole of
nature, in trees and things, and

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then commune with it, feel
yourself close to it, and each

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time you want to deal with it,
recall that impression you had

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and try to enter into contact.
End Quote Reference Shrioro,

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Bindu and the Mother, The Hidden
Forces of Life, Chapter 4.

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Cosmic and Universal Forces,
page 90.