May 22, 2024
Receiving and Utilizing the Universal Vital Forces
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YouTube reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, The Hidden Forces of Life, Ch. 4 Cosmic and Universal Forces, pp. 90-91 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/05/19/receiving-and-utilizing-the-universal-vital-forces/
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00:00:02,360 --> 00:00:05,960
In our fragmented process of
understanding, we frequently
2
00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:10,800
create an artificial separation
that does not exist in reality.
3
00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:15,560
Thus seekers sometimes undertake
to find ways to draw on the
4
00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:20,360
universal vital energy, when in
fact it is through the flow of
5
00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:25,320
that energy that they live,
breathe, exist, grow, and
6
00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:29,240
undertake actions.
A more precise formulation of
7
00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:33,320
their interest is how to tap
into the universal vital force
8
00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:38,000
consciously at will and with
enhanced power flow.
9
00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:42,240
The first thing necessary is to
understand the nature of
10
00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:45,560
universal forces.
Wherever they are operative.
11
00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:50,440
All existence occurs as a result
of the operation of universal
12
00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:54,000
forces.
For the most part, we take their
13
00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:58,880
action for granted and thus do
not see or recognize them as
14
00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:02,120
such.
As an example, in his book, the
15
00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:07,360
Mother Shriorobindo points out
that quote, money is the visible
16
00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:12,040
sign of a universal force, and
this force, in its manifestation
17
00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:16,080
on earth, works on the vital and
physical planes, and is
18
00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:21,040
indispensable to the fullness of
the outer life in its origin and
19
00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:25,000
its true action.
It belongs to the divine End.
20
00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:30,960
Quote Few actually consciously
recognize, which Rio Obindo
21
00:01:30,960 --> 00:01:35,200
implies.
Here we are constantly drawing
22
00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:38,760
on the universal vital forces
and then expending them again in
23
00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:41,200
our various actions and
activities.
24
00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:46,560
This occurs automatically,
unconsciously and spontaneously.
25
00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:50,240
The mother provides the example
of how children are
26
00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:53,800
automatically participating in
this flow of energy on the vital
27
00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:57,360
level.
There are ways to restrict or
28
00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:01,560
block off flow of these forces,
and that occurs in the
29
00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:06,440
acculturation, education and
development process as
30
00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:10,080
individuals try to adjust their
energetic action to fit within
31
00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:13,720
the framework of the society
within which they are living.
32
00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:19,000
It also occurs through traumatic
experiences, painful episodes,
33
00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:23,960
or anything that causes an
individual to close off and shut
34
00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:28,560
down their receptivity or build
a wall around himself.
35
00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:33,760
Additionally, the play of forces
focused through one chakra or
36
00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:37,360
another tends to restrict the
flow of energy through the other
37
00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:42,160
energetic centers, so that, for
instance, people fixated on
38
00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:46,880
ambition or greed or sex will
have frequently very little
39
00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:50,440
openness to the centers that
deal with intellect, higher
40
00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:54,920
emotions, compassion, etcetera.
While this is not a complete
41
00:02:54,920 --> 00:03:00,560
correlation, it is often the
case for anyone who has taken
42
00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:03,680
steps to wall off any of these
energy nexuses within
43
00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,960
themselves.
The ability to reopen those
44
00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:10,600
centers and get the energy
flowing once again is of high
45
00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:13,760
importance.
This then brings us to the
46
00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:18,000
individual who is a spiritual
aspirant who has a reasonably
47
00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:22,960
receptive being and who seeks to
enhance the flow of energies.
48
00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:27,200
There's an extensive body of
yogic literature that describes
49
00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:32,600
how to open, activate, and
direct the energies, so it is
50
00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:34,840
not necessary to go into these
options.
51
00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:37,680
Here.
Each of the yogic paths
52
00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:42,040
addresses some aspect of opening
to the higher forces and putting
53
00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:44,840
that energy to work in a
positive way.
54
00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:52,240
The use of asana, pranayam,
mudra, tyana concentration and
55
00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:56,040
samadhi are some of the
techniques to bring the energy
56
00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:59,720
into the being and apply it for
the seeker's purpose.
57
00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:05,000
Some individuals try to grab the
force and appropriate it for
58
00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:09,200
their own desire fulfillment.
All this can be done in some
59
00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:13,880
cases it can also be highly
counterproductive and even
60
00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:19,440
harmful, particularly if the
instrument, the body life mind
61
00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:24,040
complex, is not prepared and
able to hold that force.
62
00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:30,400
Generally the best approach is a
consistent, persistent and
63
00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:35,800
focused receptivity in the
being, The mother writes quote.
64
00:04:36,840 --> 00:04:40,920
Some people discover that with
certain movements, certain
65
00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:45,840
gestures, certain activities,
they enter into contact more
66
00:04:45,840 --> 00:04:49,600
closely.
I knew people who gesticulated
67
00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:53,120
while walking.
This truly gave them the
68
00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:57,080
impression that they were in
contact, certain gestures they
69
00:04:57,080 --> 00:05:00,440
made while walking.
But children do this
70
00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:04,520
spontaneously when they give
themselves completely in their
71
00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:08,400
games, running, playing,
jumping, shouting.
72
00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:12,280
When they spend all their
energies like that, they give
73
00:05:12,280 --> 00:05:16,280
themselves entirely.
And in the joy of playing and
74
00:05:16,280 --> 00:05:19,520
moving and running, they put
themselves in contact with this
75
00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:24,160
universal vital force.
They don't know it, but they
76
00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:29,560
spend their vital force in a
contact with the universal vital
77
00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:33,200
force.
And that is why they can run
78
00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:38,000
without really feeling very
tired except after a very long
79
00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:42,080
time.
That is, they spend so much that
80
00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:46,120
if they were not in contact with
the universal force, they would
81
00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:49,440
be absolutely exhausted
immediately.
82
00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:52,760
And that is why, besides they
grow up.
83
00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:57,840
It is also because they receive
more than they spend, and this
84
00:05:57,840 --> 00:06:00,240
does not correspond to any
knowledge.
85
00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:03,440
It is a natural, spontaneous
movement.
86
00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:08,200
It is the movement, a movement
of joy in what they are doing,
87
00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:15,400
of joyful expenditure 1 can do
many things with that End Quote
88
00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:20,960
Reference Sri Aurobindo and the
Mother, The Hidden Forces of
89
00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:26,040
Life, Chapter 4 Cosmic and
Universal Forces, pages 90 to
90
00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:26,840
91.
00:00:02,360 --> 00:00:05,960
In our fragmented process of
understanding, we frequently
2
00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:10,800
create an artificial separation
that does not exist in reality.
3
00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:15,560
Thus seekers sometimes undertake
to find ways to draw on the
4
00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:20,360
universal vital energy, when in
fact it is through the flow of
5
00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:25,320
that energy that they live,
breathe, exist, grow, and
6
00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:29,240
undertake actions.
A more precise formulation of
7
00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:33,320
their interest is how to tap
into the universal vital force
8
00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:38,000
consciously at will and with
enhanced power flow.
9
00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:42,240
The first thing necessary is to
understand the nature of
10
00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:45,560
universal forces.
Wherever they are operative.
11
00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:50,440
All existence occurs as a result
of the operation of universal
12
00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:54,000
forces.
For the most part, we take their
13
00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:58,880
action for granted and thus do
not see or recognize them as
14
00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:02,120
such.
As an example, in his book, the
15
00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:07,360
Mother Shriorobindo points out
that quote, money is the visible
16
00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:12,040
sign of a universal force, and
this force, in its manifestation
17
00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:16,080
on earth, works on the vital and
physical planes, and is
18
00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:21,040
indispensable to the fullness of
the outer life in its origin and
19
00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:25,000
its true action.
It belongs to the divine End.
20
00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:30,960
Quote Few actually consciously
recognize, which Rio Obindo
21
00:01:30,960 --> 00:01:35,200
implies.
Here we are constantly drawing
22
00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:38,760
on the universal vital forces
and then expending them again in
23
00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:41,200
our various actions and
activities.
24
00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:46,560
This occurs automatically,
unconsciously and spontaneously.
25
00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:50,240
The mother provides the example
of how children are
26
00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:53,800
automatically participating in
this flow of energy on the vital
27
00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:57,360
level.
There are ways to restrict or
28
00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:01,560
block off flow of these forces,
and that occurs in the
29
00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:06,440
acculturation, education and
development process as
30
00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:10,080
individuals try to adjust their
energetic action to fit within
31
00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:13,720
the framework of the society
within which they are living.
32
00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:19,000
It also occurs through traumatic
experiences, painful episodes,
33
00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:23,960
or anything that causes an
individual to close off and shut
34
00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:28,560
down their receptivity or build
a wall around himself.
35
00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:33,760
Additionally, the play of forces
focused through one chakra or
36
00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:37,360
another tends to restrict the
flow of energy through the other
37
00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:42,160
energetic centers, so that, for
instance, people fixated on
38
00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:46,880
ambition or greed or sex will
have frequently very little
39
00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:50,440
openness to the centers that
deal with intellect, higher
40
00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:54,920
emotions, compassion, etcetera.
While this is not a complete
41
00:02:54,920 --> 00:03:00,560
correlation, it is often the
case for anyone who has taken
42
00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:03,680
steps to wall off any of these
energy nexuses within
43
00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,960
themselves.
The ability to reopen those
44
00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:10,600
centers and get the energy
flowing once again is of high
45
00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:13,760
importance.
This then brings us to the
46
00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:18,000
individual who is a spiritual
aspirant who has a reasonably
47
00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:22,960
receptive being and who seeks to
enhance the flow of energies.
48
00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:27,200
There's an extensive body of
yogic literature that describes
49
00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:32,600
how to open, activate, and
direct the energies, so it is
50
00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:34,840
not necessary to go into these
options.
51
00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:37,680
Here.
Each of the yogic paths
52
00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:42,040
addresses some aspect of opening
to the higher forces and putting
53
00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:44,840
that energy to work in a
positive way.
54
00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:52,240
The use of asana, pranayam,
mudra, tyana concentration and
55
00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:56,040
samadhi are some of the
techniques to bring the energy
56
00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:59,720
into the being and apply it for
the seeker's purpose.
57
00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:05,000
Some individuals try to grab the
force and appropriate it for
58
00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:09,200
their own desire fulfillment.
All this can be done in some
59
00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:13,880
cases it can also be highly
counterproductive and even
60
00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:19,440
harmful, particularly if the
instrument, the body life mind
61
00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:24,040
complex, is not prepared and
able to hold that force.
62
00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:30,400
Generally the best approach is a
consistent, persistent and
63
00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:35,800
focused receptivity in the
being, The mother writes quote.
64
00:04:36,840 --> 00:04:40,920
Some people discover that with
certain movements, certain
65
00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:45,840
gestures, certain activities,
they enter into contact more
66
00:04:45,840 --> 00:04:49,600
closely.
I knew people who gesticulated
67
00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:53,120
while walking.
This truly gave them the
68
00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:57,080
impression that they were in
contact, certain gestures they
69
00:04:57,080 --> 00:05:00,440
made while walking.
But children do this
70
00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:04,520
spontaneously when they give
themselves completely in their
71
00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:08,400
games, running, playing,
jumping, shouting.
72
00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:12,280
When they spend all their
energies like that, they give
73
00:05:12,280 --> 00:05:16,280
themselves entirely.
And in the joy of playing and
74
00:05:16,280 --> 00:05:19,520
moving and running, they put
themselves in contact with this
75
00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:24,160
universal vital force.
They don't know it, but they
76
00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:29,560
spend their vital force in a
contact with the universal vital
77
00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:33,200
force.
And that is why they can run
78
00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:38,000
without really feeling very
tired except after a very long
79
00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:42,080
time.
That is, they spend so much that
80
00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:46,120
if they were not in contact with
the universal force, they would
81
00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:49,440
be absolutely exhausted
immediately.
82
00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:52,760
And that is why, besides they
grow up.
83
00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:57,840
It is also because they receive
more than they spend, and this
84
00:05:57,840 --> 00:06:00,240
does not correspond to any
knowledge.
85
00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:03,440
It is a natural, spontaneous
movement.
86
00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:08,200
It is the movement, a movement
of joy in what they are doing,
87
00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:15,400
of joyful expenditure 1 can do
many things with that End Quote
88
00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:20,960
Reference Sri Aurobindo and the
Mother, The Hidden Forces of
89
00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:26,040
Life, Chapter 4 Cosmic and
Universal Forces, pages 90 to
90
00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:26,840
91.