Religious, Mechanical and Psychological Methods of Inner Development

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When an individual awakens to,
the inner need for significance

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and meaning in life, he
generally takes up one or more

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methods to try to understand the
purpose of his life.

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Religious worship and belief
systems tend to be quite

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external in their nature.
Trying to find a relationship

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between the individual and a
separate powerful deity, a

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Creator efforts are made to
please this deity.

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Tea and the concepts of Heaven
and Hell, represent a system of

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reward and Punishment.
To signify, the success of the

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individual in pleasing, God
religious practices tend to

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accept a duality of Creator and
created separate and thus

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forever different with a gap
that cannot be eliminated

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between them.
There are, of course, those

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individuals who while living
within the social framework of a

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And never the less have a deeper
calling and who undertake

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various forms of psychological
methods.

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In order to understand their
deeper truth in this instance.

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However, despite the trappings
of religion, they should be

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considered practitioners of the
psychological method.

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It has long been recognized that
specific actions upon the outer,

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physical body, vital, and
nervous Force.

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And the mind can elicit?
An altered state of

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consciousness whereby one can
obtain realizations, not easily

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experienced in the normal
functions of Life, thus we see

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the use of the Vision, Quest
fasting, various techniques of

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pranayama, tratak concentrated
gazing on a single point of

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light or in some cases use of
various drugs to shift the

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awareness away from the surface
being These methods are what the

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mother calls mechanical we come.
Then to the psychological

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methods, which seek to take the
individual inward.

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To explore and understand the
workings of the Mind, the vital

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energy, and the physical being
and harness their powers to

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achieve spiritual realizations.
Terms used in the psychological

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methodology include aspiration
and surrender which is the

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attenuation of the ego
personality and unification of

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the outer surface.
Being with the deepest, inner

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being the sole and a shifting of
the awareness and source of

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action to the divine
Psychological methods, tend to

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recognize a state of Oneness,
which when realized brings the

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individual into coherent and
harmony with the Divine

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consciousness.
By its very nature.

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The psychological methods bring
to the Seekers awareness over

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time.
The numerous inconsistencies

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weaknesses and obstacles put up
by and through the ego

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personality and the vital
nature, which need to be

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resolved.
The mother notes quote, what is

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the difference between
mechanical religious and

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psychological methods?
Religious methods are those

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adopted by the various
religions, not many religions,

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speak of the inner Truth for
them.

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It is more a matter of coming
into contact with their God,

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Heaven and Hell.
This is a roundabout way of

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saying, note words, missing in
the transcription, Psychological

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methods are those that deal with
States Of Consciousness.

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The try to realize the inner
self by withdrawing from all

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activity and attempting to
create the conscious inner

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conditions of Detachment self
abstraction concentration.

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Higher reality.
Renunciation of all the outer

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movements, Etc.
A psychological method is one

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which acts on the thoughts,
feelings and actions, Mechanical

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methods are those which are
based on.

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Purely mechanical means one can
benefit from them.

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Using them in a certain way,
take breath control.

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For example, it acts more or
less mechanically, but it is

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sometimes recommended to add to
this.

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A concentration of once, thought
to repeat a word as in

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vivekananda's teaching this
works up to a certain point, but

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then it fades away.
These human attempts in various

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times and places have been more
or less successful individually,

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but they have never given the
collective result.

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The psychological method is far
more difficult but far more

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effective through your actions
to be in a state of inner will

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to express nothing in yourself
but the truth of your being and

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to make everything dependent on
that.

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Of course, if you do nothing, it
is easier but it is also easier

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to deceive yourself.
When you sit down and isolation

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in complete silence, and far
away from everybody and examine

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yourself with more or less
indulgent eyes.

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You may imagine that you are
realizing something wonderful,

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but when you are put to the test
at every minute of your life,

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when you have the occasion to
become aware of your

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imperfections, your infirmities,
your little movements of bad

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will 100 times a day. you soon,
lose the illusion of being note

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words, missing in the
transcription, And so your

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efforts are more sincere and
quote reference SRI aurobindo in

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the mother growing within the
psychology of inner development.

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Chapter 5 growth of
Consciousness means and methods

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