Static Power and Dynamic Power

0:01 There are numerous types of power at work in the world and in us. Some of them can be viewed as dynamic powers, powers with movement, action and outward facing application of force. Others can be viewed as static powers, powers of holding, receiving and containing. Powers of withstanding the actions of force. For the most part, we tend to notice and pay attention to the dynamic powers more than those that are static in nature. We tend to favour offense rather than defence, so to speak.

0:41 Yet static powers are the foundation and basis even of the dynamic ones, and for the spiritual seeker may turn out to be some of the most important powers to develop and cultivate. Common example can be found in everyday life. Someone says or does something that is aimed to hurt you or make you angry. They try to provoke a vibrational reaction and generally that is what occurs. One returns anger for anger, insult for insult, and in many cases there is an escalation until the parties either come to blows or reach a point of no return where a relationship is shattered or litigation ensues, or some other hostile act occurs. The response is an illustration of dynamic power which goes out and acts.

1:43 Much more difficult is the ability to not respond in kind, to not allow the vibration that is provoking you actually get inside you and starts your being vibrating equivalently, rather to remain truly calm and unperturbed. This is an example of static power, the power to withstand the force without spending energy responding. In the one case of dynamic power, the energy is expended and used up. In the other case it is conserved and allowed to be applied. Otherwise, in applications of one's choice, it is not an either or choice between static and dynamic power, but the need to manage the energy flow and use each in an appropriate manner, in the right way, at the right time and in the right circumstance. In that case, the ability to store and not spill energy that is the result of static power provides the basis, foundation and necessary resource to apply the dynamic power when it is called for.

2:59 The mother observes quote, there is a static power. How to explain it to you? Look, there's the same difference between static power and dynamic power as between a game of defence and a game of attack. You understand it is the same thing. Static power is something which can withstand everything. Nothing can act upon it, nothing can touch it, nothing can shake it. It is immobile, but it is invincible. Dynamic power is something in action which at times goes forth and may at times receive blows.

3:39 That is to say, if you want your dynamic power to be always victorious, it must be supported by a considerable static power and unshakeable base. End Quote. Reference Sri Aurobindo and the Mother Powers within Chapter 12 Power of Immobility page one O 1.