The Action of Spiritual Force Is Generally Conditioned by the Field Within Which It Works

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We tend to operate under the
fallacy that any spiritual force

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that is operative will
automatically and completely

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achieve its intended result
without difficulty.

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We forget thereby the way forces
actually work in the world.

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There are always starting
points, conditions, limitations,

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and opposing forces, as well as
the object upon which the force

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is working and its status and
the overall situation within

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which the operation is taking
place.

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We observe in the laws of motion
that there is a tension between

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centrifugal force and
centripetal force.

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When they are in balance, we see
a planetary orbit.

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If one becomes predominant,
either there is a collision or a

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complete pulling away that
occurs.

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We see in the economic models of
supply and demand, but there are

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countervailing forces at work,
some of which work to raise

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prices, some lower prices.
We see in politics the

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offsetting forces of progressive
and conservative, which when

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equally balanced, can lead to a
form of gridlock or paralysis in

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the political system within the
body.

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When a disease Organism is
active, there's a

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counterbalancing force of action
from the immune system to fight

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off the disease.
If the disease proves stronger

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than the immune response, the
patient may die or be severely

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injured.
If the immune response is

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successful, the disease is
overcome.

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During World War 2, the Nazi
ideology gained rapid strength

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and overcame much of Europe.
Eventually, the countervailing

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forces got organized, focused,
and overcame the Nazi

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domination.
It is similar with the action of

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forces in each human
individual's life.

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There is the force of desire and
the action of discipline.

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There are forces of inertia and
forces of action.

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The issue, however, is not
simply related to

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counterbalanced forces at work.
Every force has to contend with

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the conditions of the recipient
of the force, the receptivity to

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accept and utilize the force,
the preparation of the

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instruments that have to utilize
the force, the situation in the

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environment that may favor or
dispose against the success of

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the force at work.
Spiritual aspirants everywhere

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have experienced the forces of
desire, ambition, despair,

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temptation, laziness, etcetera,
which act to interfere with the

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progress, distract, delay or
obstruct the forward movement.

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Over time, we can see a trend
toward increasing progress,

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increasing action of
consciousness, but this is, at

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the detailed level, not a
straight line without setbacks,

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obstacles, perturbations,
resistance.

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Rather, we find that forces that
are supportive of the status quo

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may fight intensely to maintain
that situation when they are

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confronted by forces of
progress.

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In human society.
A good example is provided by

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the attempt of people who hold
wealth to try to suppress, hold

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down, and otherwise prevent
others from gaining the power of

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wealth and thus freeing
themselves from subjugation in

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one form or another.
We see it in the attempts to

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maintain abusive structures
based in racism, sexism, or

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other forms of segregation.
There is a proverb that

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indicates that a cornered beast
is more dangerous as it

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recognizes the threat to its
base of power and existence.

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Spiritual forces generally work
within the framework of nature

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and affect their changes through
the long, slow and arduous

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process of time.
Rarely do they work to overturn

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the established patterns of
nature entirely.

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Rather they create opportunities
for the existing powers in

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nature to embrace, accept and
respond to a new vision.

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There is of course at times a
need for a strong purifying and

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cleansing force to work, but
this generally comes when the

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ground is prepared and a wider
segment of humanity is ready and

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able to accept the new direction
that is shown.

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Revolutions that overthrow an
existing order, but which are

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not based in substantive changes
in human nature tend to

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reintroduce the very type of
power structures that existed

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previously with just a change of
those specific individuals in

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power.
The true change occurs when

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there is an actual progress
prepared at the deeper levels so

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that humanity can move forward
to a next stage and not fall

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back into old habits of action.
There may be a major,

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tremendous, apparently
revolutionary or miraculous leap

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forward overturning existing
patterns with the advent of an

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entirely new level of
consciousness.

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Yet even here the basis of the
earlier terms is kept very much

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in place and just upgraded,
harmonized and taught to accept

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the higher power and guidance.
As we see with the expression of

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mental power and its action upon
life and matter.

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Sri Robindo notes quote, it is
not unless it is a super mental

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force, a power that acts without
conditions and limitations.

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The conditions and limits under
which Yoga or Sadhna has to be

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worked out are not arbitrary or
capricious.

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They arise from the nature of
things.

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These, including the will,
receptivity, ascent, self

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opening and surrender of the
Sadiq, have to be respected by

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the Yoga force unless it
receives a sanction from the

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Supreme to override everything
and get something done.

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But that sanction is sparingly
given.

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It is only if the Super mental
power came fully down, not

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merely sent its influences
through the over mind, that

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things could be very radically
directed towards that object.

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For them the sanction would not
be rare, for the law of the

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truth would be at work, not
constantly balanced by the law

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of the ignorance.
End Quote Reference Sri Oro

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Bindu and the Mother, The Hidden
Forces of Life, Chapter 7,

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Spiritual Forces of Help and
Succor, pages 163 to 164.