June 13, 2024
The Action of Vital Entities in Human Life for Their Own Sense of Enjoyment
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YouTube reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, The Hidden Forces of Life, Ch. 5 Occult Forces, pp. 112-113 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/06/09/the-action-of-vital-entities-in-human-life-for-their-own-sense-of-enjoyment/
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Human beings love subjecting
others to practical jokes, but
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very likely we are not the only
beings who suffer from this
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malady.
Many people have had the
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experience related here by the
Mother about searching for
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things, sometimes looking in the
place where those things are but
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not finding them.
Then later, they suddenly become
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visible again.
We could interpret this to be
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inattention of some sort, or a
lack of thoroughness in the
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search, or a distraction at the
time of the search, or even a
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00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:41,600
fading in and out of existence
of these things.
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00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:46,000
But the mother had her own
experience which brought her to
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understand that there are in
fact some small, vital entities
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who live in close proximity to
our world and who take joy in
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hiding things from our view and
then revealing them later.
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00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:04,560
The mother notes quote.
One of the most common
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00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:08,440
activities of these intolerable
little entities, which are in
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the human physical atmosphere
and amuse themselves at men's
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expense, is to blind you to such
an extent that when you look for
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something and The thing is
staring you in the face, you do
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not see it.
This happens very often.
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You search in vain, you turn
everything over, you look into
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all possible corners, but you
don't find the thing.
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Then you give up the problem,
and sometime later, precisely
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when the hand over the eyes is
removed, you come back to the
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same place, and it is exactly
there where you have looked
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quietly lying there.
It had not stirred, only you
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were unconscious, you did not
see.
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This is a very, very frequent
amusement of these little
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entities.
They also take pleasure in
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removing things.
Then they put them back.
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00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:06,320
But at times they also don't put
them back.
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They displace them.
Indeed, they have all sorts of
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little diversions.
They are intolerable.
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Madame Blavatsky made much use
of them, but I don't know how
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she managed to make them so
amiable because generally they
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are quite unpleasant.
Reference Sri Aurobindo and the
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Mother, The Hidden Forces of
Life, Chapter 5, Occult Forces,
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00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:35,800
pages 1:12 to 1:13.
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Human beings love subjecting
others to practical jokes, but
2
00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:11,200
very likely we are not the only
beings who suffer from this
3
00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:14,160
malady.
Many people have had the
4
00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:17,240
experience related here by the
Mother about searching for
5
00:00:17,240 --> 00:00:21,760
things, sometimes looking in the
place where those things are but
6
00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:25,680
not finding them.
Then later, they suddenly become
7
00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:29,600
visible again.
We could interpret this to be
8
00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:33,440
inattention of some sort, or a
lack of thoroughness in the
9
00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:38,680
search, or a distraction at the
time of the search, or even a
10
00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:41,600
fading in and out of existence
of these things.
11
00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:46,000
But the mother had her own
experience which brought her to
12
00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:50,680
understand that there are in
fact some small, vital entities
13
00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:55,800
who live in close proximity to
our world and who take joy in
14
00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:59,560
hiding things from our view and
then revealing them later.
15
00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:04,560
The mother notes quote.
One of the most common
16
00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:08,440
activities of these intolerable
little entities, which are in
17
00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:12,000
the human physical atmosphere
and amuse themselves at men's
18
00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:16,200
expense, is to blind you to such
an extent that when you look for
19
00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:20,400
something and The thing is
staring you in the face, you do
20
00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:23,720
not see it.
This happens very often.
21
00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:28,800
You search in vain, you turn
everything over, you look into
22
00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:32,440
all possible corners, but you
don't find the thing.
23
00:01:33,320 --> 00:01:37,520
Then you give up the problem,
and sometime later, precisely
24
00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:41,680
when the hand over the eyes is
removed, you come back to the
25
00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:46,000
same place, and it is exactly
there where you have looked
26
00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:51,280
quietly lying there.
It had not stirred, only you
27
00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:53,960
were unconscious, you did not
see.
28
00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:57,680
This is a very, very frequent
amusement of these little
29
00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:00,440
entities.
They also take pleasure in
30
00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:03,240
removing things.
Then they put them back.
31
00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:06,320
But at times they also don't put
them back.
32
00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:10,000
They displace them.
Indeed, they have all sorts of
33
00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:13,120
little diversions.
They are intolerable.
34
00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:18,320
Madame Blavatsky made much use
of them, but I don't know how
35
00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:22,760
she managed to make them so
amiable because generally they
36
00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:28,880
are quite unpleasant.
Reference Sri Aurobindo and the
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00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:33,120
Mother, The Hidden Forces of
Life, Chapter 5, Occult Forces,
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00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:35,800
pages 1:12 to 1:13.