April 1, 2023
The Advent of Inner Experiences and the Unpurified Vital Nature; or Be Careful What You Wish For, Because You May Get It!
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The ego personality,
particularly the vital ego feeds
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upon feelings of being special,
having new and exciting
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experiences that are not part of
the ordinary external
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consciousness.
Spiritual Seekers are allured by
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Tales of meeting Spiritual
Beings on subtle planes
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traveling without the physical
body through astral planes.
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Obtaining guidance from Masters
who speak to one in one's own
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head.
We're being shown visions that
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make the secret.
Believe he is specially chosen
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for particular lines of action
or leadership.
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00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:44,500
Thus spiritual Seekers will
frequently focus on the
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experiences.
Rather than the slower arduous
13
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and less exciting process of
transformation of human nature,
14
00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:58,700
the shift from the mental to the
spiritual standpoint.
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Does not happen in a strictly
orderly step-by-step
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00:01:01,900 --> 00:01:05,500
progression.
The complexity of the human
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nature combined with the souls
preparation, and past lives, the
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challenges and difficulties of
the current lifetime.
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And the pressures of the Divine
manifestation as it evolves.
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The next stage of the evolution
of Consciousness, all together
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create a very flexible and
unforeseen, able set of
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circumstances for each
individual, in some cases,
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openings to what are called.
Spiritual experiences.
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Take place for individuals who
are not actively seeking the
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spiritual life.
Some of these so-called
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spiritual experiences are
actually openings to various
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vital planes, subtle, physical
Realms, or even mental planes of
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existence that have their own
laws of action, unbounded by the
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laws of nature we see in our
external lives.
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In this mixed World, thus, we
find the text books on
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psychology filled with case
studies of things, such as
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multiple personality disorder.
Or schizophrenia hearing of
33
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voices, hallucinations delusions
of grandeur, guidance, or
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pressure to carry out certain
actions, Etc, many of these
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cases are actually those of
individuals who have had a
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breakthrough to one of these
other planes frequently, vital
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planes of existence, without the
necessary, background training
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Insight, or Preparation to deal
with these things.
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Those who take up the spiritual
life are not immune to such
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things either.
By virtue of the fact that they
41
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are shifting their awareness
away from the external world and
42
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its activities.
And towards an interview, they
43
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may be more susceptible to such
experiences along the way and
44
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thus they require the needed
understanding When they first
45
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experience, the conscious Ness,
moving inwards and leaving the
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external Consciousness behind
they may experience fear of
47
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dying or they may have an
out-of-body experience or a
48
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near-death experience that
disorient them while.
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Not strictly spiritual
experiences, they occur along
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the way for many people.
True spiritual experiences,
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which Break Down The Walls of
separation between the seeker
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and the world, or which take one
into deep states of meditation,
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and Liberate the Seeker from the
external nature are potentially
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equally disorienting, for the
unprepared individuals.
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If people are not prepared, they
tend to react from the vital ego
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and either experienced fear or
uncertainty or else.
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Get a sense of self
aggrandizement.
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How many people have had a taste
of a new level of insight or
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conscious awareness and believed
they are the next great world
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teacher, or leader, The
Reincarnation of Jesus, or
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empowered to take charge of the
lives of others.
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And at the same time satisfy
their deepest desires This is
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the reason that serious
spiritual disciplines have
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called for an initial process of
purification, taking one form or
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another.
To ensure that when the
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experience is come, they do not
create psychological imbalances
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for the Seeker.
Or if they do, they are quickly
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able to be understood and
remedied.
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If your window, writes quote,
even before the tranquilizing
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purification of the outer Nature
has been affected or before it
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is sufficient.
When can still break down the
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wall, screening our inner being
from our outer awareness, by a
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strong force of call, and
aspiration of them and will or
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violent effort, or an effective
discipline or process.
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But this may be a premature
movement and is not without its
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serious dangers in entering
within one.
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May find oneself amidst a chaos
of unfamiliar and supernormal
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experiences to which one has not
the key or oppressive
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subliminal, or Cosmic forces
subcontinent, mental vital,
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subtle, physical, which may
unduly sway or chaotically,
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drive the being Circle it in a
cave of Darkness or keep it
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wandering in a Wilderness of
Glamour allurement, deception,
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or push it into an obscure
battlefield full of secret and
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treacherous and misleading, or
open and violent, opposition's
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beings and voices, and
influences, may appear to the
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inner sense and vision and
hearing claiming to be the
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Divine being or his Messengers
were powers and God, heads of
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the light or guides with.
The path to realization while in
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truth.
They are of a very different
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character. if there's too much
egoism in the nature of the
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Seeker or a strong passion, or
an excessive ambition vanity or
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other dominating weakness or in
obscurity of the mind, or a
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vacillating will, or a weakness
of the life force or an
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unsteadiness in it or want of
balance, he is likely to be
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seized on through these
deficiencies and to be
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frustrated, or to deviate
mislead from the true way of the
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A life and seeking into false
paths or to be left wondering
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about in an intermediate.
Chaos of experiences and failed
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to find his way out into the
true realization.
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These perils were well-known to
app a spiritual experience and
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have been met by imposing.
The necessity of initiation of
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discipline of methods of
purification and testing by
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ordeal of an higher submission
to the directions of the
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Pathfinder or path leader.
One who has realized the truth
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and himself possesses and is
able to communicate the light.
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The experience a guide who is
strong to take by the hand and
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carry over difficult passages as
well as to instruct and point
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out the way.
But even so, the dangers will be
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there, and can only be
surmounted if there is, or there
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grows up a complete sincerity, a
will for purity of Readiness for
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obedience to the truth for
surrender to the highest a
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Readiness to lose or to subject
to a Divine Yoke.
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The limiting and self-affirming
ego.
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These things are the sign that
the true will for realization
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for Version of the
Consciousness.
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For transformation.
Is there the necessary stage of
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the evolution has been reached
in that condition?
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The defects of nature, which
belonged to the human being
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cannot be a permanent obstacle
to the change from the mental,
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to the spiritual status.
The process may never be
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entirely easy.
But the way we'll have been made
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open and practicable and quote,
reference SRI aurobindo in the
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mother growing within the
psychology of inner development.
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Chapter 6 growth of
Consciousness difficulties and
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pitfalls Pages. 122 124.
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The ego personality,
particularly the vital ego feeds
2
00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:11,500
upon feelings of being special,
having new and exciting
3
00:00:11,500 --> 00:00:15,200
experiences that are not part of
the ordinary external
4
00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:19,300
consciousness.
Spiritual Seekers are allured by
5
00:00:19,300 --> 00:00:22,700
Tales of meeting Spiritual
Beings on subtle planes
6
00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:26,800
traveling without the physical
body through astral planes.
7
00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:30,700
Obtaining guidance from Masters
who speak to one in one's own
8
00:00:30,700 --> 00:00:33,800
head.
We're being shown visions that
9
00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:37,100
make the secret.
Believe he is specially chosen
10
00:00:37,100 --> 00:00:40,200
for particular lines of action
or leadership.
11
00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:44,500
Thus spiritual Seekers will
frequently focus on the
12
00:00:44,500 --> 00:00:49,500
experiences.
Rather than the slower arduous
13
00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:53,500
and less exciting process of
transformation of human nature,
14
00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:58,700
the shift from the mental to the
spiritual standpoint.
15
00:00:58,700 --> 00:01:01,900
Does not happen in a strictly
orderly step-by-step
16
00:01:01,900 --> 00:01:05,500
progression.
The complexity of the human
17
00:01:05,500 --> 00:01:10,600
nature combined with the souls
preparation, and past lives, the
18
00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,600
challenges and difficulties of
the current lifetime.
19
00:01:14,500 --> 00:01:17,900
And the pressures of the Divine
manifestation as it evolves.
20
00:01:17,900 --> 00:01:23,100
The next stage of the evolution
of Consciousness, all together
21
00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:27,400
create a very flexible and
unforeseen, able set of
22
00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:33,000
circumstances for each
individual, in some cases,
23
00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:36,200
openings to what are called.
Spiritual experiences.
24
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Take place for individuals who
are not actively seeking the
25
00:01:40,100 --> 00:01:43,500
spiritual life.
Some of these so-called
26
00:01:43,500 --> 00:01:46,900
spiritual experiences are
actually openings to various
27
00:01:46,900 --> 00:01:52,900
vital planes, subtle, physical
Realms, or even mental planes of
28
00:01:52,900 --> 00:01:58,000
existence that have their own
laws of action, unbounded by the
29
00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,000
laws of nature we see in our
external lives.
30
00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:06,500
In this mixed World, thus, we
find the text books on
31
00:02:06,500 --> 00:02:09,699
psychology filled with case
studies of things, such as
32
00:02:10,100 --> 00:02:14,800
multiple personality disorder.
Or schizophrenia hearing of
33
00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:20,200
voices, hallucinations delusions
of grandeur, guidance, or
34
00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:25,600
pressure to carry out certain
actions, Etc, many of these
35
00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:28,400
cases are actually those of
individuals who have had a
36
00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:32,800
breakthrough to one of these
other planes frequently, vital
37
00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:37,800
planes of existence, without the
necessary, background training
38
00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:42,000
Insight, or Preparation to deal
with these things.
39
00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,800
Those who take up the spiritual
life are not immune to such
40
00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:51,400
things either.
By virtue of the fact that they
41
00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:55,800
are shifting their awareness
away from the external world and
42
00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:59,900
its activities.
And towards an interview, they
43
00:02:59,900 --> 00:03:04,500
may be more susceptible to such
experiences along the way and
44
00:03:04,500 --> 00:03:09,600
thus they require the needed
understanding When they first
45
00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:14,500
experience, the conscious Ness,
moving inwards and leaving the
46
00:03:14,500 --> 00:03:19,200
external Consciousness behind
they may experience fear of
47
00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:23,900
dying or they may have an
out-of-body experience or a
48
00:03:23,908 --> 00:03:28,000
near-death experience that
disorient them while.
49
00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,300
Not strictly spiritual
experiences, they occur along
50
00:03:31,300 --> 00:03:36,200
the way for many people.
True spiritual experiences,
51
00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:40,000
which Break Down The Walls of
separation between the seeker
52
00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:44,500
and the world, or which take one
into deep states of meditation,
53
00:03:45,100 --> 00:03:49,700
and Liberate the Seeker from the
external nature are potentially
54
00:03:49,700 --> 00:03:53,900
equally disorienting, for the
unprepared individuals.
55
00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:58,900
If people are not prepared, they
tend to react from the vital ego
56
00:03:58,900 --> 00:04:03,300
and either experienced fear or
uncertainty or else.
57
00:04:03,900 --> 00:04:06,200
Get a sense of self
aggrandizement.
58
00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:10,100
How many people have had a taste
of a new level of insight or
59
00:04:10,100 --> 00:04:14,700
conscious awareness and believed
they are the next great world
60
00:04:14,700 --> 00:04:19,700
teacher, or leader, The
Reincarnation of Jesus, or
61
00:04:19,700 --> 00:04:23,100
empowered to take charge of the
lives of others.
62
00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:28,900
And at the same time satisfy
their deepest desires This is
63
00:04:28,900 --> 00:04:31,700
the reason that serious
spiritual disciplines have
64
00:04:31,700 --> 00:04:36,700
called for an initial process of
purification, taking one form or
65
00:04:36,700 --> 00:04:39,000
another.
To ensure that when the
66
00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:44,100
experience is come, they do not
create psychological imbalances
67
00:04:44,100 --> 00:04:47,900
for the Seeker.
Or if they do, they are quickly
68
00:04:47,900 --> 00:04:50,400
able to be understood and
remedied.
69
00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:56,700
If your window, writes quote,
even before the tranquilizing
70
00:04:56,700 --> 00:05:01,100
purification of the outer Nature
has been affected or before it
71
00:05:01,100 --> 00:05:04,100
is sufficient.
When can still break down the
72
00:05:04,100 --> 00:05:08,500
wall, screening our inner being
from our outer awareness, by a
73
00:05:08,500 --> 00:05:13,000
strong force of call, and
aspiration of them and will or
74
00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:17,000
violent effort, or an effective
discipline or process.
75
00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:22,800
But this may be a premature
movement and is not without its
76
00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:26,300
serious dangers in entering
within one.
77
00:05:26,300 --> 00:05:30,800
May find oneself amidst a chaos
of unfamiliar and supernormal
78
00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:36,200
experiences to which one has not
the key or oppressive
79
00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:41,900
subliminal, or Cosmic forces
subcontinent, mental vital,
80
00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:46,400
subtle, physical, which may
unduly sway or chaotically,
81
00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:51,200
drive the being Circle it in a
cave of Darkness or keep it
82
00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:55,400
wandering in a Wilderness of
Glamour allurement, deception,
83
00:05:56,100 --> 00:05:59,400
or push it into an obscure
battlefield full of secret and
84
00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:04,300
treacherous and misleading, or
open and violent, opposition's
85
00:06:05,300 --> 00:06:08,400
beings and voices, and
influences, may appear to the
86
00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:11,900
inner sense and vision and
hearing claiming to be the
87
00:06:11,900 --> 00:06:16,100
Divine being or his Messengers
were powers and God, heads of
88
00:06:16,100 --> 00:06:20,900
the light or guides with.
The path to realization while in
89
00:06:20,900 --> 00:06:23,200
truth.
They are of a very different
90
00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:27,300
character. if there's too much
egoism in the nature of the
91
00:06:27,300 --> 00:06:33,200
Seeker or a strong passion, or
an excessive ambition vanity or
92
00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:37,500
other dominating weakness or in
obscurity of the mind, or a
93
00:06:37,500 --> 00:06:41,800
vacillating will, or a weakness
of the life force or an
94
00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:46,600
unsteadiness in it or want of
balance, he is likely to be
95
00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:50,000
seized on through these
deficiencies and to be
96
00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:54,600
frustrated, or to deviate
mislead from the true way of the
97
00:06:54,700 --> 00:07:00,100
A life and seeking into false
paths or to be left wondering
98
00:07:00,100 --> 00:07:05,000
about in an intermediate.
Chaos of experiences and failed
99
00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:09,000
to find his way out into the
true realization.
100
00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:14,800
These perils were well-known to
app a spiritual experience and
101
00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:19,000
have been met by imposing.
The necessity of initiation of
102
00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,700
discipline of methods of
purification and testing by
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ordeal of an higher submission
to the directions of the
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Pathfinder or path leader.
One who has realized the truth
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and himself possesses and is
able to communicate the light.
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The experience a guide who is
strong to take by the hand and
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carry over difficult passages as
well as to instruct and point
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out the way.
But even so, the dangers will be
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there, and can only be
surmounted if there is, or there
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grows up a complete sincerity, a
will for purity of Readiness for
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obedience to the truth for
surrender to the highest a
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Readiness to lose or to subject
to a Divine Yoke.
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The limiting and self-affirming
ego.
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These things are the sign that
the true will for realization
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for Version of the
Consciousness.
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For transformation.
Is there the necessary stage of
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the evolution has been reached
in that condition?
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The defects of nature, which
belonged to the human being
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cannot be a permanent obstacle
to the change from the mental,
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to the spiritual status.
The process may never be
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entirely easy.
But the way we'll have been made
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open and practicable and quote,
reference SRI aurobindo in the
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mother growing within the
psychology of inner development.
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Chapter 6 growth of
Consciousness difficulties and
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pitfalls Pages. 122 124.
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