The Aspiration and Surrender of the Body Consciousness in Its Seeking for Health and Balance

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While the mind does not
generally recognize the

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consciousness of the body, it
remains true that the body has

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its own ability to respond to
circumstances.

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For those who have a highly
developed mental or vital being,

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these powers frequently override
the natural responsiveness of

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the body when we look at the
animal Kingdom, for instance.

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We see that if a dog or cat is
ill or out of sorts, it tends to

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find its solution in letting the
body rest, or even finding the

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right plant or herb that it
needs at that moment, if such is

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available.
This is not based on some kind

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of mental thought process, but
an innate sense of the body of

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the animal to gravitate toward
whatever will bring it back into

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balance.
We can contrast this with the

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mental approach, where we begin
to consider what is causing an

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illness or physical state of
imbalance.

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And then we either tend to
overpower the body by continuing

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to make demands on it when it
really needs rest and care, or

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else by trying to micromanage
the body's response to the

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situation by inserting
treatments, dietary changes, or

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medical operations.
To try to fix whatever is out of

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balance.
In many instances there are

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unintended consequences that
occur what are frequently called

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side effects to the treatment,
and in many cases the cure is

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worse than the disease.
The internal operations of the

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body are not directly understood
or even viewed by the mental

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consciousness.
The body consciousness seems to

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do best for the most part, when
it is allowed to use its innate

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sense to try to maintain and
restore what is called in

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medical terminology,
homeostasis, which is in common

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terms maintaining and restoring
a state of balance, with the

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body functioning according to
its expected ways.

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Thus, if the blood chemistry is
getting out of balance, for

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instance.
The body automatically takes

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steps to try to restore that
balance through an offsetting

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chemical response, either a
craving for a certain food or

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other internal change that
addresses whatever is going

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wrong.
The mother adds another element,

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which is the simple aspiration
and surrender of the body cells.

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When not interfered with by the
mind or the vital demands, the

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body aspires for health.
Energy, Wellness, vibrancy and

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automatically turns, as a
sunflower does, to the sun

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toward the source of health, the
mother writes.

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Quote In the body, for instance,
when there is something like an

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attack, an accident, an illness,
trying to come in something, an

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attack on the body, a body that
is left to its natural

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spontaneity has an urge.
And aspiration.

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A spontaneous will to call for
help.

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But as soon as the affair goes
to the head, it takes the form

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of things to which one is
accustomed.

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Everything is spoiled.
But if the body is seen in

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itself just as it is, there is
something which suddenly wakes

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up and calls for help.
And with such a faith, such an

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intensity.
Just as the tiny little baby

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calls its Mama, you know, or
whoever is there, it says

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nothing if it cannot speak.
But the body left to itself

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without this kind of constant
action of the mind upon it,

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well, it has this as soon as
there is some disturbance,

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immediately it has an
aspiration, a call, an effort to

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seek help, and this is very
powerful.

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If nothing intervenes, it is
very powerful.

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It is as though the cells
themselves sprang up in an

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aspiration, a call in the body.
There are invaluable and unknown

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treasures in all its cells.
There is an intensity of life,

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of aspiration, of the will to
progress, which one does not

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usually even realize.
The body consciousness would

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have to be completely warped by
the action of the mind, and

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vital for it not to have an
immediate will to reestablish

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the equilibrium.
When this will is not there, it

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means that the entire body
consciousness has been spoiled

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by the intervention of the mind,
and vital in people who cherish

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their malady more or less
subconsciously with a sort of

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morbidity.
Under the pretext that it makes

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them interesting, it is not
their body at all, poor body.

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It is something they have
imposed upon it with a mental or

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vital perversion.
The body, if left to itself, is

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remarkable, for not only does it
aspire for equilibrium and

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wellbeing, but it is capable of
restoring the balance if one

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leaves one's body alone without
intervening with all those

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thoughts.
All the vital reactions, all the

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depressions, and also all the
socalled knowledge and mental

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constructions and fears.
If one leaves the body to itself

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spontaneously, it will do what
is necessary to set itself right

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again.
The body and its natural state

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likes equilibrium, likes
harmony, and it is the other

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parts of the being which spoil
everything.

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End Quote.
Reference Sri Aurobindo and the

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Mother Our Many Selves,
Practical Yogic Psychology,

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Chapter 2, Plains and Parts of
the Being, pages 23 to 24.