The Aspiration Must Be Kept Alive and Constant

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Changing human nature is a
process of time and effort and

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is therefore subject to periods
of waxing and waning of effort.

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Human beings tend to relax and
enjoy their lives.

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When all things are going well.
Thus, it is primarily in times

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of difficulty and stress.
When we remember to focus on the

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need to inspire and concentrate,
there are also periods of

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dullness with nothing actively
engaging, the attention periods

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of boredom periods of ennui,
periods of lassitude.

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Perhaps even to a greater extent
than during periods of

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enjoyment.
The focus is absent during these

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dull times.
The challenge then is to engage

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the being to concentrate.
The attention to tend the flame

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of aspiration through times of
difficulty, but also through

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times of positive, external
enjoyment and Times of emptiness

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or boredom.
In fact, if this concentration

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can be engaged, if the seeking
for the Divine, if the tending,

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the fire of aspiration becomes
Central to Life of the

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individual.
It can ensure that the times of

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boredom are minimized as life
then becomes entry, aurobindo

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those words and adventure of
consciousness.

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Even periods of dullness become
times of observation review and

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can lead to new insights into
the challenges facing those who

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desire to make a true change in
nature. we tend to develop

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feelings of guilt or despair or
a sense of our own unfitness

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when these challenges come to
us, These things, however are

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not truly a cause for any moral
Judgment of Fitness or

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righteousness, but rather an
opportunity to explore the

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complex interaction of the
different elements of the nature

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and the various forms of
resistance that need to be

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understood and overcome.
Some Seekers develop practices

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to see them through the times of
difficulty, or lack of

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enthusiasm.
This may involve devotional

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practices Collective study
satsang kirtan or devotional

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efforts dedicated work or a
regular practice of meditation

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that help.
Keep the nature directed, These

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techniques can be useful.
As long as they are not

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substituted for the inner work
and do not become, simply

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mechanical in nature.
Some find that a simple

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formulation of consecration, or
dedication of oneself to the

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higher goal or purpose, renewed,
daily can Aid this effort, One

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way or the other, a living flame
of aspiration needs to be kept

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burning in the center of the
beam.

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The mother observes quote.
The next thing you have to do is

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to tend this aspiration to keep
it always alert and awake and

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living instead of telling
yourself once in a while.

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Oh yes.
I am thinking of finding the

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Divine just when there is
something unpleasant when you

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were a little disgusted because
you feel tired, Indeed there are

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very many flimsy reasons all of
a sudden, you remember that

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there is such a thing as yoga.
Something like the Divine to

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know who can get you out of this
flatness of life.

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And for that, what is required
is concentration concentration

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upon the Divine with a view to
an integral, an absolute

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consecration to its will and
purpose.

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This is the second step that is
to say you begin wanting to find

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a know, the Divine and live.
It You must feel at the same

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time that the thing is so
precious.

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So important that your entire
life is not sufficient for

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acquiring it.
Then the first movement is a

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self giving you tell yourself, I
do not want any longer to belong

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to myself for the sake of my
little personal satisfaction.

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I wish to belong to this
marvelous thing, which one must

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find must know, No, must live
and for which I inspired and

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quote.
Reference SRI aurobindo in the

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mother growing within the
psychology of inner development.

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Chapter 3 growth of
Consciousness, basic requisites

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