The Attraction of the Spiritual Life to Beings of the Vital World

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Beings of the vital world in
many cases interact with and act

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upon the material world in which
we live and act as embodied

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beings.
What is the attraction?

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Vital beings generally crave
energy, excitement, novelty, the

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food of their existence.
If they are seeking to harvest

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such energy from human beings,
they look for individuals who

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can provide them sustenance with
less cost and risk, as do

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predatory species we see in the
world.

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Spiritual seekers tend to have
more openness generally and less

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resistance to non material
forces and thus can become

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easier prey for the vital beings
to feast upon.

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Add to this various types of
confusion and basic ignorance

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about the functioning of these
non material forces and beings

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and we have a recipe for
spiritual aspirants to be turned

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into prey.
In some cases, there may be

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beings in the vital world who
become dissatisfied with the

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limitations of their lives and
who want to participate in the

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evolution.
While this may be more rare

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given the nature of these
beings, it can occur.

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In some cases the vital beings
use a spiritual cloak to attract

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individuals, and this then is
simply an act of pure deception.

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Thus we may find that some
beings take on the shape or form

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of a religious leader or even an
angelic being of some sort in

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order to capture the gullible
and get them to do what they are

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bidding to be done.
They take on a dynamic,

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charismatic form, pretend to be
great masters, and then either

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entertain themselves or treat
their followers as food.

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They have no sincerity, no
respect for those they capture,

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and no interest in actual
spiritual progress.

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In such cases, the Mother
describes various circumstances

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in response to his disciples
question, A disciple inquires,

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You have said that these beings
of the vital world are attracted

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by the spiritual life.
Why?

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The Mother responds, quote, They
are attracted, but this does not

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mean that they have decided
sincerely to follow the

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spiritual life.
The chief characteristic of

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these beings is falsehood.
Their nature is made of deceit.

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They have a power for illusion.
They can take the appearance of

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divine beings or higher beings.
They can appear in a dazzling

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light.
But truly sincere people are not

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deceived.
They immediately feel something

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that warns them.
But if one likes the marvelous,

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the unexpected, if one loves
fantastic things, if one likes

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to live a romance, one is likely
to be easily deceived.

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Not long ago there was a
historical instance, that of

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Hitler, who was in contact with
the being whom he considered to

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be the Supreme.
This being came and gave him

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advice, told him all that he had
to do.

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Hitler used to retire into
solitude and remained there as

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long as it was necessary to come
into contact with his guide and

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receive from him inspirations
which he carried out later very

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faithfully.
This being which Hitler took for

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the Supreme was quite plainly an
Asura, one who is called the

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Lord of falsehood in occultism,
but who proclaimed himself the

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Lord of the nations.
He had a shining appearance.

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He could mislead anybody except
one who really had occult

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knowledge and could see what was
there behind the appearance.

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Generally he used to appear to
Hitler wearing a silver kuras

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and helmet.
A kind of flame came out of his

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head and there was an atmosphere
of dazzling light around him, so

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dazzling that Hitler could
hardly look at him.

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He used to tell Hitler
everything that had to be done.

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He played with him as with a
monkey or a mouse.

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He had decided clearly to make
Hitler commit all possible

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extravagances till the day he
would break his neck, which did

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happen.
But cases like this are

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frequent, though on a smaller
scale.

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Of course Hitler was a very good
medium.

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He had great mediumistic
capacities, but he lacked

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intelligence and discrimination.
This being could tell him

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anything whatever, and he
swallowed it all.

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It was he who pushed Hitler
little by little, and he was

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doing this as a distraction.
He did not take life seriously

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for these beings.
Men are very tiny things with

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whom they play as a cat plays
with a mouse, till finally they

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eat them up.
End Quote Reference Sri

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Aurobindo and the Mother, The
Hidden Forces of Life, Chapter

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5, Occult Forces, pages 1:15 to
1:16.