May 15, 2023
The Awakened Psychic Being Attracts What It Needs for Its Growth and Development
Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Growing Within: The Psychology of Inner Development, Chapter VIII The Psychic Being and Inner Growth, pp. 161-162 This podcast is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/05/13/the-awakened-psychic-being-attracts-what-it-needs-for-its-growth-and-development/
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There's been a lot of publicity
about what is generally called
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00:00:06,100 --> 00:00:10,000
The Law of Attraction.
This holds that an individual
3
00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:14,200
can focus on something and
thereby cause it to be attracted
4
00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:17,300
to him.
People have used it to try to
5
00:00:17,300 --> 00:00:22,900
attract wealth romance and other
things they desired to
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00:00:22,900 --> 00:00:27,000
themselves.
There is of course an occult
7
00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:32,299
truth behind the connection
between subject and object that
8
00:00:32,299 --> 00:00:35,900
takes place when the focus or
concentration of the subject
9
00:00:35,900 --> 00:00:41,000
shift to the object, and thereby
can cause some attraction.
10
00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:45,900
The real problem with the way
this is formulated in the Buhler
11
00:00:45,900 --> 00:00:49,300
imagination.
Is that an individual's mental
12
00:00:49,700 --> 00:00:54,100
emotional and vital focus of
energies is sufficient to draw
13
00:00:54,100 --> 00:00:57,400
together, Universal forces and
results.
14
00:00:58,900 --> 00:01:03,500
For most people with a limited
power of concentration and a
15
00:01:03,500 --> 00:01:06,900
limited power of persistence in
that concentration.
16
00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:12,700
This is for the most part.
Very illusory and results are
17
00:01:12,700 --> 00:01:17,400
limited at Best in his lectures
on Raja yoga.
18
00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:22,300
Swami Vivekananda describes, the
power of yoga concentration,
19
00:01:22,300 --> 00:01:27,700
some Jama to bring knowledge by
identity to the practitioner of
20
00:01:27,700 --> 00:01:33,300
whatever is being Focused on and
with it, the powers of the
21
00:01:33,300 --> 00:01:37,500
object of concentration.
This, of course requires a
22
00:01:37,508 --> 00:01:42,300
substantial ability to practice
Raja yoga in order to obtain the
23
00:01:42,300 --> 00:01:45,000
results.
There may, of course be
24
00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:49,900
individuals who have a natural
capacity based on past lifetime
25
00:01:49,900 --> 00:01:54,100
development to effectuate, such
a form of concentration.
26
00:01:55,100 --> 00:01:59,200
But this capacity is actually
rooted in the psychic being
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00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:04,700
which is the actual carrier of
experience and growth from Life
28
00:02:04,700 --> 00:02:08,800
To Life.
When we look at the mechanism of
29
00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:13,300
the psychic being the entire
Focus from life to life is the
30
00:02:13,300 --> 00:02:17,000
growth of the soul and the
increasing awareness and
31
00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:22,100
purposeful adherence to the
universal manifestation and the
32
00:02:22,100 --> 00:02:27,100
Divine intention. the soul does
not focus on fulfilling the
33
00:02:27,100 --> 00:02:32,800
objects of Desire, but rather on
circumstances and capacities
34
00:02:33,300 --> 00:02:37,700
that will enhance the souls
Awakening and growth These may
35
00:02:37,700 --> 00:02:41,300
be circumstances that the ego
personality would judge as
36
00:02:41,300 --> 00:02:46,100
highly negative or painful.
The pain and struggle may push
37
00:02:46,100 --> 00:02:50,300
the soul along, its path more
effectively than wonderful
38
00:02:50,300 --> 00:02:52,800
satisfying circumstances in
life.
39
00:02:55,000 --> 00:03:00,100
The mother writes quote, if you
have within you a psychic being
40
00:03:00,100 --> 00:03:05,700
sufficiently awake to watch over
you to prepare your path, it can
41
00:03:05,700 --> 00:03:10,100
draw towards you things, which
help you draw people, books,
42
00:03:10,100 --> 00:03:15,100
circumstances, all sorts of
little coincidences, which come
43
00:03:15,100 --> 00:03:18,800
to you as though, brought by
some benevolent will and give
44
00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:24,000
you an indication the help of
support to take decisions.
45
00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:26,600
And turn you in the right
direction.
46
00:03:27,500 --> 00:03:31,700
But once you have taken this
direction, once you have decided
47
00:03:31,700 --> 00:03:36,900
to find the truth of your being,
once you start sincerely on the
48
00:03:36,900 --> 00:03:42,000
road then everything seems to
conspire to help you to advance.
49
00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:48,400
And quote reference SRI
aurobindo in the mother growing
50
00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:53,300
within the psychology of inner
development, chapter 8, the
51
00:03:53,300 --> 00:03:58,700
psychic being and inner growth
Pages. 161 2162
00:00:02,400 --> 00:00:05,900
There's been a lot of publicity
about what is generally called
2
00:00:06,100 --> 00:00:10,000
The Law of Attraction.
This holds that an individual
3
00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:14,200
can focus on something and
thereby cause it to be attracted
4
00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:17,300
to him.
People have used it to try to
5
00:00:17,300 --> 00:00:22,900
attract wealth romance and other
things they desired to
6
00:00:22,900 --> 00:00:27,000
themselves.
There is of course an occult
7
00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:32,299
truth behind the connection
between subject and object that
8
00:00:32,299 --> 00:00:35,900
takes place when the focus or
concentration of the subject
9
00:00:35,900 --> 00:00:41,000
shift to the object, and thereby
can cause some attraction.
10
00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:45,900
The real problem with the way
this is formulated in the Buhler
11
00:00:45,900 --> 00:00:49,300
imagination.
Is that an individual's mental
12
00:00:49,700 --> 00:00:54,100
emotional and vital focus of
energies is sufficient to draw
13
00:00:54,100 --> 00:00:57,400
together, Universal forces and
results.
14
00:00:58,900 --> 00:01:03,500
For most people with a limited
power of concentration and a
15
00:01:03,500 --> 00:01:06,900
limited power of persistence in
that concentration.
16
00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:12,700
This is for the most part.
Very illusory and results are
17
00:01:12,700 --> 00:01:17,400
limited at Best in his lectures
on Raja yoga.
18
00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:22,300
Swami Vivekananda describes, the
power of yoga concentration,
19
00:01:22,300 --> 00:01:27,700
some Jama to bring knowledge by
identity to the practitioner of
20
00:01:27,700 --> 00:01:33,300
whatever is being Focused on and
with it, the powers of the
21
00:01:33,300 --> 00:01:37,500
object of concentration.
This, of course requires a
22
00:01:37,508 --> 00:01:42,300
substantial ability to practice
Raja yoga in order to obtain the
23
00:01:42,300 --> 00:01:45,000
results.
There may, of course be
24
00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:49,900
individuals who have a natural
capacity based on past lifetime
25
00:01:49,900 --> 00:01:54,100
development to effectuate, such
a form of concentration.
26
00:01:55,100 --> 00:01:59,200
But this capacity is actually
rooted in the psychic being
27
00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:04,700
which is the actual carrier of
experience and growth from Life
28
00:02:04,700 --> 00:02:08,800
To Life.
When we look at the mechanism of
29
00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:13,300
the psychic being the entire
Focus from life to life is the
30
00:02:13,300 --> 00:02:17,000
growth of the soul and the
increasing awareness and
31
00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:22,100
purposeful adherence to the
universal manifestation and the
32
00:02:22,100 --> 00:02:27,100
Divine intention. the soul does
not focus on fulfilling the
33
00:02:27,100 --> 00:02:32,800
objects of Desire, but rather on
circumstances and capacities
34
00:02:33,300 --> 00:02:37,700
that will enhance the souls
Awakening and growth These may
35
00:02:37,700 --> 00:02:41,300
be circumstances that the ego
personality would judge as
36
00:02:41,300 --> 00:02:46,100
highly negative or painful.
The pain and struggle may push
37
00:02:46,100 --> 00:02:50,300
the soul along, its path more
effectively than wonderful
38
00:02:50,300 --> 00:02:52,800
satisfying circumstances in
life.
39
00:02:55,000 --> 00:03:00,100
The mother writes quote, if you
have within you a psychic being
40
00:03:00,100 --> 00:03:05,700
sufficiently awake to watch over
you to prepare your path, it can
41
00:03:05,700 --> 00:03:10,100
draw towards you things, which
help you draw people, books,
42
00:03:10,100 --> 00:03:15,100
circumstances, all sorts of
little coincidences, which come
43
00:03:15,100 --> 00:03:18,800
to you as though, brought by
some benevolent will and give
44
00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:24,000
you an indication the help of
support to take decisions.
45
00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:26,600
And turn you in the right
direction.
46
00:03:27,500 --> 00:03:31,700
But once you have taken this
direction, once you have decided
47
00:03:31,700 --> 00:03:36,900
to find the truth of your being,
once you start sincerely on the
48
00:03:36,900 --> 00:03:42,000
road then everything seems to
conspire to help you to advance.
49
00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:48,400
And quote reference SRI
aurobindo in the mother growing
50
00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:53,300
within the psychology of inner
development, chapter 8, the
51
00:03:53,300 --> 00:03:58,700
psychic being and inner growth
Pages. 161 2162
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