Nov. 20, 2024
The Effective Potency of a Focused and Persistent Aspiration
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Instant fulfillment is the
desire that most people have for
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any of their wishes, prayers, or
aspirations.
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Particularly in the West, people
have been conditioned to believe
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that they can receive a response
instantly.
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They expect delivery within the
hour.
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Everything comes to them faster
and faster, and they come to
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expect results to be
instantaneous.
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In reality, however, the most
essential things in life do not
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00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:37,320
appear at the speed of an
Internet download using a high
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00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:41,400
speed link.
Of course, many people still
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00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:44,320
understand the need for patient
and persistent effort.
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Those engaged in serious sports,
science, mathematics, or other
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00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:54,040
fields that push the boundaries
of one's capabilities in one
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00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:58,440
area or another soon find that
they need to work at their field
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00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:02,760
regularly, consistently,
persistently, and with an
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00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:06,560
unflagging energy.
They begin to realize that
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00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:10,640
setbacks and obstacles may stand
in the way, which can only be
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overcome through time and
effort.
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Aspiration, in order to come to
fruition, needs to be a powerful
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flame that not only blazes up
and then dies out, but which
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burns consistently and steadily
over the long term, impressing
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the entire being with its
influence and overtime bringing
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about the change sought by the
aspiration.
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The mother observes quote.
Aspiration is like an arrow,
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like this gesture.
So you aspire, want very
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earnestly to understand, no,
enter into the truth, Yes.
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And then with that aspiration,
you do this gesture, your
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aspiration rises, rises, rises,
rises straight up, very strong.
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And then it strikes against a
kind of, how to put it lid,
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which is there hard like iron
and extremely thick, and it does
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not pass through.
And then you say, see, what's
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the use of aspiring?
It brings nothing at all.
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I meet with something hard and
cannot pass.
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But you know about the drop of
water which falls on the rock?
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It ends up by making a chasm.
It cuts the rock from top to
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bottom.
Your aspiration is a drop of
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water which instead of falling,
rises.
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So by dint of rising it beats,
beats, beats, and one day it
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makes a hole by dint of rising.
And it when it makes the hole,
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suddenly it springs out from
this lid and enters an immensity
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of light.
And you say, ah, now I
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understand it's like that.
So one must be very persistent,
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very stubborn, and have an
aspiration which rises straight
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upwards, that is, which does not
go roaming around here and there
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seeking all kinds of things.
Only this to understand,
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understand, understand, to
learn, to know, to be.
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When one reaches the very top,
there is nothing more to
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understand, nothing more to
learn.
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One is.
And it's when 1 is that one
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understands and knows.
End Quote Reference Sri
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Aurobindo and the Mother Powers
within Chapter 9, Aspiration and
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00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:05,120
Prayer, pages 89 to 90.
00:00:01,760 --> 00:00:06,000
Instant fulfillment is the
desire that most people have for
2
00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:09,840
any of their wishes, prayers, or
aspirations.
3
00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:15,120
Particularly in the West, people
have been conditioned to believe
4
00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:17,720
that they can receive a response
instantly.
5
00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:20,840
They expect delivery within the
hour.
6
00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:25,720
Everything comes to them faster
and faster, and they come to
7
00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:28,640
expect results to be
instantaneous.
8
00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:33,840
In reality, however, the most
essential things in life do not
9
00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:37,320
appear at the speed of an
Internet download using a high
10
00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:41,400
speed link.
Of course, many people still
11
00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:44,320
understand the need for patient
and persistent effort.
12
00:00:45,160 --> 00:00:50,640
Those engaged in serious sports,
science, mathematics, or other
13
00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:54,040
fields that push the boundaries
of one's capabilities in one
14
00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:58,440
area or another soon find that
they need to work at their field
15
00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:02,760
regularly, consistently,
persistently, and with an
16
00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:06,560
unflagging energy.
They begin to realize that
17
00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:10,640
setbacks and obstacles may stand
in the way, which can only be
18
00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:12,880
overcome through time and
effort.
19
00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:19,320
Aspiration, in order to come to
fruition, needs to be a powerful
20
00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:24,960
flame that not only blazes up
and then dies out, but which
21
00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:29,760
burns consistently and steadily
over the long term, impressing
22
00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:34,920
the entire being with its
influence and overtime bringing
23
00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:37,800
about the change sought by the
aspiration.
24
00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:44,160
The mother observes quote.
Aspiration is like an arrow,
25
00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:49,560
like this gesture.
So you aspire, want very
26
00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:54,880
earnestly to understand, no,
enter into the truth, Yes.
27
00:01:55,560 --> 00:02:01,080
And then with that aspiration,
you do this gesture, your
28
00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:08,840
aspiration rises, rises, rises,
rises straight up, very strong.
29
00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:13,600
And then it strikes against a
kind of, how to put it lid,
30
00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:19,120
which is there hard like iron
and extremely thick, and it does
31
00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:24,160
not pass through.
And then you say, see, what's
32
00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:27,320
the use of aspiring?
It brings nothing at all.
33
00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:30,680
I meet with something hard and
cannot pass.
34
00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:35,640
But you know about the drop of
water which falls on the rock?
35
00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:40,800
It ends up by making a chasm.
It cuts the rock from top to
36
00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:44,160
bottom.
Your aspiration is a drop of
37
00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:46,880
water which instead of falling,
rises.
38
00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:54,400
So by dint of rising it beats,
beats, beats, and one day it
39
00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:59,600
makes a hole by dint of rising.
And it when it makes the hole,
40
00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:04,040
suddenly it springs out from
this lid and enters an immensity
41
00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:08,160
of light.
And you say, ah, now I
42
00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:14,160
understand it's like that.
So one must be very persistent,
43
00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:19,000
very stubborn, and have an
aspiration which rises straight
44
00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:23,680
upwards, that is, which does not
go roaming around here and there
45
00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:29,040
seeking all kinds of things.
Only this to understand,
46
00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:36,160
understand, understand, to
learn, to know, to be.
47
00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:41,520
When one reaches the very top,
there is nothing more to
48
00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:44,440
understand, nothing more to
learn.
49
00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:49,680
One is.
And it's when 1 is that one
50
00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:55,440
understands and knows.
End Quote Reference Sri
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Aurobindo and the Mother Powers
within Chapter 9, Aspiration and
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00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:05,120
Prayer, pages 89 to 90.