July 28, 2024
The Effective Power of the Yogic Process in the Life-Experience of the Practitioner
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Rare are those individuals who
can take up a practice and not
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see any result whatsoever, yet
continue on with endless
3
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patience and persistence.
We look at the example of
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Milarepa, the great Yogi of
Tibet, who spent a number of
5
00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:22,200
years doing hard labour at the
behest of his guru Marpa, and
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who was not granted any
teachings.
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00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:28,920
Yet even Milarepa did not do
this without a sense that there
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were real powers and achievable
results if he persevered.
9
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His time learning and practicing
the magic arts showed him the
10
00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:43,000
powers available and their real
and tangible results.
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Who could endure the dark night
of the soul if he had not
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00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:52,400
previously had experiences that
showed him the light, the power,
13
00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:55,920
the peace of the spiritual
experience?
14
00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:01,080
Most people who take up yoga
seriously actually do so after
15
00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:03,280
some kind of experience of an
opening.
16
00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:08,240
Danny and Brinkley, struck by
lightning, was pronounced dead
17
00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:12,280
and came back to life with a
vision, a knowledge and a
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00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:15,720
mission.
The real and lasting impact of
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00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:19,480
the practice he took up
afterwards shows the power of
20
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the spiritual force to redirect
the life, the focus and the
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00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:28,400
understanding.
Widely reported experiences
22
00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:32,040
include the rising of a powerful
force from the base of the spine
23
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up through the top of the skull,
or a sense of a descending force
24
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drilling or raining down from
above into the being.
25
00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,480
It is not just the physical
experience, however, that shows
26
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the power of the yogic force.
A review of one's life and how
27
00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:54,960
the psychology has changed, how
the reactions have changed, show
28
00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:58,360
the power of the inward view
that yoga brings with it.
29
00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:04,520
There arise new powers of
patience, peace, focus and
30
00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:08,880
concentration in action, an
inner sense of contentment or
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joy, a new power that yields
results in whatever field one
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tends to focus.
As the Gita says, yoga ha
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karmasuko Shalom.
Yoga is skill in works.
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When certain types of experience
arise, they change everything
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00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:31,480
for the individual.
There are new sources of
36
00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:34,800
inspiration.
There may be a rising, a form of
37
00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:37,920
intuition.
There are new ways of seeing
38
00:02:37,920 --> 00:02:41,160
that break out of the narrow
step by step approach of the
39
00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:45,880
logical intellect and move
swiftly and surely to a new
40
00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:50,360
level of understanding and with
it a new power of action.
41
00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:54,960
Many find they are able to move
the focus of their awareness
42
00:02:54,960 --> 00:03:00,000
within their being in the head,
between the eyebrows, in the
43
00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:05,480
heart, in the solar plexus, and
experience different results
44
00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:09,080
depending on the Nexus they have
opened in so doing.
45
00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:14,520
When we look at the lives most
people live, they seem to fixed
46
00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:20,600
in a firm routine, unchanging,
invariable, seemingly laid out
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in a line from birth to death.
The yogic practitioner's life is
48
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vastly different and we observe
changes in patterns, changes in
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00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:34,920
responses, changes in
understanding, growth,
50
00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:40,880
development, experimentation.
Sri Robindo observes quote.
51
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The invisible force producing
tangible results both inward and
52
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outward is the whole meaning of
the yoga consciousness.
53
00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:53,800
Your question about yoga
bringing merely a feeling of
54
00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,000
power without any result was
really very strange.
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Who would be satisfied with such
a meaningless hallucination and
56
00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:07,320
call it power if we had not had
thousands of experiences showing
57
00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:11,040
that the power within could
alter the mind, develop its
58
00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:16,800
powers, add new ones, bring in
new ranges of knowledge, master
59
00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,920
the vital movements, change the
character, influence men and
60
00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:24,960
things, control the conditions
and functionings of the body,
61
00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:30,520
work as a concrete dynamic force
on other forces, modify events,
62
00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:34,560
etcetera, etcetera?
We would not speak of it as we
63
00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:38,560
do.
Moreover, it is not only in its
64
00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:43,200
results, but in its movements
that the force is tangible and
65
00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:46,760
concrete.
When I speak of feeling force or
66
00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:51,040
power, I do not mean simply
having a vague sense of it, but
67
00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:55,000
feeling it concretely and
consequently being able to
68
00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:59,960
direct it, manipulate it, watch
its movements, be conscious of
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00:04:59,960 --> 00:05:04,920
its mass and intensity, and in
the same way of that of other,
70
00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:09,320
perhaps opposing forces.
All these things are possible
71
00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:12,640
and usual by the development of
yoga.
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End Quote Reference Shri Orbindo
and the Mother, The Hidden
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00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:22,520
Forces of Life, Chapter 7,
Spiritual Forces of Help and
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Succor, pages 162 to 163.
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Rare are those individuals who
can take up a practice and not
2
00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:09,560
see any result whatsoever, yet
continue on with endless
3
00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:13,480
patience and persistence.
We look at the example of
4
00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:17,760
Milarepa, the great Yogi of
Tibet, who spent a number of
5
00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:22,200
years doing hard labour at the
behest of his guru Marpa, and
6
00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:24,160
who was not granted any
teachings.
7
00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:28,920
Yet even Milarepa did not do
this without a sense that there
8
00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:33,280
were real powers and achievable
results if he persevered.
9
00:00:34,480 --> 00:00:38,600
His time learning and practicing
the magic arts showed him the
10
00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:43,000
powers available and their real
and tangible results.
11
00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:48,040
Who could endure the dark night
of the soul if he had not
12
00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:52,400
previously had experiences that
showed him the light, the power,
13
00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:55,920
the peace of the spiritual
experience?
14
00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:01,080
Most people who take up yoga
seriously actually do so after
15
00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:03,280
some kind of experience of an
opening.
16
00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:08,240
Danny and Brinkley, struck by
lightning, was pronounced dead
17
00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:12,280
and came back to life with a
vision, a knowledge and a
18
00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:15,720
mission.
The real and lasting impact of
19
00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:19,480
the practice he took up
afterwards shows the power of
20
00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:24,120
the spiritual force to redirect
the life, the focus and the
21
00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:28,400
understanding.
Widely reported experiences
22
00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:32,040
include the rising of a powerful
force from the base of the spine
23
00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:37,200
up through the top of the skull,
or a sense of a descending force
24
00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:40,960
drilling or raining down from
above into the being.
25
00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,480
It is not just the physical
experience, however, that shows
26
00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:50,240
the power of the yogic force.
A review of one's life and how
27
00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:54,960
the psychology has changed, how
the reactions have changed, show
28
00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:58,360
the power of the inward view
that yoga brings with it.
29
00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:04,520
There arise new powers of
patience, peace, focus and
30
00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:08,880
concentration in action, an
inner sense of contentment or
31
00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:13,520
joy, a new power that yields
results in whatever field one
32
00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:18,200
tends to focus.
As the Gita says, yoga ha
33
00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:22,960
karmasuko Shalom.
Yoga is skill in works.
34
00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:28,320
When certain types of experience
arise, they change everything
35
00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:31,480
for the individual.
There are new sources of
36
00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:34,800
inspiration.
There may be a rising, a form of
37
00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:37,920
intuition.
There are new ways of seeing
38
00:02:37,920 --> 00:02:41,160
that break out of the narrow
step by step approach of the
39
00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:45,880
logical intellect and move
swiftly and surely to a new
40
00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:50,360
level of understanding and with
it a new power of action.
41
00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:54,960
Many find they are able to move
the focus of their awareness
42
00:02:54,960 --> 00:03:00,000
within their being in the head,
between the eyebrows, in the
43
00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:05,480
heart, in the solar plexus, and
experience different results
44
00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:09,080
depending on the Nexus they have
opened in so doing.
45
00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:14,520
When we look at the lives most
people live, they seem to fixed
46
00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:20,600
in a firm routine, unchanging,
invariable, seemingly laid out
47
00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:25,840
in a line from birth to death.
The yogic practitioner's life is
48
00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:30,920
vastly different and we observe
changes in patterns, changes in
49
00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:34,920
responses, changes in
understanding, growth,
50
00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:40,880
development, experimentation.
Sri Robindo observes quote.
51
00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:45,880
The invisible force producing
tangible results both inward and
52
00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:50,160
outward is the whole meaning of
the yoga consciousness.
53
00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:53,800
Your question about yoga
bringing merely a feeling of
54
00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,000
power without any result was
really very strange.
55
00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:02,040
Who would be satisfied with such
a meaningless hallucination and
56
00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:07,320
call it power if we had not had
thousands of experiences showing
57
00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:11,040
that the power within could
alter the mind, develop its
58
00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:16,800
powers, add new ones, bring in
new ranges of knowledge, master
59
00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,920
the vital movements, change the
character, influence men and
60
00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:24,960
things, control the conditions
and functionings of the body,
61
00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:30,520
work as a concrete dynamic force
on other forces, modify events,
62
00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:34,560
etcetera, etcetera?
We would not speak of it as we
63
00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:38,560
do.
Moreover, it is not only in its
64
00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:43,200
results, but in its movements
that the force is tangible and
65
00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:46,760
concrete.
When I speak of feeling force or
66
00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:51,040
power, I do not mean simply
having a vague sense of it, but
67
00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:55,000
feeling it concretely and
consequently being able to
68
00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:59,960
direct it, manipulate it, watch
its movements, be conscious of
69
00:04:59,960 --> 00:05:04,920
its mass and intensity, and in
the same way of that of other,
70
00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:09,320
perhaps opposing forces.
All these things are possible
71
00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:12,640
and usual by the development of
yoga.
72
00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:18,240
End Quote Reference Shri Orbindo
and the Mother, The Hidden
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00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:22,520
Forces of Life, Chapter 7,
Spiritual Forces of Help and
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00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:26,240
Succor, pages 162 to 163.