Jan. 10, 2025
The Evolution and Manifestation of New Powers of Consciousness
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YouTube reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Powers Within, Chapter XIX Occult Powers of the Subliminal, pp. 143-144
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Plato, in the famous dialogues
recounting the teaching of his
2
00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:10,360
mentor Socrates, recounts the
understanding that Socrates held
3
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that education was simply a
recognition by the individual of
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what he already knows.
The process of education one was
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one of drawing out, removing the
obstacles to the expression of
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the knowledge and not a matter
of stuffing in that we consider
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00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:31,080
to be education in today's
world.
8
00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:36,440
The Latin language root of the
term education literally means
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00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:42,280
to draw out or to lead out, thus
emphasizing the Socratic view.
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00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:46,600
There are powers within each
individual of which he may not
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00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:50,680
be aware until they are brought
to his attention, focused on,
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00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:55,360
and developed.
Similarly, some latent powers
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00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:59,320
may simply need exercise and
practice to blossom into their
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00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:03,640
full potentiality.
Human development is not
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00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:07,320
uniform.
Individuals grow, mature, and
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00:01:07,320 --> 00:01:10,160
develop their powers within
their own time frame and
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circumstances.
Latent capacity sometimes
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manifested various stages of
life and in some cases arise
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00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:24,320
under pressure of situations and
in response to some inner or
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00:01:24,320 --> 00:01:29,520
outer crisis in the life.
Thus, someone who shows no sign
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00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:35,240
of any scientific, artistic,
mathematical, spiritual, or
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other powers of consciousness
may suddenly blossom in a
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particular direction that in
many cases was unforeseen and
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unexpected.
In some cases, a spiritual
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00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:52,640
experience of some kind opens
the doors to new powers, which
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can then be cultivated and
developed.
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We already know that the human
range of perception is limited
28
00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:04,640
within a specific scale of the
electromagnetic spectrum, such
29
00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:09,720
that there are sounds both below
and above our current range, as
30
00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:12,840
well as ranges of sight that are
outside our range.
31
00:02:13,640 --> 00:02:17,800
For each of the senses, we have
a corresponding limitation of
32
00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:21,960
our range, which in some cases
animals may experience.
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00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:26,040
Dogs, for instance, have
potential for the sense of smell
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and hearing that are beyond our
range.
35
00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:33,240
Bees see things in a range
outside ours as well.
36
00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:39,360
Consciousness is a continuum and
is not artificially limited by
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00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:45,080
our sensory limitations or our
limitations of physical, vital
38
00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:47,880
or mental formations or
processes.
39
00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:54,840
Thus, any expansion we make in
our ability to tune to, perceive
40
00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:58,280
and receive consciousness from
outside the current limited
41
00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:03,320
range represents an opportunity
for a newly discovered occult
42
00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:07,000
power to work in US and manifest
in our lives.
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00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:13,920
Sri Aurobindo notes quote
Consciousness in its very nature
44
00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:17,760
could not be limited by the
ordinary physical human, animal
45
00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:21,160
consciousness.
It must have other ranges.
46
00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:26,200
Yogic or occult powers are no
more supernatural or incredible
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00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:29,200
than is supernatural or
incredible.
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The power to write a great poem
or compose great music.
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Few people can do it as things
are not even one in a million.
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For poetry and music come from
the inner being and to write or
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00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:47,720
to compose true and great
things, one has to have the
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00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:51,440
passage clear between the outer
mind and something in the inner
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00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:54,760
being.
That is why you got the poetic
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00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:59,440
power as soon as you began yoga.
Yogic force made the passage
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00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:02,240
clear.
It is the same with yogic
56
00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:06,720
consciousness and its powers.
The thing is to get the passage
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00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:09,520
clear, for they are already
within you.
58
00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:17,240
Of course the first thing is to
believe, aspire, and with the
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00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:21,079
true urge within, make the
endeavour end.
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Quote.
Reference Sri Urbindu and the
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00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:28,120
Mother Powers within, Chapter
19.
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00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:33,080
Occult Powers of the Subliminal,
pages 143 to 144.
00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:05,080
Plato, in the famous dialogues
recounting the teaching of his
2
00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:10,360
mentor Socrates, recounts the
understanding that Socrates held
3
00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:15,120
that education was simply a
recognition by the individual of
4
00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:19,720
what he already knows.
The process of education one was
5
00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:24,080
one of drawing out, removing the
obstacles to the expression of
6
00:00:24,080 --> 00:00:29,000
the knowledge and not a matter
of stuffing in that we consider
7
00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:31,080
to be education in today's
world.
8
00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:36,440
The Latin language root of the
term education literally means
9
00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:42,280
to draw out or to lead out, thus
emphasizing the Socratic view.
10
00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:46,600
There are powers within each
individual of which he may not
11
00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:50,680
be aware until they are brought
to his attention, focused on,
12
00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:55,360
and developed.
Similarly, some latent powers
13
00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:59,320
may simply need exercise and
practice to blossom into their
14
00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:03,640
full potentiality.
Human development is not
15
00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:07,320
uniform.
Individuals grow, mature, and
16
00:01:07,320 --> 00:01:10,160
develop their powers within
their own time frame and
17
00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:14,000
circumstances.
Latent capacity sometimes
18
00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:19,760
manifested various stages of
life and in some cases arise
19
00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:24,320
under pressure of situations and
in response to some inner or
20
00:01:24,320 --> 00:01:29,520
outer crisis in the life.
Thus, someone who shows no sign
21
00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:35,240
of any scientific, artistic,
mathematical, spiritual, or
22
00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:39,120
other powers of consciousness
may suddenly blossom in a
23
00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:44,360
particular direction that in
many cases was unforeseen and
24
00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:48,280
unexpected.
In some cases, a spiritual
25
00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:52,640
experience of some kind opens
the doors to new powers, which
26
00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:55,240
can then be cultivated and
developed.
27
00:01:56,600 --> 00:02:00,120
We already know that the human
range of perception is limited
28
00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:04,640
within a specific scale of the
electromagnetic spectrum, such
29
00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:09,720
that there are sounds both below
and above our current range, as
30
00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:12,840
well as ranges of sight that are
outside our range.
31
00:02:13,640 --> 00:02:17,800
For each of the senses, we have
a corresponding limitation of
32
00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:21,960
our range, which in some cases
animals may experience.
33
00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:26,040
Dogs, for instance, have
potential for the sense of smell
34
00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:28,760
and hearing that are beyond our
range.
35
00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:33,240
Bees see things in a range
outside ours as well.
36
00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:39,360
Consciousness is a continuum and
is not artificially limited by
37
00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:45,080
our sensory limitations or our
limitations of physical, vital
38
00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:47,880
or mental formations or
processes.
39
00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:54,840
Thus, any expansion we make in
our ability to tune to, perceive
40
00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:58,280
and receive consciousness from
outside the current limited
41
00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:03,320
range represents an opportunity
for a newly discovered occult
42
00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:07,000
power to work in US and manifest
in our lives.
43
00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:13,920
Sri Aurobindo notes quote
Consciousness in its very nature
44
00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:17,760
could not be limited by the
ordinary physical human, animal
45
00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:21,160
consciousness.
It must have other ranges.
46
00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:26,200
Yogic or occult powers are no
more supernatural or incredible
47
00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:29,200
than is supernatural or
incredible.
48
00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:32,840
The power to write a great poem
or compose great music.
49
00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:38,560
Few people can do it as things
are not even one in a million.
50
00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:43,360
For poetry and music come from
the inner being and to write or
51
00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:47,720
to compose true and great
things, one has to have the
52
00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:51,440
passage clear between the outer
mind and something in the inner
53
00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:54,760
being.
That is why you got the poetic
54
00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:59,440
power as soon as you began yoga.
Yogic force made the passage
55
00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:02,240
clear.
It is the same with yogic
56
00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:06,720
consciousness and its powers.
The thing is to get the passage
57
00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:09,520
clear, for they are already
within you.
58
00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:17,240
Of course the first thing is to
believe, aspire, and with the
59
00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:21,079
true urge within, make the
endeavour end.
60
00:04:21,079 --> 00:04:24,680
Quote.
Reference Sri Urbindu and the
61
00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:28,120
Mother Powers within, Chapter
19.
62
00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:33,080
Occult Powers of the Subliminal,
pages 143 to 144.