Nov. 15, 2024
The Forms That Prayers Take Match the Source of the Prayer in the Being
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YouTube reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Powers Within, Chapter IX Aspiration and Prayer pg. 84 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/11/12/the-forms-that-prayers-take-match-the-source-of-the-prayer-in-the-being/
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Many people formulate their
prayers in the form of thoughts,
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and they are repeated according
to a strict formula and ritual.
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In that case, if the mind is
actively engaged in the prayer,
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it carries the power of the
mental focus to tune the being
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to the frequency of the being
who is the object of the prayer.
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Mental prayer generally requires
an active linking to the will to
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become more than just
mechanically repeated words with
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no energy behind them.
But not all prayers are mental
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formations.
Prayers can also arise from
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deeper in the being, from the
vital level or the emotional
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being, or even from still deeper
from the psychic being.
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In the case of a vital source of
the prayer, it can enhance the
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aura or vital envelope of the
person doing the praying and
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thus will take on the general
form of that individual.
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The prayer arising from the
psychic being embodies a
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palpable aspiration that unites
the individual with the divine
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in a way that the more external
forms of prayer cannot do.
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A disciple asks, do prayers and
aspirations also take a form
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like thoughts the Mother
observes?
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Quote Yes, at times they take
even the form of the person who
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has the aspiration or makes the
prayer.
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Often that depends.
Aspiration sometimes takes the
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form of that to which one
aspires, but most often and
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specially, prayers clearly take
the form of the one who prays.
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End Quote.
Reference Sri Aurobindo and the
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Mother Powers within Chapter 9.
Aspiration and prayer, Age 84.
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Many people formulate their
prayers in the form of thoughts,
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00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:09,320
and they are repeated according
to a strict formula and ritual.
3
00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:14,480
In that case, if the mind is
actively engaged in the prayer,
4
00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:18,480
it carries the power of the
mental focus to tune the being
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00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:22,000
to the frequency of the being
who is the object of the prayer.
6
00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:27,400
Mental prayer generally requires
an active linking to the will to
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00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:31,000
become more than just
mechanically repeated words with
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00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:35,800
no energy behind them.
But not all prayers are mental
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00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:39,040
formations.
Prayers can also arise from
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00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:43,080
deeper in the being, from the
vital level or the emotional
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00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:47,360
being, or even from still deeper
from the psychic being.
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00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:52,360
In the case of a vital source of
the prayer, it can enhance the
13
00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:56,720
aura or vital envelope of the
person doing the praying and
14
00:00:56,720 --> 00:01:01,080
thus will take on the general
form of that individual.
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00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,480
The prayer arising from the
psychic being embodies a
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00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:09,600
palpable aspiration that unites
the individual with the divine
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00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:13,800
in a way that the more external
forms of prayer cannot do.
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00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:20,040
A disciple asks, do prayers and
aspirations also take a form
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like thoughts the Mother
observes?
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Quote Yes, at times they take
even the form of the person who
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has the aspiration or makes the
prayer.
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Often that depends.
Aspiration sometimes takes the
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form of that to which one
aspires, but most often and
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specially, prayers clearly take
the form of the one who prays.
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End Quote.
Reference Sri Aurobindo and the
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Mother Powers within Chapter 9.
Aspiration and prayer, Age 84.