Dec. 24, 2024
The Impact of the Mind and the Vital Nature on the Body Consciousness
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YouTube reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Powers Within, Chapter XVI Body, pp. 127-128 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/12/22/the-impact-of-the-mind-and-the-vital-nature-on-the-body-consciousness/
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We many times fail to recognize
the extent of the impact that
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00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:11,040
the mind and the vital nature
have on the body, its health and
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00:00:11,040 --> 00:00:15,000
its capacities for growth,
resilience and development.
4
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The mind body connection is
starting to come into focus.
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However, when the mind sends
repeated suggestions to the
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body, it impacts the response of
the body.
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It can send positive affirmative
messages and the body will
8
00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:35,800
respond with a renewed vigor,
energy, and resilience.
9
00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:41,000
Or it can send negative
messages, which then increase
10
00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:45,600
the body's sense of
helplessness, victimization, and
11
00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:49,320
failure.
We are constantly taking in
12
00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:51,720
thoughts and ideas from our
social circle.
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00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:56,400
If we internalize and accept
them, they become part of the
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00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:59,520
mental dialogue that we send to
the cells of the body.
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We receive and retransmit what
we receive, and in many cases,
16
00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:09,880
this occurs subconsciously or
entirely unconsciously.
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00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:15,360
Similarly, vital reactions can
also impact the body and its
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strength and weakness.
This is where reactions such as
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fear of harm from a pandemic can
play a role in weakening the
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00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:28,600
body and its ability to resist
the onslaught of a particularly
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00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:32,600
virulent disease.
Some individuals are able to
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00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:37,080
consciously resist these
reactions and thus they send
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00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:40,960
strengthening energy to the body
consciousness and thereby
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provide the body additional
power to withstand illness.
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There are many instances of
doctors who have waded into
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wards filled with sickness
without fear, and who do not
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fall I'll themselves.
In other instances they may do
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this for a considerable period
of time, but then if the thought
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00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:08,080
creeps in that the disease is
insurmountable and they will
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00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:13,360
eventually succumb, then at that
moment they open the door for
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00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:14,840
the body to fall.
I'll.
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The mother writes quote.
But if when very young, from
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your earliest childhood, you
have been taught all sorts of
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disappointing, depressing
things, things that cause
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00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:34,160
decomposition, I could say
disintegration, then this poor
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00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:37,520
body does its best.
But it has been perverted, put
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out of order, and no longer has
the sense of its inner strength,
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00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:47,760
its inner force, its power to
react if one takes care not to
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00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,920
pervert it.
The body carries within itself
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00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:55,360
the certitude of victory.
It is only the wrong use we make
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00:02:55,360 --> 00:03:00,840
of thought and its influence on
the body which robs it of this
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00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:05,480
certitude of victory.
So the first thing to do is to
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00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:08,280
cultivate this certitude instead
of destroying it.
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00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:13,760
And when it is there, no effort
is needed to aspire, but simply
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00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:18,480
of flowering and unfolding of
that inner certitude of victory.
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00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:23,320
The body carries within itself
the sense of its divinity.
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There.
This is what you must try to
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find again in yourself if you
have lost it.
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When a child tells you a
beautiful dream in which he had
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many powers and all things were
very beautiful, be very careful
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never to tell him, Oh, life is
not like that, for you are doing
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00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:45,960
something wrong.
You must, On the contrary, tell
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him life ought to be like that,
and it will be like that.
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End Quote.
Reference Srioro Bindu and the
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00:03:55,800 --> 00:04:03,200
Mother Powers within, Chapter
16, Body, pages 127 to 128.
00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:05,120
We many times fail to recognize
the extent of the impact that
2
00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:11,040
the mind and the vital nature
have on the body, its health and
3
00:00:11,040 --> 00:00:15,000
its capacities for growth,
resilience and development.
4
00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:19,040
The mind body connection is
starting to come into focus.
5
00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:23,400
However, when the mind sends
repeated suggestions to the
6
00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:26,360
body, it impacts the response of
the body.
7
00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:31,440
It can send positive affirmative
messages and the body will
8
00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:35,800
respond with a renewed vigor,
energy, and resilience.
9
00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:41,000
Or it can send negative
messages, which then increase
10
00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:45,600
the body's sense of
helplessness, victimization, and
11
00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:49,320
failure.
We are constantly taking in
12
00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:51,720
thoughts and ideas from our
social circle.
13
00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:56,400
If we internalize and accept
them, they become part of the
14
00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:59,520
mental dialogue that we send to
the cells of the body.
15
00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:05,440
We receive and retransmit what
we receive, and in many cases,
16
00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:09,880
this occurs subconsciously or
entirely unconsciously.
17
00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:15,360
Similarly, vital reactions can
also impact the body and its
18
00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:20,080
strength and weakness.
This is where reactions such as
19
00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:23,840
fear of harm from a pandemic can
play a role in weakening the
20
00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:28,600
body and its ability to resist
the onslaught of a particularly
21
00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:32,600
virulent disease.
Some individuals are able to
22
00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:37,080
consciously resist these
reactions and thus they send
23
00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:40,960
strengthening energy to the body
consciousness and thereby
24
00:01:40,960 --> 00:01:44,600
provide the body additional
power to withstand illness.
25
00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:48,800
There are many instances of
doctors who have waded into
26
00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:53,200
wards filled with sickness
without fear, and who do not
27
00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:58,600
fall I'll themselves.
In other instances they may do
28
00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:03,600
this for a considerable period
of time, but then if the thought
29
00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:08,080
creeps in that the disease is
insurmountable and they will
30
00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:13,360
eventually succumb, then at that
moment they open the door for
31
00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:14,840
the body to fall.
I'll.
32
00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:21,640
The mother writes quote.
But if when very young, from
33
00:02:21,640 --> 00:02:25,560
your earliest childhood, you
have been taught all sorts of
34
00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:29,480
disappointing, depressing
things, things that cause
35
00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:34,160
decomposition, I could say
disintegration, then this poor
36
00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:37,520
body does its best.
But it has been perverted, put
37
00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:41,560
out of order, and no longer has
the sense of its inner strength,
38
00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:47,760
its inner force, its power to
react if one takes care not to
39
00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,920
pervert it.
The body carries within itself
40
00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:55,360
the certitude of victory.
It is only the wrong use we make
41
00:02:55,360 --> 00:03:00,840
of thought and its influence on
the body which robs it of this
42
00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:05,480
certitude of victory.
So the first thing to do is to
43
00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:08,280
cultivate this certitude instead
of destroying it.
44
00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:13,760
And when it is there, no effort
is needed to aspire, but simply
45
00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:18,480
of flowering and unfolding of
that inner certitude of victory.
46
00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:23,320
The body carries within itself
the sense of its divinity.
47
00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,320
There.
This is what you must try to
48
00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:28,880
find again in yourself if you
have lost it.
49
00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:33,480
When a child tells you a
beautiful dream in which he had
50
00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:37,080
many powers and all things were
very beautiful, be very careful
51
00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:42,640
never to tell him, Oh, life is
not like that, for you are doing
52
00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:45,960
something wrong.
You must, On the contrary, tell
53
00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:50,920
him life ought to be like that,
and it will be like that.
54
00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:55,800
End Quote.
Reference Srioro Bindu and the
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Mother Powers within, Chapter
16, Body, pages 127 to 128.