Nov. 6, 2024
The Influence of the Awakened Consciousness on the Circumstances of the External Being and Life
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YouTube reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Powers Within, Chapter VII Attitude, pp. 73-75 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/11/04/the-influence-of-the-awakened-consciousness-on-the-circumstances-of-the-external-being-and-life/
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Have you ever wondered how some
people seem to go through
2
00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:10,040
various situations without a
problem, while others go through
3
00:00:10,040 --> 00:00:14,320
similar situations and have to
undergo tremendous challenges
4
00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:18,000
and suffering?
If someone escapes a harrowing
5
00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:21,320
incident once, we tend to call
it luck.
6
00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:26,160
But if it happens repeatedly in
the course of an individual's
7
00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:30,240
life, we have to look for some
causative factor that is at
8
00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:34,280
work.
Similarly, if someone has a bad
9
00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:37,720
experience, we tend to call it
bad luck.
10
00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:41,720
When it happens repeatedly
through an individual's life,
11
00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:45,280
again we have to look for a
causative factor.
12
00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:51,520
The Chinese use the term Jos to
designate this undefined factor
13
00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:54,400
that leads to how individuals
come through difficult
14
00:00:54,400 --> 00:01:00,600
situations for good or I'll.
The concept of past karma is
15
00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:04,280
frequently cited as an
explanation, although this does
16
00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:07,320
not explain much about how an
individual comes through an
17
00:01:07,320 --> 00:01:10,760
experience that their past
impressions may have brought
18
00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:13,920
forward to them.
It only explains that the
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00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:19,280
circumstances arise, not the
response or the outcome of that
20
00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:23,440
circumstance, unless we are
willing to accept absolute
21
00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:30,600
predestination as the cause.
A disciple asks. 1 can make it
22
00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:35,400
afterwards.
Laughter, the mother notes quote
23
00:01:35,960 --> 00:01:38,880
no.
Afterwards there is yet another
24
00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:42,200
moment.
One has fallen, one has already
25
00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:45,520
hurt, but there is still a
moment when one can change
26
00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:49,200
things for the better or worse,
so that it may be something very
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00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:54,160
fugitive, the bad effects of
which will quickly disappear, or
28
00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:58,920
something which becomes as
serious as grave as it can be.
29
00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:03,080
I don't know if you have noticed
that there are people who never
30
00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:05,160
miss the opportunity of an
accident.
31
00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,000
Every time there is the
possibility of an accident, they
32
00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,720
have it, and never is their
accident ordinary.
33
00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:17,880
Every time the accident can be
serious, it is serious.
34
00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:25,680
Well, usually in life one says,
oh, he is unlucky, he is
35
00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:29,240
unfortunate indeed, he has no
luck.
36
00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:34,040
But all that is ignorance.
It depends absolutely on the
37
00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:39,200
working of his consciousness.
I could give you examples only I
38
00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:41,760
would have to speak about
certain people and I don't want
39
00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:44,920
to, but I could give you
striking examples.
40
00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:50,320
And this, this is the sort of
thing one sees all the time, all
41
00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:53,040
the time here.
There are people who could have
42
00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:56,240
been killed and who come out of
it unscathed.
43
00:02:56,840 --> 00:03:01,120
There are others for whom it was
not serious, and it becomes
44
00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:04,640
serious.
But that does not depend on
45
00:03:04,640 --> 00:03:07,000
thought, on the working of the
ordinary thought.
46
00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,840
They may apparently have
thoughts as good as the others.
47
00:03:10,920 --> 00:03:14,360
It is not that.
It is the second of the choice,
48
00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:18,520
people knowing how to react in
just the right way at the right
49
00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:21,360
time.
I could give you hundreds of
50
00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:23,640
examples, it is quite
interesting.
51
00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:27,880
This depends absolutely on
character.
52
00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:32,480
Some have such an awakened
consciousness, so alert that
53
00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:35,160
they are not asleep, they are
awake within.
54
00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:38,880
Just at the second it is
required, they call the help
55
00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:41,680
where they invoke the divine
force.
56
00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:45,440
But just at the second it is
needed, so the danger is
57
00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:49,480
averted, nothing happens.
They could have been killed.
58
00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:52,560
They come out of it absolutely
unhurt.
59
00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:57,400
Others, On the contrary.
As soon as they have the least
60
00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:01,440
little scratch, something gets
dislocated in their being, a
61
00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:04,720
sort of fright or pessimism or
defeatism in their
62
00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:07,840
consciousness, which
automatically comes up.
63
00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:12,040
It was nothing.
They had just twisted their leg
64
00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:14,080
and the next minute they break
it.
65
00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:18,959
There is no reason for it.
They could very well have not
66
00:04:18,959 --> 00:04:23,440
broken their leg.
There are others who climb up to
67
00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:26,200
a first floor on a ladder which
gives way under them.
68
00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:30,200
They could have collapsed.
They come out of that without
69
00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:32,800
the least hurt.
How did they manage it?
70
00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:38,040
Apparently this seems wonderful.
And still this is how things
71
00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:40,960
happen to them.
They find themselves lying on
72
00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:43,400
the ground in an altogether fine
state.
73
00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:47,720
Nothing has happened to them.
I could give you the names.
74
00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:53,720
I am telling you exact facts.
So on what does this depend?
75
00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:57,600
It depends on whether one is
sufficiently awake for the
76
00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:02,040
second of the choice to.
And note that it is not at all
77
00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:05,040
mental.
It is not that it is an attitude
78
00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:08,680
of the being.
It is the consciousness reacting
79
00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:13,160
in the right way.
It goes quite far, very far.
80
00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:19,040
It is formidable, the power of
this attitude, but as it is just
81
00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:23,200
a fraction of a second, it
implies an altogether awakened
82
00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:26,800
consciousness which never
sleeps, never enters the
83
00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:30,040
inconsiant.
For one does not know when these
84
00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:32,680
things are going to happen.
Isn't that so?
85
00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:36,520
Hence 1 does not have the time
to wake up.
86
00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:41,760
One must be awake.
I knew someone who indeed should
87
00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:44,400
have died and did not die
because of this.
88
00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:48,240
For this consciousness reacted
very fast.
89
00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:53,600
He had taken poison by mistake.
Instead of taking one dose of a
90
00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:57,200
certain medicine, he had taken
12 and it was a poison.
91
00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:01,280
He should have died.
The heart should have stopped.
92
00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:05,800
It was many years ago and he is
still quite alive.
93
00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:12,480
He reacted in the right way.
End Quote Reference Srioro Bindu
94
00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:18,000
and the Mother Powers within,
Chapter 7 Attitude, pages 73 to
95
00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:19,000
75.
00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:05,480
Have you ever wondered how some
people seem to go through
2
00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:10,040
various situations without a
problem, while others go through
3
00:00:10,040 --> 00:00:14,320
similar situations and have to
undergo tremendous challenges
4
00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:18,000
and suffering?
If someone escapes a harrowing
5
00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:21,320
incident once, we tend to call
it luck.
6
00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:26,160
But if it happens repeatedly in
the course of an individual's
7
00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:30,240
life, we have to look for some
causative factor that is at
8
00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:34,280
work.
Similarly, if someone has a bad
9
00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:37,720
experience, we tend to call it
bad luck.
10
00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:41,720
When it happens repeatedly
through an individual's life,
11
00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:45,280
again we have to look for a
causative factor.
12
00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:51,520
The Chinese use the term Jos to
designate this undefined factor
13
00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:54,400
that leads to how individuals
come through difficult
14
00:00:54,400 --> 00:01:00,600
situations for good or I'll.
The concept of past karma is
15
00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:04,280
frequently cited as an
explanation, although this does
16
00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:07,320
not explain much about how an
individual comes through an
17
00:01:07,320 --> 00:01:10,760
experience that their past
impressions may have brought
18
00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:13,920
forward to them.
It only explains that the
19
00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:19,280
circumstances arise, not the
response or the outcome of that
20
00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:23,440
circumstance, unless we are
willing to accept absolute
21
00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:30,600
predestination as the cause.
A disciple asks. 1 can make it
22
00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:35,400
afterwards.
Laughter, the mother notes quote
23
00:01:35,960 --> 00:01:38,880
no.
Afterwards there is yet another
24
00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:42,200
moment.
One has fallen, one has already
25
00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:45,520
hurt, but there is still a
moment when one can change
26
00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:49,200
things for the better or worse,
so that it may be something very
27
00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:54,160
fugitive, the bad effects of
which will quickly disappear, or
28
00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:58,920
something which becomes as
serious as grave as it can be.
29
00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:03,080
I don't know if you have noticed
that there are people who never
30
00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:05,160
miss the opportunity of an
accident.
31
00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,000
Every time there is the
possibility of an accident, they
32
00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,720
have it, and never is their
accident ordinary.
33
00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:17,880
Every time the accident can be
serious, it is serious.
34
00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:25,680
Well, usually in life one says,
oh, he is unlucky, he is
35
00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:29,240
unfortunate indeed, he has no
luck.
36
00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:34,040
But all that is ignorance.
It depends absolutely on the
37
00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:39,200
working of his consciousness.
I could give you examples only I
38
00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:41,760
would have to speak about
certain people and I don't want
39
00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:44,920
to, but I could give you
striking examples.
40
00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:50,320
And this, this is the sort of
thing one sees all the time, all
41
00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:53,040
the time here.
There are people who could have
42
00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:56,240
been killed and who come out of
it unscathed.
43
00:02:56,840 --> 00:03:01,120
There are others for whom it was
not serious, and it becomes
44
00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:04,640
serious.
But that does not depend on
45
00:03:04,640 --> 00:03:07,000
thought, on the working of the
ordinary thought.
46
00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,840
They may apparently have
thoughts as good as the others.
47
00:03:10,920 --> 00:03:14,360
It is not that.
It is the second of the choice,
48
00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:18,520
people knowing how to react in
just the right way at the right
49
00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:21,360
time.
I could give you hundreds of
50
00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:23,640
examples, it is quite
interesting.
51
00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:27,880
This depends absolutely on
character.
52
00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:32,480
Some have such an awakened
consciousness, so alert that
53
00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:35,160
they are not asleep, they are
awake within.
54
00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:38,880
Just at the second it is
required, they call the help
55
00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:41,680
where they invoke the divine
force.
56
00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:45,440
But just at the second it is
needed, so the danger is
57
00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:49,480
averted, nothing happens.
They could have been killed.
58
00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:52,560
They come out of it absolutely
unhurt.
59
00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:57,400
Others, On the contrary.
As soon as they have the least
60
00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:01,440
little scratch, something gets
dislocated in their being, a
61
00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:04,720
sort of fright or pessimism or
defeatism in their
62
00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:07,840
consciousness, which
automatically comes up.
63
00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:12,040
It was nothing.
They had just twisted their leg
64
00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:14,080
and the next minute they break
it.
65
00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:18,959
There is no reason for it.
They could very well have not
66
00:04:18,959 --> 00:04:23,440
broken their leg.
There are others who climb up to
67
00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:26,200
a first floor on a ladder which
gives way under them.
68
00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:30,200
They could have collapsed.
They come out of that without
69
00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:32,800
the least hurt.
How did they manage it?
70
00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:38,040
Apparently this seems wonderful.
And still this is how things
71
00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:40,960
happen to them.
They find themselves lying on
72
00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:43,400
the ground in an altogether fine
state.
73
00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:47,720
Nothing has happened to them.
I could give you the names.
74
00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:53,720
I am telling you exact facts.
So on what does this depend?
75
00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:57,600
It depends on whether one is
sufficiently awake for the
76
00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:02,040
second of the choice to.
And note that it is not at all
77
00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:05,040
mental.
It is not that it is an attitude
78
00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:08,680
of the being.
It is the consciousness reacting
79
00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:13,160
in the right way.
It goes quite far, very far.
80
00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:19,040
It is formidable, the power of
this attitude, but as it is just
81
00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:23,200
a fraction of a second, it
implies an altogether awakened
82
00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:26,800
consciousness which never
sleeps, never enters the
83
00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:30,040
inconsiant.
For one does not know when these
84
00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:32,680
things are going to happen.
Isn't that so?
85
00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:36,520
Hence 1 does not have the time
to wake up.
86
00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:41,760
One must be awake.
I knew someone who indeed should
87
00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:44,400
have died and did not die
because of this.
88
00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:48,240
For this consciousness reacted
very fast.
89
00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:53,600
He had taken poison by mistake.
Instead of taking one dose of a
90
00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:57,200
certain medicine, he had taken
12 and it was a poison.
91
00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:01,280
He should have died.
The heart should have stopped.
92
00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:05,800
It was many years ago and he is
still quite alive.
93
00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:12,480
He reacted in the right way.
End Quote Reference Srioro Bindu
94
00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:18,000
and the Mother Powers within,
Chapter 7 Attitude, pages 73 to
95
00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:19,000
75.