The Intense Opposition of Basic Human Nature to Any Attempt to Change or Grow into a New Status and the Need to Persevere

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Until an individual takes up the
issue of inner growth and

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development whether this is for
Spiritual progress, mental

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development, emotional growth,
vital discipline, or some kind

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of physical control.
He tends to take very little

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notice of any inner conflict or
struggle.

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He just acts naturally according
to his own idea of what his life

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is about.
This all changes when an

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individual attempts to undertake
any manner of change.

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In some part of his being, this
may be a very physical activity,

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such as an attempt to lose
weight, to carry out a

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resolution, to exercise to
overcome an addiction such as to

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drugs, alcohol or caffeine,
where it may be on the vital

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level, for instance, to resolve
to overcome a tendency to anger,

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or restrain impulses of desire
in some form or it may be an

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attempt to remain calm under
provocation, or restrain,

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impulsive thinking, or behavior,
The individual immediately

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begins to recognize the
difficulty.

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As the old habits, try to assert
themselves or the reactive

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nature simply responds.
Contrary to the, will the diet

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or will find himself binging and
a struggle to restrain the

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impulse to eat and Sue's.
Addictions create psychological

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dependency as well as physical
dependency.

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And thus, there is an intense
internal conflict from any

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attempt to stop the addiction.
For the spiritual seeker of the

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situation becomes more acute, as
he begins to actively witness

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these actions from our Viewpoint
that rejects them and desires to

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embody.
A new Consciousness that seems

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to run counter to the basic
embedded instincts and habits of

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human nature.
Thus, the spiritual Seeker finds

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himself in a constant struggle,
as each element of basic human

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nature.
So freely accepted as part of

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the human situation.
Comes up for review and change

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within the context of the
evolution of Consciousness.

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And the shifting of the basic
standpoint from which human

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behavior derives, The constant
overwhelming nature of this

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multi, farias opposition to the
spiritual growth, makes the

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secret believe in many cases
that he is destined to fail.

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When in actuality.
What is taking place is that he

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has a more precise View and
insight into the human condition

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and has taken on a challenge.
That goes far beyond any

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individual aspect addressed in
the course of ordinary life, The

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need to observe deny support of
the will and shift.

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The focus to the spiritual.
Aim are the method to be

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employed.
While the struggle may be

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continuous and involve all the
elements of human life.

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It is only taken up by those who
are called to this path, and

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they are individuals who
inherently have the inner

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fortitude, and the support of
the Divine Grace To Succeed.

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As long as they do not give in
to the despair or depression and

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simply persevere, SRI aurobindo
notes, quote, the experience

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which so alarms you of states of
Consciousness in which To say

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and do things.
Contrary to your true, will is

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not a reason for despair.
It is a common experience in one

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form or another of all who try
to rise above their ordinary

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nature.
Not only those who practice yoga

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but religious men and even those
who seek only a moral control

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and self-improvement are
confronted with this difficulty.

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And here again, it is not the
yoga or the effort after

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Perfection that creates this
condition.

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There are contradictory elements
in human nature and in every

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human being through, which he is
made to act in a way, which is

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better mind disapproves.
This happens to everybody.

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To the most ordinary men in the
most ordinary life.

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It only becomes marked and
obvious to our minds when we try

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to rise above our ordinary
external selves.

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Because then we can see that it
is the lower Elements which are

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being made to revolt consciously
against the higher will there

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then seems to be for a time of
division in the nature because

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the true being and all that
supports it, stand back and

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separate from these lower
elements.

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At one time, the true being
occupies, the field of the

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nature at another, the lower
nature used by some country

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Force, pushes it back and seizes
the ground.

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If there is the firm will to
progress, this division is over

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past and in the unified nature,
unified around that will, there

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may be other difficulties, but
this kind of Discord and

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struggle will disappear.
Ear and quote, reference SRI

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aurobindo in the mother growing
within the psychology of inner

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development.
Chapter 6 growth of

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Consciousness difficulties and
pitfalls ages 113 and 114.