The Meaning of True and Complete Sincerity in the Spiritual Path

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Just about every individual,
including those practicing, a

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spiritual discipline of some
sort creates an image of himself

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that he then projects out into
the world.

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This image is something of a
stylized and idealized version

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of himself that attempts to
present the highest and best of

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his aspiration, whether it be
mental development, expressions

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of Faith compassion, Goodwill
purity.

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And an abstain Mia's nature.
Not given over to

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overindulgence.
To a certain degree.

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If someone has been called to
the spiritual path.

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There is a truth to this
presentation at the same time.

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The complex elements of human
nature and the different parts

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of the being are not generally
unified around this highest and

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best self.
And thus, there are moments when

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the other element assert
themselves in Cloud over the

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aspiration, the faith, the
devotion.

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The compassionate nature in many
instances, the individual does

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not recognize the chinks in the
image and remains quite ignorant

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of his own weaknesses and
failings or else.

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If he is aware of them, he may
try to justify their existence

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on some basis, this is,
especially the case where the

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vital nature convinces.
The mind to justify some

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expression of Desire.
This leads to the question of

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what is sincerity and how it can
be achieved by the spiritual

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Seeker.
A disciple inquires.

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What does sincerity mean?
Exactly?

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The mother notes quote, there
are several degrees of

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sincerity.
The most Elementary degree is

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not to say, one thing and think
another claim, one thing.

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And want another, for example,
what happens quite often to say,

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I want to make progress, and I
want to get rid of my defects

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and at the same time to cherish
ones defects in the

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Consciousness, and take great
care to hide them, so that

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nobody intervenes and sends them
off.

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This is indeed a very common
phenomenon.

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This is already the second
degree.

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The first degree you see is when
someone claims for example, to

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have a very great aspiration and
to want the spiritual life and

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at the same time, those
completely how to put it

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shamelessly things, which are
most contradictory to the

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spiritual life.
This is indeed a degree of

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sincerity rather of insincerity,
which is most obvious.

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But there is a second degree
which I have just described to

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you which is like this.
There's one part of the being

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which has an aspiration and says
even thinks even feels that it

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would very much like to get rid
of defects imperfections and

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then at the same time other
parts which hide these defects

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and Imperfections very
carefully.

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So as not to be compelled to
expose them and get over them,

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this is very And finally, if we
go far enough, if we push the

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description far enough so long
as there is a part of the being

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which contradicts the central
aspiration for the Divine one is

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not perfectly sincere, that is
to say a perfect, sincerity is

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something extremely rare and
most commonly very, very

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frequently.
When there are things in one's

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nature, which one does not like
one takes the greatest care too

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high.
Hide them from oneself.

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One finds favorable explanations
were simply, makes a little

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movement like this gesture.
You have noticed that when

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things move like this, you can't
see them clearly, well, where

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the defect is seated, there is a
kind of vibration which does

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this.
And so your site is not clear,

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you no longer see your defects,
And this is automatic.

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Well, all these are insincerity,
's and perfect.

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Sincerity comes when at the
center of the being, there is

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the consciousness of the divine
presence, the consciousness of

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the Divine will.
And when the entire being like a

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luminous, clear transparent
whole expresses this in all its

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details.
This is indeed true sincerity.

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When it any moment, whatever may
happen.

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The being has given itself to
the Divine and wants only the

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Divine will when no matter what
is going on in the being at any

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moment, whatever, always the
whole being in perfect unanimity

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can say, to the Divine and feels
for the Divine, let thy will be

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done when it is spontaneous
total integral.

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Then you are sincere but until
this is established, it is a

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mixed sincerity more or less
mixed right up to the point

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where one is not at all sincere.
One must never pretend that one

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is one must be spontaneously.
This is sincerity in reference

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SRI aurobindo in the mother
growing within the psychology of

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inner development.
Chapter 3 growth of

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Consciousness, basic requisites
pages, 39 to 41,