The Mind as a Helper, the Mind as an Obstacle for Spiritual Development

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If we view the vast array of
methods recommended by spiritual

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paths with the world, we find
that many of them utilize

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various forms of mental, focus
or concentration in order to

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achieve specific results along
the way.

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Tibetan yoga for instance as
intensive visualization

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techniques, along with
concentrations of various sorts

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and meditation.
Many paths recommend use of

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various prayers or mantras
formulated in the mind to guide,

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the awareness in the proper
direction.

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A large number of paths
recommend reading and

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contemplation on the truths set
forth in their respective

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scriptural texts.
We can deduce from this review

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that harnessing the power of the
Mind in the spiritual Quest can

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be of extreme value and
importance for the Seeker along

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the way, the Kano punish odd
reminds us.

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However, that the power of the
mind is not in and of itself.

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Sufficient to experience and
fully comprehend the reality and

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truth of existence.
There is yet a power and then

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experience of that power that
lies beyond the mind.

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Just as it is a positive force
at certain stages of the

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spiritual practice.
The mind can become an obstacle

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itself.
When it tries to assert, its

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ignorant to limit or deny the
spiritual truths, the being

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experiences.
But there are also more subtle

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concerns about the influence of
the mind for which the Seeker

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Must Be watchful the mindset and
attitude with which one

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approaches.
Anything as a distinct influence

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on how things are perceived.
Our mind tend to fill in data

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and interpretations in any event
or experience Thus, we

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substitute mental calculation
and predispositions for an

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actual understanding of the
deeper reality.

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The mother observes quote.
What I mean is that every

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definite mental formation,
always gives a particular

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coloring to the experience.
As for example, with all people

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brought up in a certain
religion, their experiences will

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always be colored by this
religion.

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And in fact, to reach the very
source of the thing, one must

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free oneself from the external
formation.

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But there is a kind of reading
which awakens in you and

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interest in the thing and can
help you in the first speakings.

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Usually, even if one has had
experiences when need to contact

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a thought or idea with the thing
so that the effort may be

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crystallized more consciously,
but the more one knows, the more

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one must be absolutely sincere
in this experience that is he

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must not use.
Use the formative power of his

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mind to imagine.
And so create the experience in

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himself from the point of view
of orientation.

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It can be useful but from the
point of view of the experience,

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it takes away from it.
It's Dynamic value.

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It has not the intensity of an
experience which comes because

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the moral and spiritual
conditions necessary for it to

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occur have been fulfilled.
There is the whole mental

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conditioning, which is added and
which takes away something of

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the spontaneity.
All this is a matter of

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proportion.
Each one must find the exact

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amount.
He needs how much of reading.

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How much meditation, how much
concentration, how much it is

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different for each one and quote
reference SRI aurobindo in the

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mother growing. being within the
psychology of inner development,

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chapter 3 growth of
Consciousness basic requisites

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