The Mother's Force Is the Primary Aid in Overcoming the Force of Desire

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There is a dual significance to
the term the Mother's Force.

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First, this is the Divine
Shakti, which manifests the

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universal creation and which
acts to bring forth the

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sequential expression of the
consciousness involved in

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matter.
At the same time, there is the

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specific reference to the Mother
of the Shrioro Bindo Ashram who

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so embodied and focused this
divine Force that those who came

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into her presence or aura of
influence were profoundly

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impacted by that force.
In his book The Mother, Sri

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Aurobindo states quote, the
superimental change is a thing

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decreed and inevitable in the
evolution of the earth

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consciousness, for its upward
ascent is not ended and mind is

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not its last summit, but that
the change may arrive, take form

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and endure.
There is needed the call from

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below with the will to recognize
and not deny the light when it

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comes, and there is needed the
sanction of the Supreme from

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above.
The power that mediates between

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the sanction and the Call is the
presence and power of the Divine

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Mother, the Mother's power, and
not any human endeavour.

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And tapasya can alone rend the
lid and tear the covering, and

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shape the vessel, and bring down
into this world of obscurity and

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falsehood and death and
suffering, truth and light and

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life, divine and the immortals.
Ananda.

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End Quote.
As the seeker learns to tune his

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attention and open up his
receptivity to the higher

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forces, he gains direct contact
with and benefit from those

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forces operative there.
This attention may be based on

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coming into contact inwardly
with the psychic being or

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through concentration that opens
the higher chakras to direct

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influence of the spiritual
energy, or through a receptive

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contact with the guru or some
individual who embodies that

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force to such a degree that a
link is created and an opening

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established.
Large numbers of devotees around

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the world have had the
experience and reported it that

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focusing on a photograph of the
Mother could put them into a

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state of deep meditation.
Receiving the Mother's blessings

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could induce a state of distance
from the awareness of the

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physical body and the demands of
the vital being.

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If one is struggling with the
force of desire and relying on

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one's own ability to overcome
that force through willpower,

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discipline, or some form of
control, there is a constant

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battle and an oscillation
between the desire and the

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overcoming of that desire.
Many have found, however, that

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putting oneself into direct and
receptive contact with the

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mother's force took one totally
outside the vital desire and its

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influence, making this a direct
and powerful method of educating

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the vital nature and moving
beyond the promptings of the

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universal vital force that
provokes the desire within the

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being trio, Robindo writes.
Quote Desire takes a long time

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to get rid of entirely, but if
you can once get it out of the

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nature and realize it as a force
coming from outside and putting

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its claws into the vital and
physical, it will be easier to

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get rid of the invader.
You are too accustomed to feel

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it as part of yourself or
planted in you.

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That makes it more difficult for
you to deal with its movements

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and dismiss its ancient control
over you.

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You should not rely on anything
else alone, however helpful it

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may seem, but chiefly, primarily
fundamentally, on the Mother's

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force.
The Sun and the light may be a

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help, and will be if it is the
true light and the true sun, but

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cannot take the place of the
Mother's Force.

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End Quote.
Reference Sri Orabindo, Basis of

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Yoga, chapter 4.
Desire Food, Sex, pages 63 to

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64.