The Nature and Action of the Physical Mind

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Individuals who are primarily
rooted in the function of the

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physical mind have.
A difficulty in accepting the

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reality of anything that goes.
Outside their ability to sense

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and.
These individuals will

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frequently deny the existence of
the soul because it cannot be

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seen, measured, or recognized by
them.

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They follow the general tenet.
Seeing is believing, although.

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In today's world, that concept.
Is quickly losing any validity.

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Even for the physical mind with
the advent of.

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Complex situations as well.
As Photoshop and a I imaging,

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seeing in today's world is not
equivalent to having a true

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factual understanding, even of
the most external reality.

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The physical mind focuses mainly
on what is tangible to the

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senses.
And the.

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Thoughts that are generated
focus on these tangible things.

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It is narrow in scope and has
blinders when it comes to deeper

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realities, a cult phenomena, and
higher realms of development.

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This mind does not accept any
reality of a separate vital

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world or worlds or separate
mental worlds, much less

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spiritual realms.
Within its sphere, it attempts

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to be accurate and tries to
provide a form of stability and

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basis for the external life.
It also tends to believe that

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its own view of things is the
correct view and may dispute

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the.
Reality expressed by others,

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Thus the famous report of five
individuals.

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Each reporting on the same.
Traffic accident from different

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angles.
Who disagreed with each other as

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to what happened and the
causative.

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While each of them may have
perceived a partial.

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They asserted that their view
was the correct one.

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This is a classic case of the
physical mind standing on its.

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Perceptions and not recognizing
and authenticating.

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The view of others, the physical
mind, takes on a considerable

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amount of the daily interaction
between the individual and the

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external world, and thus carries
A substantial weight of the

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ability of the individual.
To act and react in the world,

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it is essential, however, to
recognize its role, its

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limitations.
And its impact, so that the

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spiritual aspirant can
eventually break out of its

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bonds and reintegrate its action
with enlightenment from A.

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Higher perspective Sriorobindo
observes the true thinking mind

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does not belong to the physical.
It is a separate power.

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The physical mind is that part
of the mind which is concerned

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with the physical things only.
It depends on the sense.

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Mind sees only objects, external
actions.

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Draws its ideas from the data
given by external things, infers

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from them only, and knows no
other truth until it is

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enlightened from above.
End Quote reference Sriorobindo

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and the mother.
Our many selves.

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Practical Yogic Psychology,
Chapter 2, Planes and Parts of

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the Being, pages 47 to 48.