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Dec. 18, 2022

The Nature and Power of Sincerity in the Practice of Integral Yoga

The Nature and Power of Sincerity in the Practice of Integral Yoga
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2022/12/16/the-nature-and-power-of-sincerity-in-the-practice-of-integral-yoga/
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What exactly is the meaning of
sincerity in the context of the

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integral yoga and what makes it
so essential to the successful

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practice of this yoga?
For most people sincerity is a

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quality defined by adherence to
a specific idea or belief and a

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direct translation of that
belief into the external being

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in its relationships to the
world.

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In other words, it is seen as a
transactional quality for

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interacting with others without
duplicity or any form of

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intended DC in the integral
yoga.

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However, sincerity is an inward
quality of creating coherence

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between the souls aspiration,
the mines knowledge, the action

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of the Life Energy and even the
responses of the body

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consciousness, The usual human
form of sincerity and dealing

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with others is, of course, a
natural consequence, but it

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represents only a small part of
the quality of sincerity and its

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action in the life of the
practitioner of the yoga.

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One of the biggest obstacles to
achieving sincerity in the being

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is the ability of the vital
nature, to get the mind to

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justify just about anything it
desires.

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Plus sincerity is undermined by
this Dynamic and many things are

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done which are contrary to the
yogic development.

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When the psychic being is
active, it can see through this

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process and provide the Seeker,
both Clarity and direction in,

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maintaining the sincerity of the
sadhna SRI aurobindo, observes

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quote, there's one indispensable
condition sincerity in the

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mother notes.
Quote sincerity is the Safeguard

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the protection, the guide.
And finally, the transforming

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power and quote, reference SRI
aurobindo, and the mother

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growing within the psychology of
inner development.

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Chapter 3.
Oath of Consciousness basic

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requisites page 32?