The Potential for Emergence of the Subliminal Powers of Mind

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When we begin to recognize the
inherent power of the mind,

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independent of any reliance on
the physical senses and the

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nerve pathways that link them to
the mind, the question then

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arises as to how to become aware
of, bring forward and train the

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use of these powers that are
currently subliminal within the

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human being.
Yogic practitioners have

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described the inner psychology
and psychological landscape and

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have identified the basic mind
or manas as well as the higher

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intellect, buddhi.
They have also traced the

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pathways of interaction between
mind and our environment and

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they have recognized that there
is a basic mind stuff, chitta,

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which vibrates with the incoming
impressions and becomes agitated

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as waves in a churning sea when
it attaches to, following and

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becoming involved with the
source of those impressions, or

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at least the impact those
impressions have.

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They have developed a number of
mechanisms to bring the chita to

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a state of quiescence, including
various forms of meditation,

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breath control, and non
attachment to thought.

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When the mind comes to a state
of silence and is in a state of

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receptivity, it can experience
elements of its inherent nature

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and explore subliminal powers of
mind that it otherwise does not

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tap into when it is fully
engaged with the surface

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impressions.
We can also expect that as the

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pressure of the next
evolutionary stage of the

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expression of consciousness
makes itself felt, that powers

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that are currently subliminal to
the action of our mental mode of

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being will come to the surface,
grow and mature, and a stable,

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established powers that become
part of the normal action of

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mind.
Shrioro Bindu observes quote.

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Sight, hearing, taste, smell,
touch are really properties of

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the mind, not of the body.
But the physical mind which we

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ordinarily use, limits itself to
a translation into sense of so

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much of the outer impacts as it
receives through the nervous

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system and the physical organs.
But the inner manas has also a

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subtle sight hearing power of
contact of its own, which is not

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dependent on the physical
organs.

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And it has, moreover, a power
not only of direct communication

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of mind with object, leading,
even at a high pitch of action,

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to a sense of the contents of an
object within or beyond the

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physical range, but direct
communication also of mind with

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mind.
Mind is able, too to alter,

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modify, inhibit the incidence,
values, intensities of sense,

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impacts these powers of the mind
we do not ordinarily use or

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develop.
They remain subliminal, and

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emerge sometimes in an irregular
and fitful action, more readily

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in some minds than in others, or
come to the surface in abnormal

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states of the being.
They are the basis of

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clairvoyance, clairaudience,
transference of thought and

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impulse, telepathy.
Most of the more ordinary kinds

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of occult powers so-called,
though these are better

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described less mystically as
powers of the now subliminal

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action of the manas.
The phenomena of hypnotism and

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many others, depend upon the
action of this subliminal sense

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mind.
Not that it alone constitutes to

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all the elements of the
phenomena, but it is the first

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supporting means of intercourse,
communication and response,

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though much of the actual
operation belongs to an inner

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booty mind.
Physical mind, supra.

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Physical.
We have and can use this double

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sense mentality.
End Quote Reference Sri

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Aurobindo and the Mother Powers
within Chapter 19 Occult Powers

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of the Subliminal pages, 1:48 to
1:49.