The Power of Mastery

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We operate on multiple levels at
the same time.

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There's the external level
comprised of actual physical,

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vital and mental actions we
undertake.

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We speak, we express ourselves
through gestures and body

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language.
We undertake physical activities

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at the same time.
However, there's the unspoken

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energetic vibration that we
create and send out, which

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impacts others without words,
without physical gesture, simply

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by vibrating and interacting
with the vibrational field of

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others.
The true power of mastery comes

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not from external influence,
persuasion, education, use of

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physical, vital or mental power
to dominate others, but from the

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ability to vibrate and radiate
an intense field that is able to

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neutralize, change, or overcome
the vibrational pattern with

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which it interacts.
We can get a hint of what this

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means when we observe that in
some individuals there is an

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intense mental atmosphere that
surrounds them and which dampens

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any raucous energies.
When people enter their

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environs, they tend to feel the
mental force and it moves their

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own vibrational levels to
interact with that force.

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We also see instances where an
individual has such a deep sense

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of peace and silence surrounding
him that it is noticeable to

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others.
A number of people noted that as

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a palpable experience when they
happened to visit with Shrioro

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Bindo.
For instance, there are numerous

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reports of people experiencing a
surge in devotional or spiritual

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force in the presence of various
masters.

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People have also reported
similar occurrences with the

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Mother at the Shriora Bindu
Ashram, and they would report,

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for instance, being awakened out
of sleep with an electric energy

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and a surge of devotion.
At times of key events in the

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life of the ashram.
In the face of such energetic

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forces, contrary energies are
submerged, overwhelmed, reduced

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or even eliminated.
The Mother writes quote to

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control something.
A movement is simply to replace

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by 1's presence without words or
explanations, the bad vibration

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by the true One.
This is what constitutes the

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power of mastery.
It does not lie in speaking, in

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explaining with words and
explanations, and even a certain

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emanation of force.
You may have an influence on

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someone, but you do not control
his movement.

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The control of the movement is
the capacity to oppose the

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vibration of this movement by a
stronger, truer vibration which

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can stop the other one.
I could give you an example.

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You know a very easy 1-2 people
are arguing in front of you.

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Not only are they arguing, but
they are on the point of coming

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to blows.
So you explain to them that this

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is not the thing to do.
You give them good reasons for

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stopping, and they come to a
stop.

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You will have had an influence
on them.

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But if you simply stand before
them and look at them and send

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out a vibration of peace, calm,
quietude, without saying a word,

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without any explanation, the
other vibration will no longer

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be able to last.
It will fall away of itself.

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That is mastery.
The same thing applies to the

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cure of ignorance.
If you need words to explain

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something that is not true
knowledge.

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If I have to say all that I do
say for you to understand me,

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that is not mastery.
It is simply that I am able to

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exercise an influence on your
intelligence and help you to

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understand and awaken in you the
desire to know and discipline

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yourselves, et cetera.
But if by looking at you without

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saying anything, I am not able
to make the light enter into

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you, the light which will make
you understand, I won't have

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mastered the movement or the
state of ignorance.

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End Quote.
Reference Sri Aurobindo and the

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Mother, Powers within, Chapter
11.

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Power of Control, pages 97 to
98.