The Power of the Psychic Being

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We evaluate things by the power
they command.

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It can be physical power, the
power of raw nature in the

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ocean, the wind, the volcano.
Or it can be related to our

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human physical existence as
muscular strength, speed trained

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responses, the power to
effectuate physical actions.

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Or it may be the more subtle but
nevertheless real power of the

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body to resist infections, heal
itself from injuries, and deal

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with extreme situations.
It can be vital power, the

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ability to command attention,
direct the activity of others,

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gather and deploy wealth or
sexual vitality, emotional

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strength, or other vital powers.
It may be mental power with the

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ability to observe, compare,
sort, distinguish and then

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correlate known facts with
memory and training in order to

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make decisions, to carry out a
process to direct and guide

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complex systems.
In the Cana Upanishad, the

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powers of the physical realm,
the vital realm, and the mental

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realm represented by the gods
Agni, Vaio, and Indra, each

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express their specific power of
action and their pride in the

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strength of that power.
They each fail, however, when

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confronted with a greater power
they had not suspected in the

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pride of their own strength.
In our human lives there is

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another power, a power that acts
at a level beyond the individual

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powers of the body, life, and
mind.

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It is the power of the soul, and
it acts in a much more subtle

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fashion, which means that most
people do not recognize its

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action.
Spiritual seekers often recount

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stories related to their
awakening to this spiritual

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life.
They tell about their plans,

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their careers, the sudden
interventions of circumstances

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that change their direction.
In some cases they speak of near

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death experiences that
transformed their worldview.

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In other cases there are chance
meetings, synchronistic events,

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unexpected results that brought
about failures that broke

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through the shell of their
external being and brought them

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to a place of despair and prayer
with almost miraculous results.

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There is a proverb that says
when God closes a door, he opens

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a window, which sums up one of
the ways that a spiritual

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direction may arise for someone
who previously had not

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acknowledged or recognized the
spiritual need that was to

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change the life path forward.
In the book called To Heal, the

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story of an African shamanic
healer is told.

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She tried to follow an
externally driven career path,

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but obstacles kept arising,
including serious health issues

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that dogged her every step.
She came from a family of

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healers but wanted to take a
different direction.

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Eventually she consulted with a
healer who told her in no

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uncertain terms that she was
destined to be a healer, and

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that until she accepted that
direction and embraced it, she

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would continue to suffer.
Once she took up the direction

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intended for her by her soul,
life smoothed out in front of

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her and her health improved.
It is difficult to recognize the

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power of the soul in bringing
together these chance events,

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these synchronicities, these
changes in direction, as we

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prefer to attribute them to some
external force or circumstance.

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There was a film made in India
about a man who lost his shop to

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an act of God which meant the
insurance company would not pay

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for the damages.
He decided to sue God for his

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damages as everyone attributed
the loss to an act of God and he

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decided if God was responsible,
God should pay.

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He was not a believer, but he
decided that the heads of

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churches, monasteries and
spiritual denominations acted as

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agents for God, collected money
in His name and therefore he

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sued them as the local agents.
Along the way, he found things

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were more difficult than he
anticipated and without knowing

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it, he was guided by Sri
Krishna, who placed the Bhagwad

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Gita in his hands to give him
strength and understanding.

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The film was written as a
comedy, but it highlighted the

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question of the soul's guidance
in the life's events.

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A disciple asks, has the psychic
any power?

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The mother answers quote power.
It is usually the psychic which

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guides the being.
One knows nothing about it

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because 1 is not conscious of
it, but usually it is that which

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guides the being.
If one is very attentive, one

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becomes aware of it.
But the majority of men haven't

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the least idea of it.
For instance, when they have

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decided in their outer ignorance
to do something, and instead of

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their being able to do it all
the circumstances are so

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organized that they do something
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They start shouting, storming,
flying into a Rage Against fate,

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saying that depends on what they
believe, their beliefs that

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nature is wicked, or their
destiny baleful, or God unjust,

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or no matter what.
It depends on what they believe,

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whilst most of the time it is
just the very circumstance which

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was most favorable for their
inner development.

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And naturally, if you ask the
psychic to help you to fashion a

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pleasant life for yourself, to
earn money, have children who

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will be the pride of the family,
etcetera, well, the psychic will

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not help you.
But it will create for you all

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the circumstances necessary to
awaken something in you, so that

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the need of union with the
Divine may be borne in your

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consciousness.
At times you have made fine

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plans, and if they had succeeded
you would have been more and

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more encrusted in your outer
ignorance, your stupid little

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ambition and your aimless
activity, whilst if you receive

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a good shock and the post you
coveted is denied to you, the

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plan you made is shattered and
you find yourself completely

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thwarted.
Then sometimes this opposition

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opens to you a door on something
truer and deeper.

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And when you are a little awake
and look back, if you were in

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the least sincere, you say, ah,
it wasn't I who was right, it

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was nature or the divine grace
or my psychic being who did it.

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It is the psychic being which
organized that.

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End Quote Reference Sri Orobindo
and the Mother, the psychic

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being soul, its nature, mission
and evolution.

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Section 2.
Role, function and Action of the

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Psychic.
Pages 58 to 59.