Jan. 24, 2025
The Power of the Psychic Being to Guide the Direction and Focus of One's Life
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YouTube reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Powers Within, Chapter XX The Psychic, pp. 155-156 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/01/22/the-power-of-the-psychic-being-to-guide-the-direction-and-focus-of-ones-life/
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1
00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:05,400
When we look back on our lives
with the benefit of hindsight,
2
00:00:06,520 --> 00:00:11,640
we frequently can identify a
change in direction that took an
3
00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:16,280
individual from a normal path of
societal acceptance, career,
4
00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:20,880
marriage, family, social
interactions, and entertainment
5
00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:26,280
to a life that is dedicated to
some cause or purpose or inner
6
00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:29,960
growth.
For some, this change comes
7
00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:35,120
somewhat naturally as they
mature and reflect on what they
8
00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:39,920
are here on earth to do.
They feel an inner dedication or
9
00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:45,320
mission, whether to solve some
technical or societal issue, or
10
00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:48,600
to dedicate themselves to a life
of service and caring for
11
00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:54,160
others, or possibly to some
development of the body, or
12
00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:57,040
perhaps an artistic calling of
some kind.
13
00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:01,640
Yet for many others, it is not
so simple.
14
00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:06,280
There was a story of a young
woman in Africa who came from a
15
00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:10,080
family of traditional healers,
but who wanted to follow a
16
00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:14,760
different path in her life.
Everything she tried fell apart,
17
00:01:15,320 --> 00:01:18,280
and she suffered from serious
health issues of her own.
18
00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:23,480
Eventually she was told by an
experienced healer that she
19
00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:28,640
would not find any fulfilment in
any other career and her health
20
00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:34,240
would not improve until she
finally accepted her calling as
21
00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:39,440
a traditional healer.
She did that and her life turned
22
00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:44,920
around and her health improved.
Her story is recounted in the
23
00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:50,040
book Called To Heal by Susan
Schuster Campbell, who met with
24
00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:53,520
her and interviewed her as part
of her own journey toward
25
00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:57,360
understanding the significance
and meaning of her own life.
26
00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:02,440
Another individual reported
undertaking a successful college
27
00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:06,320
course with the view to
achieving a position of success
28
00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:10,440
in his society.
After experiencing a near death
29
00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:15,440
experience, he became aware of
yoga and another meaning to
30
00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:20,880
life, left all ideas of school
and career aside, and took up
31
00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:26,040
study and practice of yoga.
Another person, Danny and
32
00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:30,720
Brinkley, wrote in his book
Saved by the Light that he was a
33
00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:34,960
trained military killer, a
merciless individual who got
34
00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:39,440
paid to harm other people.
At a certain point in life, he
35
00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:43,760
was actually physically struck
by lightning and was declared
36
00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:47,880
clinically dead.
He returned to life with a new
37
00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:52,800
understanding and a mission, and
he left his past behind him to
38
00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:59,360
found an organization called
Compassion in Action CIA, which
39
00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:02,960
trained people on how to provide
caring and supporting Hospice
40
00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:07,000
care for people undergoing a
transition out of their current
41
00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:11,560
life and body.
Not every circumstance or life
42
00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:15,960
story is as traumatic as those
recounted here, but the point is
43
00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:20,840
clear if one does not easily
grow into the path and tries to
44
00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:24,720
look in other directions.
The psychic being sometimes
45
00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:30,440
employs tough love to bring the
individual to the right place in
46
00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:36,400
his or her life.
A disciple asks, has the psychic
47
00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:41,280
any power?
The mother writes power.
48
00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:44,600
It is usually the psychic which
guides the being.
49
00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:48,760
One knows nothing about it
because 1 is not conscious of
50
00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:52,160
it, but usually it is that which
guides the being.
51
00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:56,840
If one is very attentive, one
becomes aware of it.
52
00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:00,880
But the majority of men haven't
the least idea of it.
53
00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:05,600
For instance, when they have
decided in their outer ignorance
54
00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:09,960
to do something, and instead of
their being able to do it, all
55
00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:13,240
the circumstances are so
organized that they do something
56
00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:16,320
else.
They start shouting, storming,
57
00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:21,320
flying into a Rage Against fate,
saying that depends on what they
58
00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:25,400
believe, their beliefs that
nature is wicked, or their
59
00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:30,800
destiny baleful, or God unjust,
or no matter what.
60
00:04:30,840 --> 00:04:35,680
It depends on what they believe.
Whilst most of the time it is
61
00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:39,720
just the very circumstance which
was most favorable for their
62
00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:43,800
inner development.
And naturally, if you ask the
63
00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:47,840
psychic to help you to fashion a
pleasant life for yourself, to
64
00:04:47,840 --> 00:04:51,560
earn money, have children who
will be the pride of the family,
65
00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:55,480
etcetera.
Well, the psychic will not help
66
00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:58,600
you.
But it will create for you all
67
00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:03,280
the circumstances necessary to
awaken something in you so that
68
00:05:03,280 --> 00:05:06,160
the need of union with the
Divine may be born in your
69
00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:09,880
consciousness.
At times you have made fine
70
00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:14,520
plans and if they had succeeded
you would have been more and
71
00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:18,640
more encrusted in your outer
ignorance, your stupid little
72
00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:21,600
ambition and your aimless
activity.
73
00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:27,560
Whilst if you receive a good
shock and the post you coveted
74
00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:32,600
is denied to you, the plan you
made is shattered and you find
75
00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:38,080
yourself completely thwarted.
Then sometimes this opposition
76
00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:42,240
opens to you a door on something
truer and deeper.
77
00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:47,520
And when you are a little awake
and look back, if you are in the
78
00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:54,400
least sincere, you say, ah, it
wasn't I who was right, it was
79
00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:59,760
nature or the divine grace or my
psychic being who did it.
80
00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:03,520
It is the psychic being which
organized that.
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00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:10,160
End Quote Reverence Srioro Bindu
and the Mother Powers within,
82
00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:15,880
Chapter 20, The Psychic, pages
155 to 156.
00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:05,400
When we look back on our lives
with the benefit of hindsight,
2
00:00:06,520 --> 00:00:11,640
we frequently can identify a
change in direction that took an
3
00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:16,280
individual from a normal path of
societal acceptance, career,
4
00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:20,880
marriage, family, social
interactions, and entertainment
5
00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:26,280
to a life that is dedicated to
some cause or purpose or inner
6
00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:29,960
growth.
For some, this change comes
7
00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:35,120
somewhat naturally as they
mature and reflect on what they
8
00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:39,920
are here on earth to do.
They feel an inner dedication or
9
00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:45,320
mission, whether to solve some
technical or societal issue, or
10
00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:48,600
to dedicate themselves to a life
of service and caring for
11
00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:54,160
others, or possibly to some
development of the body, or
12
00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:57,040
perhaps an artistic calling of
some kind.
13
00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:01,640
Yet for many others, it is not
so simple.
14
00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:06,280
There was a story of a young
woman in Africa who came from a
15
00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:10,080
family of traditional healers,
but who wanted to follow a
16
00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:14,760
different path in her life.
Everything she tried fell apart,
17
00:01:15,320 --> 00:01:18,280
and she suffered from serious
health issues of her own.
18
00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:23,480
Eventually she was told by an
experienced healer that she
19
00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:28,640
would not find any fulfilment in
any other career and her health
20
00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:34,240
would not improve until she
finally accepted her calling as
21
00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:39,440
a traditional healer.
She did that and her life turned
22
00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:44,920
around and her health improved.
Her story is recounted in the
23
00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:50,040
book Called To Heal by Susan
Schuster Campbell, who met with
24
00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:53,520
her and interviewed her as part
of her own journey toward
25
00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:57,360
understanding the significance
and meaning of her own life.
26
00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:02,440
Another individual reported
undertaking a successful college
27
00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:06,320
course with the view to
achieving a position of success
28
00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:10,440
in his society.
After experiencing a near death
29
00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:15,440
experience, he became aware of
yoga and another meaning to
30
00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:20,880
life, left all ideas of school
and career aside, and took up
31
00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:26,040
study and practice of yoga.
Another person, Danny and
32
00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:30,720
Brinkley, wrote in his book
Saved by the Light that he was a
33
00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:34,960
trained military killer, a
merciless individual who got
34
00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:39,440
paid to harm other people.
At a certain point in life, he
35
00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:43,760
was actually physically struck
by lightning and was declared
36
00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:47,880
clinically dead.
He returned to life with a new
37
00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:52,800
understanding and a mission, and
he left his past behind him to
38
00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:59,360
found an organization called
Compassion in Action CIA, which
39
00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:02,960
trained people on how to provide
caring and supporting Hospice
40
00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:07,000
care for people undergoing a
transition out of their current
41
00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:11,560
life and body.
Not every circumstance or life
42
00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:15,960
story is as traumatic as those
recounted here, but the point is
43
00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:20,840
clear if one does not easily
grow into the path and tries to
44
00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:24,720
look in other directions.
The psychic being sometimes
45
00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:30,440
employs tough love to bring the
individual to the right place in
46
00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:36,400
his or her life.
A disciple asks, has the psychic
47
00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:41,280
any power?
The mother writes power.
48
00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:44,600
It is usually the psychic which
guides the being.
49
00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:48,760
One knows nothing about it
because 1 is not conscious of
50
00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:52,160
it, but usually it is that which
guides the being.
51
00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:56,840
If one is very attentive, one
becomes aware of it.
52
00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:00,880
But the majority of men haven't
the least idea of it.
53
00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:05,600
For instance, when they have
decided in their outer ignorance
54
00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:09,960
to do something, and instead of
their being able to do it, all
55
00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:13,240
the circumstances are so
organized that they do something
56
00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:16,320
else.
They start shouting, storming,
57
00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:21,320
flying into a Rage Against fate,
saying that depends on what they
58
00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:25,400
believe, their beliefs that
nature is wicked, or their
59
00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:30,800
destiny baleful, or God unjust,
or no matter what.
60
00:04:30,840 --> 00:04:35,680
It depends on what they believe.
Whilst most of the time it is
61
00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:39,720
just the very circumstance which
was most favorable for their
62
00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:43,800
inner development.
And naturally, if you ask the
63
00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:47,840
psychic to help you to fashion a
pleasant life for yourself, to
64
00:04:47,840 --> 00:04:51,560
earn money, have children who
will be the pride of the family,
65
00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:55,480
etcetera.
Well, the psychic will not help
66
00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:58,600
you.
But it will create for you all
67
00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:03,280
the circumstances necessary to
awaken something in you so that
68
00:05:03,280 --> 00:05:06,160
the need of union with the
Divine may be born in your
69
00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:09,880
consciousness.
At times you have made fine
70
00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:14,520
plans and if they had succeeded
you would have been more and
71
00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:18,640
more encrusted in your outer
ignorance, your stupid little
72
00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:21,600
ambition and your aimless
activity.
73
00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:27,560
Whilst if you receive a good
shock and the post you coveted
74
00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:32,600
is denied to you, the plan you
made is shattered and you find
75
00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:38,080
yourself completely thwarted.
Then sometimes this opposition
76
00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:42,240
opens to you a door on something
truer and deeper.
77
00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:47,520
And when you are a little awake
and look back, if you are in the
78
00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:54,400
least sincere, you say, ah, it
wasn't I who was right, it was
79
00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:59,760
nature or the divine grace or my
psychic being who did it.
80
00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:03,520
It is the psychic being which
organized that.
81
00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:10,160
End Quote Reverence Srioro Bindu
and the Mother Powers within,
82
00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:15,880
Chapter 20, The Psychic, pages
155 to 156.