The Power of the Quiet Mind and Vital to Resolve Problems We Face

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We are habitually conditioned to
try to solve problems with our

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mental capacity.
We are taught to observe,

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organize, classify, compare and
contrast, and examine similar

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past circumstances in order to
determine a solution to whatever

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we are facing.
This is the normal pattern for a

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mentally developed individual.
Those who function primarily on

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the vital level do not
necessarily go through this

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detailed process, but respond to
what may be called instinct,

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feeling or emotional reaction.
In either case, we often times

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find that the result is less
than satisfactory.

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The process generates a lot of
stress and discomfort, including

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pressures we experience in the
physical body that lead to

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indigestion, ulcers, high blood
pressure and palpitations.

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As we begin to understand the
development of consciousness, we

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can see that physical, vital and
mental methods of solving

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problems are limited and
inefficient.

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We can also see that as we begin
to explore the spiritual

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consciousness that represents
the next stage of the evolution,

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that new possibilities arise
which operate from a totally

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different, even opposite
standpoint to the prior modes of

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understanding and decision
making.

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The power of silence, the power
of the quiet mind and vital, is

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a gateway to gaining access to
the answers we seek.

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We are so busy formulating
thought and acting in a frenzy

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that we often times simply don't
take the time to stop, quiet the

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being and allow answers to come.
A story in the Mahabharata

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illustrates the need to listen
for answers.

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A woman was undertaking extreme
ascetic disciplines for purpose

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of gaining a suitable husband.
After considerable time had

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elapsed and she had gained
substantial spiritual power in

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her tapasia, she asked for the
boon of a suitable husband.

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She asked multiple times without
noticing any response.

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Eventually Shiva appeared before
her and granted her the boon she

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had requested, namely that in a
future lifetime she would have 5

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husbands.
She objected, saying she only

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wanted one.
Shiva replied that she had asked

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five times and thus had obtained
the response for five husbands.

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When we quiet the mind and vital
and pose the question facing us

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to the universe, the higher
unified field consciousness

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responds and provides us the
answer we need.

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We have to learn how to listen
for the answer the Mother

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writes.
Quote.

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The noise made by all the words,
all the ideas in your head is so

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deafening that it prevents you
from hearing the truth when it

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wants to manifest.
To learn to be quiet and silent

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when you have a problem to
solve, instead of turning over

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in your head all the
possibilities, all the

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consequences, all the possible
things one should or should not

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do.
If you remain quiet with an

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aspiration for goodwill, if
possible, a need for goodwill,

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the solution comes very quickly
and as you are silent, you are

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able to hear it.
When you are caught in a

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difficulty, try this method
instead of becoming agitated,

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turning over all the ideas and
actively seeking solutions of

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worrying, fretting, running here
and there inside your head.

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I don't mean externally, for
externally you probably have

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enough common sense not to do
that.

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But inside, in your head remain
quiet and according to your

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nature, with ardor or peace,
with intensity or widening,

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where with all these together
implore the light and wait for

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it to come.
In this way the path would be

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considerably shortened.
End Quote reference.

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Srioro Bindu and the Mother
Powers within, Chapter 10.

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Obtaining Answers and Solutions,
pages 94 to 95.