Nov. 5, 2025
The Principal Thing in the Practice of Integral Yoga
reference: Sri Aurobindo, Bases of Yoga, Chapter 2, Faith — Aspiration — Surrender, pg. 32This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/the-principal-thing-in-the-practice-of-integral-yoga/
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In his book The Mother, Sri
Robindo provides a detailed road
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map for understanding the
relatively simple idea that one
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must have the will to overcome
all attachments etcetera.
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In order to do this, we need to
be able to appreciate what is
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meant by attachments.
Most people would associate this
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with external things or with
external relationships, and they
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of course need to be looked at.
But Tria Robindo goes much
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deeper into the psychological
web of the mind, the emotions,
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the vital being and even the
physical body as he describes
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the issue of what needs to be
rejected to create the needed
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psychological framework for the
higher force to be received and
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to act with power in the being.
Quote rejection of the movements
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of the lower nature.
Rejection of the mind's ideas,
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opinions, preferences, habits,
constructions, so that the true
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knowledge may find free room in
a silent mind.
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Rejection of the vital nature's
desires, demands, cravings,
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sensations, passions,
selfishness, pride, arrogance,
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lust, greed, jealousy, envy,
hostility to the truth, so that
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the true power and joy may pour
from above into a calm, large,
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strong, and consecrated vital
being.
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Rejection of the physical
nature.
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Stupidity, doubt, disbelief,
obscurity, obstinacy, pettiness,
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laziness, unwillingness to
change Thomas so that the truth,
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stability of light power Ananda
may establish itself in a body
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growing always more divine.
End Quote.
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Eventually, through tuning of
the being, through aspiration,
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the removal of the static from
the connection that is thus
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formed, through rejection of
those things with which distract
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and create static, and the
subsequent acceptance of the
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higher power as it begins to
act, there comes a time when the
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experience of that higher force
working within the being and
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carrying out the practice takes
over from the sense of the
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limited individual struggling to
make the needed changes.
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Sriora Bindu notes quote to
practice yoga implies the will
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to overcome all attachments and
turn to the divine alone.
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The principal thing in the yoga
is to trust in the divine grace
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at every step, to direct the
thought continually to the
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divine and to offer oneself till
the being opens and the Mother's
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force can be felt working in the
adhar.
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End Quote.
Srioro Bindo Bases of Yoga
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Chapter 2.
Faith, Aspiration, Surrender,
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page 32.
00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:05,800
In his book The Mother, Sri
Robindo provides a detailed road
2
00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:10,560
map for understanding the
relatively simple idea that one
3
00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:14,720
must have the will to overcome
all attachments etcetera.
4
00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:19,600
In order to do this, we need to
be able to appreciate what is
5
00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:23,600
meant by attachments.
Most people would associate this
6
00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:28,320
with external things or with
external relationships, and they
7
00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:32,439
of course need to be looked at.
But Tria Robindo goes much
8
00:00:32,439 --> 00:00:36,600
deeper into the psychological
web of the mind, the emotions,
9
00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:41,760
the vital being and even the
physical body as he describes
10
00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:45,880
the issue of what needs to be
rejected to create the needed
11
00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:50,360
psychological framework for the
higher force to be received and
12
00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:55,880
to act with power in the being.
Quote rejection of the movements
13
00:00:55,880 --> 00:01:00,080
of the lower nature.
Rejection of the mind's ideas,
14
00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:05,920
opinions, preferences, habits,
constructions, so that the true
15
00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:09,000
knowledge may find free room in
a silent mind.
16
00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:15,200
Rejection of the vital nature's
desires, demands, cravings,
17
00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:20,320
sensations, passions,
selfishness, pride, arrogance,
18
00:01:20,320 --> 00:01:27,520
lust, greed, jealousy, envy,
hostility to the truth, so that
19
00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:32,640
the true power and joy may pour
from above into a calm, large,
20
00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:36,080
strong, and consecrated vital
being.
21
00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:39,720
Rejection of the physical
nature.
22
00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:46,840
Stupidity, doubt, disbelief,
obscurity, obstinacy, pettiness,
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00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:53,440
laziness, unwillingness to
change Thomas so that the truth,
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00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:59,840
stability of light power Ananda
may establish itself in a body
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00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:03,440
growing always more divine.
End Quote.
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Eventually, through tuning of
the being, through aspiration,
27
00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:12,920
the removal of the static from
the connection that is thus
28
00:02:12,920 --> 00:02:16,840
formed, through rejection of
those things with which distract
29
00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:21,360
and create static, and the
subsequent acceptance of the
30
00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:26,560
higher power as it begins to
act, there comes a time when the
31
00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:30,840
experience of that higher force
working within the being and
32
00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:34,560
carrying out the practice takes
over from the sense of the
33
00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:38,440
limited individual struggling to
make the needed changes.
34
00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:45,240
Sriora Bindu notes quote to
practice yoga implies the will
35
00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:49,400
to overcome all attachments and
turn to the divine alone.
36
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The principal thing in the yoga
is to trust in the divine grace
37
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at every step, to direct the
thought continually to the
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divine and to offer oneself till
the being opens and the Mother's
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00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:06,240
force can be felt working in the
adhar.
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End Quote.
Srioro Bindo Bases of Yoga
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Chapter 2.
Faith, Aspiration, Surrender,
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page 32.
