The Radiating Power of an Inner Transformative Force

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There are many methods that have
been tried to shift ideas,

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thoughts, motives, and actions
in the world.

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Some of these methods involve
subtle or not so subtle use of

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various forms of propagandizing,
proselytizing, sermonizing, or

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dominating others through use of
covert or overt force, including

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brute physical force, vital
force, economic force, or mental

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force.
There are also those who harness

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what we may call a religious
force or a patriotic force, or a

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force of belonging to a
particular group.

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At a broader level, all of these
methods utilize external means

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to cajole, convince, or bully
others into accepting A

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preferred way of thinking or
acting.

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The individual who chooses a
different path may be

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ostracized, bullied, harmed,
tortured, denied opportunities,

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or eliminated.
It is interesting to note that

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none of these forces have
succeeded in the long history of

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humanity, throughout the entire
world and across numerous

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cultures in preventing
individual growth, progress and

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development, which then
eventually fed into the society

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and brought about changes in the
social order.

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The trajectory of the evolution
of consciousness has always

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overcome and outlasted the short
lived outer pressures of the

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more external methods.
Many of those who have employed

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these external methods had good
intentions and motivations to

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create a better society, but
along the way they chose a path

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of coercion in one form or
another as a means toward the

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realization of their goals,
adopting the sense that the end

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justifies the means.
There are other, quieter and

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less visible ways to help
others, and the world we live in

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develop in ways that can benefit
without oppression or violence.

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We can see thinkers, artists,
writers who have had a positive

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influence through millennia
simply by the expression of

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their art, their music, their
feelings and their ideas which

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captured the imagination and
understanding of people by

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virtue of the value of those
concepts.

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We have seen great religious
leaders who not only expressed

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new ideas, but work to live out
those ideals and create a core

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group of individuals who tried
to adopt them in their own

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lives.
Ideas such as non violence,

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equality, freedom, harmony and
goodwill have spread through

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such means.
In some cases we see individuals

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whose ideas are not new, but who
in their own being radiate the

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joy, the simplicity, the empathy
and harmony that others speak

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about, and we are drawn to those
individuals to simply bask in

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the radiance of their aura.
These individuals can in some

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cases creates such a powerful
atmosphere around them that

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normally aggressive animals can
coexist in peace.

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There are legends of ancient
Rishis who had lions or tigers

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in their forest retreat who did
not attack anyone or anything

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while in that place.
Individuals who came there felt

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the sacred and deeply peaceful
nature of the ashram and gained

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a measure of peace themselves.
The influence of radiating A

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transformative energy cannot be
directly measured, but as we see

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with artists, philosophers,
poets and musicians, the energy

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carries itself out through time.
In one of his aphorisms, Sri

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Orobindo indicated that the
French Revolution took place

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because a Yogi living in a cave
in the Himalayan Mountains

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dreamed of freedom.
The question of whether an

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influence can circulate around
the globe and through a span of

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time is 1 which is occupied
thoughtful individuals.

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It becomes clear that when
humanity is ready, ideas and

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forces that have been in
preparation, perhaps received,

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experienced and transmitted by
lonesome individuals, are able

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to burst forth and bring about
extraordinary opportunities for

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human growth and development.
The real issues that have

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plagued humanity are not to be
solved by physical, vital or

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mental solutions.
As a transitional being, man is

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imperfect and the limitations of
the currently evolved

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instruments are visible.
We have limited capacity for

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seeing and understanding the
complete picture of the

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universal manifestation.
We have imperfect vital

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reactions that lead to the
failures of all our systems with

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expressions of greed, lust,
vanity, pride, anger, and

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hatred, et cetera.
We have limited physical

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capacities.
It is by the evolution of the

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next stage of the expression of
consciousness that we can shift

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our standpoint away from these
limitations and find the

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harmonizing factor that can
unite them and resolve the

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weaknesses.
And it is thus that the seeker

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can truly work to advance
humanity and help to overcome

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the darkness and ignorance that
has contributed so much pain and

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suffering on our developmental
path.

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The mother notes quote.
If one sincerely wants to help

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others and the world, the best
thing one can do is to be

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oneself, what one wants others
to be, not only as an example,

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but because one becomes a center
of radiating power which, by the

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very fact that it exists,
compels the rest of the world to

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transform itself.
End Quote.

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Reference Sri Aurobindo and the
Mother.

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Looking from Within, Chapter 2.
Looking at Oneself and Others,

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page 54.