The Sunlit Path of Yoga

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For many people, the religious
life or the spiritual path is

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considered to be extremely
serious and cheerfulness is

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considered to be some kind of
frivolity.

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Not be coming to the serious
nature of the Endeavor, they

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make spiritual practice into a
harsh discipline and struggle

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with difficulties and in many
cases fight with their nature.

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As they feel it responding to
things differently than they

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want in extreme cases, they
undertake mortification of the

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body and may use
self-flagellation or the Solis

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in their attempt to punish the
body for its sinful ways.

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They suffer from bouts of
self-doubt and depression and

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wallow in the failures to
control their Wayward impulses,

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many turn their attention to
judging others and trying to

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enforce on others.
Those things which they

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themselves struggle to control.
It is a harsh and painful World.

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They create for themselves and
for others with little or no,

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joy and a considerable amount of
suffering.

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This approach is, however, not
the only way to proceed.

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SRI aurobindo and the mother
recommend what they call the

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sunlit path.
This is a path that accepts the

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difficulties that arise while
trying to grow adapt and even

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change human nature.
As part of the work to be done

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and they can take the Long View,
understand the need for patients

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to carefully work through the
habits, actions and reactions of

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a nature that has been formed
through.

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Countless millennia, Zhenya.
They approached the situation

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with a calm cheerfulness that
evidence has their faith in the

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eventual resolution of all these
difficulties as The evolutionary

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process develops and manifests.
The mother notes quote to

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realize anything.
One must be patient and the

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vaster and more important.
The realization, the greater,

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the patients must be in quote,
SRI aurobindo adds quote.

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Progressive sapna is enormously
helped by an assured faith and

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confidence.
Such a confidence helps to

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realize for it is dynamic and
tends to fulfill itself.

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There is nothing spiritually
wrong and being glad and

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cheerful on the contrary.
It is the right thing.

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There is a sunlit path as well
as a gloomy one.

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And it is the better of the two
and quote reference SRI

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aurobindo in the mother growing
within the psychology of inner

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development.
Chapter 3 growth of

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Consciousness basic requisites
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