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Aug. 15, 2024

The Unified Field of All Consciousness and Existence

The Unified Field of All Consciousness and Existence

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, The Hidden Forces of Life, Ch.8 Life — A Mass of Vibrations, pp. 181-182 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/08/10/the-unified-field-of-all-consciousness-and-existence/

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A powerful technique for inner
growth and understanding is to

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sit quietly and simply observe
one's thoughts and feelings as

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they arise, then trace back any
of them to where and how it

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arose, What triggered it, where
did it come from?

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Initially, it is difficult to
successfully carry out this

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practice as the next thought
comes along and we tend to jump

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to that one.
However, with time and patience,

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one can begin to isolate any
specific thought or feeling and

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track it backwards.
Invariably, one finds that

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something from outside triggered
it, even if it seems to arise

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from inside oneself.
Some incident, some observation,

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some suggestion raises a
response, a vibration within

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oneself that takes that specific
form.

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We tend to think of ourselves as
separate and isolated from

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everyone and everything else.
That is the essence of the ego

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perspective.
In reality, however, the ego

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perspective is simply a device
for creating a multiple of

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standpoints and Nexus
connections to carry out the

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intention of the manifesting
consciousness.

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The sense of separation is
essentially an illusion.

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The process of the mind enhances
us through the use of a power of

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analysis, the fragmentation into
separate parts, the unity of

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experience so that it can act
upon specific details.

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This power of fragmentation is a
powerful device, but it must be

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seen purely as a device and not
a definition of the unified

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field that is the reality of our
existence, the Mother writes.

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Quote.
When the Buddha wanted to make

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his disciples understand these
things, he used to tell them.

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Every time you send out a
vibration, a desire, for

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example, the desire for some
particular thing, your desire

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starts circulating from one
person to another, from one to

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another across the universe, and
we'll go right round and come

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back to you.
And as it is not only one thing,

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but a world of things, and as
you are not the only

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transmitting centre, all
individuals are transmitting

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centres, it is such a confusion
that you lose your bearings in

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there.
But these vibrations move about

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in a single absolutely identical
field.

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It is only the complication and
interception of the vibrations

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which give you the impression of
something independent or

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separate.
But there's nothing separate or

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independent.
There is only one substance, 1

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force, one consciousness, one
will, which moves in countless

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ways of being, and it is so
complicated that one is no

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longer aware of it.
But if one steps back and

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follows the movement, no matter
which line of movement, one can

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see very clearly that the
vibrations propagate themselves,

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one following another, one
following another, one following

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another, and that in fact there
is only one unity, unity of

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substance, unity of
consciousness, unity of will,

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and that is the only reality.
Outwardly there is a kind of

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illusion, the illusion of
separation and the illusion of

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difference.
A disciple asks desire and all

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those things also.
This is not personal, not at all

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personal, and that is very easy
to find out.

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Of all things, this is the
easiest to discern because 90

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times out of 100 it comes to you
from someone else, or from a

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certain circumstance or a set of
circumstances, or from a

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vibration coming from another
person or several other people.

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It is very easy to discern.
It is the first thing one can

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discern.
It is a vibration which suddenly

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awakens something similar in
you.

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You know something makes an
impact on you and this impact

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brings up a response as when you
play a note Well, this vibration

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of desire comes and strikes you
in a certain way and you

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respond.
End Quote Reference Shriorovindo

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and the Mother.
The Hidden Forces of Life,

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Chapter Eight Life a Vibrant
Massive Vibrations, pages 181 to

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182.