May 6, 2023
The Value of Enthusiasm
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When we think about what
qualities within ourselves, our
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aids to achieving conscious
contact with the psychic being
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the sole.
We would likely not named
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enthusiasm as one of them.
The mother, however, makes the
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case for this quality.
Those things that motivate us to
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learn to expand our capacities
to go beyond our current limits
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to reach for something greater
and higher than what we are now
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00:00:34,100 --> 00:00:37,800
are the key to the kind of
evolutionary progress that we
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00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:42,600
are attempting to achieve.
The motivating force may work in
10
00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:47,800
the mind and the emotions in the
vital level or even on the
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00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:54,000
physical plane each Dividual has
some essential drive that works
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00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:59,800
to push him along and this takes
on an aspect unique to that
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person.
When something grabs our focus.
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When we feel motivated and move
to take action, we open up inner
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00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:13,500
Pathways to The Guiding and
directing force behind our life
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00:01:13,500 --> 00:01:19,400
and personality, enthusiasm is
the sign of this drive as it
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takes, hold of our minds, our
emotions, our Vital energies,
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and our physical persistence.
A disciple inquires.
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Here it is.
Written our one objective must
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be for the Divine himself to
whom knowingly, or unknowingly
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something always aspires in our
secret nature.
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What is this?
Something which aspires the
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mother responds quote?
It is a part of the being, which
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is not always the same in every
one and which is instinctively
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open to the influence of the
psychic.
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There is always one part
sometimes, indeed, quite veiled
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00:02:04,100 --> 00:02:08,300
of, which we are not conscious
something in the being, which is
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turned to the psychic and
receiving its influence.
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This is the intermediary between
the psychic Consciousness and
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the external consciousness.
It is not the same thing in
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everyone and each one.
It is different.
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It is the point in his nature or
character through which he can
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touch the psychic and where he
can receive the psychic
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influence, it depends upon
people for each one.
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It is different.
Everyone has a point like this.
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You may also feel that there are
certain things which suddenly
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push you lift.
You above yourself open a kind
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of door upon something greater.
It can be many things, and it
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depends upon each one's nature.
It's the part of the being which
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enthuses over something.
It is this capacity for
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00:03:03,500 --> 00:03:08,500
enthusiasm.
And quote, reference SRI
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aurobindo, and the mother
growing within the psychology of
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inner development, chapter 8,
the psychic being and inner
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growth Pages, 154 to 155.
And quote, reference SRI
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00:03:08,500 --> 00:03:12,900
aurobindo, and the mother
growing within the psychology of
46
00:03:12,900 --> 00:03:17,500
inner development, chapter 8,
the psychic being and inner
47
00:03:17,500 --> 00:03:21,700
growth Pages, 154 to 155.
00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:05,700
When we think about what
qualities within ourselves, our
2
00:00:05,700 --> 00:00:09,100
aids to achieving conscious
contact with the psychic being
3
00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:12,700
the sole.
We would likely not named
4
00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:18,100
enthusiasm as one of them.
The mother, however, makes the
5
00:00:18,100 --> 00:00:23,100
case for this quality.
Those things that motivate us to
6
00:00:23,100 --> 00:00:28,800
learn to expand our capacities
to go beyond our current limits
7
00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:33,200
to reach for something greater
and higher than what we are now
8
00:00:34,100 --> 00:00:37,800
are the key to the kind of
evolutionary progress that we
9
00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:42,600
are attempting to achieve.
The motivating force may work in
10
00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:47,800
the mind and the emotions in the
vital level or even on the
11
00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:54,000
physical plane each Dividual has
some essential drive that works
12
00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:59,800
to push him along and this takes
on an aspect unique to that
13
00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:04,099
person.
When something grabs our focus.
14
00:01:04,700 --> 00:01:09,800
When we feel motivated and move
to take action, we open up inner
15
00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:13,500
Pathways to The Guiding and
directing force behind our life
16
00:01:13,500 --> 00:01:19,400
and personality, enthusiasm is
the sign of this drive as it
17
00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:24,300
takes, hold of our minds, our
emotions, our Vital energies,
18
00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:30,100
and our physical persistence.
A disciple inquires.
19
00:01:31,100 --> 00:01:33,800
Here it is.
Written our one objective must
20
00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:38,900
be for the Divine himself to
whom knowingly, or unknowingly
21
00:01:39,500 --> 00:01:42,500
something always aspires in our
secret nature.
22
00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:47,600
What is this?
Something which aspires the
23
00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:51,900
mother responds quote?
It is a part of the being, which
24
00:01:51,900 --> 00:01:56,000
is not always the same in every
one and which is instinctively
25
00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,400
open to the influence of the
psychic.
26
00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:03,900
There is always one part
sometimes, indeed, quite veiled
27
00:02:04,100 --> 00:02:08,300
of, which we are not conscious
something in the being, which is
28
00:02:08,300 --> 00:02:11,200
turned to the psychic and
receiving its influence.
29
00:02:12,300 --> 00:02:16,500
This is the intermediary between
the psychic Consciousness and
30
00:02:16,500 --> 00:02:21,100
the external consciousness.
It is not the same thing in
31
00:02:21,100 --> 00:02:24,400
everyone and each one.
It is different.
32
00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:28,800
It is the point in his nature or
character through which he can
33
00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:32,500
touch the psychic and where he
can receive the psychic
34
00:02:32,500 --> 00:02:36,700
influence, it depends upon
people for each one.
35
00:02:36,700 --> 00:02:40,500
It is different.
Everyone has a point like this.
36
00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,300
You may also feel that there are
certain things which suddenly
37
00:02:45,300 --> 00:02:49,800
push you lift.
You above yourself open a kind
38
00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:55,100
of door upon something greater.
It can be many things, and it
39
00:02:55,100 --> 00:02:59,500
depends upon each one's nature.
It's the part of the being which
40
00:02:59,500 --> 00:03:03,500
enthuses over something.
It is this capacity for
41
00:03:03,500 --> 00:03:08,500
enthusiasm.
And quote, reference SRI
42
00:03:08,500 --> 00:03:12,900
aurobindo, and the mother
growing within the psychology of
43
00:03:12,900 --> 00:03:17,500
inner development, chapter 8,
the psychic being and inner
44
00:03:17,500 --> 00:03:08,500
growth Pages, 154 to 155.
And quote, reference SRI
45
00:03:08,500 --> 00:03:12,900
aurobindo, and the mother
growing within the psychology of
46
00:03:12,900 --> 00:03:17,500
inner development, chapter 8,
the psychic being and inner
47
00:03:17,500 --> 00:03:21,700
growth Pages, 154 to 155.