The Value of Mental Preparation for the Practice of the Integral Yoga

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The mind can be a powerful tool
for spiritual growth or it can

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become an obstacle under certain
circumstances. many devotees,

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take the position that
aspiration devotion surrender to

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the Divine is the only way
forward for those individuals

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that may indeed be true.
Not everyone is capable of the

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kind of single focused love and
surrender required to tread the

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path of devotion where the
individuality is consumed in the

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love for and surrender to the
Divine others, find that the

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mind has the most highly
developed level of Consciousness

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manifesting more generally.
Provides a tool for focusing,

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the aspiration concentrating,
the force and using its powers

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of application.
In detail to carry the higher

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force that is in the process of
manifesting into the rest of the

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being At some point regardless
of the path, one follows, the

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questions of action and reaction
the vital response to life

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situations and physical needs
and Cravings come into Focus for

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the seeker.
And it is at this stage that a

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certain amount of mental
preparation, can be

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extraordinarily beneficial.
Many people find that they need

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to rely heavily on the power of
the mind to tune, the awareness,

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and sort out, the distractions,
obstructions and opposing forces

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that are at work to restrict the
progress.

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If you're open do notes, quote
at present your experiences are

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on the mental plane and quote, a
disciple asks, what does on the

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mental plane mean?
The mother responds quote.

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Well, these are experiences
concerning thought mental

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activity.
The understanding of things, the

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observation of things thought,
deduction, reasoning.

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The contact with teaching
knowledge.

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The result of this knowledge on
your understanding.

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All these things, which are
purely mental.

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And in fact, one should always
begin with that.

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If one has vital experiences,
for example, Visions certain

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vital experiences without having
a sufficient mental preparation,

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this may result in destroying
one's balance.

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And in any case, one understands
nothing of what has happening.

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And it is practically useless if
not harmful.

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On the other hand, if to begin
with when it's developed, his

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understanding has studied as
understood and knows, the reason

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for things and the goal of yoga
for instance.

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And if when I studied the
methods of obtaining it, indeed

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the whole mental approach to the
subject then when experience

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comes, one has a chance of being
able to understand what it is.

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Otherwise one understands
nothing a sufficient.

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Mental preparation is needed.
If not a complete one, at least

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a sufficient one, to be able to
understand a little, the

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experiences which come in quote.
Reference SRI aurobindo and the

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mother growing within the
psychology of inner development.

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Chapter 3 growth of
Consciousness basic requisites

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page 51.