Sept. 7, 2024
Thought-Forms and Their Results
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YouTube reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Powers Within, Chapter II Power of Thought, pg. 9 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/09/02/thought-forms-and-their-results/
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We take the chatter in our minds
for granted and do not attribute
2
00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:08,119
any real significance or power
to it.
3
00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:13,160
Most of the time, the constant
influx of thoughts is just a lot
4
00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:17,360
of background noise.
For the most part, when we
5
00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:22,160
concentrate on something and
focus the thoughts, we recognize
6
00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:25,120
that we can actually accomplish
something with thought.
7
00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:29,800
But even then, we do not
generally recognize either the
8
00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:34,880
mechanism or the actual power of
thought or the creation of
9
00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:38,800
thought forms.
A thought is a vibration that
10
00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:41,360
goes out and moves through the
universal ether.
11
00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:46,840
A weak vibratory pattern may be
disrupted or dispersed, but to
12
00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:51,600
the extent that it is focused or
combined with a force of will,
13
00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:56,200
it may continue on.
To the extent that a thought is
14
00:00:56,200 --> 00:01:00,040
focused on a specific
individual, it reaches out to
15
00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:04,640
that individual and if he is
receptive to it, will have its
16
00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:08,560
influence or impact.
To the extent that a thought is
17
00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:12,680
more general, it may be picked
up by those who have a general
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00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:16,960
receptivity to it.
Thought does not only affect
19
00:01:16,960 --> 00:01:20,960
other people and their actions,
however, there is the impact of
20
00:01:20,960 --> 00:01:24,760
thought on the body.
We now recognize the connection
21
00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:28,720
between the mind and the body
and the potential impact for
22
00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:32,320
health and Wellness of a
positive thought strengthening
23
00:01:32,320 --> 00:01:35,760
the body.
We also recognize the power of
24
00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:39,440
thought in terms of the
fulfillment of desires for good
25
00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,400
or I'll.
Thought forms can be
26
00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:46,320
systematically developed and
powered by use of techniques
27
00:01:46,320 --> 00:01:50,920
such as detailed visualization.
For instance, athletic
28
00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:54,520
competitors have learned the
value of visualizing the race or
29
00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:59,080
event they are participating in
with detailed sense of how and
30
00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:03,280
when they will respond and what
position they take in the race.
31
00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:07,520
Others have learned that
visualization can move them into
32
00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:11,880
a space that they find to be
peaceful or uplifting.
33
00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:16,240
In some cases, thought forms
have an immediate result.
34
00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:21,200
In others, they may take time to
work out all the details in the
35
00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:25,120
external world.
For example, the power of
36
00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:29,880
imagination, the visualizing of
something not yet existent in
37
00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:34,800
the physical world, may take
decades or centuries to work
38
00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:37,960
out.
Consider that writers imagine
39
00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:42,240
travel to and landing on the
moon many decades before the
40
00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:46,040
capacity existed.
This thought form, however,
41
00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:50,640
caught the imagination of
receptive other individuals who
42
00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:56,160
then worked out the methodology
and over time the imagination
43
00:02:56,360 --> 00:03:01,080
became a reality.
Spiritual seekers frequently
44
00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:05,240
utilized the power of thought to
connect them to their spiritual
45
00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:08,280
purpose and object of their
aspiration.
46
00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:15,520
Prayer, aspiration, consecration
utilized thought forms to
47
00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:19,080
enhance the connection between
the seeker and the goal.
48
00:03:19,920 --> 00:03:24,320
The power of the mantra is
enhanced when the seeker focuses
49
00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:27,680
on the deeper meaning or sense
behind the sound.
50
00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:34,600
The mother notes quote thoughts
are forms and have an individual
51
00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:40,080
life independent of their author
sent out from him into the
52
00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:42,600
world.
They move in it towards the
53
00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:45,560
realization of their own purpose
of existence.
54
00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:50,240
When you think of anyone, your
thought takes a form and goes
55
00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:54,520
out to find him, and if your
thinking is associated with some
56
00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:58,280
will that is behind it, the
thought form that has gone out
57
00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:00,760
from you makes an attempt to
realize itself.
58
00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:05,400
Let us say, for instance, that
you have a keen desire for a
59
00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:10,120
certain person to come, and that
along with this vital impulse of
60
00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:14,440
desire, a strong imagination
accompanies the mental form you
61
00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:18,880
have made you imagine.
If he came, it would be like
62
00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:24,480
this, or it would be like that.
After a time you drop the idea
63
00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:28,640
altogether, and you do not know
that even after you have
64
00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:33,480
forgotten it, your thought
continues to exist, for it does
65
00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:39,080
still exist and is in action
independent of you, and it would
66
00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:42,000
need a great power to bring it
back from its work.
67
00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:46,760
It is working in the atmosphere
of the person touched by it and
68
00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:49,560
creates in him the desire to
come.
69
00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:53,640
And if there is a sufficient
power of will in your thought
70
00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:58,760
form, if it is a well built
formation, it will arrive at its
71
00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:03,120
own realization.
But between the formation and
72
00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:06,640
the realization there is a
certain lapse of time.
73
00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:11,400
And if in this interval your
mind has been occupied with
74
00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:16,560
quite other things, then when
there happens this fulfillment
75
00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:21,160
of your forgotten thought, you
may not even remember that you
76
00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:24,600
once harbored it.
You do not know that you were
77
00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:27,960
the instigator of its action and
the cause of what has come
78
00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:31,880
about.
And it happens very often too,
79
00:05:32,280 --> 00:05:36,480
that when the result does come,
you have ceased to desire or
80
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care for it.
There are some men who have a
81
00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:43,840
very strong formative power of
this kind, and always they see
82
00:05:43,840 --> 00:05:47,960
their formations realized.
But because they have not a well
83
00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:52,240
disciplined, mental and vital
being, they want now one thing
84
00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:56,640
and now another, and these
different or opposite formations
85
00:05:56,640 --> 00:05:59,680
and the results collide and
clash with one another.
86
00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:04,760
And these people wonder how it
is that they are living in so
87
00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:07,120
great a confusion and
disharmony.
88
00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:11,400
They do not realize that it is
their own thoughts and desires
89
00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:14,720
that have built the
circumstances around them, which
90
00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:19,400
seem to them so incoherent and
contradictory and make their
91
00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:22,880
life almost unbearable.
End Quote.
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Reference.
Srioro Bindu and the Mother
93
00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:32,520
Powers within, Chapter 2.
Power of Thought, page 9.
00:00:01,720 --> 00:00:05,600
We take the chatter in our minds
for granted and do not attribute
2
00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:08,119
any real significance or power
to it.
3
00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:13,160
Most of the time, the constant
influx of thoughts is just a lot
4
00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:17,360
of background noise.
For the most part, when we
5
00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:22,160
concentrate on something and
focus the thoughts, we recognize
6
00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:25,120
that we can actually accomplish
something with thought.
7
00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:29,800
But even then, we do not
generally recognize either the
8
00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:34,880
mechanism or the actual power of
thought or the creation of
9
00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:38,800
thought forms.
A thought is a vibration that
10
00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:41,360
goes out and moves through the
universal ether.
11
00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:46,840
A weak vibratory pattern may be
disrupted or dispersed, but to
12
00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:51,600
the extent that it is focused or
combined with a force of will,
13
00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:56,200
it may continue on.
To the extent that a thought is
14
00:00:56,200 --> 00:01:00,040
focused on a specific
individual, it reaches out to
15
00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:04,640
that individual and if he is
receptive to it, will have its
16
00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:08,560
influence or impact.
To the extent that a thought is
17
00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:12,680
more general, it may be picked
up by those who have a general
18
00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:16,960
receptivity to it.
Thought does not only affect
19
00:01:16,960 --> 00:01:20,960
other people and their actions,
however, there is the impact of
20
00:01:20,960 --> 00:01:24,760
thought on the body.
We now recognize the connection
21
00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:28,720
between the mind and the body
and the potential impact for
22
00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:32,320
health and Wellness of a
positive thought strengthening
23
00:01:32,320 --> 00:01:35,760
the body.
We also recognize the power of
24
00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:39,440
thought in terms of the
fulfillment of desires for good
25
00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,400
or I'll.
Thought forms can be
26
00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:46,320
systematically developed and
powered by use of techniques
27
00:01:46,320 --> 00:01:50,920
such as detailed visualization.
For instance, athletic
28
00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:54,520
competitors have learned the
value of visualizing the race or
29
00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:59,080
event they are participating in
with detailed sense of how and
30
00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:03,280
when they will respond and what
position they take in the race.
31
00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:07,520
Others have learned that
visualization can move them into
32
00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:11,880
a space that they find to be
peaceful or uplifting.
33
00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:16,240
In some cases, thought forms
have an immediate result.
34
00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:21,200
In others, they may take time to
work out all the details in the
35
00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:25,120
external world.
For example, the power of
36
00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:29,880
imagination, the visualizing of
something not yet existent in
37
00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:34,800
the physical world, may take
decades or centuries to work
38
00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:37,960
out.
Consider that writers imagine
39
00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:42,240
travel to and landing on the
moon many decades before the
40
00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:46,040
capacity existed.
This thought form, however,
41
00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:50,640
caught the imagination of
receptive other individuals who
42
00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:56,160
then worked out the methodology
and over time the imagination
43
00:02:56,360 --> 00:03:01,080
became a reality.
Spiritual seekers frequently
44
00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:05,240
utilized the power of thought to
connect them to their spiritual
45
00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:08,280
purpose and object of their
aspiration.
46
00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:15,520
Prayer, aspiration, consecration
utilized thought forms to
47
00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:19,080
enhance the connection between
the seeker and the goal.
48
00:03:19,920 --> 00:03:24,320
The power of the mantra is
enhanced when the seeker focuses
49
00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:27,680
on the deeper meaning or sense
behind the sound.
50
00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:34,600
The mother notes quote thoughts
are forms and have an individual
51
00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:40,080
life independent of their author
sent out from him into the
52
00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:42,600
world.
They move in it towards the
53
00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:45,560
realization of their own purpose
of existence.
54
00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:50,240
When you think of anyone, your
thought takes a form and goes
55
00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:54,520
out to find him, and if your
thinking is associated with some
56
00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:58,280
will that is behind it, the
thought form that has gone out
57
00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:00,760
from you makes an attempt to
realize itself.
58
00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:05,400
Let us say, for instance, that
you have a keen desire for a
59
00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:10,120
certain person to come, and that
along with this vital impulse of
60
00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:14,440
desire, a strong imagination
accompanies the mental form you
61
00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:18,880
have made you imagine.
If he came, it would be like
62
00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:24,480
this, or it would be like that.
After a time you drop the idea
63
00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:28,640
altogether, and you do not know
that even after you have
64
00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:33,480
forgotten it, your thought
continues to exist, for it does
65
00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:39,080
still exist and is in action
independent of you, and it would
66
00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:42,000
need a great power to bring it
back from its work.
67
00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:46,760
It is working in the atmosphere
of the person touched by it and
68
00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:49,560
creates in him the desire to
come.
69
00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:53,640
And if there is a sufficient
power of will in your thought
70
00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:58,760
form, if it is a well built
formation, it will arrive at its
71
00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:03,120
own realization.
But between the formation and
72
00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:06,640
the realization there is a
certain lapse of time.
73
00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:11,400
And if in this interval your
mind has been occupied with
74
00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:16,560
quite other things, then when
there happens this fulfillment
75
00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:21,160
of your forgotten thought, you
may not even remember that you
76
00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:24,600
once harbored it.
You do not know that you were
77
00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:27,960
the instigator of its action and
the cause of what has come
78
00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:31,880
about.
And it happens very often too,
79
00:05:32,280 --> 00:05:36,480
that when the result does come,
you have ceased to desire or
80
00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:39,200
care for it.
There are some men who have a
81
00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:43,840
very strong formative power of
this kind, and always they see
82
00:05:43,840 --> 00:05:47,960
their formations realized.
But because they have not a well
83
00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:52,240
disciplined, mental and vital
being, they want now one thing
84
00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:56,640
and now another, and these
different or opposite formations
85
00:05:56,640 --> 00:05:59,680
and the results collide and
clash with one another.
86
00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:04,760
And these people wonder how it
is that they are living in so
87
00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:07,120
great a confusion and
disharmony.
88
00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:11,400
They do not realize that it is
their own thoughts and desires
89
00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:14,720
that have built the
circumstances around them, which
90
00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:19,400
seem to them so incoherent and
contradictory and make their
91
00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:22,880
life almost unbearable.
End Quote.
92
00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:27,120
Reference.
Srioro Bindu and the Mother
93
00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:32,520
Powers within, Chapter 2.
Power of Thought, page 9.