Three Primary Paths of Inner Growth and Spiritual Development

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Each individual has a unique way
of relating to and developing

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his spiritual aspiration.
Those who are more

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intellectually, inclined may
find that they naturally

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inclined towards what is known
as The Yoga of knowledge.

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Those were of a nature more
inclined, to devotion and

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emotional expression, may take
up the yoga of love and

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devotion, those who have an
active vital nature, will

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probably find that the yoga of
works.

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Is the best path.
Some believe that these choices

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are fixed for an individual by
their nature for an entire

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lifetime yet.
A close examination.

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Makes it clear that these paths
are not necessarily entirely

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mutually exclusive nor are they
static in the life of an

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individual.
There may indeed be a leading

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power of the nature that
predominates but that does not

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exclude the action of the other
powers.

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Indeed the further one
progresses, the more the

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elements of the other paths may
become active further as the

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nature develops and old
obstacles in the nature are

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removed or ameliorated.
One may find an opening to

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another path as the Spiritual
Development occurs.

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The example of milarepa the
great Tibetan Yogi is obvious.

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He went to his Guru Martha with
great devotion, but was put to

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work building and then
unbuilding and building again,

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various structures through heavy
labor.

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He was not permitted to take
part in any teachings or

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meditation practices.
At a certain point in time,

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however, his devotion wavered
and he began to doubt his

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spiritual Destiny.
It was just at that phase, that

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marpa intervened and gave him
the deeper teachings and set him

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on the path of meditation, which
he, Then followed throughout the

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rest of his life.
As evidenced in his

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compositions, the hundred
thousand songs of milarepa.

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He had a strong devotional
nature that And through and

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uplifted and carried him,
through all his tribulations, he

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experienced the fruits of all
three paths intertwining and

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acting forcefully one or the
other at various stages in his

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development.
Dr. Dalal writes quote numerous

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are the paths that have been
discovered for achieving inner

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growth and realizing the truth.
The various psychological paths

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may be classified into three
broad types.

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Corresponding to the three basic
psychological aspects of the

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human make up The Path of
Knowledge, corresponding to the

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cognitive or thinking aspect.
The path of devotion related to

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the affective or emotional.
Channel Side of human nature and

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the path of works are action
based on man's cognitive aspect,

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which has to do with striving
and willing.

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Almost all paths contain
elements of each of the three

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broad types.
Just mentioned the one

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particular type element
knowledge devotion or Works made

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for domini.
The secret is drawn to One path

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or another, depending on what
predominates in one

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psychological makeup.
Regarding the best path to

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follow.
The rule is contained in the

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celebrated words of the Gita.
Better is to adharma.

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The law of One's Own being, even
though itself faulty, then an

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alien law well-wrought out
death.

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In one's own law of being is
better.

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Perilous, it is to follow a law,
foreign to one's own nature.

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3:35 end quote.
Reference SRI aurobindo and the

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mother growing within the cycle.
Own psychology of inner

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development introduction, Pages,
Roman 18 to Roman 19.