Three Rules for the Spiritual Practitioner with Respect to Experiences

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What to do about spiritual
experiences, when they come.

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When we have a revelation of
some sort, when we hear a

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communication that provides us,
Insight or guidance, how are we

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to know whether it is truthful
or misleading?

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Can we determine the source of
The Clairvoyant or clairaudient

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communication to be able to know
with certainty that it is

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guidance?
We can trust and rely on.

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Not only spiritual forces, can
exert their pressure on the

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Mind, life body complex.
In particular, we note that

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vital powers and beings can and
do try to gain some level of

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control over the Seeker.
Once the protective walls of the

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external being have been lowered
or breached as the Seeker

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becomes more aware of the inner
existence, and with that, the

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energies powers and forces of
the subtle, physical vital, and

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mental planes, as well as the
Virtual.

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SRI aurobindo provides some
succinctly rules for the secret

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that can help him.
Avoid the type of harm that can

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occur by following guidance that
is flawed or Worse.

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The first is basically to not
allow the enjoyment of the

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experience to take hold of the
vital nature and build a desire

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for a repeat or an enhancement.
This can lead to a lot of

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distraction as well as error.
The second is to accept the

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experience without attachment so
that one remains free and can

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act as a witness without taking
ownership of it.

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The third is basically to
recognize that everything in

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this world is of a mixed nature
that our reception and our

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interpretation, the filter we
apply can lead to enormous

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distortions that can corrupt.
What the experience is actually

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intending to bring and can lead
the secret to accept those

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experiences Visions voices, the
tend to inflate the ego and

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Brandeis the vital nature.
SRI aurobindo notes quote.

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There are three rules of the
sadhna, which are very necessary

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in an earlier stage, and which
you should remember first open

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yourself to experience.
But do not take the Boga of the

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experiences do not attach
yourself to any particular kind

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of experience.
Do not take all ideas and

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suggestions as true and do not
take any knowledge Voice or

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thought message as lutely final
and definitive.

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These voices are sometimes one's
own mental.

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Formations sometimes suggestions
from outside, good or bad,

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depends on what they say and on
the quarter from which they

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come.
Anybody can get voices.

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There are first, the movements
of One's Own nature that take

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upon themselves a voice.
Then there are all sorts of

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beings, who either for a joke or
for a serious purpose, invade

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with their voices and quote,
reference SRI aurobindo, and the

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mother growing within the
psychology of inner development.

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Chapter 7 growth of
Consciousness in Experiences

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Pages 139 to 140.