To Read, or Not to Read, That is the Question for the Spiritual Seeker

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Intellectual development is not
the same as spiritual

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realization.
The essence of Spiritual

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Development lies in the living
experience of the truths of the

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spirit.
Not in the mental understanding

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of Concepts.
Thus, preeminence is placed on

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experience.
Not reading the sages of The

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Vedic and punish attic times
provided spiritual guidance

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through creation.
In of an environment through

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example, and through guidance,
for the thoughts emotions, vital

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energies, and physical
development of the body with the

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focus on realization of the
spiritual truths in their lives.

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Reading was not a focus for the
disciples living in those times.

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As we advance into more recent
times, we find that the

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development of the mental
faculties and the general

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requirement for literacy with
education focused on processes

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that require reading means that
the conditions of Spiritual

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Development.
Have also changed the entire

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idea of abandoning life in the
world, to seek a spiritual guide

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in the forest.
Where to spend a life in

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meditation in the caves has also
been discarded.

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As a realization has come about.
That spirituality is not about

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individual salvation solely, but
also for transformation of one's

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life in society.
And in the life of the world,

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some Seekers hold that reading
is neither necessary nor

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beneficial And in some cases,
they actually look down upon

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those who invest time in
Reading.

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Other speakers, hold that
reading is an extremely valuable

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Aid in achieving spiritual
focus.

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And they in turn may look down
upon those who have not

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developed their intellectual
capacities in this direction.

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As with all things there's a
truth within each.

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Standpoint reading can be
useful.

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If it helps to tune the
Consciousness toward the

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spiritual realizations, that are
needed, and focuses the effort

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it can stand in the way of the
Seeker.

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If it either distract from the
need to realize the spirit in

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one's life, or if it creates an
illusory form of Spiritual

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Development, that is based on
the minds ability to create

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ideas.
Some forms and convince itself

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that these are the true
experiences.

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Similarly, those who deny the
use of reading may be correct in

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their own sadhna to the extent,
they are actually experiencing

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the deeper truths of the spirit
and that is guiding them

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completely.
But it is also possible that

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these Seekers may be caught up
in an illusory world of Their

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Own.
And without guidance May wander

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far away from the path by
following after experiences,

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without in some cases,
understanding the source and

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intention behind those
experiences reading May and such

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cases, help to ground the
individual and provide certain

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Guidance.
The mother writes, quote always

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the most interesting cases for
me have been those of People who

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had read nothing but who had a
very Ardent aspiration and came

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to me saying, something funny as
happened to me, I had this

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extraordinary experience.
What could it mean truly?

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And then they describe a
movement of vibration of force a

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light.
Whatever.

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It might be, it depends on each
one and they describe this, that

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it happened like that.
And it came like that.

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And then this happened and then
that and what it all mean, all

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this Then here one is on the
right side when knows?

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That it is not an imagined
experience that it is a sincere

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spontaneous one.
And this always has a power of

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transformation much greater than
the experience that was brought

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about by a mental knowledge.
Disciple ass then mother.

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This means that it is better not
to read.

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Mother responds on condition.
That one truly has within

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himself, the order of
aspiration.

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If you are born for this, for
the yoga, and this is the thing,

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which dominates all your
existence that you feel, yes,

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before knowing anything that you
need to find something, which is

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in you.
Then sometimes a word is enough,

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the conversation, which simply
Orient you, it is enough.

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But for those who are seeking to
grope, who are not absolutely

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sure who are pulled this way in
that, have many interests in

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life, are not steady stabilized
in their will for realization.

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It is very good to read because
it puts them in touch with the

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subject, it gives them some
interest in the thing.

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In quote, reference SRI,
aurobindo in the mother growing.

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Within the psychology of inner
development.

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Chapter 3 growth of
Consciousness basic requirements

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Pages, 49 to 50.
Within the psychology of inner

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development.
Chapter 3 growth of

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Consciousness basic requirements
Pages, 49 to 50.