Two Necessary Things in the Practice of the Integral Yoga

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There's a considerable amount of
confusion about objectives and

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methods related to the practice
of the integral Yoga, primarily

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due to a widely spread ideas
about spirituality in general

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and well known paths and
disciplines that have their own

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fixed methodologies.
Integral Yoga has a different

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objective from traditional
spiritual paths, as the goal is

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not to escape from life but to
bring down the next stage of

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evolutionary expression of
consciousness and thereby to

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transform the actions of mind,
life and body and the

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relationship to the external
world within which we live.

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Essentially, there are two
primary needs the Triorubinda

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sets forth.
The practitioner needs to become

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aware of the psychic being, the
sole entity within, that is the

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spark of the divine presence in
the individual.

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This awareness creates and
maintains a direct contact with

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the divine and has the
aspiration and receptivity

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needed to bring the divine force
to bear on the individual's

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external being.
The seeker also needs to find a

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way to abstract himself from
total immersion and involvement

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in the external ego personality.
This is best done through a

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process of shifting the
awareness away from the surface

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being to the witness
consciousness, the Purusha,

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which is not involved in the
actions of the external nature

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Prakruti.
By undertaking these two

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critical steps, the secret gains
the needed perspective and power

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to effectuate transformative
change in the nature over time,

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Sri Aurobindo observes quote.
It is not an undesirable thing

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for the mind to fall silent, to
be free from thoughts and still.

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For it is oftenest, when the
mind falls silent, that there is

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the full descent of a wide peace
from above, and in that wide

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tranquillity the realization of
the silent self above the mind

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spread out in its vastness
everywhere.

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Only when there is the peace and
the mental silence, the vital

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mind tries to rush in and occupy
the place, or else the

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mechanical mind tries to raise
up for the same purpose its

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round of trivial habitual
thoughts.

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What the sodic has to do is to
be careful to reject and hush

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these outsiders so that during
the meditation at least the

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peace and quietude of the mind
and vital may be complete.

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This can be done best if you
keep a strong and silent will.

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That will is the will of the
Purusha behind the mind.

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When the mind is at peace, when
it is silent, one can become

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aware of the Purusha.
Silent also separate from the

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action of the nature, to be
calm, steady, fixed in the

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spirit.
Dhira, Stira.

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This quietude of the mind, this
separation of the inner Purusha

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from the outer procrity, is very
helpful, almost indispensable.

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So long as the being is subject
to the whirl of thoughts or the

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turmoil of the vital movements.
1 cannot be thus calm and fixed

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in the spirit.
To detach oneself, to stand back

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from them, to feel them separate
from oneself, is indispensable.

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For this, the discovery of the
true individuality and building

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up of it in the nature, two
things are necessary, First, to

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be conscious of 1's psychic
being behind the heart, and

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next, this separation of the
Purusha from the procrity for

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the true individual is behind
veiled by the activities of the

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outer nature.
End Quote.

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Reference Sri Aurobindo, Bases
of Yoga, Chapter 1, Calm, Peace

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and Equality, pages 3 to 4.