Understanding Conflicting Powers in the Being

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It is practically a universal
experience, among religious and

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spiritual Seekers.
And even among people who are

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simply developing some kind of
an inner life that they have an

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aspiration, a desire to
consecrate themselves, to some

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gold principle or idea.
And yet they struggle with

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opposing predilections that
cause them extreme distress.

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Some religious devotees, for
instance, take on a vow of

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celibacy as part of their
commitment to the religion, they

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follow.
And yet there's an extraordinary

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amount of sexual tension they
experience through their lives,

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which leads in some cases, to
sexual activities, much of which

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has been exposed in recent
years, in the various sexual

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abuse scandals, that have rock
some of the major religious

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institutions of the world.
Old or in other's two forms of

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self torture such as use of the
Solis or sack cloth or even

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self-flagellation as they tried
to beat the recalcitrant parts

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of their being into submission.
There are of course other

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instances.
Such as overcoming the impulse

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to anger judgment and
condemnation of others and

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extreme instances.
Such as the holy Inquisition.

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In the Catholic church, that
evidence and internal conflict

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between a stated ideal held by
part of the being and the

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opposition within the nature
that tries to save Express and

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enjoy the objects of Desire held
by other parts of the being

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Those things that an individual
cannot face within himself, he

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then turns out words to try to
dominate or control what he sees

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in others.
The reality is that each

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individual has within him.
The entire range of response and

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capacity of each of the
component, aspects of the being

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physical vital, emotional, and
mental under certain pressure,

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or sets of circumstances, the
seed sprouts.

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And they suddenly experienced an
uprising of things that they may

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have.
Thought had been totally

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extirpated from the nature.
Aspects of the being which had

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been suppressed.
Still remained in seed form,

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just waiting for the right
conditions to make themselves

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felt The mother observes quote,
an entity is a personality or an

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individuality.
There are many such

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Personalities in each one of us,
if these personalities agree and

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are complementary with one
another, they make up a human

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being a rich and complex person.
But that is not what?

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Usually happens.
These personalities do not agree

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with one another.
For example, one of them might

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wish to make some progress to
become more and more perfect to

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get a deeper knowledge of things
to realize more and more to

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proceed towards the Perfection
of the being while another one,

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may simply want to have fun and
enjoy itself as much as it can.

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One day, it will do this.
The next day, something else

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Etc.
If the personalities do not

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agree, this person's life will
be incoherent and that is not

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unusual.
In fact, these cases are very

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common.
What happens then conflicts

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friction inner disorder created
by these individualities, which

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are unable to get on with one
another.

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The strongest one, gets the
upper hand, it is not only

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dominant over the others, but
curbs them to stop them from

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rebelling.
So, in the end, The Unlucky

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ones, the repressed ones, go to
sleep, they bide their time and

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when that time, Time comes they
suddenly jump up and turn

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everything upside down.
If that happens very often, that

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person's life will be a very
disorderly one.

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He will take up one thing today
and go on with another tomorrow.

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And so on and quote, reference
SRI aurobindo and the mother,

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our many selves practical yogic
psychology chapter one, our

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manifold be Pages, 6 to 7.
Pages, 6 to 7.