Understanding Conflicting Powers in the Being
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 1, Our Manifold Being, pp. 6-7 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/06/29/understanding-conflicting-powers-in-the-being/
0:01 It is practically a universal experience, among religious and spiritual Seekers. And even among people who are simply developing some kind of an inner life that they have an aspiration, a desire to consecrate themselves, to some gold principle or idea. And yet they struggle with opposing predilections that cause them extreme distress. Some religious devotees, for instance, take on a vow of celibacy as part of their commitment to the religion, they follow. And yet there's an extraordinary amount of sexual tension they experience through their lives, which leads in some cases, to sexual activities, much of which has been exposed in recent years, in the various sexual abuse scandals, that have rock some of the major religious institutions of the world. Old or in other's two forms of self torture such as use of the Solis or sack cloth or even self-flagellation as they tried to beat the recalcitrant parts of their being into submission. There are of course other instances. Such as overcoming the impulse to anger judgment and condemnation of others and extreme instances. Such as the holy Inquisition.
1:26 In the Catholic church, that evidence and internal conflict between a stated ideal held by part of the being and the opposition within the nature that tries to save Express and enjoy the objects of Desire held by other parts of the being Those things that an individual cannot face within himself, he then turns out words to try to dominate or control what he sees in others. The reality is that each individual has within him. The entire range of response and capacity of each of the component, aspects of the being physical vital, emotional, and mental under certain pressure, or sets of circumstances, the seed sprouts.
2:18 And they suddenly experienced an uprising of things that they may have. Thought had been totally extirpated from the nature. Aspects of the being which had been suppressed. Still remained in seed form, just waiting for the right conditions to make themselves felt The mother observes quote, an entity is a personality or an individuality. There are many such Personalities in each one of us, if these personalities agree and are complementary with one another, they make up a human being a rich and complex person. But that is not what?
3:02 Usually happens. These personalities do not agree with one another. For example, one of them might wish to make some progress to become more and more perfect to get a deeper knowledge of things to realize more and more to proceed towards the Perfection of the being while another one, may simply want to have fun and enjoy itself as much as it can. One day, it will do this. The next day, something else Etc. If the personalities do not agree, this person's life will be incoherent and that is not unusual. In fact, these cases are very common. What happens then conflicts friction inner disorder created by these individualities, which are unable to get on with one another.
4:01 The strongest one, gets the upper hand, it is not only dominant over the others, but curbs them to stop them from rebelling. So, in the end, The Unlucky ones, the repressed ones, go to sleep, they bide their time and when that time, Time comes they suddenly jump up and turn everything upside down. If that happens very often, that person's life will be a very disorderly one. He will take up one thing today and go on with another tomorrow. And so on and quote, reference SRI aurobindo and the mother, our many selves practical yogic psychology chapter one, our manifold be Pages, 6 to 7. Pages, 6 to 7.
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