Understanding the Physical Body in its Gross and Subtle Aspects

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When a particular power of
consciousness is intended to

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participate in the evolution in
the external world, it utilizes

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the physical body as the
foundation or anchor of its

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action.
This fixes its action in the

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world, while at the same time
imposes limits on the power due

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to the watering down effect.
Of having to leave its native,

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subtler world of unrestricted
freedom within its own sphere

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and acting within the limits
imposed by material nature.

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At the same time, the action of
mind, life, energy, psychic

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soul, and powers beyond the mind
are not solely limited to their

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action in the material sphere,
but maintain their native action

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in their own world.
And exert influence through the

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connection with the material on
levels that are more subtle and

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wider than that of matter.
It is possible for the seeker to

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become aware of these subtler
levels of action and interaction

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as the awareness becomes more
refined and is trained to

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observe and understand actions
which normally take place as

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something of a mystery for most
people.

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Much of what we term coincidence
or simultaneity is actually an

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occult interaction taking place
to impact the life, with

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influences from these other
planes of existence and powers

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of action.
Shriora Window observes quote.

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Everything has a physical part.
Even the mind has a physical

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part.
There is a mental physical, a

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mind of the body and the
material.

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So the emotional being has a
physical part.

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It has no location separate from
the rest of the emotional.

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One can only distinguish that
when the consciousness becomes

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sufficiently subtle to do so.
By the gross physical has meant

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the earthly and bodily physical
as experienced by the outward

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sense, mind and senses.
But that is not the whole of

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matter.
There is a subtle physical also.

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With a subtler consciousness in
it, which can, for instance, go

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to a distance from the body and
yet feel and be aware of things

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in a not merely mental or vital
way.

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The physical nerves are part of
the material body, but they are

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extended into the subtle body,
and there is a connection

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between the two.
End Quote Reference.

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Sriorobindo and the Mother Our
Many Selves, Practical Yogic

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Psychology, Chapter 2.
Planes and Parts of the Being,

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pages 15 to 16.