May 31, 2024
Universal Forces, the Chakra Energy Centers, and the Utilization of the Forces
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Each individual has his own
unique types and levels of
2
00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:10,520
receptivity, and these too can
vary over time.
3
00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:15,400
The universal forces are
constantly there, but if an
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00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:19,920
individual is closed off,
unresponsive, then he does not
5
00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:22,320
gain the full benefit of that
force.
6
00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:26,560
The ancient description of the
energy centers in the subtle
7
00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:29,840
body.
The chakras holds that we
8
00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:33,880
receive energies through an
ascending series of centers, and
9
00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:36,680
each one has its own
characteristic action and
10
00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:40,720
expression.
In other words, the universal
11
00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:44,800
force is converted into specific
types of energy based on which
12
00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:49,080
chakra is able to open and
receive it, and to what extent.
13
00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:53,840
Some paths of yoga actually work
to move energy from the lower
14
00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:59,520
chakras that govern drives such
as sex, desire, greed, power,
15
00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:04,519
etcetera, and channel those
energies through the higher
16
00:01:04,519 --> 00:01:10,200
centers which govern things such
as compassion, expression, will,
17
00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:16,240
intellect and spiritual focus.
One can look at the chakras as
18
00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:19,320
representing different
vibrational intensities and
19
00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:22,560
levels.
People make use of the energy
20
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not simply based on the chakras
but also based on the
21
00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:33,400
predominance of a particular
guna, Thomas, rajas or sattva at
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00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:39,160
the time the energy is received.
Chakras can also close off or
23
00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:44,160
shut down, and this is
particularly true when there is
24
00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:48,840
trauma involved and the
individual draws in as a form of
25
00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:52,680
protective device.
Generally, there is some amount
26
00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:55,680
of energy flowing through
various chakras at any point in
27
00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:59,200
time, although the higher
chakras governing will,
28
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intellect and spiritual
development may remain closed or
29
00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:08,280
mostly closed for people focused
almost entirely on the external
30
00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:12,160
life and channelling energy
thereby through the lower 3
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00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:16,000
chakras.
For the most part, spiritual
32
00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,960
aspirants have a special
responsibility as the chakras
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00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:23,880
open and they become receptive
to forces that are working
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towards spiritual development.
If they utilize the force to
35
00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:32,520
fulfill desires of various
sorts, channelling the energy
36
00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:35,800
out through the lower chakras,
they tend to suffer
37
00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:39,480
consequences.
This includes individuals who,
38
00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:43,520
for instance, take up spiritual
practices and then use the
39
00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:48,640
powers that result to exalt
themselves through fame, acquire
40
00:02:48,640 --> 00:02:52,160
wealth, or obtain sexual
satisfactions.
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The force tends to withdraw
eventually from such
42
00:02:56,200 --> 00:03:01,160
individuals, and they wind up in
many cases broken physically,
43
00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:06,080
vitally, and mentally.
In some cases, they see the
44
00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:10,080
effect of their misuse rebound
upon them in very consequential
45
00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:14,200
ways.
On the other hand, those who
46
00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:18,120
become receptive to the forces
that enhance spiritual progress
47
00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:22,040
and who use those forces to
continue to develop and grow
48
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spiritually, find that their
capacity to receive them tends
49
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to expand and there is an ever
increasing action that takes
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place as they tune themselves to
the higher vibrational patterns
51
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that act through the higher
chakras.
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The mother writes Quote.
Each person has a different
53
00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:46,720
receptivity.
No2 receptivities are the same
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in quality and quantity, but
specially in quality one enters
55
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into contact with very pure,
very intense forces, what could
56
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be already called converted
forces, that is, universal,
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vital forces which are in
contact with the Divine and not
58
00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:08,720
only receive the Divine, but
aspire to receive Him.
59
00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:12,840
So if you absorb these forces,
it gives you a great strength
60
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for progress.
It is in this that the quality
61
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is much more important.
And for the quality of the
62
00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:24,120
universal vital forces it
depends naturally a great deal
63
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on what one is, but also much on
what one does.
64
00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:33,800
If one uses these forces for a
purely selfish action of a base
65
00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:38,320
kind, well, one makes it almost
totally impossible for himself
66
00:04:38,840 --> 00:04:44,640
to receive any new ones of his.
Fine equality all depends on the
67
00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:48,560
utilization of the forces one
receives.
68
00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:53,840
If, on the other hand, you use
them to make progress, to
69
00:04:53,840 --> 00:04:59,120
perfect yourself, it gives you
it increases your capacity of
70
00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:03,560
receiving enormously, and the
next time you can have a lot
71
00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:07,160
more.
All depends in any case
72
00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:09,880
principally on the use made of
them.
73
00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:13,920
There are people for instance,
who are short tempered by nature
74
00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:17,840
and haven't succeeded in
controlling their anger well.
75
00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:21,720
If with an aspiration or by some
method or other they have
76
00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:25,720
managed to receive some higher
vital forces, instead of this
77
00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:29,440
calming their irritation or
anger because they have no
78
00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:32,960
self-control, it increases their
anger, that is their
79
00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:36,320
irritability.
Their movement of violence is
80
00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:40,800
full of a greater force, a
greater energy, and becomes much
81
00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:44,360
more violent.
So it is well said that to be in
82
00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:48,120
contact with universal forces
does not make one progress.
83
00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:51,280
But this is because they make a
bad use of them.
84
00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:56,960
Yet naturally, in the long run,
this bad use diminishes the
85
00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:00,920
capacity of receiving.
But it takes time, it is not
86
00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:03,960
immediate.
So it is very important to put
87
00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:07,320
yourself in a good condition to
receive the higher forces and
88
00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:11,040
not the lower ones.
And secondly, when you have
89
00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:15,000
received them, use them for the
best thing possible in order to
90
00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:18,040
prepare yourself to receive
those which are of a higher
91
00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:21,240
quality.
But if you open yourself,
92
00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:26,280
receive the forces, and
afterwards, being satisfied with
93
00:06:26,280 --> 00:06:29,000
having received them, you let
yourself fall into all the
94
00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:35,200
ordinary movements, Well, you
close the door and the force no
95
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longer returns.
End Quote Reference Sri
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Aurobindo and the Mother, The
Hidden Forces of Life, Chapter
97
00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:49,960
4, Cosmic and Universal Forces,
pages 96 to 97.
00:00:01,960 --> 00:00:06,160
Each individual has his own
unique types and levels of
2
00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:10,520
receptivity, and these too can
vary over time.
3
00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:15,400
The universal forces are
constantly there, but if an
4
00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:19,920
individual is closed off,
unresponsive, then he does not
5
00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:22,320
gain the full benefit of that
force.
6
00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:26,560
The ancient description of the
energy centers in the subtle
7
00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:29,840
body.
The chakras holds that we
8
00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:33,880
receive energies through an
ascending series of centers, and
9
00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:36,680
each one has its own
characteristic action and
10
00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:40,720
expression.
In other words, the universal
11
00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:44,800
force is converted into specific
types of energy based on which
12
00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:49,080
chakra is able to open and
receive it, and to what extent.
13
00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:53,840
Some paths of yoga actually work
to move energy from the lower
14
00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:59,520
chakras that govern drives such
as sex, desire, greed, power,
15
00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:04,519
etcetera, and channel those
energies through the higher
16
00:01:04,519 --> 00:01:10,200
centers which govern things such
as compassion, expression, will,
17
00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:16,240
intellect and spiritual focus.
One can look at the chakras as
18
00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:19,320
representing different
vibrational intensities and
19
00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:22,560
levels.
People make use of the energy
20
00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:27,000
not simply based on the chakras
but also based on the
21
00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:33,400
predominance of a particular
guna, Thomas, rajas or sattva at
22
00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:39,160
the time the energy is received.
Chakras can also close off or
23
00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:44,160
shut down, and this is
particularly true when there is
24
00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:48,840
trauma involved and the
individual draws in as a form of
25
00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:52,680
protective device.
Generally, there is some amount
26
00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:55,680
of energy flowing through
various chakras at any point in
27
00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:59,200
time, although the higher
chakras governing will,
28
00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:03,680
intellect and spiritual
development may remain closed or
29
00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:08,280
mostly closed for people focused
almost entirely on the external
30
00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:12,160
life and channelling energy
thereby through the lower 3
31
00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:16,000
chakras.
For the most part, spiritual
32
00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,960
aspirants have a special
responsibility as the chakras
33
00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:23,880
open and they become receptive
to forces that are working
34
00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:28,280
towards spiritual development.
If they utilize the force to
35
00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:32,520
fulfill desires of various
sorts, channelling the energy
36
00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:35,800
out through the lower chakras,
they tend to suffer
37
00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:39,480
consequences.
This includes individuals who,
38
00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:43,520
for instance, take up spiritual
practices and then use the
39
00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:48,640
powers that result to exalt
themselves through fame, acquire
40
00:02:48,640 --> 00:02:52,160
wealth, or obtain sexual
satisfactions.
41
00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:56,200
The force tends to withdraw
eventually from such
42
00:02:56,200 --> 00:03:01,160
individuals, and they wind up in
many cases broken physically,
43
00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:06,080
vitally, and mentally.
In some cases, they see the
44
00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:10,080
effect of their misuse rebound
upon them in very consequential
45
00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:14,200
ways.
On the other hand, those who
46
00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:18,120
become receptive to the forces
that enhance spiritual progress
47
00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:22,040
and who use those forces to
continue to develop and grow
48
00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:26,480
spiritually, find that their
capacity to receive them tends
49
00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:30,720
to expand and there is an ever
increasing action that takes
50
00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:34,960
place as they tune themselves to
the higher vibrational patterns
51
00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:37,720
that act through the higher
chakras.
52
00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:43,000
The mother writes Quote.
Each person has a different
53
00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:46,720
receptivity.
No2 receptivities are the same
54
00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:51,920
in quality and quantity, but
specially in quality one enters
55
00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:57,080
into contact with very pure,
very intense forces, what could
56
00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:01,000
be already called converted
forces, that is, universal,
57
00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:05,080
vital forces which are in
contact with the Divine and not
58
00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:08,720
only receive the Divine, but
aspire to receive Him.
59
00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:12,840
So if you absorb these forces,
it gives you a great strength
60
00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:16,519
for progress.
It is in this that the quality
61
00:04:16,519 --> 00:04:20,000
is much more important.
And for the quality of the
62
00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:24,120
universal vital forces it
depends naturally a great deal
63
00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:28,360
on what one is, but also much on
what one does.
64
00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:33,800
If one uses these forces for a
purely selfish action of a base
65
00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:38,320
kind, well, one makes it almost
totally impossible for himself
66
00:04:38,840 --> 00:04:44,640
to receive any new ones of his.
Fine equality all depends on the
67
00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:48,560
utilization of the forces one
receives.
68
00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:53,840
If, on the other hand, you use
them to make progress, to
69
00:04:53,840 --> 00:04:59,120
perfect yourself, it gives you
it increases your capacity of
70
00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:03,560
receiving enormously, and the
next time you can have a lot
71
00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:07,160
more.
All depends in any case
72
00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:09,880
principally on the use made of
them.
73
00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:13,920
There are people for instance,
who are short tempered by nature
74
00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:17,840
and haven't succeeded in
controlling their anger well.
75
00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:21,720
If with an aspiration or by some
method or other they have
76
00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:25,720
managed to receive some higher
vital forces, instead of this
77
00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:29,440
calming their irritation or
anger because they have no
78
00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:32,960
self-control, it increases their
anger, that is their
79
00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:36,320
irritability.
Their movement of violence is
80
00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:40,800
full of a greater force, a
greater energy, and becomes much
81
00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:44,360
more violent.
So it is well said that to be in
82
00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:48,120
contact with universal forces
does not make one progress.
83
00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:51,280
But this is because they make a
bad use of them.
84
00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:56,960
Yet naturally, in the long run,
this bad use diminishes the
85
00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:00,920
capacity of receiving.
But it takes time, it is not
86
00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:03,960
immediate.
So it is very important to put
87
00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:07,320
yourself in a good condition to
receive the higher forces and
88
00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:11,040
not the lower ones.
And secondly, when you have
89
00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:15,000
received them, use them for the
best thing possible in order to
90
00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:18,040
prepare yourself to receive
those which are of a higher
91
00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:21,240
quality.
But if you open yourself,
92
00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:26,280
receive the forces, and
afterwards, being satisfied with
93
00:06:26,280 --> 00:06:29,000
having received them, you let
yourself fall into all the
94
00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:35,200
ordinary movements, Well, you
close the door and the force no
95
00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:40,240
longer returns.
End Quote Reference Sri
96
00:06:40,280 --> 00:06:44,160
Aurobindo and the Mother, The
Hidden Forces of Life, Chapter
97
00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:49,960
4, Cosmic and Universal Forces,
pages 96 to 97.