A Podcast Featuring Sri Aurobindo Studies
Sept. 26, 2022

Visualization as an Aid for Entering into Contact with One’s Psychic Being

Visualization as an Aid for Entering into Contact with One’s Psychic Being
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2022/09/22/visualization-as-an-aid-for-entering-into-contact-with-ones-psychic-being/
1
00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:06,400
For those who have the power of
visualization and who are ready

2
00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:10,200
and willing to concentrate in
this way, there can be

3
00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:13,300
tremendous progress in
developing the relation to the

4
00:00:13,300 --> 00:00:16,800
psychic being the mind
transcribes.

5
00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:20,400
The energetic relationships of
the various parts of the being

6
00:00:20,900 --> 00:00:24,500
in two different rooms, and
forms of energy and action.

7
00:00:25,300 --> 00:00:30,000
And thus, using the power of
visualization, the seeker can

8
00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:34,600
Into a specific part of the
being and relate to its action.

9
00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:38,700
By moving through, the
visualization process into the

10
00:00:38,700 --> 00:00:41,500
appropriate room or space
involved.

11
00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:46,600
The mother describes one such
palpable experience that results

12
00:00:46,900 --> 00:00:51,200
from such a visualization
process to come into contact

13
00:00:51,300 --> 00:00:55,600
with the psychic.
Being the mother writes, quote,

14
00:00:56,300 --> 00:01:00,800
to sit in meditation before a
closed door as though it were a

15
00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:04,900
heavy door of bronze.
And once it's in front of it,

16
00:01:04,900 --> 00:01:09,500
with the will that it may open
and to pass to the other side.

17
00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:16,200
And so, the whole concentration,
the whole aspiration is gathered

18
00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:22,800
into a beam and pushes pushes,
pushes against this door, and

19
00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:28,600
pushes more and more with an
increasing energy until all of a

20
00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:32,000
sudden, it bursts open and one
enters.

21
00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,500
It makes a very powerful
impression.

22
00:01:36,700 --> 00:01:41,700
And so one is as though plunged
into the light and then one has

23
00:01:41,700 --> 00:01:44,900
the full enjoyment of a sudden
and radical change of

24
00:01:44,900 --> 00:01:48,700
Consciousness with an
illumination that captures one

25
00:01:48,700 --> 00:01:51,800
entirely.
And the feeling that one is

26
00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:56,400
becoming another person.
And this is a very concrete and

27
00:01:56,400 --> 00:02:01,100
very powerful way of entering,
into contact with one's psychic

28
00:02:01,100 --> 00:02:08,000
being. in quote, reference SRI,
aurobindo, and the mother living

29
00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:11,800
within the yoga approach to
psychological health and growth

30
00:02:12,500 --> 00:02:17,600
exercises for growth and Mastery
visualization for discovering

31
00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:21,500
ones being Pages, 131 to 134