June 29, 2024
Vital Beings Utilize Vital Drives to Control Human Action for Their Own Benefit and Enjoyment
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YouTube reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, The Hidden Forces of Life, Ch. 5 Occult Forces, pp. 130-131 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/06/23/vital-beings-utilize-vital-drives-to-control-human-action-for-their-own-benefit-and-enjoyment/
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Vital beings, by their very
nature, take advantage of our
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ambitions, desires, greed and
fears to convince us to interact
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with them, and they then use
their responses for their own
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enjoyment or nourishment.
The more we are motivated by
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these vital drives, the easier
it is for such beings to toy
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with us, as a cat will toy with
a mouse before finally
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delivering it to its death.
Spiritual seekers are generally
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enjoined not to give in to these
vital reactions so as to avoid
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distractions.
The preliminary purification
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00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:50,720
practices, Yama and Niyama are
intended not primarily as some
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kind of code of morality or
ethics, but as a training to
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help the seeker avoid the drives
that can waylay him along the
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path.
Such interdiscipline and
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strength could be a huge benefit
for people generally, not just
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those undertaking a spiritual
discipline, the mother writes.
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Quote.
In some cases vital entities
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really get hold of you and there
it is dangerous.
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But fortunately these cases are
not very frequent.
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Then it becomes very dangerous.
A very long time ago, when I was
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in France, I knew the case of a
man who, through practices of
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this kind, had put himself into
contact with a vital entity.
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This man happened to be a
gambler, and he spent his time
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speculating and playing
roulette.
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He spent part of the year at
Monte Carlo playing roulette,
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and the rest of the time he
lived in the South of France and
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speculated on the Stock
Exchange.
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And now some being was really
using him.
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It was through automatic writing
using him.
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And for years it gave him
absolutely precise exact
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00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:07,080
indications.
When he played roulette, it used
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to tell him bid on this number
or this place and he would win.
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Naturally.
He just worshipped this spirit
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which gave him such sensational
revelations.
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And at the exchange it also told
him, speculate on this or on
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that, and gave him all the
indications.
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This man became colossally rich.
He used to boast to all his
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friends about the method by
which he had grown rich.
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Someone put him on his guard,
told him be careful, this
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doesn't look very honest.
You should not trust this
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spirit.
He fell out with this person.
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A few days later he was in Monte
Carlo.
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And he always played for high
stakes, you see, since naturally
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he always won and would break
the bank.
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He was much feared.
Then the spirit told him stake
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00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:07,640
everything, everything you have
on this he did and at a single
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00:03:07,640 --> 00:03:12,120
stroke lost everything.
And yet he still had some money
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00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:14,600
left from his Stock Exchange
speculations.
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He said to himself it is bad
luck.
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Again, he received a very
precise indication, do this as
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usual and he did it.
He was completely cleaned out
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and to finish the job, the
spirit told him just for the fun
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of it, now you are going to
commit suicide, put a bullet
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through your head and he was so
much under its influence.
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He did so.
That's the end of the story, and
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this is an authentic story, so
the least one can say is that it
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is dangerous.
It is much better not to indulge
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in occupations of this kind.
No, Either they are rather
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senseless amusements, or else
they are unwholesome
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00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:03,440
occupations.
End Quote.
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Reference Sri Aurobindo and the
Mother, The Hidden Forces of
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00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:14,320
Life, Chapter 5, Occult Forces,
pages 1:30 to 1:31.
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Vital beings, by their very
nature, take advantage of our
2
00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:12,680
ambitions, desires, greed and
fears to convince us to interact
3
00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:17,720
with them, and they then use
their responses for their own
4
00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:23,080
enjoyment or nourishment.
The more we are motivated by
5
00:00:23,080 --> 00:00:27,040
these vital drives, the easier
it is for such beings to toy
6
00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:31,960
with us, as a cat will toy with
a mouse before finally
7
00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:36,360
delivering it to its death.
Spiritual seekers are generally
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00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:41,040
enjoined not to give in to these
vital reactions so as to avoid
9
00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:44,560
distractions.
The preliminary purification
10
00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:50,720
practices, Yama and Niyama are
intended not primarily as some
11
00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:54,920
kind of code of morality or
ethics, but as a training to
12
00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:59,920
help the seeker avoid the drives
that can waylay him along the
13
00:00:59,920 --> 00:01:02,840
path.
Such interdiscipline and
14
00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:06,880
strength could be a huge benefit
for people generally, not just
15
00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:11,640
those undertaking a spiritual
discipline, the mother writes.
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00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:15,320
Quote.
In some cases vital entities
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00:01:15,320 --> 00:01:18,560
really get hold of you and there
it is dangerous.
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But fortunately these cases are
not very frequent.
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Then it becomes very dangerous.
A very long time ago, when I was
20
00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:31,440
in France, I knew the case of a
man who, through practices of
21
00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:35,640
this kind, had put himself into
contact with a vital entity.
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00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:39,720
This man happened to be a
gambler, and he spent his time
23
00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:41,800
speculating and playing
roulette.
24
00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:45,600
He spent part of the year at
Monte Carlo playing roulette,
25
00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:50,160
and the rest of the time he
lived in the South of France and
26
00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:52,400
speculated on the Stock
Exchange.
27
00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:56,000
And now some being was really
using him.
28
00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:59,520
It was through automatic writing
using him.
29
00:01:59,920 --> 00:02:03,880
And for years it gave him
absolutely precise exact
30
00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:07,080
indications.
When he played roulette, it used
31
00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:11,760
to tell him bid on this number
or this place and he would win.
32
00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:14,960
Naturally.
He just worshipped this spirit
33
00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:18,280
which gave him such sensational
revelations.
34
00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:23,400
And at the exchange it also told
him, speculate on this or on
35
00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,400
that, and gave him all the
indications.
36
00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:31,600
This man became colossally rich.
He used to boast to all his
37
00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:34,320
friends about the method by
which he had grown rich.
38
00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:39,600
Someone put him on his guard,
told him be careful, this
39
00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:42,600
doesn't look very honest.
You should not trust this
40
00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:46,080
spirit.
He fell out with this person.
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A few days later he was in Monte
Carlo.
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And he always played for high
stakes, you see, since naturally
43
00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:56,760
he always won and would break
the bank.
44
00:02:57,080 --> 00:03:01,440
He was much feared.
Then the spirit told him stake
45
00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:07,640
everything, everything you have
on this he did and at a single
46
00:03:07,640 --> 00:03:12,120
stroke lost everything.
And yet he still had some money
47
00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:14,600
left from his Stock Exchange
speculations.
48
00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:17,360
He said to himself it is bad
luck.
49
00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:22,320
Again, he received a very
precise indication, do this as
50
00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:26,720
usual and he did it.
He was completely cleaned out
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00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:30,400
and to finish the job, the
spirit told him just for the fun
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00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:34,600
of it, now you are going to
commit suicide, put a bullet
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00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:39,000
through your head and he was so
much under its influence.
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00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:43,480
He did so.
That's the end of the story, and
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00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:48,040
this is an authentic story, so
the least one can say is that it
56
00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:51,560
is dangerous.
It is much better not to indulge
57
00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:56,840
in occupations of this kind.
No, Either they are rather
58
00:03:56,840 --> 00:04:00,920
senseless amusements, or else
they are unwholesome
59
00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:03,440
occupations.
End Quote.
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00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:09,200
Reference Sri Aurobindo and the
Mother, The Hidden Forces of
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Life, Chapter 5, Occult Forces,
pages 1:30 to 1:31.