Why Speaking About One’s Spiritual Experiences Can Be Counter-Productive to the Sadhana

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It is a quite natural, impulse,
an individual has an

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extraordinary unusual and in
some cases inexplicable

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experience outside of his normal
realm of experiences.

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Either through vital enthusiasm,
a feeling of ego aggrandizement

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due to the extraordinary nature
of the experience or through a

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sense of fear or concern about
what the experience is and what

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significance it has, he wants to
communicate it to others.

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There is a very strong ego
driver that can motivate this

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need to describe explain and
otherwise take credit for having

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had the experience.
The individual is also

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frequently being encouraged by
others to talk about it.

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And there is a type of vital and
emotional validation that can

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accompany a discussion about an
experience.

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The Seeker who does this
however, often finds that the

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inner power that was acting
seems to have dissipated or

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withdrawn at that time.
There's a mechanism at work

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here.
The spiritual Force Works in,

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its native element, and is most
effective when it is not being

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watered down through
interpretation transcription or

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some kind of mental process, One
can almost see it as a high

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power electrical line going
through a Step Down Transformer.

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In this case, the mind and the
emotional vital relation of the

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event means that it has been
filtered, analyzed and otherwise

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subjected to the mines process,
it moves the experience from a

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spiritual energy, into a mental
memory or explanation.

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In.
So, doing the Seeker, has

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short-circuited the action of
the force.

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SRI aurobindo notes quote, the
usual rule given by Yogi's is

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that one should not speak of
one's experience to others.

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Except of course the guru while
the sodden is going on because

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it wastes The Experience there
is what they call Chaya of the

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te pasa.
It is only long past experiences

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that they speak of and even that
not to freely the light left.

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Because you spoke of it to
someone who was not an addict re

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it is safe, if not to speak of
these experiences except to a

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guru or to one who can help you
the passing away of an

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experience.
As soon as it is, spoken of is a

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frequent happening.
And for that reason, many Yogi's

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make it a rule, never to speak
of what happens within them.

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Unless it is a thing of the past
or a settled realization.

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That nothing can take away and
quote reference SRI aurobindo

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and the mother growing within
the psychology of inner

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development.
Chapter 7 growth of

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Consciousness.
Inner experiences Pages, 141 and

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