Work That Aids the Aspiration and Work That Dulls the Aspiration of the Seeker

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It is a constant complaint that
we have to take on boring

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distasteful mechanical or
otherwise unpleasant jobs in

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order to survive, then we create
a bifurcation in our minds

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between work time and personal
time or sadhna.

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If we happen to be practicing
any form of yoga.

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We thus spend a large portion of
Our Lives, having separated our

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lives, into the duality of what
we have to do, to survive

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versus, what our real aspiration
or calling is the Gita lets us

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know that any work, no matter.
Its outer form can become a

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field of sadhna and it is a
matter of our inner alignment

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with our spiritual purpose.
That makes even the most mundane

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work into a virtual practice.
This is of course an excellent

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practice but particularly for
someone beginning the process it

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is difficult and in some cases a
depressing situation, there's

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another Viewpoint that can
sometimes add the process to the

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extent possible.
The Seeker should try to align

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his outer work with his inner
aspiration works.

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That further the sense of
devotion that increase the

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concentration.
Nation that create a wider view.

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Point are those that uplift and
enliven The Seekers energy and

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thus if they can be undertaken
whether wholly or partially, as

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part of the individuals work or
service, they can actively

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contribute to the inner texture
of Consciousness and support the

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aspiration. particularly in
earlier stages, before the

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secret teens, the stage of being
able to see every effort in

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every field, as part of the
sadhna on an active and real

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basis, this can provide
encouragement and support Even

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if part of the time is spent in
earning a living, the rest of

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the day, can be balanced with
activities that awakened the

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spiritual order.
SRI aurobindo State quote, if a

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division of Works has to be
made, it is between those that

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are nearest to the heart of the
sacred flame.

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And those that are least touched
or illumined by it because they

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are more at a distance or
between the fuel that burns

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strongly are brightly and the
logs that have to thickly heaped

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on the altar, May impede the
ardor of the fire by their damp,

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heavy and diffused, abundance.
End quote, SRI aurobindo the

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synthesis of yoga.
A disciple asked about this

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statement psychologically to
what does this division

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correspond in our life.
The mother responds and quote, I

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suppose it is different for each
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So each one must find those
activities which increases

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aspiration, his Consciousness is
deeper knowledge of things and

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those which on the contrary
mechanize him and bring him

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back, more thoroughly into a
purely material, relation with

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things.
It is difficult to make a

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general rule.
The disciple follows up, that

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means that everything ought to
be done exactly as an offering.

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The mother continues quote,
truly speaking.

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It depends more on the way of
doing a thing than on the thing

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itself.
You take up some work which is

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quite material, like cleaning
the floor or dusting a room.

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Will it seems to me that this
work can lead to a very deep

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Consciousness if it is done with
a certain feeling for Perfection

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and progress while other work
considered of a higher kind.

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As for example, studies were
literary and artistic work if

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done with the idea of seeking
fame or for the satisfaction of

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one's vanity or For some
material gain, will not help you

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to progress.
So this is already a kind of

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classification, which depends
more on the inner attitude than

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on the outer fact but this
classification can be applied to

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everything.
Of course, there is a kind of

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work which is done only for
purely, pecuniary, and personal

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reasons, like the one, whatever
it may be, which is done to earn

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a living.
That attitude is exactly the one

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SRI aurobindo Compares with the
The Damp logs of wood which are

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Heap.
So thick, the flame cannot leap

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up.
It has something dark and

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heavily dull about it and quote
reference SRI aurobindo in the

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mother growing within the
psychology of inner development.

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Chapter 5 growth of
Consciousness means and methods

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