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Higher Powers of Consciousness Can Aid and Support the Evolution of Consciousness in the Human Being · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  There are forces in the universal creation that can
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  obstruct, delay or harm the development of consciousness.
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  They try to maintain a form of status quo, or they try to
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  protect a vested interest or desire that they maintain.
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  These forces, sometimes called hostile forces, are a frequent
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  topic of concern as most people undertaking any type of
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  spiritual discipline eventually experience their effects.
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  There are also forces that aid and support the aspiration and
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  the growth of consciousness. These forces include the native
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  action descending from the domain of the next stage of
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  conscious evolution. They have the power to overcome
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  the resistance of either inertia or conscious opposition that may
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  try to delay, deflect or destroy their emergence.
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  Here there is a link between the aspiration that rises up from
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  the human level and the response that meets that aspiration to
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  enhance the action of the higher forces.
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  The aspiration represents a form of tuning of the instrument to
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  contact and receive the higher force.
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  Once the connection is made, the flow of energy moves from the
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  plane with the higher energy to the plane of the lower energy.
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  Thus, the higher forces of consciousness move toward the
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  being who has established a connection and receptive link
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  trio, Romindo writes in his epic poem Savitri 11A.
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  Legend and a symbol quote, a prayer, a master act, a king
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  idea can link man's strength to a transcendent force.
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  Then miracle is made the common rule.
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  One mighty deed can change the course of things.
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  A lonely thought becomes omnipotent.
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  End Quote Book 1, Canto 2 and quote.
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  The earth you tread is a border screened from heaven.
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  The life you lead conceals the light.
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  You are immortal. Powers sweep flaming past your
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  doors, far off upon your tops The God chant sounds while to
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  exceed yourself thoughts trumpets call heard by a few,
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  but fewer dare aspire the nymphalepse of the ecstasy and
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  the blaze. End Quote Book 4 Canta 3 and
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  quote. Yet can the mind of man receive
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  God's light? The force of man can be driven
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  by God's force. Then is he a miracle, doing
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  miracles, For only so can he be nature's king.
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  End Quote, Book 6 Canto 2 reference Sri Rabindu and the
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  Mother. The Hidden Forces of Life,
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  Chapter 7. Spiritual Forces of Help and
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  Succor, page 158.