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The Soul's Radiance Permeates and Acts Even in Unconsciousness · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  There is a type of radiation wave known as gamma rays that
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  has the power to penetrate most matter.
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  The extremely short wavelength of gamma rays allows it to
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  penetrate atoms. High or prolonged exposure to
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  gamma rays can cause damage to the internal organs of the body,
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  even though we cannot see, hear, or feel them as they penetrate
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  our material sheath and carry out their actions.
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  Some modern medical tests, such as PET scans, use gamma rays to
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  create imagery of the internal structures of the body.
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  Similarly, X-rays penetrate and are used to create imagery of
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  dense material forms. These examples show us that
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  vibrations on the electromagnetic scale can impact
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  material forms even if we are not aware or conscious of their
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  action. Matter is dense and relatively
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  unconscious compared to the more subtle and overtly energetic
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  levels of the life force, the mind, the knowledge sheath, or
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  the permeating presence of the original and supreme basis of
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  consciousness known as Satchitananda.
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  Existence, consciousness, bliss, The soul as a spark of the
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  divine and the human being permeates through mind, life,
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  body. More subtle than gamma rays, the
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  divine consciousness completely permeates all material
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  existence. If a being is rooted primarily
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  in the dense physical sheath, the impact will take time to
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  effectuate change. As the external being develops
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  and shifts its predominant energetic levels to the more
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  subtle sheaths, the impact can be more quickly visible and
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  effective. Sri Aurobindo and the Mother
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  describe the long slow process of the evolutionary progression
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  of nature, which can take hundreds of millions or billions
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  of years to implement and solidify a next phase of the
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  evolutionary cycle. They indicate that the conscious
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  and willing adherents and focusing of attention by an
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  individual who takes up the spiritual life can dramatically
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  speed the evolutionary development.
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  This illustrates the difference between the soul's action on a
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  more or less unconscious being and the action that can occur
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  when the seeker becomes conscious and aids the process
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  with focus and attention. A disciple asks, quote how does
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  the soul influence a being who is normally unconscious?
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  End Quote. The mother responds, quote.
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  The soul's influence is a kind of radiance that penetrates
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  through the most opaque substances and acts even in the
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  unconsciousness, but then its action is slow and takes a very
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  long time to obtain a perceptible result.
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  End Quote Reference Sri Rovindo and the Mother the psychic being
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  soul, its nature, mission and evolution Section 2 Role,
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  function and action of the psychic Page 56.