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Realisations in the Development of the Yogic Sadhana · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  Many, who take up the practice of yogic sadhna, find that they
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  receive some signs of encouragement either.
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  Prior to starting consciously down the path.
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  Through some kind of experience that opens other dimensions and
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  opportunities for growth in them.
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  Or through some spiritual experiences in the early stages
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  of the sadhna thereafter. It is quite usual for the
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  experiences to recede and the slow steady.
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  Patient work of aspiration, receptivity and dedication to
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  the process takes over. For the Seeker, the peak
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  spiritual experiences are important stages that give
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  confidence and reinforce the needed Faith to continue on the
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  journey. Yet if they become the goal of
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  the seeking or get captured by the vital ego, seeking to assert
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  itself, they actually can be a hindrance.
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  Changing human nature, is not a matter of peak experiences, but
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  a matter of day-to-day effort and receptivity, to let the
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  higher forces work to change. In many cases, quite gradually
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  ones Outlook focus and ways of responding to situations. true
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  progress cannot be measured in terms of these experiences, but
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  when one looks back over a number of years of the process,
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  when can in many cases, see substantial changes to the trend
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  of the being One may become more peaceful with the basic
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  Equanimity, that was not there earlier in life.
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  There may be different values about what is important and
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  they're come about as a result changes in direction of the life
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  effort. One may see dietary and
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  lifestyle changes, as well as changes in the way when reacts
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  to advance in life. All of which show a process of
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  maturity in the yogic sadhna, actually working on the basic
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  interactions of human life. SRI aurobindo observes quote in
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  a more deep and spiritual sense. A concrete realization is that
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  which makes the thing realized more real Dynamic intimately
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  present to the Consciousness than any physical thing.
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  Be such a realization of the personal Divine or of the
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  impersonal, Brahman, or of the self does not usually come at
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  the beginning of a sadhna, or in the first years, or for many
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  years. It comes so to a very few But to
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  expect and demand it. So soon would be taken in the
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  eyes of any experienced Yogi or Sadiq as a rather rash and
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  abnormal impatience. Most would say that a slow
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  development, is the best one can hope for in the first years and
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  only when the nature is ready and fully concentrated towards
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  the Divine can. The definitive experience come
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  To some rapid Preparatory experiences can can come at a
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  comparatively early stage but even they cannot escape the
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  labor of the Consciousness which will make these experiences
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  culminate in the realization that is enduring and complete.
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  It is not a question of liking or disliking, it is a matter of
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  fact and truth and experience. It is the fact that people who
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  are cheerful and ready to go, step-by-step even by slow steps.
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  If need be do Actually, March faster and more surely than
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  those who are impatient and in haste, It is what I have always
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  seen and quote reference, SRI aurobindo, integral yoga.
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  SRI aurobindo is teaching and method of practice, chapter 5
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  basis of yoga, patience and perseverance Pages 113 to 115.
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  It is what I have always seen and quote reference, SRI
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  aurobindo, integral yoga. SRI aurobindo is teaching and
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  method of practice, chapter 5 basis of yoga, patience and
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  perseverance Pages 113 to 115.