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Dealing With Vital Forces of Opposition to the Spiritual Sadhana Through the Intervention of the Divine Shakti, the Mother · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  The vital forces that have for the most part gained substantial
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  control of the earth nature's vital existence are very
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  protective of their turf, so to speak.
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  They do not cede the ground easily, and once they are
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  dismissed from an individual's nature, they still maintain both
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  their existence and the surrounding nature and always
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  try to either convince or overpower the seeker to regain
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  their foothold in that individual.
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  These forces in many instances are conscious vital forces or
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  vital entities that direct these forces and they face potential
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  restriction or elimination from the Earth plane even if they
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  maintain their existence in their own vital worlds or
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  planes. This restriction would cut them
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  off from both the energies upon which they feed as well as their
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  self aggrandizing attempt to control, manipulate and dominate
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  life on earth. These vital forces tend to have
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  more freedom of movement and more raw power than individuals
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  in the earthly life can muster. Thus, defeating or eliminating
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  these forces requires aid from the powers and beings that
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  populate the spiritual plains and worlds and which are in the
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  process of bringing forth the next phase of the evolution of
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  consciousness on earth. In the tradition of India, the
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  Divine Shakti is known as the Mother.
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  In his book The Mother, Sri Aurobindo describes the powers,
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  the action, and the manifestation of the Mother in
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  her various forms for the evolutionary process and action.
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  When he refers to the Mother, he is calling forth this power of
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  the Divine Shakti. At the same time, he recognized
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  that his collaborator Mira Alfasa was so deeply identified
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  with the Divine Shakti in her powers that people could call
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  upon her and receive a direct and personal connection that
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  could aid them in their spiritual progress and in
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  overcoming the forces of opposition.
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  Many people have reported their unique experiences of the Divine
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  Grace when they focused on the Divine Shakti or on the personal
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  embodiment known in the Srioro Bindo Ashram community.
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  As the Mother Srioro Bindo writes quote, it is the forces
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  of the ignorance that begin first to lay siege from outside
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  and then make a mass attack in order to overpower and capture.
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  Every time such an attack can be defeated and cast out, there is
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  a clearance in the being, a new field gained for the Mother in
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  the mind, vital or physical, or the adjacent parts of the
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  nature. That the place in the vital
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  occupied by the Mother is increasing is shown by the fact
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  that you are now offering a stronger resistance to these
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  sieges that used formerly to overpower you altogether.
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  To be able to call the Mother's presence or force at such times
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  is the best way to meet the difficulty.
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  It is with the Mother who is always with you and in you, that
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  you converse. The only thing is to hear aright
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  so that no other voice can ape hers or come in between her and
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  you. End Quote.
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  Reference Srioro Bindo, Bases of Yoga, Chapter 3 in difficulty,
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  page 56.