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Four Instruments for Attaining the Perfection of the Practice of Yoga · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  People frequently seek for a very specific directed form of
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  practice which will provide Liberation and spiritual
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  Perfection. They asked what is the best form
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  of practice. SRI aurobindo takes a much more
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  flexible approach which is based on the need and development of
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  the individual practitioner, the unique capacities that Seeker
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  brings to the process at a particular point in time.
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  And the unique challenges, a particular individual must face
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  given their pre-existing habits and formations for this
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  approach. SRI, aurobindo provides a
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  guideline as to the approach and the available tools.
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  For Spiritual realization rather than a fixed and formalize
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  program to be followed by all in the synthesis of yoga.
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  SRI, aurobindo devotes an entire chapter to an explanation of the
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  for AIDS which are briefly outlined in the citation below
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  when he speaks of the shastra, he is not referring to a
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  specific scripture or teaching leaving the Seeker free to find
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  guidance from whatever Direction.
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  Action actually suited to his own situation.
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  The personal effort called for involves the systematic
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  development within oneself of the truths principles and
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  practices provided through the guidance received It is not
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  sufficient to understand a teaching intellectually.
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  It needs to become an integrated element in one's life.
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  It is extremely difficult to recognize the necessary and
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  correct steps along the way. Particularly as the vital
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  Nature, has a way of achieving its limited aims by actively
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  misleading, the mind and engaging it to defend what the
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  vital desires. Thus, the role of the teacher or
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  Guru is an important Aid in the process.
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  Patient and persistent effort is required changing.
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  Human nature, is not something that is accomplished in a day.
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  The habits and formations that make up our normal human life,
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  and our reaction to circumstances were formed over,
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  countless Millennia and thus time is required. for further
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  explication of these for AIDS, reading in the synthesis of
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  yoga, or the mother is recommended SRI, aurobindo
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  notes, quote, Yoga City, the Perfection that comes from the
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  practice of yoga can be best attained by the combined working
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  of for grade instruments. There is first the knowledge of
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  the truth principles powers and processes that govern, the
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  realization shastra. Next comes a patient and
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  persistent action on the lines laid down by the knowledge.
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  The force of our personal effort would say aha.
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  They're intervened, third uplifting, our knowledge and
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  effort into the domain of spiritual experience.
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  The direct suggestion, example, and influence of the teacher
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  Guru. Last comes the instrumentality
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  of time kala for an all things. There is a cycle of their action
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  and a period of the Divine movement in quote, reference SRI
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  aurobindo, and the mother growing Then the psychology of
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  inner development. Chapter 3 growth of
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  Consciousness basic requisites page 32.