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Complex Interaction of the Gunas Can Bring About Opposite Responses from an Individual Under Various Circumstances · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  As we take our standpoint primarily in the external
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  nature, we are clearly subject to the action of the three gunas
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  or qualities of nature. These qualities, do not remain
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  constant and our ever changing and they then determine the type
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  of reaction and action, an individual has in any particular
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  situation or provocation, thus depending on On the predominance
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  of a particular quality at any point in time.
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  An individual May exhibit totally different responses to
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  any situation developed Tendencies or capacities of the
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  individual may cause him to respond characteristically along
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  certain lines. But this is no guarantee that
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  under specific circumstances you will always respond that same
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  way. The capacity to respond to
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  specific types of vibrations resides in certain centers,
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  called chakras, and the Indian tradition and thus, depending on
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  the Guna that is predominant. At the time, the response may be
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  the highest or even the lowest form of response.
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  We frequently hear that love and hate are so intertwined.
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  That the person we hate may turn out to be the greatest, love at
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  some point and vice versa. Generally, calm individuals, may
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  find that under certain types of provocation, they become
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  enraged. Those who have developed the
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  firm standpoint of the witness Consciousness separate from the
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  external nature and its reactions are better able to
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  control and manage these responses.
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  And thus avoid becoming fully engaged with the source of the
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  provocation and the response there to until Such a firm
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  statuses in place. However, each individual is
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  subject to what appear to be contradictory actions from time
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  to time. The mother observes quote.
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  The human individual is a very complex being.
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  He is composed of innumerable elements each one of which is an
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  independent entity and has almost a personality, not only.
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  So the most contradictory elements are housed together.
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  If there is a particular quality or capacity present the very
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  opposite of it, annulling it, as it were will also be found.
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  Along with it and embracing it. I have seen a man Brave
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  courageous heroic to, the extreme flinching from no danger
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  facing unperturbed. The utmost Peril, truly the
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  bravest of the Brave. And yet I have seen the same man
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  cowering in abject Terror like the last of poltroon 's in the
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  presence of certain circumstances.
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  I have seen a most generous man, giving things away, largely
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  freely, not counting any expenditure or sacrifice,
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  without the least care or reservation.
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  The same person. I have also found to be the
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  vilest of misers with respect to certain other considerations.
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  Again, I have seen the most intelligent person with a clear
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  mind full of light and understanding easily.
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  Comprehending the Nick and implication of the topic.
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  And yet I have seen him betraying the utmost stupidity
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  of which even in ordinary Man, Without education, or
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  intelligence would be incapable. These are not theoretical
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  examples I have come across such persons actually in life.
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  End quote, reference SRI aurobindo in the mother growing
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  within the psychology of inner development.
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  Chapter 8, the psychic being and inner growth page 150.