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The Link Between Mind, Emotions, Vital Being and the Physical Body · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  The link between the body, the vital, and nervous being the
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  emotions, and the mind is well recognized today.
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  The food we eat and the way we eat it.
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  Clearly affects our mood and our mental status. similarly, stress
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  tension, emotional disturbance, all impact the ability of the
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  body to digest food, The mechanism Behind These
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  interactions is the release of chemical neurotransmitters and
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  hormones, triggered by the emotional state.
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  Similarly, there is a direct link between the breathing, the
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  emotions, the mind and the body. The breath or Prana varies based
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  on our mental or emotional state through conscious modulation of
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  the brow, it is also possible to bring a sense of peace, to the
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  Mind quiet, the emotions, and enhance the feeling of
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  well-being in the body. All of these subtle interactions
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  are Illustrated in the process of digestion.
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  When we eat food in a state of upset or negativity, we tend to
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  not digest it. Well, This in turn builds
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  chemical reactions in the body that can trigger bad moods, as
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  well as physical discomfort. Thus the mood creates a
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  self-perpetuating, and increasing response in the body,
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  which then plays it back on the mind, the emotions, and the
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  vital being to escape this endless loop, the mother
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  provides a solution, the mother observes quote, it is Really
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  noticeable that all the digestive functions are
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  extremely sensitive to an attitude.
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  That is critical bitter full of ill will to assess our judgment
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  nothing. Disturbs the functioning of the
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  digestion, more than that and it is a vicious circle.
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  The more the digestive function is Disturbed.
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  The more unkind you become critical dissatisfied with life
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  and things and people So you can't find any way out.
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  And there is only one cure to deliberately drop this attitude,
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  to absolutely forbid, yourself to have it.
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  And to oppose upon yourself by constant self-control and
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  deliberate attitude of all comprehending, kindness Just
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  trying, and you will see that you feel much better in quote,
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  reference SRI aurobindo in the mother living within the yoga
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  approached. A psychological health and
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  growth, disturbances of the body and physical Consciousness.
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  Rest quiet, Goodwill Pages 86 to 88