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Entering the Viewpoint of Another Person Widens the Understanding and Builds a Basis for Harmony · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  There's a complex game called chess the modern form of the
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  game, reputedly developed from a strategic game that appears to
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  have originated in India in around the 6th or 7th Century.
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  Although there were likely precursor forms that existed
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  prior to that time as a game of strategy, the object, for the
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  two players is to deploy their various game pieces, each having
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  different basic powers of action.
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  In order to gain control of the field and eventually conquer the
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  opposing King. It is a game simultaneously,
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  consisting of offense, and defense most individuals.
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  See the game from their own perspective and they frequently
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  run into difficulties as they miss the planning and execution
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  of their opponent in the game. One of the training techniques,
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  used to learn the game. Effectively is to learn how to
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  turn the board around. And and see the game from the
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  others Viewpoint in. So doing when not only is able
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  to identify the weaknesses of the opponent's position, but
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  also its strengths, the plan of execution that the other party
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  is developing and the kind of holes in one's own defensive
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  strategy that need to be addressed.
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  The game of chess has been honored for over 1500 years, for
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  its ability to enhance, logical thinking planning, and strategic
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  skills, and for forcing the individual to see things from
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  both sides, in order to successfully navigate the game.
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  As a life skill, this can be extraordinarily beneficial.
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  Applying this principle of development to life and
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  relationship can Aid one in widening, expanding ones,
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  understanding, and awareness, and eventually finding ways to
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  create new levels of Harmony that do justice to both
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  viewpoints. The mother makes it clear that
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  to develop this life skill, one must be prepared to enter into
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  the mindset and Think of the other party, this widens, the
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  consciousness. We tend to believe that by
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  understanding another's. Viewpoint, we are somehow losing
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  our own but that is not the case.
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  We may grow and expand our viewpoint, but we still maintain
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  our own background of experience and our own direction for
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  development. Nevertheless, the mother
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  observes quote, it is the same for everything in all that you
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  do together with others. If you do not agree, take it as
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  as a divine grace, a marvelous opportunity given you to make a
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  progress and it is simple. Instead of being on this side,
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  you are on the other instead of looking at yourself, you enter
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  the other person in look, you must have just a little bit of
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  imagination, a little more control over your thoughts, over
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  your movement, but that is not very difficult.
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  When you have tried it out a little after a while you find.
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  Very easy. You must not just look.
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  And then make a mental effort, telling yourself?
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  Why is it like this and like that?
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  Why does he do that? Why does he say that you will
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  never arrive at anything? You won't understand.
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  You will imagine all kinds of explanations, which will be
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  worthless and teach you. Nothing at all except to tell
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  yourself. That person is stupid or else
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  wicked things that lead nowhere. On the other hand, if you only
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  make that little movement and instead of looking at him as an
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  object quite alien to you, you try to enter within you enter
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  within into that little head that's before you.
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  And then suddenly, you find yourself on the other side, you
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  look at yourself and understand quite well.
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  What he is saying, everything is clear the why the how the Reason
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  the feeling which is behind the whole thing, it is an
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  experiment. You have the opportunity of
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  making 100 times a day. and quote, reference SRI aurobindo,
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  and the mother living within the yoga approached, a psychological
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  health and growth exercises for growth and Mastery
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  identification Pages 144 to 149