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The Test of Yogic Equality · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  The setting of Shri krishna's teaching to Arjuna on the
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  battlefield of kurukshetra symbolizing.
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  The Battle of life is an essential message to all who
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  seek to progress in their spiritual growth and
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  development. We do not normally associate a
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  battlefield as the place to learn about our spiritual
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  existence and Destiny. However, the need for a solid
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  spiritual basis for life, is underlined and accentuated.
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  When one is involved in all the activities and pressures of
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  living in the world, whether facing the day-to-day struggles
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  and issues that arise, or as with Arjun facing a cataclysmic
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  battle with injury. Death Mayhem and concern for
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  beloved family, friends and Elders in the village.
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  Balance. Many Seekers work to achieve
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  spiritual realizations by withdrawing for a time from the
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  life of the world through Retreats, where Vision quests or
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  other opportunities to leave behind the activities, that
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  demand attention and pressure the individual on all levels.
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  Still others seek a lifetime of renunciation, whether in a
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  monastery or Cloister, or an ashram, or as a renunciate in
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  the forests where the caves were the desert.
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  When we look closely at these methods, however, we recognize
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  that the peace achieved is oftentimes short-lived when the
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  individual later returns to the outer world and its activities,
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  or if suddenly confronted with pressures from that world, there
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  are for instance, numerous cases of individuals erupting with
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  anger or lust when suddenly faced with the Temptations of
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  the vital existence that they had.
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  Not to be long, mastered, and under control.
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  While it may be a useful strategy initially to step back
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  from the world in order to establish a basis of peace and
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  separation. In the Consciousness, eventually
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  there should be a way to bring that standpoint to Bear upon the
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  entire life in all its forms and circumstances SRI, aurobindo
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  observes quote, whatever the unpleasantness of circumstances.
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  However, The conduct of others, you must learn to receive them
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  with a perfect calm. And without any disturbing
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  reaction, These things are the test of equality.
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  It is easy to be calm and equal when things go well and people
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  and circumstances are Pleasant, it is when they are the opposite
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  that the completeness of the calm.
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  Peace. Equality can be tested,
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  reinforced made perfect, and quote, reference SRI aurobindo,
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  and the mother living within the Approach to psychological health
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  and growth, General, methods, and principles.
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  Equality Pages, 27 to 29,