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How Can One Transform the Vital? Part 1: Observation, Understanding, Action & Resistance · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  The mother provides a clear approach to transforming the
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  vital nature. In part 1, she addresses how to
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  gain perspective, the necessary steps involved and the kind of
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  resistance that arises and what can be done about it.
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  The mother knowns quote, the first step will secondly
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  sincerity and aspiration but we'll and aspiration are almost
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  the same thing. One follows the other then
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  perseverance. Yes, perseverance is necessary
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  in any process and what is this process?
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  First, there must be the ability to observe and discern the
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  ability to find the vital in oneself else.
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  You'll be hard put to it to say this comes from the vital.
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  This comes from the mind. This comes from the body.
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  Everything will seem to you mixed and indistinct.
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  After a very sustained observation you will be able to
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  distinguish between the different parts and recognize
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  the origin of a movement. Quite a long time is necessary
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  for this, but one can go quite fast.
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  Also it depends upon people, but once you have found out the
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  different parts, ask yourself what is there?
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  If the vital in this what does the vital bring into your
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  consciousness? In what way does it change your
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  movements? What does it add to them and
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  what take away? What happens in your
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  Consciousness through the intervention of the vital, once,
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  you know this, what do you do? Then you will need to watch this
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  intervention. Observe it find out in what ways
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  it works. For instance, you want to
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  transform your vital, you have a great sincerity in your
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  aspiration and the resolution to go to the very end you have all
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  that you start observing and you see that two things can happen,
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  many things can happen but mainly to First a sort of
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  enthusiasm takes hold of you you set to work earnestly?
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  In this enthusiasm you think I am going to do this and that I'm
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  going to reach my goal immediately, everything is going
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  to be magnificent. It will see this vital how I am
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  going to treat it, if it doesn't obey, if you look carefully, you
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  will see that the vital is saying to itself.
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  Hot last, here's an opportunity it accepts, it starts working
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  with all its Zeal, all its enthusiasm, and all its
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  impatience, The second thing, maybe the very opposite of sort
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  of uneasiness, I am not well, how tedious life is how
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  wearisome, everything, how am I going to do all that?
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  Well, I ever reach the goal, is it worthwhile beginning isn't at
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  all possible, isn't it impossible?
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  It is the vital, which is not very happy about what is going
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  to be done for it. Which does not want anyone to
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  meddle in its Affairs, which does not like, All that very
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  much. So, it suggests, depression,
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  discouragement, a lack of faith doubt, is it really worth the
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  trouble? These are the two extremes and
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  each has its difficulties. Its obstacles and quote
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  reference SRI aurobindo, and the mother living within the yoga
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  approach to psychological health and growth, disturbances of the
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