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The Need for Constant, Steady and Flexible Progress on the Yogic Path · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  At certain stages along the way a particular technique or method
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  of standpoint may be helpful to the growth of the spiritual
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  consciousness or the implementation of that
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  Consciousness in the outer being in life.
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  The same methods. However, can lead to stagnation
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  if practiced without heed to changing needs or circumstances.
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  Each individual needs to start from where they are and then
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  systematically step-by-step address the issues limitations
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  and obstacles. Placed.
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  Before him generally, the individual can find within
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  himself, the means of taking the next step, for a considerable
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  distance along the way until such time, as all human means,
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  reach a stopping point. And at that moment, the divine
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  grace, Must be called on to act. Due to the complexity of the
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  human instrument and the interrelationships of Mind life
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  and body as well as the interaction with the outer World
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  and Other beings, and individual always has issues to address and
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  obstacles to surmount. Careful observation quiet
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  aspiration and constant focused energy.
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  Combined with persistence are what allow the individual to
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  adopt the means to the end. And Continue to move forward.
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  That is why what works for one individual in one circumstance,
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  cannot be arbitrarily applied to another being variously
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  situated. Nor even to his own situation as
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  it changes over time. The mother observes quote.
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  I do not say this to discourage, you only things happen like that
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  and the worst of all is to get discouraged when it happens.
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  You must tell yourself. With the means of Transport at
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  my disposal. I have reached a certain point
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  but these means do not allow me to go further.
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  What should I do sit there and not stir any longer?
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  Not at all. I must find other means of
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  Transport. This will happen quite often but
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  after a while, you will get used to it, you want to sit down for
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  a moment, meditate, and then find other means you must
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  increase, your concentration. Your Respiration and your trust.
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  And with the new help, which comes to you, make a new program
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  work out. Other means to replace those you
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  have left behind. This is how one progresses stage
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  by stage, but you must take great care to apply at each as
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  perfectly as possible. What you have gained or learned.
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  If you remain an intron State of Consciousness and do not apply
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  materially, the inner progress of time will certainly come when
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  you will not be able to move at all.
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  For your outer being unchanged, will be like a Fetter pulling
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  you back and hindering you from advancing.
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  So the most important Point what everybody says but only a few do
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  is to put into Practice What You Know.
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  With that you have a good chance of succeeding and with
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  perseverance, you will certainly get there.
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  You must never get discouraged when you find yourself before a
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  wall. Never say, oh, what shall I do?
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  It is still there. In this way, the difficulty will
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  still be there and still there and still there.
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  Till the very end, it is only when you reach the goal that
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  everything will suddenly crumble down.
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  And quote, reference SRI aurobindo in the mother living
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  within the yoga approach to psychological health and growth,
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  disturbances of the vital transforming, the vital Pages,
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  69 to 85,