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Powers Within: Summary and Conclusions · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  We tend to overlook or underestimate the powers
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  inherent in our human existence, the powers of the body, the
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  powers of the vital nature, the powers of the mind, the powers
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  of the psychic being, and the power of the spirit.
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  Some of these powers are manifest but not fully
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  understood, explored, or developed.
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  Others remain latent within our being.
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  Still others we can see active in other forms and beings in
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  nature. From time to time, some of these
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  other powers can be activated within the human being as well.
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  With an evolution of consciousness, we see the
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  successive development and expression of new powers coming
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  to the forefront. We can see this as a long
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  process of maturation of the existence we experience on this
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  planet. The vital powers change and
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  activate the dense material forms.
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  The mental power rearranges life and matter.
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  This evolution is not completed and we see signs of the
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  emergence of yet higher, more powerful ranges of consciousness
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  as humanity matures and develops.
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  The powers that develop are part of a natural progression and can
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  come about quite naturally. At the same time, the normal
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  slow evolutionary process of nature can be speeded up by a
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  focused discipline, by a dedicated individual.
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  Just as we see that skills can be developed and honed in the
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  external life through dedication, focus and practice,
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  inner development of the inherent powers can be developed
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  through similar application of concentration with an increasing
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  insight as to the right use of those powers.
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  In the Titeria Upanishad, the seeker is asked to practice
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  tapasya, the concentration of conscious force, as the means
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  toward ultimate realization of the source, nature and meaning
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  of existence. In the end, it is tapasya that
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  lies behind the expression of all powers in life, that Tapasia
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  is not an individual force alone, but the energy that
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  creates, maintains and develops the entire universal creation.
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  We frequently limit our powers by the voluntary restriction of
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  our being inherent in our material existence and our
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  involvement with the individual ego personality within which we
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  live and act in this lifetime. When we remove these artificial
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  boundaries, we find that we are one with the Universal Being and
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  that the powers of that being can manifest anywhere through
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  any individual, based on the intention and guidance of the
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  Universal Soul existence. Sri Aurobindo and the Mother in
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  Powers Within, compiled by Doctor AES Delal, have taken us
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  on a systematic review of the various parts of our being and
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  the powers that reside there, and have helped thereby to open
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  up new possibilities to widen and enliven our existence and
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  prepare us for the next phase of our evolutionary development.
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  Reference Srioro Bindu and the Mother Powers within.