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Biological Energy Developed from Food and from Other Sources · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  People are not generally consciously aware of the energy
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  interchanges that take place to fuel their bodies and drive
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  their life energies. They understand that they need
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  to eat food as a form of fuel for their energy, and they count
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  calories that are produced by various food sources.
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  Clearly, the connection between matter in the form of food and
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  energy in the form of life action and biochemical processes
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  is recognized and accepted. We also recognize that
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  Einstein's famous equation about the convertibility of matter and
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  energy in physics also holds true in the field of life.
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  And for most people, the entire subject of life energy comes
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  down to food and various stimulants.
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  Stimulants provide an artificial short term apparent energy boost
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  not by bringing in new energy sources, but by prodding the
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  biochemical systems to over produce compared to their
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  natural status. In fact, stimulants tend to
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  eventually weaken the system by using stored energy for short
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  term requirements at the expense of longer term balance, Wellness
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  and harmonious functioning of the body.
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  Food, of course, has its limitations as an energy source.
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  There may be insufficient food or it may be of poor quality
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  where it may have offsetting side effects depending on its
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  composition and purity. The ability to convert food into
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  life energy also tends to weaken over time as various organ
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  systems reduce their efficiency in action through wear and tear.
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  Thus, we see the decline of the bodily systems, eventual
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  weakening of the organs and the immune system, and the advent of
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  disease, suffering, and eventual death.
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  There are other sources of energy, and those who have
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  figured out how to access and utilize them can find ways to
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  extend both the length of life and the health and Wellness
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  experienced during that time. Certain yogic practices, and in
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  particular hatha yoga and the practices of pranayam, can
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  dramatically benefit the body both short and long term.
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  Some individuals have learned how to draw energy from others,
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  and there are cases of individuals being drained or
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  exhausted after meeting with such an individual.
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  Those people tend to thrive at the expense of others, but the
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  only issue here being the fact that energy sources other than
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  material food actually exist. Some people are energized by any
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  subject that holds their interest, by joyful or uplifting
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  experiences, or through emotional interactions of a
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  positive nature. This is actually part of a vital
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  interchange that occurs all the time, although mostly unnoticed.
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  Spiritual practitioners also frequently report the descent of
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  a force coming down from above the head and filling their being
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  with force, light, or energy. This represents yet another way
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  that energy interchange can take place other than through the use
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  of food, the mother notes quote. Some people don't know how to
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  receive the forces at all. These live on the energies
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  concentrated in the body, for there is some concentrated
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  energy in all the cells of the body.
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  They live upon that, but after some time they are drained out
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  completely. If they don't know how to
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  recuperate, when they have spent all the energies which were
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  concentrated inside them, either they fall I'll or they never
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  recuperate them. So this cannot last very long.
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  It lasts the average lifetime of human beings, and yet at the end
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  of a certain number of years, they are no longer able to make
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  the same effort or to produce as much, or as, above all, to make
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  any progress. End Quote Reference Sri
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  Aurobindo and the Mother, The Hidden Forces of Life, Chapter
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  4, Cosmic and Universal Forces, page 94.