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Cultivating Inner Peace as the Basis of Spiritual Sadhana · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  Given the reactive nature of the external.
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  Being the mind, the vital, the physical body.
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  There is generally a lack of peace and we are driven from one
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  response to another as circumstances events sense,
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  Impressions, Etc. Impinge upon us, Development of
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  an awareness that is separated from this external being is an
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  enormous Aid to creating a platform for cultivating.
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  Peace in the nature. The separation of the witness
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  Consciousness. From the act of nature is one
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  such technique that is recommended by SRI aurobindo the
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  initial object. In this case is to develop a
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  space within oneself and an inner awareness.
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  That is able to observe the actions and reactions that take
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  place in the external being without engagement or desire of
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  any kind. It has been likened to watching
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  action on a motion picture or television screen one.
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  Sees and understands what is taking place, but is not
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  directly involved in the action. This standpoint can develop a
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  strong and unshakable peace, which eventually can be utilized
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  to extend into the external being and bring about a calming
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  and quieting influence in the outer being SRI aurobindo
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  observes quote. It is true that through whatever
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  is strongest in him, asada can most easily open to the Divine.
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  But peace is necessary for all without peace and an increasing
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  Purity. Even if one opens one cannot
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  receive perfectly. All the comes down through the
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  opening light to is necessary for all All without light one
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  cannot take full advantage of all that comes down.
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  It is in the piece behind and that something truer in you that
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  you must learn to live and feel it to be yourself.
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  You must regard. The rest is not your real self,
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  but only a flux of changing or recurring movements on the
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  surface which are sure to go as the true self emerges.
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  When the piece is deep or wide, it is usually in the inner being
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  the outer parts, do not ordinarily.
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  Go beyond a certain measure of quietude.
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  They get deep peace only when they are flooded with it from
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  the inner being They peace and patience Go Together by having
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  patients under. All kinds of pressure, you lay
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  the foundations of peace and quote reference SRI aurobindo,
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  and the mother growing within the psychology of inner
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  development, chapter for growth of Consciousness.
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  First steps on Foundation page, 73 to 74.