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Understanding Fluctuations in the Force of the Spiritual Sadhana · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  The spiritual seeker tends to struggle with the constant
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  recurrence of old thoughts, feelings, reactions and desires.
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  He is also constantly confronted by changes in his energy levels
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  and focus. Much of this is due to the
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  underlying and deeply embedded energies that he has inherited
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  as part of human nature as it has been developed and
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  manifested. Some of this is due to
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  education, expectations and societal pressures that have
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  helped shape his being in this lifetime.
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  Another portion are due to the constant changing of the three
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  gunas as they adjust their predominance from one moment to
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  the next. And then there is a portion that
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  is based in the complex interaction between the
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  different parts of the being and their characteristic and varying
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  from one another ways and modes of acting and reacting.
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  As the seeker starts from the ego consciousness and the
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  external personality, he may be somewhat overwhelmed and not
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  truly appreciate either what is taking place within his
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  psychological make up nor the way to resolve the issues.
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  Thus, he may become confused, despondent, and dissatisfied
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  with what he perceives to be a lack of progress or focus.
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  As these constant variations arise within him, endless
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  amounts of patience are required.
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  As the seeker begins to appreciate the enormity of the
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  work of transformation of human nature and the time frames and
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  complexity involved in the process, he also needs to gain
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  both an appreciation for and a continual focus on shifting the
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  standpoint away from the external personality so that he
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  can more and more shift the focus of the being away from
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  external considerations. Stay in contact with the psychic
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  being and thereby create and maintain the conscious link to
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  the higher forces of consciousness that actually
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  carry out the transformative changes that are required,
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  Triorobindo writes Quote. These fluctuations in the force
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  of the aspiration and the power of the sadhna are unavoidable
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  and common to all Sadaks until the whole being has been made
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  ready for the transformation. When the psychic is in front or
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  active and the mind and vital consent.
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  Then there is the intensity when the psychic is less prominent
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  and the lower vital has its ordinary movements or the mind
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  its ignorant action, then the opposing forces can come in,
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  unless the sodic is very vigilant.
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  Inertia comes usually from the ordinary physical consciousness,
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  especially when the vital is not actively supporting the sadhna.
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  These things can only be cured by a persistent bringing down of
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  the higher spiritual consciousness into all the parts
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  of the being. End Quote Reference Sri
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  Aurobindo, Bases of Yoga, Chapter 3 in difficulty, pages
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  48 to 49.