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The Hidden Forces of Life -- Summary and Conclusions · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  We tend to live our lives in the belief that we are separate and
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  isolated from one another. We struggle to survive and
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  thrive in a world where every other being is competing with us
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  for their own survival and self aggrandizement.
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  In such a world we suffer from self doubt, anxiety, fear and
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  pressure. We subject ourselves to internal
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  judgement when we fail to meet the standards we believe govern
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  our lives, and we project our desires, needs, thoughts and
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  concerns onto others and judge them on that standard as well.
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  What we fail to recognize is that we are actually united with
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  all other beings in an interactive, fully unified
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  reality, and that what we think, what we feel, what we
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  experience, what we suffer, and what we enjoy all is the result
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  of forces active in the world that vibrate within us when we
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  are receptive to them and thereby create the reactions we
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  experience. We are receiving and
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  transmitting stations for these universal forces, Doctor de Lal
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  points out in the preface to this compilation quote.
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  Dealt with herein are the diverse forces which act on us,
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  determining the course of events, influencing our
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  thoughts, feelings and actions, affecting our moods, health and
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  level of energy. Pulling the human being to
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  nether depths or beckoning him towards lofty heights spoken of
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  in this book are also the hidden forces behind evolution and
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  beneficent forces which man can learn more and more to draw
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  upon. Many of the passages in the book
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  not only explain the nature of the various forces but also
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  provide practical guidance in relation to both helpful as well
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  as deleterious forces. End Quote.
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  The systematic review of the hidden Forces of Life reveals
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  much that is hidden and occult from our normal daily view,
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  provides us considerable food for reflection and inner growth,
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  and helps us to overcome the limitations we set upon
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  ourselves through the inaccurate view of our separation and
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  isolation from the rest of the creation.
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  Reference Sri Aurobindo and the mother.
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  The hidden forces of life. Summary and conclusions.