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Even a Brief Glimpse of the Spirit Is Sufficient to Direct the Seeker to the Spiritual Path · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  When an individual turns his attention to the spiritual path,
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  he may experience along the way certain doubts as to his
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  suitability, his capacity and his ability to obtain the truth
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  described by those who have experienced along the way and
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  who describe various steps and stages, the way is long and
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  difficulties of bound, No Doubt. But only those who have reached
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  a certain level of inner development, even get a glimpse
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  of what lies ahead, the path, then requires substantial,
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  patience and persistence. And then all Abiding Faith in
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  the ultimate result, which is after all in the hands of the
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  Divine not controllable. By any human agency, we are
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  reminded by SRI aurobindo that he who chooses the Divine has
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  been chosen. Chosen by the divine.
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  And tree Krishna makes it clear that there is no failure for
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  those who take up the spiritual life.
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  Even if they do not recognize for themselves, the fruits of
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  the effort in this lifetime. As he indicates that no effort
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  towards spiritual realization is ever lost.
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  It should also be noted that even, the briefest Glimpse will
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  have its impact on the life of the individual.
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  What causes a young child? For instance, to wonder about
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  his existence or to take up deep study of Religion science
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  philosophy without any obvious external pressure to do.
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  So What causes a child to take birth in a family that is
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  spiritually awake and thus is able to provide a suitable
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  atmosphere for the child to grow in this direction.
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  The child does not necessarily bring with him, the details of
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  past growth and experience, but the Impressions guide, his
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  seeking in this lifetime we see such examples and can recognize
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  that there was a calling already existent in the child who
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  Bodies. A soul that has reached a point
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  where it can now begin to attend to these deeper existential
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  issues and not simply immerse himself in the outer life.
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  The spiritual Force once active in the individual will
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  eventually reach. Its ultimate fruition.
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  As it is the most powerful force active in the human being far,
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  more powerful than the material, vital, or mental forces.
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  With which we are most familiar in our limited human existence.
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  The mother notes quote. It is enough to have had once
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  one minute of aspiration and it will even if it be very fugitive
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  to become conscious of the Divine to realize the Divine.
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  For it to flash, like, lightning through the whole body, they're
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  even cells of the body which respond.
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  This is not visible all at once, but there is a response
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  everywhere. And it is by slowly carefully
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  putting together, all these parts which have responded
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  though it be. But once that one can build up
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  something, which will be coherent and organized and which
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  will permit ones action to continue with Will sincerity and
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  perseverance. Even if leading idea in a child
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  at a certain moment in its childhood when the psychic being
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  is most in front, if it succeeds in penetrating through the outer
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  Consciousness and giving the child just an impression of
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  Something Beautiful, which must be realized it creates a little
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  nucleus and upon this, you build your action.
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  There is a vast mass of humanity to whom one would never say You
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  must realize the Or do yoga to find the Divine.
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  If You observe, well, you will see that it is a tiny minority
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  to whom this can be. Said, it means that this
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  minority of beings is prepared to do yoga.
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  It is that it is that there has been a beginning of realization,
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  I beginning is enough. And quote, reference SRI
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  aurobindo, and the mother growing within the psychology of
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  inner development. Chapter 2, Awakening of
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  Consciousness Pages, 20 to 21,