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Understanding the Issues of Mastery Over Vibrations Inwardly and in the External World · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  We try to control or dominate other people, generally through
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  various methods. It is customary in many cultures
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  to subject children to strict discipline and education so that
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  they do things the way the parents or educators like, or
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  they get subjected to some kind of punishment, whether it be
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  corporal, emotional or vital, or else get rewarded for doing what
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  is expected. This is a form of operant
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  conditioning as described in the Western psychological
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  literature. What this does not accomplish,
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  however, is the true mastery over the impulses, feelings, et
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  cetera, and can lead to either a suppressed mental and vital
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  nature or else outright rejection or rebellion.
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  We try to indoctrinate the young people with certain principles
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  of living what we call moral maxims, such as Thou shalt not
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  kill or thou shalt not covet the possessions of thy neighbor, or
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  thou shalt not commit adultery, or thou shalt not bear false
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  witness. When the young people observe,
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  however, that the people trying to instill these concepts do not
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  actually follow them in their lives, there is a sense of
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  disconnectedness and unreality to them.
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  Additionally, it is easy to say thou shalt not, but we do not
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  educate ourselves or the young people on actually how to
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  achieve mastery over the impulses and vibrations that
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  lead us into the situations that cause us to violate these
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  principles. Only those individuals who have
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  conquered these impulses, or others within themselves can
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  actually provide guidance to others, and that guidance is
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  generally not in the form of a verbal or written instruction,
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  but in the form of creation of a vibratory field that is palpable
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  and which brings the wayward vibrations of others entering
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  that field into harmony. This, however, can be a very
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  temporary phase. We have heard the legends about
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  sages who were able to bring peace and coexistence between
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  the lion and the Lamb, for instance, but that does not
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  solve the issue outside the environs of the sage.
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  We also understand that when a disciple surrenders to a
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  realized teacher or guru, that the guru may, if he so chooses
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  and has himself the mastery, aid the disciple in overcoming the
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  vibratory pattern that is desired to be changed.
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  With the permission of the student, the guru can actually
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  adjust and tune the receptivity of the being so that it does not
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  vibrate to the unwanted vibrations any longer.
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  This of course requires that the guru has himself obtained the
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  necessary mastery. There are of course instances
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  where a seeker has found out how to gain that inner mastery of
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  impulses and feelings. Generally this takes serious
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  effort at self understanding and time to shift the focus, the
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  intention, the vibrational receptivity.
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  Some disciplines attempt to gain control through avoidance of the
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  temptation. Often times when the seeker
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  returns to the societal setting, however, he finds that he has
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  not actually solved the problem, just suppressed it temporarily.
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  Some other disciplines attempt to gain control through
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  confrontation with the temptation.
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  In some cases this leads to self deception and the acceptance of
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  the vibration that is to be changed, leading to enjoyment
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  rather than transformation of that vibration.
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  Another methodology has to be worked out that neither simply
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  suppresses nor accepts the vibration, but rather is able to
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  withstand its force and either adjust the focus or transform
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  the vibration. Once an individual has found the
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  method and conducted this inward transformation, the impact may
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  naturally spread to others or be communicated actively to others.
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  This aligns with our understanding of the 100th
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  monkey phenomenon, as new skills learned by one can spread to
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  others who vibrate within the same range of energetic
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  activity. The mother notes quote.
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  One can't control outer matter if one does not control inner
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  matter, for they are the same thing.
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  Mastery means the knowledge of handling certain vibrations.
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  If you know how to handle these vibrations, you have the
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  mastery. The best field of
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  experimentation is yourself. First, you have the control in
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  yourself, and once you have it in yourself, you can transmit
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  the vibration to others to the extent you are capable of
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  identifying yourself with them and of thus creating this
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  vibration in them. And if you cannot handle a
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  vibration in yourself, you don't even know the procedure, you
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  don't even know what to do. So how can you manipulate it in
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  others? You may encourage them by words,
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  by an influence over them, to do what is needed to learn
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  self-control, but you cannot control them directly.
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  End Quote. Reference Sri Aurobindo and the
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  Mother, Powers within Chapter 11, Power of Control, pages 96
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  to 97.