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Issues in the Establishment of Equanimity and Peace in the Being · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  We have long-established instincts that harken back to
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  the Animal Kingdom in what we may call the fight or flight
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  response. This instinct is deeply embedded
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  and lies at the root of one of the biggest obstacles to
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  achieving calm and peace in the being every impulse we receive
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  from outside triggers a reaction.
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  And if it appears at all, threatening it triggers, this
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  virtually automatic process. There are other reactive
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  triggers such as the built-in neuro chemical transmitters,
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  that are evoked when something is pleasurable or unpleasurable.
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  The experience of these neurochemicals can lead to a
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  cycle of Desire, attempting to recreate the feeling in the
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  being, then we add learned responses that we gain from
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  parents, siblings friends, the societal framework around us.
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  Such that certain types of impulses provoke a response such
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  as patriotism, racism. Misogyny religious bigotry, Etc.
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  Many of these are deeply embedded in the psychology so
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  that they take place virtually without conscious awareness of
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  the being when the secret takes up spiritual practices.
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  One of the first things that needs to be accomplished is
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  developing, at least And initial platform of calm, and peace, and
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  from, their systematically rooting out.
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  The reactive nature of the desire soul and the ego
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  personality. This process is not simple.
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  When one realizes that just suppressing the outer reaction
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  does not solve the problem. A much deeper psychological
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  purification and tuning process, winds up being required.
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  It is something that occurs over time with constant effort,
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  instead of being upset about the lapses as they occur.
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  The Seeker should recognize the time and effort required and
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  exercise patience starting with the first basic establishment of
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  equanimity wherever possible and then reviewing disturbances as
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  they arise to understand causes and potential Solutions.
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  SRI aurobindo notes quote to be calm.
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  Undisturbed and quiet is not the first condition for sadhna, but
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  for City it is only a few people.
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  Very few 1234 and 100 sadhaks who can get it from the first.
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  Most have to go through a long preparation before they can get
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  anywhere near it, even afterwards.
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  When they begin to feel the peace and calm, it takes time to
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  establish it. They swing between peace and
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  disturbance for a fairly long time.
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  Until all parts of the nature have accepted the truth and
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  peace and quote, three aurobindo in the mother reference growing
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  with thin the psychology of inner development, chapter for
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  growth of Consciousness. First steps and Foundation page.
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  72.