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Two Methods for Practicing the Yoga of Works · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  There is no clear line of demarcation between the three
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  major Paths of yoga. That are based in the primary
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  aspects of development, The Yoga of knowledge, The Yoga of
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  devotion, and The Yoga Works. As they proceeded down there
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  somewhat different paths, they must necessarily gain aspects
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  of, and bring the results of the other two, as one, gains in
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  knowledge, one recognizes the inherent necessity of love and
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  devotion. And works take on a new meaning.
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  Similarly, as one focuses intensely on The Yoga of
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  devotion. It brings a state of Oneness
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  between the devotee and the object of devotion, which brings
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  with it, a deep knowledge. As The Yoga of Works develops
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  and it becomes necessary to observe and remove the vestiges
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  of the ego and desire from the action.
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  The practitioner must necessarily adopt methods that
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  harken back to the yoga of knowledge, or The Yoga of
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  devotion. SRI aurobindo makes this clear
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  when he describes two primary methods for developing The Yoga
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  of works. One of which relies on the power
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  of knowledge. The other on the power of
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  devotion coupled with the vital and physical action of work in
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  the external world. SRI aurobindo notes, quote.
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  One of the two ways towards yoga by works is the separation of
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  the purusa. From the prakruti, the inner
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  silent being from the outer active one.
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  So that one has to consciousnesses or a double
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  Consciousness, one behind watching and observing and
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  finally controlling and changing the other which is active in
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  front. But this also means living in an
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  inner peace and silence and dealing with the activities as
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  if they were Thing on the surface, the other way of
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  beginning, The Yoga of works is by doing them for the Divine,
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  for the mother and not for oneself, consecrating and
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  dedicating them to one concretely.
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  Feels the Divine Force taking up the activities and doing them
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  for one. In quote, reference SRI,
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  aurobindo and the mother growing within the psychology of inner
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  development. Chapter 5 growth of
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  Consciousness means and methods page 99.