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Integral Purification of All Parts of the Being Is a First Preparation for the Integral Yoga · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  In the context of the practice of yoga purification is not the
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  enforcement of some kind of moral code or precepts.
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  This is a common perception based on religious tenants that
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  have a bounded Through the Ages that set forth a moral code and
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  try to both control the actions of people and judge them based
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  on their adherence to that moral code. purification in a yogic
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  context is the creation of a calm clear light of awareness in
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  the being Swami Vivekananda in his lectures on Raja yoga.
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  Stresses the importance of bringing the Mind stuff to a
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  state of quiescent and Stillness as a preliminary for the deeper
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  practices of yoga because of the interconnections between all the
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  different parts of the being, the process of achieving
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  purification is one that involves considerable awareness
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  and subtle view of the Nations of the Mind, the emotions, the
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  Life Energy and the body. In particular.
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  The vital life force has a way of justifying its desires and
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  actions to the mind and getting the mind to find excuses to
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  support them, the body, when it gets out of sorts.
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  Also clouds The View and disturbs the quiet awareness in
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  the being inflamed, emotions, make rational, observation.
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  Virtually impossible. The Mind itself when it gets a
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  particular bias or Creed tends to see and analyze everything
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  through that colored lens. At the simplest level.
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  If we are at peace nonreactive to impulses that impinge upon us
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  and have a quiet calm, view of things.
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  We can expect the progress towards purification can be made
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  while if we are upset frustrated, angry and raged
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  passionate, fearful, or overwhelmed by any other action,
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  which ripples the Mind stuff, We can observe, where work toward
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  purification can be fruitful a clear, mind can be a great help.
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  In the purification of the other members of the being, which is
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  why the idea of rooting around in the subconscious, or the
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  unconscious and raising up all kinds of dark stuff that
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  resides. There is not the recommended
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  approach. Once the higher aspects of the
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  being are strong and calm, they can more easily address the
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  lower impulses that we bring with us from our subhuman past
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  evolutionary stage. SRI aurobindo observes quote.
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  The first necessity of preparation is the purifying of
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  all the members of our being, especially for The Path of
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  Knowledge. The purification of the
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  understanding, the key that shall open the door of Truth.
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  And a purified, understanding is hardly possible without the
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  purification of the other members, a nun purified, heart
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  and unpurified. Sense.
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  And unpurified life. Confuse the understanding
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  disturbs its data distorts its conclusions darken.
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  Its seeing miss apply its knowledge and unpurified
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  physical system, clogs or chokes up its action.
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  There must be an integral purity.
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  Here. Also, there is an
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  interdependence for the purification of each member of,
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  our being profits by the clarifying of every other, the
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  progressive tranquilization of the emotional heart.
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  Helping for instance, to purification of the
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  understanding, while equally of purified, understanding imposes,
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  calm and light on the turbid and darkened workings of the get imp
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  your emotions. It may even be said that while
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  each member of our being has its own proper principles of
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  purification yet. It is the purified understanding
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  that in man is the most potent cleanser of his turbid and
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  disordered being and most Sovereign, Lee imposes, their
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  right working on his other members.
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  Knowledge says, the Gita is The Sovereign Purity.
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  Light is the source of you all clearness and Anthony even as
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  the darkness of ignorance, is the cause of all our stumblings
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  in quote, reference SRI, aurobindo in the mother growing
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  within the psychology of inner development, chapter for growth
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  of Consciousness. First steps and Foundation page
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