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Three Necessary Conditions for the Divine Power To Work Through the Seeker in the Outward Life · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  Under normal conditions, we are pushed from one reaction to
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  another by external impulsions and our trained responses to
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  circumstances. There's very little chance there
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  for to inject a higher divine power directly into the life
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  action. Srioro Bindo outlines the
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  conditions that help the individual shift away from this
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  chaotic reaction that constitutes our normal lives to
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  an approach that opens the seeker up to these higher
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  powers. When such a power begins to
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  enter the being, there is a tendency to try to control and
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  redirect it with the usual efforts of the mind, life and
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  physical body. If we do this, we are watering
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  down the force something like a step down transformer does, with
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  electrical power resisting. The tendency to appropriate this
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  force and run it through the normal channels is therefore of
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  high importance, Rio Robindo notes quote To be able to
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  receive the divine power and let it act through you in the things
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  of the outward life, there are three necessary conditions. 1
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  Quietude equality, not to be disturbed by anything that
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  happens, to keep the mind still and firm, seeing the play of
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  forces, but itself tranquil. 2 Absolute faith, faith that what
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  is for the best will happen, but also that if one can make
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  oneself a true instrument, the fruit will be that which one's
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  will, guided by the divine light, sees as the thing to be
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  done. Cartaviam Karma 3 Receptivity,
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  the power to receive the divine force and to feel its presence
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  and the presence of the Mother in it and allow it to work,
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  guiding one's sight and will and action.
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  If this power and presence can be felt.
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  And this plasticity made the habit of the consciousness in
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  action. But plasticity to the divine
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  force alone without bringing in any foreign element, the
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  eventual result is sure. End Quote reference.
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  Shriya Robindo, Bases of Yoga, Chapter 1, Calm, Peace and
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  Equality, pages 14 to 15.