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Sincerity Is the Only Protection in the Development of the Spiritual Life · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  if we consider what the most important quality is for
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  progress in spiritual growth, we generally come up with a number
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  of different ideas, including devotion strong mind, or will
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  Faith dedication aspiration We rarely named sincerity thus the
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  quality most required. Yet the mother stresses the
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  importance of this generally underrated quality without
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  sincerity all the other qualities tend to fail at some
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  point. A disciple asks what is the
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  fundamental virtue to be cultivated in order to prepare
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  for the spiritual life? The mother writes quote, I have
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  said this many times, but this is an opportunity to repeat it.
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  It is sincerity a sincerity which must become total and
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  absolute for sincerity alone is your protection on the spiritual
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  path. If you are not sincere at the
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  very next step, you are sure to fall and break your head.
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  All kinds of forces. Whilst influences entities are
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  there on the lookout for the least little Rift in the
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  sincerity, and they immediately rush in through that Rift and
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  begin to throw you into confusion.
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  Therefore before, doing anything you getting anything, trying
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  anything be sure. First of all, that you are not
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  only as sincere as you can be. But have the intention of
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  becoming still more. So for that is your only
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  protection. SRI, aurobindo clarifies.
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  What sincerity is quote? Sincere is simply an adjective.
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  Meaning that the will must be a true will, if you simply think I
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  Aspire and do things inconsistent with the
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  aspiration, or follow your desires or open yourself to
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  contrary influences, then it is not a sincere.
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  Will In quote, reference SRI aurobindo and the mother growing
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  within the psychology of inner development.
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  Chapter 3 growth of Consciousness basic requisites
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