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Work That Aids the Aspiration and Work That Dulls the Aspiration of the Seeker · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  It is a constant complaint that we have to take on boring
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  distasteful mechanical or otherwise unpleasant jobs in
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  order to survive, then we create a bifurcation in our minds
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  between work time and personal time or sadhna.
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  If we happen to be practicing any form of yoga.
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  We thus spend a large portion of Our Lives, having separated our
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  lives, into the duality of what we have to do, to survive
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  versus, what our real aspiration or calling is the Gita lets us
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  know that any work, no matter. Its outer form can become a
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  field of sadhna and it is a matter of our inner alignment
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  with our spiritual purpose. That makes even the most mundane
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  work into a virtual practice. This is of course an excellent
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  practice but particularly for someone beginning the process it
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  is difficult and in some cases a depressing situation, there's
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  another Viewpoint that can sometimes add the process to the
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  extent possible. The Seeker should try to align
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  his outer work with his inner aspiration works.
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  That further the sense of devotion that increase the
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  concentration. Nation that create a wider view.
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  Point are those that uplift and enliven The Seekers energy and
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  thus if they can be undertaken whether wholly or partially, as
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  part of the individuals work or service, they can actively
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  contribute to the inner texture of Consciousness and support the
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  aspiration. particularly in earlier stages, before the
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  secret teens, the stage of being able to see every effort in
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  every field, as part of the sadhna on an active and real
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  basis, this can provide encouragement and support Even
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  if part of the time is spent in earning a living, the rest of
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  the day, can be balanced with activities that awakened the
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  spiritual order. SRI aurobindo State quote, if a
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  division of Works has to be made, it is between those that
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  are nearest to the heart of the sacred flame.
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  And those that are least touched or illumined by it because they
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  are more at a distance or between the fuel that burns
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  strongly are brightly and the logs that have to thickly heaped
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  on the altar, May impede the ardor of the fire by their damp,
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  heavy and diffused, abundance. End quote, SRI aurobindo the
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  synthesis of yoga. A disciple asked about this
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  statement psychologically to what does this division
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  correspond in our life. The mother responds and quote, I
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  suppose it is different for each one.
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  So each one must find those activities which increases
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  aspiration, his Consciousness is deeper knowledge of things and
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  those which on the contrary mechanize him and bring him
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  back, more thoroughly into a purely material, relation with
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  things. It is difficult to make a
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  general rule. The disciple follows up, that
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  means that everything ought to be done exactly as an offering.
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  The mother continues quote, truly speaking.
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  It depends more on the way of doing a thing than on the thing
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  itself. You take up some work which is
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  quite material, like cleaning the floor or dusting a room.
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  Will it seems to me that this work can lead to a very deep
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  Consciousness if it is done with a certain feeling for Perfection
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  and progress while other work considered of a higher kind.
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  As for example, studies were literary and artistic work if
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  done with the idea of seeking fame or for the satisfaction of
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  one's vanity or For some material gain, will not help you
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  to progress. So this is already a kind of
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  classification, which depends more on the inner attitude than
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  on the outer fact but this classification can be applied to
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  everything. Of course, there is a kind of
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  work which is done only for purely, pecuniary, and personal
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  reasons, like the one, whatever it may be, which is done to earn
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  a living. That attitude is exactly the one
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  SRI aurobindo Compares with the The Damp logs of wood which are
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  Heap. So thick, the flame cannot leap
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  up. It has something dark and
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  heavily dull about it and quote reference SRI aurobindo in the
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  mother growing within the psychology of inner development.
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  Chapter 5 growth of Consciousness means and methods
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  Pages 97 to 98