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Converting Primal Physical-Vital Force Into Spiritual Force · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  There is a well known and widely described concept in the
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  spiritual traditions of India whereby the basic force of the
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  first chakra that manifests in the ordinary course through that
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  center as sexual energy is converted through various
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  processes of Tapasya yogic concentration into a force that
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  can join the seeker to the spiritual consciousness.
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  This process, known as converting raitas into ojas, is
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  the basis for various actions of Hathi Yoga, Pranayam and the
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  well known Kundalini Yoga. The basic force is envisioned as
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  a serpent coiled at the base of the spine, the Mulladhara
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  chakra. These practices are intended to
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  concentrate the raw energy of the first chakra, and instead of
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  the energy going outwards in sexual activity, it is driven
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  upwards through the subtle nerve channels, energizing the higher
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  chakras and bursting forth at the crown of the head through
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  the 1000 pedal Lotus of the Sahasrara Chakra, where it
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  liberates the being from bondage to the lower nature and joins
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  with the divine consciousness above.
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  We understand both from the ancient Vedic tradition and from
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  modern science, that an enormous power is locked up in matter.
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  In the Vedas this power is Agni, the Mystic fire which is
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  released from matter. In modern science, atomic
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  fission and fusion illustrate the convertibility of matter
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  into energy, enormous energy. A similar principle is at work
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  in the liberation of the bound energy held in the first chakra
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  so that it can be channelled and succeeds in liberating the being
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  into pure spiritual consciousness.
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  In the Integral Yoga, Sri Aurobindo recognizes this power,
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  but he also describes a different process which has less
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  potential for negative consequences to the being,
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  whereby the aspiration calls down the force from above, which
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  successively opens the chakras, purifying and releasing their
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  energy from the top down. This avoids potential imbalances
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  of the physical body, the vital nature, the nerve framework, and
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  the mind that can occur when the primal power of the first chakra
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  is released without proper preparation of the being to hold
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  and channel it effectively. There is considerable confusion
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  about whether the sexual drive itself is to be used during this
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  conversion process. Even if outward sexual activity
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  is not present, the very action of inward concentration and
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  indulgence creates vibratory patterns that disseminate the
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  sexual energy and which do not therefore provide the needed
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  energy. At the higher levels.
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  Some seekers are tempted to engage in occult forms of sexual
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  satisfaction, thinking that it is harmless and invisible.
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  Yet this is clearly not the case.
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  Others pick up on the vibrations so created.
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  People feel the sexual tension and the pressure in the
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  atmosphere, and it evokes whatever sympathetic vibrations
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  potentially exist in the others nearby.
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  Occult sex, like other forms of occult actions, has real and
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  palpable impacts in the external world.
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  Sri Robindo writes quote to master the sex impulse to become
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  so much master of the sex center that the sexual energy would be
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  drawn upwards, not thrown outwards and wasted.
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  It is so indeed that the force in the seed can be turned into a
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  primal physical energy supporting all the others Raytas
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  into ojas. But no error can be more
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  perilous than to accept the in mixture of the sexual desire and
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  some kind of subtle satisfaction of it, and look on this as part
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  of the sadhna. It would be the most effective
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  way to head straight towards spiritual downfall and throw
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  into the atmosphere forces that would block the supermental
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  descent, bringing instead the descent of adverse vital powers
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  to disseminate disturbance and disaster.
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  This deviation must be absolutely thrown out should it
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  try to occur and expunge from the consciousness, if the truth
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  is to be brought down and the work is to be done.
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  End Quote Reference Shrioro Bindo Bases of Yoga Chapter 4
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  Desire food, sex age 71.