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The Nature and Power of Sincerity in the Practice of Integral Yoga · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  What exactly is the meaning of sincerity in the context of the
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  integral yoga and what makes it so essential to the successful
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  practice of this yoga? For most people sincerity is a
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  quality defined by adherence to a specific idea or belief and a
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  direct translation of that belief into the external being
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  in its relationships to the world.
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  In other words, it is seen as a transactional quality for
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  interacting with others without duplicity or any form of
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  intended DC in the integral yoga.
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  However, sincerity is an inward quality of creating coherence
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  between the souls aspiration, the mines knowledge, the action
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  of the Life Energy and even the responses of the body
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  consciousness, The usual human form of sincerity and dealing
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  with others is, of course, a natural consequence, but it
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  represents only a small part of the quality of sincerity and its
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  action in the life of the practitioner of the yoga.
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  One of the biggest obstacles to achieving sincerity in the being
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  is the ability of the vital nature, to get the mind to
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  justify just about anything it desires.
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  Plus sincerity is undermined by this Dynamic and many things are
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  done which are contrary to the yogic development.
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  When the psychic being is active, it can see through this
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  process and provide the Seeker, both Clarity and direction in,
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  maintaining the sincerity of the sadhna SRI aurobindo, observes
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  quote, there's one indispensable condition sincerity in the
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  mother notes. Quote sincerity is the Safeguard
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  the protection, the guide. And finally, the transforming
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  power and quote, reference SRI aurobindo, and the mother
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  growing within the psychology of inner development.
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  Chapter 3. Oath of Consciousness basic
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  requisites page 32?