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The First Necessary Step in Preparation for the Practice of the Integral Yoga · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  When can clearly appreciate the unique nature of the integral
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  yoga. When one reflects on the
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  preparation needed for the practice, when compared to the
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  preparations required for numerous other Paths of yoga,
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  the eighth, step set forth, and patanjali, yoga, sutras include
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  to prepare ettore stages called yamas and niyamas house.
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  These set forth purifications of the physical, vital, and mental
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  being so that the further practices can bear fruit and not
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  wind up harming. The practitioner similar
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  requirements are set forth for many paths of spiritual
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  discipline, one way, or the other to ensure, the individual
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  can focus. Not become distracted and hold
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  the energy without spilling it or breaking down the body life,
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  mine complex. some individuals like Miller Epi required
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  extensive preparation, through hard, physical labor, Others are
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  asked to practice silence or devotional prayers to quiet, the
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  mind and open the heart. Some require extensive
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  preparation of the physical body.
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  So as to have it acquire a perfect seat Asana, that is
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  steady firm, and which can be maintained for long periods of
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  time as meditation develops. Every yogic path, every
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  spiritual discipline, ask the practitioner to First undertake
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  exercises of this sort. So as to ready the being for the
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  arduous efforts and tests that arise along the way, For the
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  integral yoga, all of these preparations are subsumed under
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  a more General prescription of becoming conscious, the process,
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  and the result of becoming conscious inevitably leads to
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  the type of purifications asked for in the numerous other Paths
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  of spirituality the other day. A Seeker asks, what role Hunter
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  yoga, or Raja yoga play for a practitioner of the integral
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  yoga? neither of these are necessarily
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  required for the integral yoga but may become part of the
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  process at some stage, or another, as the conscious
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  speaker, addresses issues that arise in the course of the
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  sapna, every science, every branch of human knowledge, human
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  activity and human Energy, may be called to play a role at a
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  certain stage, the conscious individual learns to wield these
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  two Rules to address difficulties, or to support
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  progress in the mind, Life Energy or the body to the extent
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  that he finds. They will Aid the process and
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  without being attached to them as permanent stages.
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  For instance, the disciplines of Hatha, Yoga may help to train
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  the body Aid in the increasing awareness and consciousness of
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  the body and make it strong flexible and resilient.
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  The disciplines of Raja yoga may do something similar for the
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  nervous envelope and the mind yet in the end, once the need
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  has been dealt with the practitioner can and should put
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  aside the tools in order to continue to progress into the
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  next phase or stage of yogic development, it must be
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  remembered. That the goal of integral yoga
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  is not to become a perfect hunting Yogi, nor Raja Logan.
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  But to open the Consciousness to Oneness with the Divine force,
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  and to support that Force, as it carries out the evolutionary
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  Transformations that take place in the world.
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  A disciple asks, what is one to do to prepare oneself for the
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  yoga? The mother observes quote to be
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  conscious. First of all, we are conscious
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  of only an insignificant portion of our being for the most part.
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  We are unconscious. It is this unconsciousness that
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  keeps us down to our unregenerate nature and prevents
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  change and transformation in it. It is through unconsciousness
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  that the unde Divine forces enter into us and make us their
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  slaves. You are to be conscious of
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  yourself, you must awake to your nature and movements.
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  You must know why and how you do things or feel or think them.
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  You must understand your motives and impulses the forces hidden
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  and apparent that move you. In fact you must as it were Take
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  two pieces, the entire Machinery of your being.
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  Once you are conscious, it means that you can distinguish and
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  sift things. You can see, which are the
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  forces that pull you down, and which help you on and quote
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  reference SRI aurobindo on the mother growing within the
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  psychology of inner development. Chapter 1 emergence from
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  unconsciousness page, 13.