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Universal Forces and Their Impact on the Individual and Means of Protection From Their Action · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  We are constantly being inundated by forces active in
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  the world. These forces may be physical,
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  such as the radiation from the sun, radioactivity from the
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  Earth, the power of wind, waves, gravitational influences,
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  etcetera. They may also be vital forces
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  that provoke sympathetic vibrations within us based on
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  long habit or instinctive reaction or some trained
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  response we have developed with respect to events,
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  circumstances, relationships or traumas in our past experience.
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  They may also be mental forces which may feed us ideas,
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  opinions, speculations, imaginations that are
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  circulating in the world. These forces may be introduced
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  to us through the medium of specific individuals, events or
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  interactions, but they may also reach us unseen and unheard and
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  try to find their entrance through some form of inattention
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  or through active acceptance on our part.
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  The practitioner of yoga may shift his standpoint from the
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  external personality to the inner psychic being, and from
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  there he begins to observe the forces that want to move him to
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  thought, word or deed. He may accept, modify, reject,
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  or retransmit these forces, as the case may be.
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  He may also reject a particular force in his mind, but still
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  have vital or physical acceptance of it, thus giving
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  the force an entry point to his being.
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  It is a frequent observation that when one of these forces,
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  particularly strong vital forces, is rejected by the
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  conscious observer, it tends to try to assert its rights of
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  activity through an enhanced force.
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  Triorobindo also mentions the potential action of hostiles.
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  We tend not to realize that we are not the only conscious
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  beings in the universe, or that beings that live in different
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  vibrational fields may be as conscious or more conscious than
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  we are, and that they may have the ability to interact with us.
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  At certain vibrational levels. We may reflect that humanity
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  tends to feed off of beings that vibrate in many cases.
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  At a lower vibrational level, we can appreciate that there may be
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  beings who may feed off of the vital energies we vibrate, and
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  in some cases they may act to provoke such vital expression
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  for them to feed off of. They may then try to activate
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  energies of greed, lust, anger, hatred, violent passions as
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  providing them vital food they seek.
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  In some cases they may feel like they possess or own us, and if
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  we try to block them, they try to take retributive action to
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  bring us into line. Most people do not actually
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  actively experience these things and thus remain ignorant of
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  these vital beings, their powers and their ability to manipulate
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  human vital responses. The physical body and the vital
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  envelope as well as mental development may actually provide
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  some measure of protection for the individual.
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  The more an individual becomes conscious, however, of the
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  action of vital forces and the flow of energies from outside,
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  in and around and through each of us, the more likely it is
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  that he will be able to see and recognize the attempts made by
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  these forces to influence and control.
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  There are a number of ways the seeker can develop ironclad
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  protection from attacks by these forces, primary of which is the
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  shifting of the standpoint to the inner consciousness of the
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  psychic being and the aspiration, devotion and
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  consecration that this shift of standpoint brings to the being.
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  Dedication, surrender and rejection of vital forces that
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  try to invade are a result of this shift, Shiorovindo writes.
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  Quote As for the waves that recur from general nature, it is
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  the natural tendency of the inferior forces there to try and
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  perpetuate their action in the individual, to rebuild what he
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  has unbuilt of their deposits in him.
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  So they return on him, often with an increased force, even
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  with a stupendous violence, when they find their influence
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  rejected. But they cannot last long once
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  the environmental consciousness is cleared, unless the hostiles
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  take a hand. Even then, these can indeed
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  attack, but if the Sadiq has established his position in the
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  inner self, they can only attack and retire.
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  End Quote Reference Srioro Bindo, Basis of Yoga chapter 5.
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  Physical consciousness, subconscious sleep and dream
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  illness. Page 90.