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Understanding and Dealing with Nervous Imbalances Caused by Hostile Forces · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  The question of hostile forces is one that generally needs a
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  certain amount of reflection. In the west, the major religious
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  denominations frequently speak of the devil, the Fallen Angels
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  Satan, and other beings to which they attribute a malignant
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  power, the pressures human beings to commit sins.
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  Thus, the West is very much aligned with the idea of such
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  hostile forces active in our lives.
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  The issue, however, is not so much the commission of sin,
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  which after all varies from culture, to culture and religion
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  to religion. But in the influence, these
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  vital forces have upon the constitution of the individual
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  and the weakening of the nervous envelope and thereby creating
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  numerous difficulties for the individual.
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  There is also the question of possession, which the West again
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  has a great deal of faith. In whereby certain forces gained
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  so much control over the individual that they drive him
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  forward to the detriment of his mind his life and his body
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  Hitler has been frequently named a victim of hostile possession
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  and the nervous, weakness Madness and Extreme Ways.
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  You reacted have been cited as a It inch of this possession.
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  How can one recognize the action in influence of hostile forces
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  and what can be done about them? One can frequently see a
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  weakness of the nerves as one sign of the pressure.
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  They exert the physical body actually provides a certain
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  amount of protection to the vital being which otherwise
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  might contact the vital planes directly where such forces
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  reside and have their native power, a strong, vital sheath
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  also is an aid. The main issue.
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  However, comes down to how one Tunes ones, Focus.
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  If the attention is turned toward these vital forces and
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  their pressure, one is constantly battling them.
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  And occupied with their action, their power and presence, and
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  the impacts one experiences. If the attention, however, is
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  turned towards the Divine, their influence is much attenuated or
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  even removed. It is of utmost importance, not
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  to give into fear and to surround oneself with faith in
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  the divine grace and it's action.
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  SRI aurobindo writes, quote. Your ailment is evidently in its
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  foundation and illness of the nerves and not an ordinary
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  physical disease. These maladies are a creation of
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  the pressure of hostile forces. They increase if anything, in
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  you as sense to them and accepts and the more the Mind gives
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  value to them and dwells on them, the more they grow.
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  The only way is to remain quiet, dissociate yourself and refuse
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  to accept it or make much of it. Allow the calm and strength that
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  the mother has been putting around you to enter your mind
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  and permeate your nervous system to do.
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  Otherwise is to place yourself on the side of the Hostile
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  forces that are afflicting. You the Cure May take long
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  because your nervous system has been long subject.
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  To these influences. And when they are evicted, they
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  returned with violence to re-establish their hold.
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  But if you can acquire and keep patience and fortitude and the
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  right Consciousness and right attitude with regard to these
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  things, the hold they have will progressively disappear. and
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  quote, reference SRI aurobindo, and the mother living within the
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  yoga approached, a psychological health and growth Disturbances
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  of the body and physical Consciousness.
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  Healing the nerves Pages 101 to 107.