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The Necessity, Process and Benefit of Stepping Back from Involvement in the External Surface Consciousness · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  When we live on the surface of our being, we are highly
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  reactive and tend to act without reflection jumping at events,
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  were circumstances and responding to this latest
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  provocations. Even something as frequent as
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  someone driving too slowly or Too Close triggers anger.
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  And in some cases, what is known as road rage?
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  We have no peace when we live on the surface in our external
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  nature. The surface being is under the
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  control of the three gunas, which are constantly in Motion
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  in order to escape this reactive state.
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  It is necessary to find a place where peace Reigns in our being
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  just as the surface waves of the ocean are always turning and
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  moving, but in the depths of the ocean, there is a great
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  Stillness. So the same in our being deep
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  within as the psychic being the Divine, spark of the soul and
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  that holds and maintains, peace and separates itself from the
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  surface beings and its reactions to people things and events.
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  The mother explains this at some length.
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  The mother notes, most of you live on the surface of your
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  being exposed to the touch of external influences, you live
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  almost projected as it were outside your own body.
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  And when you meet some unpleasant being similarly
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  projected, you get upset. The whole trouble arises out of
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  your not being accustomed to stepping back, you must always
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  step back into yourself, learn to go, deep within step back,
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  and you will be safe, do not lend yourself to The Superficial
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  forces, which move in the outside world.
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  Even if you are in a hurry to do something step back for a while
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  and you will discover to your surprised, how much sooner and
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  with what? L success, your work can be
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  done. If someone is angry with, you do
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  not be caught in his vibration, but simply step back in his
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  anger, finding no support or response will vanish always,
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  keep your piece resist. All temptation to lose it, never
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  decide anything. Without stepping back, never
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  speak a word without stepping back.
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  Never throw yourself into action without stepping back.
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  All that belongs to the Ordinary World is impermanent and
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  fugitive. So there is nothing in it worth
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  getting upset about. What is lasting Eternal Immortal
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  and infinite that indeed is worth having worth, conquering
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  worth possessing. It is Divine Light, Divine love
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  divine life, it is also Supreme peace, perfect.
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  Joy in all Mastery upon Earth with the complete manifestation,
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  as the crowning. When you get the sense of the
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  relativity of things, and whatever happens, you can step
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  back and look. You can remain quiet and call on
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  the Divine force and wait for an answer.
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  Then you will know exactly what to do, remember, therefore that
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  you cannot receive the answer before.
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  You are very peaceful practice that inner peace.
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  Make it at least a small beginning and go on in your
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  practice until it becomes a habit.
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  With you, in quote, reference SRI, aurobindo, and the mother
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  living within the yoga approached.
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  A psychological health and growth exercises for Than
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  Mastery, stepping back pages, 123 to 124.