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Yogic Sadhana and Depression · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  Practitioners of yoga are not exempt.
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  From the play of the gunas, the qualities of Nature and thus are
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  from time to time subject, to bouts of discouragement and
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  depression when Thomas is in the ascendant, It may happen when a
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  particular goal or ambition is thwarted or delayed as the
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  frustration of Rogers tends to push the individual into the
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  mode of Thomas. SRI, aurobindo counseled sadhaks
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  on the causes and methods of addressing the rise of
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  depression in the course of the yogic development.
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  As long as the individual remains rooted in the ego
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  personality of the individual speaker, it is necessary to find
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  ways to separate oneself from the reactions of depression and
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  discouragement through adopting. The right attitude that will
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  allow suck water to rise and the energy to return.
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  Once the shift is made to the Divine standpoint, the
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  vicissitudes of the ego personality are no longer front
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  and center. SRI aurobindo notes quote to
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  yield to depression when things go wrong is the worst way of
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  meeting the difficulty. There must be some desire or
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  demand within you conscious or out subconscious that gets
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  excited and revolts against, it's not being satisfied.
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  The best way is to be conscious of it face it, calmly and
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  steadily, throw it out. If the lower vital, not the mind
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  only could permanently make up its mind that all desire and
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  demand are contrary to the truth and no longer call for them.
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  These things would lose very soon.
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  Their force of return. Remorse repentance is the
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  natural movement of the Don't mind when it sees it has done a
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  mistake. It is certainly better than
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  indifference its disadvantage is that it disturbs the vital stuff
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  and sometimes lead to depression or discouragement for that
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  reason. What is usually recommended to
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  the Sadiq is a quiet recognition of the mistake with a sincere
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  aspiration and will that it should not be repeated or at
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  least that the habit of making such mistake should soon be.
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  Eliminated. At a higher stage of
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  development. When the inner calm is
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  established when simply observes the defects of the nature, as
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  defects of a Machinery, that one has to put, right?
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  And calls down the light and force for its rectification.
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  In the beginning, however, the movement of repentance even
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  helps. Provided it does not bring
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  discouragement or depression and quote, reference SRI aurobindo
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  on the mother living within the yoga approach to psychological
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  health and growth, disturbances of the vital depression Pages.
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  56 to 58.