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The Question of Possession of an Individual by Vital Beings · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  Once we acknowledge the idea that forces, beings or entities
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  from the vital planes can act upon and through human
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  individuals, the question then arises as to how we can identify
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  this action and distinguish it from what we may call normal
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  actions of a human being under the impulsion of the action of
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  the Gunas and the attempt to achieve certain objectives
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  either presented to him by desire or created in him through
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  fear. It is difficult to judge this
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  action when it is minimal, lightly applied, or within a
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  range that could be attributed to human behavioral patterns.
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  Generally, where we can begin to recognize such an influence is
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  under circumstances where the action seems to far exceed
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  normal human boundaries and has an outsized impact beyond what
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  could otherwise be expected. There also arises the issue of
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  an advanced soul taking birth to manifest something new, or
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  various other births that do not represent possession per SE, but
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  more of an intervention or implementation of a particular
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  stage of development. With this understanding, it
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  becomes almost impossible to distinguish such a possession
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  when looking backwards at historical reports from the past
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  about individuals who indeed seem larger than life but whose
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  actual lives are outside our camp.
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  We do have one instance that is within our current historical
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  setting that has widespread documentation with audio and
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  video footage extensively available, along with the first
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  hand reports of numerous observers or people who had
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  interactions with him, and that is the case of Adolf Hitler.
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  By all accounts he was possessed by a demonic force that had a
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  worldwide impact causing massive suffering, destruction and
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  chaos, led to the annihilation of many millions of people and
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  took control of much of the European continent during the
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  time of his ascendancy. Anyone listening to Hitler's
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  speeches actually harangues or observing films of his actions
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  or speeches can feel the force and the demonic influence he is
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  representing. He was able expressing the
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  demonic force that possessed him to bend the will of masses of
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  people to do his bidding, even overcoming their normal
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  reservations about the actions being taken.
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  The being that possessed him actually wound up overwhelming
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  the human instrument and destroying his psychology, and
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  when his achievement was denied, he turned on his own people and
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  tried to bring utter destruction on them at the end.
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  In this case, we have both the impact of his action in the
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  world and the audio and video documentation to determine that
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  there was an extreme demonic action taking place that went
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  beyond the normal human scope. Observers in real time in the
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  1930s and 1940s confirmed the possession.
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  Possession by a vital being is also possible on a much smaller
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  level, although clearly much more difficult to distinguish.
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  An instance was reported where several individuals observed a
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  leader of a group angrily denouncing one individual who
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  was leaving the group. During this diatribe, 2 separate
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  individuals reported seeing a form of an entity expressing
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  itself over the face of the speaker, projecting itself as a
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  dark, foreboding and angry being into the atmosphere of the
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  group. Shvirobindo observes, quote The
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  first thing that we have to note of importance to the problem
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  preoccupying us is that these forces in their action seemed
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  often to surpass the measure of human relativity.
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  They are, in their larger action, superhuman, divine,
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  Titanic, or demoniac. But they may create their
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  formations in him, in large or in little, in his greatness or
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  his smallness. They may seize and drive him at
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  moments or for periods. They may influence his impulses
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  or his acts, or possess his whole nature.
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  If that possession happens, he may himself be pushed to an
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  excess of the normal humanity of good and evil, Especially the
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  evil takes forms which shock the sense of human measure, exceed
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  the bounds of human personality. Approach the gigantic, the
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  inordinate, the immeasurable End.
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  Quote Reference Shrioro, Bindo and the Mother, The Hidden
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  Forces of Life, Chapter 4, Cosmic and Universal Forces,
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  pages 89 to 90.