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Three Primary Paths of Inner Growth and Spiritual Development · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  Each individual has a unique way of relating to and developing
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  his spiritual aspiration. Those who are more
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  intellectually, inclined may find that they naturally
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  inclined towards what is known as The Yoga of knowledge.
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  Those were of a nature more inclined, to devotion and
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  emotional expression, may take up the yoga of love and
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  devotion, those who have an active vital nature, will
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  probably find that the yoga of works.
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  Is the best path. Some believe that these choices
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  are fixed for an individual by their nature for an entire
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  lifetime yet. A close examination.
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  Makes it clear that these paths are not necessarily entirely
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  mutually exclusive nor are they static in the life of an
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  individual. There may indeed be a leading
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  power of the nature that predominates but that does not
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  exclude the action of the other powers.
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  Indeed the further one progresses, the more the
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  elements of the other paths may become active further as the
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  nature develops and old obstacles in the nature are
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  removed or ameliorated. One may find an opening to
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  another path as the Spiritual Development occurs.
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  The example of milarepa the great Tibetan Yogi is obvious.
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  He went to his Guru Martha with great devotion, but was put to
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  work building and then unbuilding and building again,
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  various structures through heavy labor.
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  He was not permitted to take part in any teachings or
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  meditation practices. At a certain point in time,
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  however, his devotion wavered and he began to doubt his
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  spiritual Destiny. It was just at that phase, that
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  marpa intervened and gave him the deeper teachings and set him
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  on the path of meditation, which he, Then followed throughout the
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  rest of his life. As evidenced in his
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  compositions, the hundred thousand songs of milarepa.
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  He had a strong devotional nature that And through and
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  uplifted and carried him, through all his tribulations, he
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  experienced the fruits of all three paths intertwining and
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  acting forcefully one or the other at various stages in his
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  development. Dr. Dalal writes quote numerous
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  are the paths that have been discovered for achieving inner
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  growth and realizing the truth. The various psychological paths
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  may be classified into three broad types.
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  Corresponding to the three basic psychological aspects of the
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  human make up The Path of Knowledge, corresponding to the
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  cognitive or thinking aspect. The path of devotion related to
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  the affective or emotional. Channel Side of human nature and
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  the path of works are action based on man's cognitive aspect,
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  which has to do with striving and willing.
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  Almost all paths contain elements of each of the three
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  broad types. Just mentioned the one
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  particular type element knowledge devotion or Works made
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  for domini. The secret is drawn to One path
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  or another, depending on what predominates in one
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  psychological makeup. Regarding the best path to
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  follow. The rule is contained in the
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  celebrated words of the Gita. Better is to adharma.
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  The law of One's Own being, even though itself faulty, then an
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  alien law well-wrought out death.
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  In one's own law of being is better.
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  Perilous, it is to follow a law, foreign to one's own nature.
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  3:35 end quote. Reference SRI aurobindo and the
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  mother growing within the cycle. Own psychology of inner
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  development introduction, Pages, Roman 18 to Roman 19.