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The Power of Occult 'Seeing' · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  There is a long tradition and history of individuals who have
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  utilized a variety of methods for the purpose of obtaining
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  visions of events past, present, or future.
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  The action generally takes place through creation of a state of
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  trance that allows the surface mental consciousness to recede
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  and the wider subliminal consciousness to emerge.
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  Some individuals have been able to achieve this state of what
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  may be considered to be a light trance through practice of
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  meditation, while others use the aid of a technique such as
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  staring at a candle or use of a crystal ball, mirror or basin of
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  water. The actuality of this power of a
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  cult seeing is described in a considerable body of fiction.
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  For this reason, many consider it to be purely fictional.
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  JRR Tolkien, in his widely respected telling of The Lord of
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  the Rings, has a sequence where the Elf Queen Galadriel
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  introduces the hero of the tale, Frodo The Hobbit, to what she
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  calls the Mirror of Galadriel, in this case, a basin of water
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  with a mirrored effect. As Frodo gazed into the water,
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  he had various visions. Galadriel noted that he might
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  see things from the past, the present, the future, or even
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  things that were possibilities but might not come to pass if
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  appropriate actions were taken. Nostradamus, perhaps the most
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  famous Western prognosticator of future events, claimed to use a
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  form of meditation to enter into the trance state required for
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  his visions. The ancient Greek tradition has
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  numerous references to the Oracle of Delphi.
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  Individuals went to consult the Oracle to obtain guidance and
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  illumination of various dreams, events, or circumstances they
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  were facing. Tibetan practitioners also had
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  an Oracle who entered into a state of trance to
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  prognosticate. First Nations people in North
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  America had the tradition of the vision quest where they went out
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  to an isolated location and fasted in order to obtain their
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  vision. South American shaman in some
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  cases enlisted the aid of various herbal medicines to
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  enter an altered state of awareness and thus see things
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  that their normal mental sight could not see.
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  Popular literature is rampant with tales of what is known as
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  scrying using a variety of methods.
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  If we analyze the methods, they all lead towards the development
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  of a state of awareness that suppresses the active surface
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  mentality and allows a wider action to emerge that appears to
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  allow the individual to enter into the Akashic record and
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  bring back transcriptions, either more or less legible, of
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  things seen there. What we do not always understand
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  is that many instances of such a cult seeing are simply not
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  recognized as such due to the rather mundane nature of the
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  events foreseen. Yet many people will relate
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  tales of how they saw their future spouse or some future
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  event or opportunity. A cult seeing is not always
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  dramatic or tied to earth shaking events.
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  What takes more effort and patience is turning the
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  occasional insight into something that is consistent and
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  part of one's active life experience as a normal
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  occurrence. Shrioro Bindu observes quote.
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  The power of occult seeing is there in everyone, mostly
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  latent, often near the surface, but sometimes much more rarely
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  already on the surface. If one practices trotuck, it is
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  pretty certain to come out sooner or later, though some
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  have a difficulty, and with them it takes time.
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  Those in whom it comes out at once have had all the time this
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  power of occult vision near the surface, and it emerges at the
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  first pressure. End Quote.
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  Reference Sri Aurobindo and the Mother powers within, Chapter
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  19. Occult Powers of the Subliminal,
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  page 150.