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The Mind as a Helper, the Mind as an Obstacle for Spiritual Development · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  If we view the vast array of methods recommended by spiritual
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  paths with the world, we find that many of them utilize
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  various forms of mental, focus or concentration in order to
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  achieve specific results along the way.
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  Tibetan yoga for instance as intensive visualization
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  techniques, along with concentrations of various sorts
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  and meditation. Many paths recommend use of
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  various prayers or mantras formulated in the mind to guide,
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  the awareness in the proper direction.
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  A large number of paths recommend reading and
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  contemplation on the truths set forth in their respective
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  scriptural texts. We can deduce from this review
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  that harnessing the power of the Mind in the spiritual Quest can
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  be of extreme value and importance for the Seeker along
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  the way, the Kano punish odd reminds us.
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  However, that the power of the mind is not in and of itself.
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  Sufficient to experience and fully comprehend the reality and
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  truth of existence. There is yet a power and then
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  experience of that power that lies beyond the mind.
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  Just as it is a positive force at certain stages of the
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  spiritual practice. The mind can become an obstacle
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  itself. When it tries to assert, its
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  ignorant to limit or deny the spiritual truths, the being
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  experiences. But there are also more subtle
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  concerns about the influence of the mind for which the Seeker
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  Must Be watchful the mindset and attitude with which one
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  approaches. Anything as a distinct influence
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  on how things are perceived. Our mind tend to fill in data
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  and interpretations in any event or experience Thus, we
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  substitute mental calculation and predispositions for an
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  actual understanding of the deeper reality.
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  The mother observes quote. What I mean is that every
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  definite mental formation, always gives a particular
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  coloring to the experience. As for example, with all people
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  brought up in a certain religion, their experiences will
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  always be colored by this religion.
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  And in fact, to reach the very source of the thing, one must
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  free oneself from the external formation.
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  But there is a kind of reading which awakens in you and
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  interest in the thing and can help you in the first speakings.
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  Usually, even if one has had experiences when need to contact
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  a thought or idea with the thing so that the effort may be
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  crystallized more consciously, but the more one knows, the more
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  one must be absolutely sincere in this experience that is he
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  must not use. Use the formative power of his
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  mind to imagine. And so create the experience in
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  himself from the point of view of orientation.
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  It can be useful but from the point of view of the experience,
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  it takes away from it. It's Dynamic value.
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  It has not the intensity of an experience which comes because
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  the moral and spiritual conditions necessary for it to
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  occur have been fulfilled. There is the whole mental
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  conditioning, which is added and which takes away something of
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  the spontaneity. All this is a matter of
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  proportion. Each one must find the exact
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  amount. He needs how much of reading.
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  How much meditation, how much concentration, how much it is
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  different for each one and quote reference SRI aurobindo in the
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  mother growing. being within the psychology of inner development,
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  chapter 3 growth of Consciousness basic requisites
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  Pages 5251 being within the psychology of inner development,
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  chapter 3 growth of Consciousness basic requisites
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