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Elements Common to the Paths of Inner Growth · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  In patanjali, yoga sutras there eight limbs or steps
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  systematically presented as the basis for the practice of yoga.
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  The first two of these known as young has and neom has present
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  preliminary practices to purify and stabilize the being to
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  prepare for the practice of yoga.
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  Many people consider these to be moral precepts.
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  But in reality they are simply ensuring that the, physical
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  vital and mental being can effectively, hold and utilize
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  the force without becoming imbalanced, or misusing the
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  force for unintended purposes. Long experience has shown that
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  failure to undertake this purification Tory activity can
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  lead to Grievous harm and destroy the benefits of the
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  yoga. A force.
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  If it happens to come to the being at the conclusion of the
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  Preparatory phase, the body will be solid and healthy.
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  The vital force will be balanced and steady and able to hold and
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  transmit. The more intense energies that
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  result from the practice. And the mind will be clear and
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  harmonious not getting disrupted or disturbed as it undergoes the
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  pressure of the yogic process. A natural result of these
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  practices is the creation of the status of being that one may
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  call observational, rather than reactive the status permeates
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  all the activities of life and is not restricted to a special
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  time or function for yogic practice or meditation of some
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  sort. Dr. Dalal observes quote,
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  though, the different paths vary greatly in their methods and
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  processes. Certain elements are common to
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  them all one. Such Universal element is a
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  certain preliminary cleansing or purification of the outer
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  nature. Consisting of the physical
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  vital, and mental Consciousness, and attempt to enter into the
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  inner Consciousness, without adequately reading, the outer
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  consciousness of its turbidity is up to fail.
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  If at all one succeeds in some measure, one is most likely to
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  be confused misled were overwhelmed by the experiences
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  of the inner Consciousness, without a sufficient Foundation
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  of a calm Purity in the outer being a second element, common
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  to all Paths of inner growth consists in developing and in
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  gathered attitude a state of inner concentration which
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  progressively replaces the state of outer.
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  Characteristic of the normal Consciousness, the in gathered
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  state is most often sought to be inculcated through the practice
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  of meditation. That is why too many people.
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  The spiritual life is almost synonymous with the practice of
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  meditation. The mother notes, when they
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  think of the spiritual life, they immediately think of
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  meditation. Such an attitude tends to lead
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  to a false compartmentalization of Life, a division and
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  antagonism between the spiritual life and the ordinary life.
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  However, true, spirituality lives not in any form of
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  practice, but in living in a certain State of Consciousness,
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  pervading, all life and activities Meditation, in the
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  sense of a set, practice is not indispensable for cultivating.
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  Such a spiritual state of inner concentration, action and work.
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  Done with the right Consciousness.
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  Also produce a state of meditation and quote reference
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  SRI aurobindo, and the mother growing within the psychology of
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  inner development introduction Pages, Roman 18 to Roman night.