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The Evolution of Occult Powers · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  From the point of view of animals, we may assume the
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  actions and the powers that drive them of human beings are
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  some kind of occult powers about which the animals know nothing.
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  These actions may seem miraculous, but they are in
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  reality expressions of the evolution of the mental stage,
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  of the evolution of consciousness, and are quite
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  natural powers expressed by mind.
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  Thus, the powers of abstract thought, self reflection,
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  logical inference, as well as advanced powers of organization,
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  classification, and deduction, and the uses to which these
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  powers are put, are beyond the Ken of the animal Kingdom as
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  well as those human beings who have not yet manifested them in
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  themselves. Many animals, however, show at
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  least rudimentary capacities in some areas that go beyond what
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  might be expected from the vital powers that are primary in the
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  animal Kingdom. And of course, most humans at
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  some point or another manifest some element of the advanced
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  mental powers, even if not overtly recognized.
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  They may be seen as first manifestations of what is in
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  process of emergence as the mental evolution develops.
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  The evolution of consciousness, however, is not finished with
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  the expression of the mental power.
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  Thus, we may expect to see further powers begin to express
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  themselves that go beyond those of the ordinary mental
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  consciousness with which we are familiar.
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  We would expect to see partial expressions, limited
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  functionality, and even some failed applications.
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  As this next evolutionary phase begins to manifest, we observe
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  various reports, many of them credible, of people using powers
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  that most others do not use. Some of the reports are either
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  deliberate falsifications or unintentional fabrications
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  through self deception by people who either have an agenda to
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  gain wealth or fame from some kind of a cult power they claim
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  to possess. Putting these aside, however, we
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  are left with a considerable body of evidence of the
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  existence of a number of these powers.
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  In fact, substantial scientific research has been undertaken in
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  the last 75 years or so, and even deliberately secretive
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  elite military units in Russia and the United States have been
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  formed to research and develop some of these powers for their
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  potential use as weapons in the evolving nature of warfare.
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  Some of the powers are subtle. They involve, for instance,
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  focus of the silent will to affect people or events.
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  Some involve creation of palpable vibrations in an
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  environment that influences how people and animals respond.
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  For example, there are numerous observations of a powerful
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  atmosphere of peace in the environs of certain rishis, or
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  yogic practitioners. There are also many instances of
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  someone seemingly being able to read the mind of people who come
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  into contact with him. Psychology researchers in the
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  West have noted that certain individuals can enter a room,
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  project a sexual vibration toward a particular other person
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  in the room who takes notice and responds in kind, or if it is
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  unwelcome, feels assaulted by the force of the projection.
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  Powers such as remote viewing, telekinesis, clairvoyance have
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  all had research done which tends to validate the
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  potentiality, even though there are, as noted above, those who
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  try to fake these powers. On a wider level, we see over
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  the last several decades an increase in revelations about
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  actions that formerly were kept as strict secrets, and we can
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  adduce therefrom that a new power of truth consciousness is
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  beginning to work its way into the psyche of humanity.
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  This may also explain the dramatic increase in notable
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  falsehoods being aired across various social media and news
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  media platforms as those who have used secretive dealings to
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  gain and maintain power work to try to undermine the revelations
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  that have been coming forward by flooding the social
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  consciousness with distortions and lies that make it hard to
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  sift out the truth from the Blizzard of falsehoods.
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  Several interesting phenomena were reported by an individual.
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  1 was an attempt to create a force of truth in a court
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  setting by invoking the divine Shakti to reveal truth.
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  This was done by chanting of various mantras in the room.
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  Prior to the start of the hearing, one of the witnesses,
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  under intense questioning, actually broke down, admitted
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  the truth and was practically in tears as his revelations
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  defeated the defence of the large corporation for which he
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  was working. In another instance, the same
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  individual was visiting someone in the hospital who had just
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  given birth. The nurses were refusing to
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  release the child and were preventing the mother from
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  access to the child. This individual was sitting at
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  the opposite end of the room and spoke in a quiet but firm voice
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  that they needed to relent and follow the directions of the
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  child's mother. The nurses were quite startled
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  and said they did not like being attacked and would take steps to
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  exclude the individual in the future if he did not relent his
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  attacks. The force was unspoken, but it
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  was clearly felt and experienced by the nurses in the room.
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  Another experience was related by a person who happened to be
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  visiting the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in August 1973.
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  He reported that due to reported health issues, according to the
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  ashram authorities, the Mother would not be giving her
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  customary balcony darshan on August 15th.
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  He slept the night of the 14th of August with this knowledge.
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  He reported awakening suddenly in the early morning on the 15th
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  of August with a jolt of electricity running through his
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  body and he felt uplifted and knew that the darshan would
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  actually take place. He went to the ashram building
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  later that morning and a sign was placed indicating that
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  indeed the darshan would occur. He had no explanation for what
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  he experienced or how he knew about the darshan other than
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  saying Mother's force had jolted him awake and gave him that
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  certainty. Srioro Bindu observes quote.
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  Occultism means rightly the use of the higher powers of our
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  nature, soul, mind, life force and the faculties of the subtle
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  physical consciousness to bring about results on their own or on
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  the material plane by some pressure of their secret law and
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  its potentialities for manifestation and result in
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  human or earthly mind and life and body or in objects and
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  events in the world of matter. A discovery or an extension of
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  these little known or yet undeveloped powers is now
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  envisaged by some well known thinkers as a next step to be
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  taken by mankind in its immediate evolution.
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  End Quote. Reference Sri Aurobindo and the
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  Mother Powers within, Chapter 19.
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  Occult Powers of the Subliminal, page 143.