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All Problems Can Be Solved Through the Power of Concentration · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  In the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the power of concentration is
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  extolled. In particular, the one pointed
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  concentration on any particular object unites the seeker with
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  the object such that they become one.
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  At that point, all of the secrets of the object are
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  delivered up to the person undertaking the concentration.
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  The process of unification through 1 pointed concentration
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  with the object is called samyama.
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  Anything can become the object of such focus, including any
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  particular issue, obstacle, decision, plan, direction, or
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  practical skill one wants to choose.
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  The deeper 1 explores any issue, the more one understanding one
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  can gain. 1 can look at circumstances from all angles.
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  One can focus on the energetic situation.
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  One can look at the situation according to its source,
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  intensity, trajectory, and momentum.
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  One can look at a variety of different potential directions
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  and conduct what we might call simulations in our mind to get a
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  sense of how different types of action yield vastly different
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  results. All of this is possible through
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  use of the power of concentration.
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  Process of oneness provides an immediate awareness of these
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  issues. Even short of complete
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  achievement of oneness, however, the process can nevertheless
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  provide significant insights and yield dramatic results.
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  The mother observes. Quote.
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  If your power of concentration is complete, then there is not a
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  problem you cannot solve. I don't mean arithmetic
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  problems. Laughter, I mean problems about
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  leading one's life, about decisions to be taken,
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  psychological problems which need solving.
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  There is not one that can resist this power of concentration and
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  quote reference Sri Aurobindo and the Mother Powers within
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  Chapter 4 Concentration page 39.