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Opening to a New Consciousness Through the Revealed Word · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  A seed in the plant kingdom remains inert and non
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  developing, until such time as it is placed in the proper
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  conditions and pressure from outside in the form of heat or
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  moisture primarily is exerted upon it.
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  A corollary process takes place in the animal kingdom, of
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  course. Once the encoding contained
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  within the seed is activated by the external needs and assuming
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  it is located in a suitable environment for its development,
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  including both ambient conditions and suitable
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  nourishment, the involved pattern manifests and takes on
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  its predetermined form. The Awakening of a new deeper
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  Consciousness, follows a similar process.
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  The fertile ground is the prepared, human being receptive
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  and ready to open up in new ways.
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  The word is, the vibration that energizes the process and opens
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  the Consciousness to new insights patterns and forces SRI
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  aurobindo notes. Quote, the usual agency of this
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  revealing is the word. The thing heard through to--,
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  The word may come to us from within it may come to us from
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  without. But in either case, it is only
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  an agency for setting, the hidden knowledge to work.
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  The word within maybe the utterance of the inmost soul in
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  us which is always open to the divine.
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  Or it may be the word of the secret and Universal teacher,
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  who is seated in the hearts of all their rare cases in which
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  none other is needed for all the rest of the yoga is an unfolding
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  under that constant touch and guidance.
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  The Lotus of the knowledge discloses itself from within by
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  the power of your radiating effulgence, which proceeds from
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  the dweller in the Lotus of the heart.
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  Great indeed. But few are those to whom
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  self-knowledge from within is the sufficient and who do not
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  need to pass under the dominant influence of a written book or a
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  living teacher and quote, reference SRI aurobindo, and the
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  mother growing within the psychology of inner development.
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  Chapter 3 growth of Consciousness basic requisites
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  pages 46 to 47.