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Overcoming Negative Suggestions Through Faith in One’s Spiritual Destiny · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  How many times in the course of an individual's practice of
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  yoga? Two thoughts of failure and lack
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  of capacity, or ability to succeed, intervene and work to
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  create doubt and despair. If allowed to dominate the
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  being, the quest fails, at least for the time being, or for the
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  rest of the current lifetime, as it requires the willing and
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  persevering dedication of the individual to stay the course.
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  What brings these thoughts and feelings into prominence?
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  No, individual is fully competent at the beginning or
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  even for a great while on the path to perfectly represent the
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  expected results of the yogic practice.
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  This is a progressive development taking time.
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  And thus, defeats along the way, are both to be expected and
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  overcome by renewed efforts each.
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  Individual has multiple different aspects to his being,
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  some of which enthusiastically support the focus and dedication
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  needed. While other aspects, hold onto
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  cherished ideas, ideals emotions, and vital desires.
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  These parts continually try to convince the Seeker that the
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  focus is misguided that there are other potential goals and
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  avenues for success in life. And that major chances are being
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  thrown away by the yogic process.
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  It is not however, just these various parts of the being which
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  set forth contradictory goals and ideals.
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  There's the also, the impact of one social environment.
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  Family, friends Associates, who each work to encourage the
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  secret, to give up the quest and follow the normal path.
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  Laid out by the society within, which he has been born and
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  raised. But even this is not the end of
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  the attempt to waylay the Seeker along the path.
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  There are also larger forces which are hostile and inimical
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  to the eventual goal of the yoga and these forces exert,
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  tremendous pressure on those who seek to progress.
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  All of these opposing forces, take advantage of the weaknesses
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  and failures to imply, to the Seeker that he is unfit that he
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  can never succeed. And that what is asked of him is
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  too hard to achieve. these all push the ego personality into a
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  state of despondency and despair with the goal of having the
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  secret leave aside the yogic process and take up another
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  Direction Where success is more in line with the normal
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  expectations of the society, it is thus necessary for the secret
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  to arm himself against these negative suggestions.
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  Whether they arise internally or as a pressure from outside and
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  make the commitment based on his inherent faith.
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  In the truth that his soul has recognized to continue on, no
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  matter what failures, no matter what difficulties, no matter
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  what obstruction stand in the way.
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  Three aurobindo notes, quote, to be always, observing faults and
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  wrong movements brings depression and discourages the
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  faith in quote, a disciple of request clarification from the
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  mother. How does it discourage the
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  faith? The mother responds, the faith
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  spoken about his faith in the divine grace.
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  And the final success of the undertaking, you have begun the
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  yoga and have faith that you will go through to the end of
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  your yoga. But if you spend all your time
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  looking at all that prevent you from advancing.
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  And finally, you say, ah, I shall never succeed.
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  It is not possible if it goes on in this way, I shall never get
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  there. So This is to lose one's Faith.
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  One must always, keep the faith. That one is sure to succeed.
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  Many people begin and then after some time come and tell you who
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  I shall, never be able to go through.
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  I have too many difficulties. So this means not having faith.
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  If one is started, when begins with the faith, that one will
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  reach the goal. Well, this Faith should be kept
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  till the very end, keeping one's Faith, one attains the end, but
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  if in the middle of the road, you turn back saying, no, I
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  can't then obviously, you will not reach the end.
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  Some people start on the way and then after some time they find
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  it heavy going tiring difficult. And also that they themselves
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  their legs. Don't walk well.
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  Their feet begin to ache Etc. You see they say oh it is very
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  hard to go forward. So instead of saying I have
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  started, I shall go through, which is the only thing to do.
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  They stand there, stop there. Lamenting and saying, oh, I
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  shall never be able to succeed and then they leave the path.
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  So obviously if they leave the path, they will never succeed.
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  This is to lose one's faith. To keep one's faith is to say
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  good. I have difficulties, but I'm
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  going on to spare, that's what cuts off your legs.
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  Stop you, leave you like this. It is over.
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  I can't go on any longer, it is indeed finished and that's
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  something which should not be allowed in reference SRI
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  aurobindo and the mother growing within the psychology of inner
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  development. Three growth of Consciousness,
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  basic requisites, Pages, 44 and 45.