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The Wish-Fulfilling Gem -- the Divine Standpoint and the Oneness of the Entire Creation · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  We are so used to judging everything from the external
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  viewpoint with our mental process that we do not generally
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  comprehend the significance of consciousness and the oneness of
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  all existence as the starting point, container and content of
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  all that exists. This means that we are judging
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  how the universe works and our role within that existence from
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  a limited perspective that does not have all of the data, much
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  less an understanding of the development across spans of time
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  far beyond our short human lives.
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  When an individual shifts to the divine standpoint, he can begin
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  to see and understand things totally differently.
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  Things that seem to be purely coincidental are seen as part of
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  a larger unity that associates elements of existence together
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  based on their vibrational pattern, the fit to the current
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  circumstances, and the eventual significance they have to play
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  in the unfolding of the divine manifestation.
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  We begin to see that as those with deep spiritual experience
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  sometimes state, that the universe responds to our deepest
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  aspirations and vibrational patterns by bringing us exactly
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  what we are calling for. The saying be careful what you
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  wish for because you might get it represents A deeper truth
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  than we generally appreciate. The concept of the wish
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  fulfilling gem, which appears in both the Buddhist and Hindu
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  traditions, represents the link between the pure mind that
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  interacts with the universe to manifest the deepest aspirations
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  or desires. It is this truth that explains
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  the miracles, the spontaneous meeting with the guru, and the
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  ability to obtain realization. If there is a sincere and
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  perfected aspiration that is unwavering and maintains its
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  focus despite all that appears to contradict the faith, to the
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  extent the seeker has a pure and unwavering dedication to the
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  spiritual realization, all circumstances will conspire to
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  aid that process one way or the other.
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  The mother observes. Quote.
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  It is not really by what is called blind faith that people
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  are misled. They often say, oh, I have
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  believed in this or that man and he has betrayed me.
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  But in fact, the fault lies not with the man, but with the
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  believer. It is some weakness in himself.
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  If he had kept his faith intact, he would have changed the man.
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  It is because he did not remain in the same faith consciousness
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  that he found himself betrayed and did not make the man what he
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  wanted him to be. If he had had integral faith, he
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  would have obliged the man to change.
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  It is always by faith that miracles happen.
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  A person goes to another and has a contact with the Divine
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  Presence. If he can keep this contact pure
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  and sustained, it will oblige the Divine consciousness to
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  manifest in the most material. But all depends on your own
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  standard and your own sincerity. And the more you are psychically
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  ready, the more you are led to the right source, the right
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  master. The psychic and its faith are
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  always sincere. But if in your exterior being
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  there is insincerity, and if you are seeking not spiritual life
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  but personal powers that can mislead you, it is that and not
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  your faith that misleads you. Pure in itself.
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  Faith can get mixed up in the being with low movements and it
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  is then that you are misled. End Quote.
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  Reference Trior Obindo and the Mother the psychic being soul,
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  its nature, mission and evolution Section 1 Meaning and
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  Nature of the Psychic Being, page 44.