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The Subtle Energetic Interchange That Takes Place at a Subliminal Level · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  We tend to pay attention to the various forms of external
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  communication that takes place between people.
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  Written, verbal, and visual, nonverbal cues through body
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  language or expression are all considered to be the major means
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  of creating a relation between individuals.
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  What we do not always recognize, however, is the impact and
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  importance of the subtle subliminal communication that is
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  constantly taking place. We understand that there are
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  vibrations that fall outside the spectrum that we can consciously
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  perceive with our senses. We cannot dismiss them, however,
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  as to their effect on us, simply because we cannot see, hear, or
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  feel them with our limited sense organs.
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  Some examples are easily appreciated.
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  For instance, we sometimes feel like someone is watching us
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  although they are behind us and thus not directly visible to our
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  sight. We get an inner feeling more
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  than a direct sense perception, and it often time proves to be
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  true. Sometimes we get a sense of
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  someone's goodwill or a feeling of comfort, or of being
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  protected in the presence of someone.
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  That represents A subtle perception of the feeling
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  someone is radiating from their inner being.
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  Similarly, we can sometimes get a sense of discomfort or dread
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  if that individual happens to be putting out vibrations that are
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  uncomfortable to US. Women frequently report a
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  feeling of unease from receiving unwanted vibrations of a sexual
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  nature, even when nothing has been overtly said and they
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  cannot see the individual focused on those energies.
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  Sometimes we simply absorb an energy and experience feelings
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  of hunger or sadness without knowing exactly why.
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  A widely reported phenomenon is the feeling of a deep peace or a
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  sense of spiritual energy that occurs in the presence of a
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  dedicated yogic practitioner or realized spiritual being.
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  The atmosphere in their surroundings is permeated with
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  vibrations that fill us with a sense of well-being, an
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  experience of bliss or peace or aspiration, gratitude or love.
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  The more focused we are on the external senses and the thought
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  process that arises therefrom, the less we tend to pay
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  conscious attention to what is taking place within us
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  subliminally. As we shift our awareness inward
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  and reduce our reliance on the impressions and impulses
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  provided by the external sense organs, we can begin to
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  recognize and understand the working of these heretofore
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  subliminal forces. We can then truly begin to
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  appreciate the way we are influenced how thoughts,
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  emotions, feelings develop without any ostensible outer
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  context or support, and we can begin to appreciate the complex
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  interaction of each individual with all others.
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  It is through a deeper appreciation of the subliminal
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  interaction that we can truly gain a better understanding of
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  the ideas, feelings, motivations, needs and drives
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  that are active within ourselves and others, and thereby gain
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  both a deeper understanding and a better ability to manage these
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  impacts within the framework of our aspirations and goals,
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  Shriyorubinda Notes Quote There is a constant, mental, vital,
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  subtle physical interchange going on between all who meet or
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  live together, of which they are themselves unaware, except in so
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  far as its impact and interpenetrations touch them as
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  sensible results of speech and action and outer contact.
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  For the most part, it is suddenly and invisibly that this
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  interchange takes place, for it acts indirectly, touching the
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  subliminal parts and through them the outer nature.
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  But when we grow conscious in these subliminal parts, that
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  brings consciousness also of all this interaction and subjective
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  interchange and intermingling, with the result that we need no
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  longer be involuntarily subjects of their impact and consequence,
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  but can accept or reject, defend ourselves, or isolate.
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  At the same time, our action on others need no longer be
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  ignorant or involuntary and often unintentionally harmful.
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  It can be a conscious help, a luminous interchange and a
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  fruitful accommodation, an approach towards an inner
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  understanding or union, not, as now a separate of association
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  with only a limited intimacy or unity, restricted by much non
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  understanding, and often burdened or endangered by a mass
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  of misunderstanding of mutual misinterpretation and error.
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  End Quote Reference Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, the
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  Hidden Forces of Life, Chapter One, Life Through the Eyes of
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  the Yogin, page 16.