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Setbacks in Sadhana Due to Incomplete Purification of the Nature · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  With careful observation, we can understand that an individual's
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  greatest weaknesses and difficulties represent the
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  opportunity and specific need for Progress.
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  For spiritual growth. Each individual faces, his own
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  unique challenges in many cases, the Confluence of the souls
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  pressure, the outer societal, expectations and framework The
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  circumstances into which one is born, even physical hereditary
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  factors will create for the soul.
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  The specific Focus that needs to be delved into for substantive
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  long-term, progress to take place.
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  The progress has both its Dynamic developmental aspect and
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  it's integration and consolidation phase.
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  The developmental aspect represents the spiritual
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  experience, Has the progress, the inner growth, the aspiration
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  of the individual sold. The consolidation effort needs
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  to incorporate the insights, the progress, the aspiration into
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  the rest of the being and stabilize it there, this can
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  only be done. If the effort is made to review
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  and clear out old habits, predilections instincts, and
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  reactions from Outer being. This is the process of
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  purification that tree aurobindo and the mother described.
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  The mother writes quote, I have known people many, not only a
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  few, I mean, among those who do yoga, I have known many who,
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  every time they had a fine aspiration, and their aspiration
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  was very strong. And they received an answer to
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  this aspiration every time the very same day, or at the latest
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  the next day. They had a complete set back of
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  Consciousness and were facing the exact opposite of their
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  aspiration such things happen. Almost constantly.
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  Well, these people have developed, only the positive
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  side, they make a kind of discipline of aspiration.
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  They ask for help, they try to come into contact with higher
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  forces, they succeed in this, they have experiences but they
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  have completely neglected, cleaning their room, it has
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  remained dirty. I as ever and so naturally when
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  the experience is God, this dirt become still more repulsive than
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  before. One must never neglect to clean
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  ones room. As it is very important in her
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  cleanliness is at least as important as outer cleanliness.
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  Vivekananda has written. I don't know.
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  The original. I have only read the French
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  translation. One, must every morning, clean
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  one, soul and one's body. But if you don't have time for
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  both, It is better to clean the soul, then clean the body.
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  And quote, reference SRI aurobindo, and the mother
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  growing within the psychology of inner development, chapter for
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  growth of Consciousness. First steps and Foundation Pages
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  66 to 67, And quote, reference SRI aurobindo, and the mother
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  growing within the psychology of inner development, chapter for
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  growth of Consciousness. First steps and Foundation Pages
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  66 to 67,