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Mental Formations and Their Application · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  There's an occult tradition that is practitioner of certain arts
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  can create a formation, send it out to act upon another
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  individual, and thereby succeed in achieving his objective with
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  that other person. The stories mostly revolve
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  around sending forces to harm another individual, and they
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  point out clearly that the formation so developed goes to
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  do its work, but if it fails and gets rejected by the intended
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  victim, it comes back on the originator with considerable
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  force. It is a cautionary tale on using
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  this type of formation, whether a mental formation or harnessing
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  of a vital force or being to inflict harm on someone.
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  There are tales of tantrics who have carried out certain
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  practices to undermine individuals in a similar manner.
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  A respected elder told the tale how someone decided to take down
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  his company and steal away the business and in order to do so,
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  their perpetrator hired a tantric practitioner of the
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  black arts to do so. This elder was himself a
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  spiritual practitioner and well trained and under general
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  protection of his Guru, so he was able to avoid the worst
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  consequences but nevertheless could feel the pressure
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  involved. Another individual reported that
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  while he was engaged in a litigation matter with a large
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  corporation, he would go into the courtroom ahead of the
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  proceeding and with full devotion and concentration, he
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  would pay homage to the Divine Mother and chant the Devi
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  Mahatmyam to create an atmosphere for the truth to come
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  out. In one such instance, he
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  reported that the witness for the other side actually broke
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  down on the witness stand and admitted to the actual facts
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  which the corporation had been hiding.
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  The atmosphere in the room was palpable and the result was
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  clear. For most people, things do not
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  approach the type of focus and intention that is evidenced in
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  the above examples. Passing thoughts generally have
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  little impact, but if someone becomes angry or holds a grudge
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  and decides to focus on inflicting harm to someone, then
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  the formation can be created. And when that happens, it moves
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  out into either the mental sphere or the vital sphere,
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  depending on the type of formation.
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  And the vibration is set loose in the world and is at that
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  point no longer tied to the individual who focused on it,
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  but becomes an independent vibration.
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  We can understand this with the concept of tossing a stone into
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  a pond. Once the stone leaves one's
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  hand, it is independent and creates whatever ripples may
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  ensue without further involvement or action of the
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  person who released it. Because there is time and change
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  of focus involved from the moment of the formation being
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  released and the realization of its results.
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  And because most people do not see the cause and effect
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  relationship of creating a formation that leads to a later
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  result somewhere else with another individual.
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  And because people tend not to fixate for long periods of time
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  on a specific formation going to work, the occult action that
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  takes place behind the scenes is for the most part not recognized
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  nor acknowledged, and therefore not generally consciously
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  wielded for good or I'll. People are mostly oblivious to
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  the power of mental formations as a result, and they do not
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  generally therefore undertake to learn the techniques, make the
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  efforts, and practice them until they can manage the formation
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  process in an effective way. Some people have a natural
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  talent, OR perhaps it is the fruit of practice in past
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  lifetimes to create such formations, and in some cases
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  they use it to either succeed in what they are doing, possibly to
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  help others, and in some cases to exercise power over others,
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  inculcate fear, and dominate their energies.
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  Cult leaders frequently fall into this category.
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  Some individuals who have limited or very little of such
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  power pretend to wield those powers in order to achieve fame
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  or notoriety, and they tend to eventually have their pretence
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  exposed. Of course, not all formations
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  are negative or hostile, so a similar approach to send
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  blessings or support or healing to others can have a similar
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  result or impact. This is perhaps one of the
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  methods used by those who have the power to bestow blessings or
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  to carry out healing on others. A mental formation may be
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  created that carries healing and protective vibrations to the
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  individual who is the intended recipient, and this shores up
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  the individual and helps him withstand whatever force is
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  trying to disrupt his energy. The Tibetan Buddhist practice of
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  the Kala chakra mandala involves a collective effort to build
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  both a sand mandala of intricate detail accompanied by many days
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  of chanting and prayers, and the creation of a collective
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  formation that generates considerable force, the mother
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  observes. Quote.
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  When you have a thought, a well made mental formation which goes
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  out of you, it becomes an independent entity and continues
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  on its way, and it does that for which it was made.
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  It continues to act independently of you.
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  That is why you must be on your guard.
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  If you have made such a formation and it has gone out.
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  It has gone out to do its work, and after a time you find out
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  that it was perhaps not a very happy thing to have a thought
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  like that, that this formation was not very beneficial.
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  Now that it has gone out, it is very difficult for you to get
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  hold of it again. You must have considerable
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  occult knowledge. It has gone out and is moving on
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  its way. Supposing in a moment of great
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  anger, I do not say that you do so, but still, when you were in
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  quite a Rage Against someone, you said, ah, couldn't some
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  misfortune befall him? Your formation has gone on its
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  way. It has gone out and you have no
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  longer any control over it, and it goes and organizes some
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  misfortune or other. It is going to do its work and
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  after some time the misfortune arrives.
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  Happily. You do not usually have
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  sufficient knowledge to tell yourself, oh, it is I who am
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  responsible, but that is the truth.
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  End Quote. Reference Sri Orobindo and the
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  Mother, Powers within, Chapter 2.
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  Power of Thought, pages 10:50.