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The Inner Being Determines the Formations of the Outer Existence · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  We tend to work from the outer to the inner consciousness.
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  We treat the external world as more real and dominant to
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  determine our physical body, our vital nature, and our mental
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  development. There is, of course, a certain
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  amount of truth to this view, in as much as the outer and the
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  inner are two sides of the same reality, inextricably
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  intertwined and acting upon one another.
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  What we tend to get wrong, however, is a failure to see
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  that the gross forms of the external world are not the
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  primary causal reality, but a result of subtler and more
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  powerful levels of consciousness.
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  We are beginning to understand that the physical matter we
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  observe is actually energy. We are beginning to appreciate
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  that energy is actually a formation of consciousness.
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  If we understand the implied sense of this view of reality,
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  we can begin to understand that the external forms we create,
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  the outer actions we undertake, are the result of an inner
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  reality and express our inner attitude.
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  As the seeker becomes more conscious, the power of this
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  realization becomes more obvious to him.
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  The more closely he aligns with his inner reality, with the soul
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  or psychic being, around which his outer personality and being
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  has been formed, the more precise the outer work, the
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  outer expression, the outer formation will be.
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  To the extent that the physical being, the vital being or the
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  mental being intervenes and provides its own view and
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  interpretation, the psychic being's expression will be
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  diluted or distorted, Sri Aurobindo notes quote.
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  Everything depends on the inner condition and the outward action
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  is only useful as a means and a help for expressing or
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  confirming the inner condition and making it dynamic and
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  effective. If you do or say a thing with
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  the psychic uppermost or with the right inner touch, it will
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  be effective. If you do or say the same thing
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  out of the mind or the vital, or with the wrong or mixed
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  atmosphere, it may be quite ineffective.
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  To do the right thing in the right way in each case and at
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  each moment, one must be in the right consciousness.
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  It can't be done by following a fixed mental rule.
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  End Quote. Reference Sri Oruvindo and the
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  Mother, Looking from Within, Chapter 3, Action and Work,
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  pages 57 to 58.