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Difficulties, Obstacles and the Spiritual Path · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  Every individual faces difficulties during his
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  lifetime. They may be difficulties imposed
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  due to external circumstances attendant on one's birth,
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  cultural or societal position opportunities, or economic
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  prospects. They may be difficulties that
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  arise due to climate or natural disasters.
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  They may also be difficulties that arise as a result of
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  limitations of the individual or as more general, manifestations
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  of human nature as presently constituted.
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  There are also difficulties that arise as Humanity, confronts,
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  the pressure, and need to change, adapt and grow leaving
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  past habits behind, and bringing in new ways of seeing acting and
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  relating. The individual does not
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  generally have much if any control of the external
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  circumstances, he can, however, gained a measure of control,
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  over his own decisions actions. And reactions and thereby
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  participate. Actively in the unfolding of the
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  future before him, this is not to say that.
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  All of these decisions are actions are painless or
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  successful in the measure sought by the individual of course.
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  For the spiritual Seeker. The obstacles and difficulties
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  are in some cases greatly enhanced by The increased
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  visibility. The Seeker has to the inner
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  workings of the being, and the additional conditions that those
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  speakers have to fulfill to not only face external situations,
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  but deal with internal reactions, energetic forces and
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  needs of the spiritual growth of the being The positive side of
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  all of this is that those who choose to spiritual life, have
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  the capacities to succeed. If they remain steadfast with
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  the constant play of the three gunas, the Seeker should
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  exercise care to not. Give way to the rise of Thomas,
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  with depression or despair that causes him to abandon the path
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  or with the rise of rajas fall under the spell of, self-seeking
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  vanity. Greed fame or lust, or under the
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  spell of sattva. Take the position of being able
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  to determine what other should do out of spiritual pride and
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  then try to justify these things without recognizing the
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  spiritual Peril involved. SRI aurobindo notes, quote, all
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  who enter the spiritual path have to face the difficulties
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  and ordeals of the path, those which rise from their own nature
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  and those, which come in from outside, the difficulties in the
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  nature, always rise again. And again, till you overcome
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  them, they must be faced with both strength and patience.
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  All who cleave to the path. Steadfastly can be sure of their
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  spiritual Destiny. If anyone fails to reach it, it
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  can only be for one of the two reasons either because they
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  leave the path or because for some lore of ambition, vanity
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  desire, Etc, they go astray. And quote, reference SRI
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  aurobindo, and the mother growing within the psychology of
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  inner development. Chapter 6 growth of
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  Consciousness difficulties and pitfalls page 108.
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  And quote, reference SRI aurobindo, and the mother
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  growing within the psychology of inner development.
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  Chapter 6 growth of Consciousness difficulties and
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  pitfalls page 108.