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Receiving and Utilizing the Universal Vital Forces · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  In our fragmented process of understanding, we frequently
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  create an artificial separation that does not exist in reality.
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  Thus seekers sometimes undertake to find ways to draw on the
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  universal vital energy, when in fact it is through the flow of
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  that energy that they live, breathe, exist, grow, and
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  undertake actions. A more precise formulation of
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  their interest is how to tap into the universal vital force
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  consciously at will and with enhanced power flow.
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  The first thing necessary is to understand the nature of
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  universal forces. Wherever they are operative.
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  All existence occurs as a result of the operation of universal
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  forces. For the most part, we take their
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  action for granted and thus do not see or recognize them as
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  such. As an example, in his book, the
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  Mother Shriorobindo points out that quote, money is the visible
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  sign of a universal force, and this force, in its manifestation
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  on earth, works on the vital and physical planes, and is
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  indispensable to the fullness of the outer life in its origin and
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  its true action. It belongs to the divine End.
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  Quote Few actually consciously recognize, which Rio Obindo
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  implies. Here we are constantly drawing
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  on the universal vital forces and then expending them again in
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  our various actions and activities.
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  This occurs automatically, unconsciously and spontaneously.
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  The mother provides the example of how children are
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  automatically participating in this flow of energy on the vital
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  level. There are ways to restrict or
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  block off flow of these forces, and that occurs in the
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  acculturation, education and development process as
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  individuals try to adjust their energetic action to fit within
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  the framework of the society within which they are living.
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  It also occurs through traumatic experiences, painful episodes,
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  or anything that causes an individual to close off and shut
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  down their receptivity or build a wall around himself.
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  Additionally, the play of forces focused through one chakra or
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  another tends to restrict the flow of energy through the other
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  energetic centers, so that, for instance, people fixated on
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  ambition or greed or sex will have frequently very little
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  openness to the centers that deal with intellect, higher
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  emotions, compassion, etcetera. While this is not a complete
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  correlation, it is often the case for anyone who has taken
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  steps to wall off any of these energy nexuses within
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  themselves. The ability to reopen those
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  centers and get the energy flowing once again is of high
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  importance. This then brings us to the
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  individual who is a spiritual aspirant who has a reasonably
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  receptive being and who seeks to enhance the flow of energies.
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  There's an extensive body of yogic literature that describes
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  how to open, activate, and direct the energies, so it is
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  not necessary to go into these options.
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  Here. Each of the yogic paths
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  addresses some aspect of opening to the higher forces and putting
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  that energy to work in a positive way.
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  The use of asana, pranayam, mudra, tyana concentration and
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  samadhi are some of the techniques to bring the energy
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  into the being and apply it for the seeker's purpose.
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  Some individuals try to grab the force and appropriate it for
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  their own desire fulfillment. All this can be done in some
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  cases it can also be highly counterproductive and even
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  harmful, particularly if the instrument, the body life mind
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  complex, is not prepared and able to hold that force.
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  Generally the best approach is a consistent, persistent and
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  focused receptivity in the being, The mother writes quote.
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  Some people discover that with certain movements, certain
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  gestures, certain activities, they enter into contact more
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  closely. I knew people who gesticulated
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  while walking. This truly gave them the
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  impression that they were in contact, certain gestures they
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  made while walking. But children do this
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  spontaneously when they give themselves completely in their
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  games, running, playing, jumping, shouting.
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  When they spend all their energies like that, they give
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  themselves entirely. And in the joy of playing and
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  moving and running, they put themselves in contact with this
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  universal vital force. They don't know it, but they
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  spend their vital force in a contact with the universal vital
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  force. And that is why they can run
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  without really feeling very tired except after a very long
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  time. That is, they spend so much that
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  if they were not in contact with the universal force, they would
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  be absolutely exhausted immediately.
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  And that is why, besides they grow up.
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  It is also because they receive more than they spend, and this
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  does not correspond to any knowledge.
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  It is a natural, spontaneous movement.
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  It is the movement, a movement of joy in what they are doing,
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  of joyful expenditure 1 can do many things with that End Quote
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  Reference Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, The Hidden Forces of
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  Life, Chapter 4 Cosmic and Universal Forces, pages 90 to
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  91.