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Static Power and Dynamic Power · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  There are numerous types of power at work in the world and
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  in us. Some of them can be viewed as
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  dynamic powers, powers with movement, action and outward
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  facing application of force. Others can be viewed as static
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  powers, powers of holding, receiving and containing.
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  Powers of withstanding the actions of force.
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  For the most part, we tend to notice and pay attention to the
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  dynamic powers more than those that are static in nature.
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  We tend to favour offense rather than defence, so to speak.
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  Yet static powers are the foundation and basis even of the
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  dynamic ones, and for the spiritual seeker may turn out to
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  be some of the most important powers to develop and cultivate.
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  Common example can be found in everyday life.
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  Someone says or does something that is aimed to hurt you or
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  make you angry. They try to provoke a
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  vibrational reaction and generally that is what occurs.
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  One returns anger for anger, insult for insult, and in many
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  cases there is an escalation until the parties either come to
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  blows or reach a point of no return where a relationship is
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  shattered or litigation ensues, or some other hostile act
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  occurs. The response is an illustration
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  of dynamic power which goes out and acts.
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  Much more difficult is the ability to not respond in kind,
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  to not allow the vibration that is provoking you actually get
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  inside you and starts your being vibrating equivalently, rather
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  to remain truly calm and unperturbed.
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  This is an example of static power, the power to withstand
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  the force without spending energy responding.
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  In the one case of dynamic power, the energy is expended
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  and used up. In the other case it is
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  conserved and allowed to be applied.
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  Otherwise, in applications of one's choice, it is not an
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  either or choice between static and dynamic power, but the need
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  to manage the energy flow and use each in an appropriate
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  manner, in the right way, at the right time and in the right
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  circumstance. In that case, the ability to
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  store and not spill energy that is the result of static power
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  provides the basis, foundation and necessary resource to apply
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  the dynamic power when it is called for.
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  The mother observes quote, there is a static power.
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  How to explain it to you? Look, there's the same
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  difference between static power and dynamic power as between a
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  game of defence and a game of attack.
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  You understand it is the same thing.
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  Static power is something which can withstand everything.
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  Nothing can act upon it, nothing can touch it, nothing can shake
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  it. It is immobile, but it is
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  invincible. Dynamic power is something in
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  action which at times goes forth and may at times receive blows.
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  That is to say, if you want your dynamic power to be always
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  victorious, it must be supported by a considerable static power
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  and unshakeable base. End Quote.
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  Reference Sri Aurobindo and the Mother Powers within Chapter 12
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  Power of Immobility page one O 1.