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Universal Forces and the Subconscient · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  There are many functions of our existence that take place
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  without the conscious awareness or intervention of the mind.
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  All of the complex functions of the body and its organs, for
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  instance, are very much independent of control by our
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  conscious mind and will. Although some of these functions
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  may, through intensive training and focus, come under at least
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  partial control, such as the generation of inner heat in the
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  Tibetan practice of tumo, there are similar subconscious
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  processes that occur on the level of perception, feeling,
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  emotion, and mental ideation. The entire realm of what we call
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  instinct is a basically automatic reaction in one of the
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  vital responsive systems that takes over instantaneously when
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  the necessary triggers or precursors arrive and prod the
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  vital nature. This all takes place at the
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  subconscious level. Much of what enters through the
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  vital envelope remains subliminal to us, and if it
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  finds a corresponding receptivity in the subconscious
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  of the individual, it sets up a sympathetic vibration.
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  This is illustrated by the musical instrument called the
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  sitar, which has primary strings and sympathetic strings.
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  When the primary string is played, the sympathetic strings
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  vibrate automatically. When any vibration enters the
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  subconscient, it awakens any response of strings that may be
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  lying there. Seeds sprout and movement of
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  energy ensues as if from within us, but really as a response and
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  reaction to the vibrations that have reached us from outside.
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  Srirovindu observes Quote The universal forces act very often
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  through the subconscient, especially when the force they
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  send is something the person has been in the habit of obeying and
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  of which the seeds impressions complexes are strongly rooted in
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  the subconscient, or even if that is no longer the case, of
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  which there is a memory still in the subconscient.
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  End Quote Reference Shriuru, Bindu and the Mother, The Hidden
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  Forces of Life, Chapter 4 Cosmic and Universal Forces, page 83.