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Guarding One’s Faith · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  Faith as described by SRI aurobindo.
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  And the mother is not a dogmatic acceptance of a system of ideas,
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  were articles of Faith. Rather it is a form of knowledge
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  that arises from deeper within from the soul and its connection
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  with the universe, which provides a certainty that goes
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  beyond the capacities of the mind and its analytical, or
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  Organizational skill set. This faith is subject to attack
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  as the Mind, does not know how to relate to it.
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  The vital may have objectives that are contrary to the
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  guidance of the faith, for the Fulfillment of the life.
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  And the body may wish to satisfy its Comforts and enjoyment.
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  Despite the urgings of that deeper knowing, there are also
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  the influences of family and friends of the society and its
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  expectations. And then there are the forces
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  that actively opposed for their own reasons related to getting
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  and exercising power or domination, the promptings of
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  the soul and its knowledge. Thus faith is constantly being
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  assailed by naysaying and denial by Temptations and offers of
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  worldly success and thereby, the connection can be cut or lost.
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  It is a principle of nature that the young are weaker and more
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  subject to being destroyed by powerful forces.
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  We protect the young Tree by staking it.
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  So that the winds cannot destroy it.
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  Prior to its setting down, strong roots, we protect the
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  baby in the young child, as they have no way to protect
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  themselves. In a similar way, it is
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  necessary to guard and protect the young stirrings of Faith.
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  From the doubts of the Mind, the force of the vital and the
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  influence of external powers and circumstances.
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  Once the faith, the deeper knowledge of the Soul becomes
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  more firmly established, it will wind up protecting and guiding
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  the other elements of the being. The mother writes quote one must
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  watch over one's Faith as one watches over the birth of
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  something infinitely, precious and protected very carefully
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  from everything that can impair it in the ignorance and darkness
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  of the beginning. Faith is the most direct
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  expression of the divine power which comes to fight and Conquer
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  and quote. Reference SRI aurobindo in the
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  mother growing within the psychology of inner development.
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  Chapter 3 growth of Consciousness basic requisites
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  page 45.