{"id":3179,"date":"2013-07-13T01:46:30","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=3179"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:46:30","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:46:30","slug":"47-obstacles-and-difficulties-vol-writings-in-bengali-translation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/01-works-of-sri-aurobindo\/02-other-editions\/writings-in-bengali-translation\/47-obstacles-and-difficulties-vol-writings-in-bengali-translation","title":{"rendered":"-47_Obstacles and Difficulties.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\n\n
\n

\n
\nObstacles and Difficulties <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nThe vital does not like the state of vastness where there is
\nno movement of thought. It wants movement, any move-
\nment whether of knowledge or of ignorance. A serene
\ncondition without any restlessness seems dry to it. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n* <\/font><\/p>\n

\n*    * <\/font><\/p>\n

\nNobody can ever progress in sadhana through pain, i
\ndespair, and lack of enthusiasm. It is better not to have
\nthem. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n*<\/font><\/p>\n

\n*   *<\/font><\/p>\n

\nNot only the experience of the higher but also
\nthe-transformation of the lower nature is necessary. Pleasure, sadness, despair and sorrow are the ordinary play of the vital,
\nimpediments to progress\u2014one has to go beyond them and
\nbring down the vast unity and equality from above into the
\nvital and in all the being. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n* <\/font><\/p>\n

\n*   * <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAs long as desire and subjection to the mercy of any whir
\ndemand and imagination are strong, the vital will dominate
\nAll this is nourishment to the vital, and when you give  nourishment why
\nshould it not become huge and powerful? <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage-376<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nIf you entertain a desire, become impatient for the fruits of
\nsadhana, then how will you remain peaceful and silent? A
\ngreat work like the transformation of human nature, can it
\nbe done in a moment? Remain quiet, let the force of the
\nMother work in you, then in time everything will be accomplished. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIf you remain peaceful within, in a state of surrender, then
\nobstacles and difficulties will not be able to disturb you.
\nUnhappiness and anxiety and "Why is this not happening?
\nWhen will it happen?", if you allow these feelings to enter
\ninto you, then obstacles and difficulties will find strength.
\nWhy do you pay so much attention to them? Concentrate
\non the Mother. Remain peaceful and surrendered within.
\nThe petty defects of the lower nature cannot be got rid of so
\neasily. It is useless to be agitated over them. When the
\nMother’s Force fully occupies the entire being down to the
\nsubconscient, they will go. The length of time necessary for
\nthat does not matter. The complete transformation requires
\ntime. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n *<\/font><\/p>\n

\n*    *<\/font><\/p>\n

\nWe have neither moved away from you nor abandoned
\nyou. When your mind and vital become disturbed, then these; <\/font><\/p>\n

\nfalse ideas enter into your mind. Even if the ego rises and the
\ndifficulties come you must not lose faith in the Mother. Keep
\non calling her quietly and remain calm, the difficulties and
\nthe ego will leave you. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n *<\/font><\/p>\n

\n*    *<\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe truth is that you must not be subject to the ego or the
\nexternal nature in your work. If you are, the work cannot <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage-377<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nform a part of the sadhana; instead, it becomes equivalent to
\ntrivial and ordinary work. Even the work must be done from
\nwithin in a spirit of surrender. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n*<\/font><\/p>\n

\n*   *<\/font><\/p>\n

\n    The external consciousness is full of ignorance, and seems
\nto make a false transcription, a wrong imitation or translation of what comes from above, to remould that in its own
\nway; as if trying to turn that to some imaginary enjoyment,
\nor some outward selfish interest or the pleasure of the ego.
\nThis is the weakness of human nature. One should want the
\nDivine for the sake of the Divine and not for one’s own
\nsatisfaction. When the psychic being inside becomes strong,
\nthen the defects of the external nature begin to lessen till
\nfinally one becomes pure. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n    Any average man reacts like this\u2014to be pleased when
\npraised and offended when blamed. There is nothing strange
\nabout that. But it is absolutely essential for a sadhak to get
\nover this weakness; he must remain unshaken by praise or
\ncriticism, honour or insult. But it cannot be easily done, it
\nwill take time. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n* <\/font><\/p>\n

\n*   * <\/font><\/p>\n

\n    This is the state and outlook of the true consciousness. If
\nyou can have this attitude when you go deep inside or come
\nout in the external consciousness, then everything will rightly <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage-378<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n <\/i>move towards the divine purpose. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n*<\/p>\n

\n*   *<\/p>\n

\nFalsehood is a great barrier in the path of this yoga.
\nFalsehood of any kind must not be given a place in thought,
\nspeech or action. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n*<\/font><\/p>\n

\n *    * <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThere is no connection between the tamasic surrender and
\nthe tamasic ego. The tamasic ego seems to think: "I am a
\nsinner, I am weak, there will be no progress for me, the
\nsadhana is impossible for me, I am unfortunate, the Divine
\ndoes not accept me, death is my only salvation, the Mother
\ndoes not love me but she loves all others," etc., etc. The vital
\nnature likes to hurt itself by demonstrating its own smallness.
\nIt wants to satisfy its ego-sense in a negative way, by showing
\nitself as the worst person, the most unhappy, wicked and
\ntortured of all. The rajasic ego is exactly the opposite. By
\nsaying, "I am great," etc., it likes to exaggerate about itself. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n*<\/font><\/p>\n

\n*    * <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIgnorance, ego and desire are hindrances. If the mind, life
\nand body become instruments of the Higher Consciousness,
\nthis divine light can descend into the body. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n*<\/font><\/p>\n

\n*   * <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe human mind itself is full of sceptical imaginations, <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage-379<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nwrong ideas, distrust, ignorance and unhappiness. This
\nignorance is the cause of distrust, the source of anguish. The
\nhuman intelligence is an instrument of ignorance. Very often
\nwrong thoughts and false ideas come to it, yet it believes that
\nits ideas alone are true. The mind is not even inclined to
\nconsider whether there is any mistake in its thought or, if so,
\nwhere lies the mistake. When the mistake is pointed out, it
\ndoes not like to own it and becomes angry and unhappy, yet
\nit derives great pleasure from finding fault with others. When
\nit hears any criticism of others, it immediately accepts that as
\ntrue without even considering how far it might be true. It is
\ndifficult for faith and trust to grow in this type of mind. That
\nis why you must not listen to ordinary human beings or
\naccept their influence within you. If you want to hear the
\ntruth, you have to go within you and awaken the psychic
\nbeing and from there true intelligence will grow in the mind,
\ntrue emotion and feeling will come to the heart, true inspiration will rise in the vital; the psychic light will bring a new
\nvision of man, objects, circumstances and the world; ignorance of the mind, wrong seeing, incorrect thinking, disbelief
\nand mistrust will cease for ever. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n*<\/font><\/p>\n

\n*   *<\/font><\/p>\n

\nThere is probably some resistance to meditation in the
\nbody, that is why it does not want to sit down. But it also
\nhappens with many that their sadhana goes on automatically.
\nThere is no need to force oneself to sit for meditation.
\nWhether one is sitting, walking or lying down or even
\n^sleeping, the sadhana goes on<\/font><\/p>\n

\n*<\/font><\/p>\n

\n*   *<\/font><\/p>\n

\n                                  
\nPage-380                              
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nAll this has happened probably because of some
\nexternal contact. These vital disturbances are now occurring repeatedly in some people. Like a disease they go from one person
\nto another; especially the feeling, "I want to die, I do not
\nwish to keep this body, it is not possible to do yoga and
\nsadhana in this body," is strong. However, the idea, "By
\nleaving the body I shall attain the realisation in yoga without
\nany difficulty in another body," is extremely erroneous. If
\nyou give up the body in this way, there will be still greater
\ndifficulties in the next birth and you will not have any
\nrelation with the Mother. All this is an attack of the hostile
\nforces. Their aim is to break the sadhana of the sadhak,
\nbreak the health of the Mother, break the Ashram and our
\nwork. You must be on your guard. Do not allow them to
\nenter into you. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n*<\/font><\/p>\n

\n*  *<\/font><\/p>\n

\n"An outsider scolds me. I am very much hurt. I wish to
\ndie"\u2014these are words of the vital ego, not of a sadhak. I am
\ngiving you a fair warning\u2014"Do not give any place to the
\nego." If anybody says anything to you, remain undisturbed,
\nin a peaceful state of mind, free from any egoism and united
\nwith the Mother. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n*
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n*    * <\/font><\/p>\n

\nMerely dying does not solve anything. How do you think
\nthe difficulties you have not overcome in this life will leave
\nyou in your next birth? You have to clear them up in this
\nvery life. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n*
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n*    * <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage-381<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nIf you allow these futile lamentations of the vital to rise,
\nhow will the true experience come? Even if it comes, how can
\nit endure or bear fruit ? This weeping of the vital can only be
\na bar. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n*
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n*    * <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nThese words of moaning and bewailing are obstacles to
\nprogress on the path of yoga and nothing else but that\u2014only
\na kind of tamasic play of the vital. If you can give them all up
\nand quietly pursue your sadhana, there will be a rapid
\nprogress. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nWhat you have seen is true\u2014but what you call an evil
\nforce is only the ordinary nature. This nature makes man do
\nalmost anything\u2014in the sadhana one has to overcome its
\ninfluence, but it cannot be easily done. By quiet and
\ndetermined effort, in the end it is entirely overcome. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n*<\/font><\/p>\n

\n *     * <\/font><\/p>\n

\nWhen the sadhak begins to live in the true consciousness,
\nthe other parts still continue to exist; only in proportion as
\nthe power of the true consciousness increases, does it
\ngradually weaken the others. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n*<\/font><\/p>\n

\n *     * <\/font><\/p>\n

\nWhat else but an evil force can pull you down so low,
\nmake you so weak and agitated? Many forces of this nature <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage-382<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nare moving about in the atmosphere because the sadhaks
\ngive them shelter. If they come to you, call the Mother and
\nsend them away. They will not be able to do anything; they
\nwill not be able to endure. Obstacles cannot be fully got rid
\nof so easily. By it constant opening and a heightening of
\nconsciousness the physical consciousness is transformed, the
\ndifficulties will there completely disappear. Before that. they
\nwill decrease, go out and remain outside you. Instead of
\ngetting upset by these difficulties, detach yourself from
\nthem. Do not accept the difficulties as your own, because if
\nyou do your power will diminish. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n*
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n*   * <\/font><\/p>\n

\nEvery one has to go through difficulties, even those who
\ndo not work are subject to their violent attacks. Difficulties are there because the outer nature does not
\nleave you. They will no longer remain when the outer nature
\nhas a new life. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n*<\/font><\/p>\n

\n*  *<\/font><\/p>\n

\nI have repeatedly told you about this that difficulties do
\nnot go in a moment. Difficulties are the results of the outer
\nnature of human beings. This nature does not change in a
\nday or in a few days, not even in great sadhaks. But if you
\ncan entirely depend on the Mother and aspire to her in
\nsilence and calm and go on without anxiety, then the <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage-383<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\ndifficulties can do nothing, even if they come in your way. In
\ntime their force will diminish, perish and no longer exist. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n*<\/font><\/p>\n

\n*    *<\/font><\/p>\n

\nEvery one has this kind of diffficulty. Identification with
\nthe Mother at every moment cannot easily be done. It is
\ndone by a steady spiritual practice. ]<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n*<\/font><\/p>\n

\n*    *<\/font><\/p>\n

\nDifficulties matter little. They are nothing but what exists
\nin the outer nature of human beings. Gradually they will be
\ndriven out by the Force of the Mother. So there is no cause
\nfor anxiety or depression. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n*
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n*    * <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAlways remember the Mother. Call upon her. Then the
\ndifficulties will go away. Do not be afraid, do not be
\nperturbed by the difficulties. Call upon the Mother steadily. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n*<\/font><\/p>\n

\n*    *<\/font><\/p>\n

\nHowever infinite the difficulties may seem to be, this appearance<\/i> is not real. It is merely the demoniac illusion.
\nTreading the way of truth the path becomes clear at last. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n* <\/font><\/p>\n

\n*     * <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage-384<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nIt is something like that. But difficulty does not leave any
\none so easily, even a very great Yogi. It is a bit easier to get ¦
\nrid of the mental difficulty than of the vital and the physical.
\nIt takes time to be free from the vital and physical difficulties. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nWhat does it matter? Even great sadhaks are open to
\ndifficulties. If one can live in the psychic<\/i> state, if one is
\nunited with the Mother, then these attacks must go in vain. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n*<\/font><\/p>\n

\n*    *<\/font><\/p>\n

\nA sadhak has often these two difficulties. The first from
\nthe vital, the second from the physical consciousness. If one
\nremains aloof from them, they decrease and finally diminish. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n*<\/font><\/p>\n

\n*    *<\/font><\/p>\n

\nThese difficulties come to everybody. If it were not so,
\nthen the perfection in Yoga would take place within a few
\ndays. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n*
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n*    * <\/font><\/p>\n

\nHuman nature, as a rule, cannot always remain inside. But
\nwhen one can <\/i> feel the Mother in every condition, within and
\nwithout, this difficulty lingers no more. Try to have this
\nstate. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage-385<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nIt is the impurities in nature that create difficulties for a I
\nsadhak. Sex-desire, ignorance and so on are among the1
\nimpurities in human nature. These are in everybody. When
\nthey appear, one should calmly detach oneself from them
\nand reject them without being perturbed. If you say, "I am a
\nsinner" and so on, that adds to your weakness. You ought to
\nsay, "This is man’s impure nature. If it remains part of his
\nordinary life, it may remain there. I don’t want all this. I
\nwant God alone. I want the Divine Mother. These are not
\nthings of my true consciousness. As long as they come I will
\nsteadily reject them. I will not allow myself to be agitated." <\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n*<\/font><\/p>\n

\n*   *<\/font><\/p>\n

\nSex-force is in every human being. This impulse is one of
\nnature’s main instruments by which it drives man, creates
\nfamily, society and world. The life of creatures depends much on it. That is why the sex-impulse .is there in every-
\nbody. Nobody is an exception. Even. in spite of sadhana it,
\ndoes not easily cease to cling on. It recurs in the body and the
\nvital till the nature is transformed. But then the sadhak
\nshould keep on his guard, control, reject and drive it out as
\nmany times as it comes. In this way it vanishes in the end. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n*<\/font><\/p>\n

\n*     *<\/font><\/p>\n

\nGo on quietly with your sadhana. Slowly and steadily all
\nthe things of the old nature that still exist in you will go. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage-386<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nEvery one has difficulties. There is no sadhak without
\nthem. Remain calm within. You will get help even in
\ndifficulties. True consciousness will develop on all the
\nplanes. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n*<\/font><\/p>\n

\n*   *<\/font><\/p>\n

\nIt is a great obstacle on your part always to think that you
\nare bad, you are bad. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n*<\/font><\/p>\n

\n*    *<\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe only way to transform nature is to depend on the
\nMother and quietly reject the ordinary nature and conquer it
\nby degrees. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n*<\/font><\/p>\n

\n*    *<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nAll difficulties are not the products of hostile forces\u2014they
\nare the products of ordinary impure nature which exists in
\neverybody. " <\/font><\/p>\n

\n*<\/font><\/p>\n

\n*    *<\/font><\/p>\n

\nOne has to keep this kind of feeling<\/i> and
\nunquestioning faith. For this is a belief and conviction<\/i> in a sadhak greatly
\nhelp the Mother’s Force to act. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n*<\/font><\/p>\n

\n*   *<\/font><\/p>\n

\nSpiritual practice must be done with a firm and calm mind
\nand with an unshakable faith and reliance on the Mother. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage-387<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nDepression<\/i> must find no place there. If it comes, it must be
\nrefused and cast aside. "I am low and mean, nothing can be
\ndone by me. The Mother has driven me off. I shall go away."
\nWhen these ideas come in, then you must know that they are
\nthe suggestions<\/i> of the lower nature and are quite contrary to
\nthe truth of Yoga. Give no quarter to such ideas. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n*<\/font><\/p>\n

\n*    *<\/font><\/p>\n

\nWhy do you feel sorry ? If one depends on the Mother and
\nremains unperturbed in all circumstances, there can be no
\nquestion of sorrow. Vainly does man expect happiness and
\npeace from his fellow beings. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n* <\/font><\/p>\n

\n*   *<\/font><\/p>\n

\nOnce an inner union with the Mother has been formed,
\ninstead of this thought and fear one has to keep this certitude
\nand the faith in the Mother that Her victory is inevitable, in
\nspite of thousands of difficulties, innumerable mistakes and
\nall obscurity in the outer nature. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n* <\/font><\/p>\n

\n*   * <\/font><\/p>\n

\nAlways one has to keep absolute faith in the Mother that
\none is in her hands, that everything will be done through her
\npower. And therefore the obstacle can create no sorrow and
\ndespair. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n*
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n*   * <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage-388<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nDon’t worry on that account. It is not easy always to
\nremember the presence of the Mother. When the whole
\nbeing is filled with the Mother’s presence,<\/i> then you will
\nremember her automatically, and you can by no means
\nforget her. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n*
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n*    * <\/font><\/p>\n

\nGo on with your sadhana in a quiet manner. Sorrow or
\ndespair will no longer remain in you. All darkness will
\ndisappear in the long run. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n*<\/font><\/p>\n

\n *    * <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIt happens to everybody. It is very difficult to remain
\nalways in a good condition. It takes much time\u2014go on
\nsteadily with your meditation. Don’t be perturbed. Everything will we done in time. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n*<\/font><\/p>\n

\n*   *<\/font><\/p>\n

\nSadhana means to feel  the Mother near and within, to feel
\nthat the Mother is doing everything and to receive<\/i> everything
\nof the Mother in oneself. Having this state if one pays
\nattention to studies, then there can be no harm. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n*<\/font><\/p>\n

\n *   * <\/font><\/p>\n

\nYes, if one weeps like that one becomes weak. At every
\nmoment, in each condition, steadily and silently depend on
\nthe Mother and aspire for her. Then the good conditions reappear. <\/font><\/p>\n

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