{"id":3734,"date":"2013-07-13T01:50:48","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=3734"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:50:48","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:50:48","slug":"24-sadhana-in-worldly-life-vol-04-fourth-series-1951","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/01-works-of-sri-aurobindo\/02-other-editions\/letters-of-sri-aurobindo\/04-fourth-series-1951\/24-sadhana-in-worldly-life-vol-04-fourth-series-1951","title":{"rendered":"-24_SADHANA IN WORLDLY LIFE.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\nSECTION TWENTY<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSADHANA IN WORLDLY LIFE\u2014KNOWLEDGE OF PAST LIVES\u2014<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPAIN AND SUFFERING, ETC. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n\\<\/font><\/i>Sadhana in Worldly Life<\/a><\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIN her condition the one thing <\/b> by which she 
\ncan enter into the sadhana is to remember the Divine always, taking her
\ndifficulties as ordeals to be passed through, to pray constantly and seek the
\nDivine help and protection and ask for the opening of her heart and
\nconsciousness to the supporting Divine Presence.<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\n11-2-1933 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\nRight Way of Going through Worldly Life<\/a><\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE life of saṁsāra <\/i>is in its nature a
\nfield of unrest  \u2014to go through it in the right way one has to  offer
\none’s life and actions to the Divine and pray  for the peace of the Divine
\nwithin. When the mind  becomes quiet, one can feel the Divine Mother 
\nsupporting the life and put everything into her  hands.<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\n16-4-1933 <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage-647 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\nIndirect Connection with the Divine<\/a><\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\nINDIRECT connection (with the Divine) is when one
\nlives in the ordinary consciousness without being able to go up above it and
\nreceives influences from above without knowing where they come from or feeling
\ntheir source.<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\n20-3-1934 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\nHuman Influence and Change of Nature<\/a><\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\nYOUR influence on him for turning towards the Yoga
\nwas good, but it was not able to change his vital nature. No human
\ninfluence\u2014which can only be mental and moral\u2014can do that; you can see that he is
\njust what he was before. It can be done only from his own soul turning towards
\nthe Divine.<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe Best Help<\/a><\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTo want unwaveringly the welfare of another both in
\nthe head and the heart, is the best help one can give.<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\n6-9-1934 <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage-648 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nContact through Photograph<\/a><\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTHE photograph is a vehicle only\u2014but if you have
\nthe right consciousness, then you can bring something of the living being into
\nit or become aware of the being for which it stands and can make it a means of
\ncontact. It is like the prāṇa pratiṣṭha<\/i> in the image in the temple.<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\n18-3-1933 <\/font><\/p>\n

\nKnowledge of Past Lives<\/a><\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n(1)<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nIT is better not to think of past lives, just now\u2014
\nthe mind and vital would probably become active and weave things that are not
\ntrue. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n29-6-1933 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n(2)<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nYou have not to trouble yourself about past lives.<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\n2-7-1933 <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage-649 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\nPast and New Elements in New <\/b>Birth<\/a><\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\nWHEN there is a new birth one brings all that is
\nnecessary from past lives, but also one gathers what is necessary from the earth
\nconsciousness and so too brings in new elements as one develops.<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\nHereditary Influence and Affinity<\/a><\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\nCONSCIOUSNESS is not a mechanical dead thing to
\n<\/i>cut in that way. Hereditary influence creates an affinity and affinity is a
\nlong thing. It is only when the hereditary part is changed that the affinity 
\nceases.<\/font><\/p>\n

\n 24-3-1937 <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPain and Ananda<\/a><\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\nYES, all pain can become Ananda\u2014pain is only the
\nperversion of what in the original consciousness would be Ananda. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\n7-9-1933 <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage-650 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\nBearing Extremes of Heat and Cold\u2014 Pain
\nand Discomfort<\/a><\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\nTo bear extreme heat and cold it is necessary to
\nhave peace in the cells first, then consolidated force. Pain and discomfort come
\nfrom a physical consciousness not forceful enough to determine its own reactions
\nto things.<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\n14-7-1934 <\/font><\/p>\n

\nDefects of Lower
\nNature<\/a><\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\nEACH defect of the nature of the Ignorance is a
\ndeformation of something in the higher nature\u2014 a deformation which amounts to a
\nperversion even. It is a symbolic perception of this that you got in your
\nexperience.<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\n5-10-1933 <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage-651 <\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nResponsibility for Suffering<\/a><\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font><\/p>\n

\nWHY man’s? What about the animals? They too suffer.
\nYou can say that suffering is a distortion of <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\t\tthe lower consciousness, but you cannot make man or human nature alone
\n\t\tresponsible for it. <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n\t\t1933<\/p>\n

\n\t\tPage -652<\/font><\/p>\n

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