{"id":4019,"date":"2013-07-13T01:52:54","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=4019"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:52:54","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:52:54","slug":"36-different-kinds-vol-03-questions-and-answers-volume-03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/02-works-of-the-mother\/01-cwmce\/03-questions-and-answers-volume-03\/36-different-kinds-vol-03-questions-and-answers-volume-03","title":{"rendered":"-36_Different Kinds.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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 <\/span>\u00a0<\/font><\/span>Different Kinds of Space and Time \u2013
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\nFearlessness
\non the Vital Plane <\/font><\/span><\/i>
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\nS<\/font><\/span>pace and time do not begin and end with the mental consciousness:
\neven the Overmind has them. They are the forms of all cosmic existence: only,
\nthey vary on each level. Each world has its own space and time. <\/span><\/p>\n

Thus the mental space and time do not
\ntally with what we observe here in the material universe. In the mind-world we
\ncan move forward and backward at our own will and pleasure. The moment you
\nthink of a person you are with him; and no matter how near you may be to
\nsomebody, you can still be far away if your thoughts are occupied with someone
\nelse. The movement is immediate, so very free are the spatio-temporal
\nconditions there. In the vital world, however, you have to use your will:
\nthere, too, distance is less rigid, but the movement is not immediate: the will
\nhas to be exercised. <\/span><\/p>\n

The knowledge of different space-times can
\nbe of great practical value in Yoga. For, so many blunders are due to the
\ninability to act in the right way when you are in your vital and mental bodies.
\nIn dreams, for instance, you must remember that you are in the space and time
\nof the vital world and not try to act as if you were still in your physical
\nbody. If you have the necessary knowledge of the state of things there, you can
\ndeal much more effectively with those vital beings who terrify you and give you
\nsuch unpleasant nightmares. One of the characteristics of activity in the vital
\nspace and time is that these beings are able to assume huge shapes at will and
\ncreate the vibration of fear in you which is their most powerful means of
\ninvading and possessing you. You must bear in mind their power of terrifying
\nillusion, and cast out all fear. Once you face them boldly, unflinchingly, and
\nlook them straight in the eyes, they lose three-quarters of their power. And if
\nyou call upon us for help, then even the last quarter is gone and they either
\ntake to <\/span>
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their heels or dissolve. A friend of mine who used to go out in
\nhis vital body once complained that he was always being confronted with a
\ngigantic tiger which made the night very wretched for him. I told him to banish
\nall fear and walk straight up to the beast and stare it in the face, calling of
\ncourse for assistance if necessary. He did so and lo! the tiger suddenly
\ndwindled into an insignificant cat! <\/span><\/p>\n

You have no idea of the almost magical
\neffect of staring fearlessly into the eyes of a vital being. Even on earth, if
\nyou deal in this way with all those incarnations of the vital powers which we
\nordinarily call animals, you are assured of easy mastery. A physical tiger will
\nalso flee from you, if without the least tremor you look him straight in the
\neyes. A snake will never be able to bite you if you manage to rivet its gaze to
\nyours without feeling the slightest dread. Merely staring at it with shaking
\nknees will not help. There must be no disturbance in you: you must be calm and
\ncollected when you catch its gaze as it keeps swaying its head in order to
\nfascinate you into abject fear. Animals are aware of a light in the human eyes
\nwhich they are unable to bear if it is properly directed towards them. Man’s
\nlook carries a power which nullifies them, provided it is steady and unafraid. <\/span><\/p>\n

So, to sum up, remember two things: never,
\nnever be afraid, and in all circumstances call for the right help to make your
\nstrength a hundredfold stronger.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>
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\nPage \u2013 166<\/span><\/p>\n

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