{"id":4234,"date":"2013-07-13T01:54:21","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=4234"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:54:21","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:54:21","slug":"11-foresight-vol-12-on-education-volume-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/02-works-of-the-mother\/01-cwmce\/12-on-education-volume-12\/11-foresight-vol-12-on-education-volume-12","title":{"rendered":"-11_Foresight.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\nForesight <\/span><\/font> <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n


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 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>
\nT<\/font><\/span>o
\nforesee destiny! How many have attempted it, how many systems have been
\nelaborated, how many sciences of divination have been created and developed
\nonly to perish under the charge of charlatanism or superstition. And why is
\ndestiny always so unforeseeable? Since it has been proved that everything is
\nineluctably determined, how is it that one cannot succeed in knowing this
\ndeterminism with any certainty? <\/span><\/p>\n

Here again the solution is to be found in Yoga. And by yogic
\ndiscipline one can not only foresee destiny but modify it and change it almost
\ntotally. First of all, Yoga teaches us that we are not a single being, a simple
\nentity which necessarily has a single destiny that is simple and logical.
\nRather we have to acknowledge that the destiny of most men is complex, often to
\nthe point of incoherence. Is it not this very complexity which gives us the
\nimpression of unexpectedness, of indeterminacy and consequently of
\nunpredictability? <\/span><\/p>\n

To solve the problem one must know that, to begin with, all living
\ncreatures, and more especially human beings, are made up of a combination of
\nseveral entities that come together, interpenetrate, sometimes organising
\nthemselves and completing each other, sometimes opposing and contradicting one
\nanother. Each one of these beings or states of being belongs to a world of its
\nown and carries within it its own destiny, its own determinism. And it is the
\ncombination of all these determinisms, which is sometimes very heterogeneous,
\nthat\u00a0 <\/span>results in the destiny of the
\nindividual. But as the organisation and relationship of all these entities can
\nbe altered by personal discipline and effort of will, as these various
\ndeterminisms act on each other in different ways according to the concentration
\nof the consciousness, their combination is nearly always variable and therefore
\nunforeseeable. <\/span><\/p>\n

For example, the physical or material destiny of a being comes
\nfrom his paternal and maternal forebears, from the physical – <\/span><\/p>\n

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conditions and circumstances in which he is born; one should be
\nable to foresee the events of his physical life, his state of health and
\napproximately how long his body will last. But then there comes into play the
\nformation of his vital being (the being of desires and passions, but also of
\nimpulsive energy and active will) which brings with it its own destiny. This
\ndestiny affects the physical destiny and can alter it completely and often even
\nchange it for the worse. For example, if a man born with a very good physical
\nbalance, who ought to live in very good health, is driven by his vital to all
\nkinds of excesses, bad habits and even vices, he can in this way partly destroy
\nhis good physical destiny and lose the harmony of health and strength which
\nwould have been his but for this unfortunate interference. This is only one
\nexample. But the problem is much more complex, for, to the physical and vital
\ndestinies, there must be added the mental destiny, the psychic destiny, and
\nmany others besides. <\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, the higher a being stands on the human scale, the more complex
\nis his being, the more numerous are his destinies and the more unforeseeable
\nhis fate seems to be as a consequence. This is however only an appearance. The
\nknowledge of these various states of being and their corresponding inner worlds
\ngives at the same time the capacity to discern the various destinies, their
\ninterpenetration and their combined or dominant action. Higher destinies are
\nquite obviously the closest to the central truth of the universe, and if they
\nare allowed to intervene, their action is necessarily beneficent. The art of
\nliving would then consist in maintaining oneself in one’s highest state of
\nconsciousness and thus allowing one’s highest destiny to dominate the others in
\nlife and action. So one can say without any fear of making a mistake: be always
\nat the summit of your consciousness and the best will always happen to you. But
\nthat is a maximum which is not easy to reach. If this ideal condition turns out
\nto be unrealisable, the individual can at least, when he is confronted by a danger
\nor a critical situation, call upon his highest destiny by aspiration, prayer
\nand trustful surrender to the<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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divine will. Then, in proportion to the sincerity of his call,
\nthis higher destiny intervenes favourably in the normal destiny of the being
\nand changes the course of events insofar as they concern him personally. It is
\nevents of this kind that appear to the outer consciousness as miracles, as
\ndivine interventions.  <\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\n\u00a0<\/font><\/span>Bulletin<\/font><\/span>, February 1950 <\/font> <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 79<\/span><\/p>\n

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