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\n3
\n November 1954<\/font><\/span><\/b>
\n<\/font> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

This talk is based
\nupon Sri Aurobindo’s Bases of Yoga, Chapter 2, <\/font> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFaith \u2013 Aspiration
\n\u2013 Surrender\u201d. <\/font> <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn this Yoga all depends on whether one can open to the influence or
\nnot. If there is a sincerity in the aspiration and a patient will to arrive at
\nthe higher consciousness in spite of all obstacles, then the opening in one
\nform or another is sure to come.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe opening in one form or another is sure to come\u201d… Are there many
\nkinds of openings? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, yes! First of all there are many
\ndifferent parts of the being and each one can open in its own way, you see; the
\nmental opening and the vital opening are very different in nature and the
\nphysical opening is still more different. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

What is the physical opening? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

That’s when the physical body opens to the
\ndivine influence and receives the divine forces. <\/span><\/p>\n

For example, you see, there’s a moment
\nwhen the divine forces come and penetrate all the cells. To begin with, it is
\nthe physical consciousness, the body consciousness which opens first to the
\ninfluence of the Divine and understands and wants nothing else but this<\/i>, the divine Presence, the divine
\ninfluence. There are also the body’s feelings, and the very cells of the body,
\nwhich can open to receive the force. For instance, when at a certain moment one
\nfeels a kind of very intense vibrations spreading through the whole body and at
\nthat time one feels filled with a strength, an unusual force, a consciousness
\nalso, and all things
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 388<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n

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become clear and perceptible, then that’s
\nan opening of the body; it is when the body knows, you see, and has succeeded
\nin opening to the influence. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Mother, why is it better to concentrate in the heart?\u00b9<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

He says here that it is easier. For some
\npeople it is more difficult, it depends on one’s nature. But it is better
\nbecause if you concentrate there, deeply enough, it is there that you enter
\ninto contact with the psychic for the first time; while if you concentrate in
\nthe head you have to pass later from the head to the heart to be able to
\nidentify yourself with the psychic being. And if you concentrate by gathering
\nthe energies, it is better to gather them here, because it is in this centre,
\nin this region of the being that you find the will to progress, the force of
\npurification, and the most intense and effective aspiration. The aspiration
\nthat comes from the heart is much more effective than that from the head. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWill and aspiration are needed to bring down the aid of the Divine
\nForce and to keep the being on its side in its dealings with the lower powers.\u201d
\nWhat is the meaning of \u201ckeep the being on its side\u201d? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTo keep on its side\u201d \u2013 it is, for
\ninstance…\u00a0 <\/span>you see, there is on one
\nside \u2013 how shall I put it? \u2013 let us take the army, the army of the divine
\nforces, on the other side the army of the forces of ordinary nature; so whether
\nto keep on the side of this army or of that, that’s what it means. <\/span><\/p>\n

You do not understand? That is to say, to
\ngo to this side, join this or that side. If I keep on the side of the divine
\nforces <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\u00b9 <\/font> <\/span>\u201cThere is no other method in this Yoga
\nexcept to concentrate, preferably in the heart, and call the presence and power
\nof the Mother to take up the being and by the workings of her force transform
\nthe consciousness; one can concentrate also in the head or between the
\neyebrows, but for many this is a too difficult opening.\u201d<\/font><\/span> <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 389<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n

<\/span><\/div>\n

I join those who are fighting for the
\ndivine forces like an army. If I put myself on the side of the ordinary vital
\nforces of life, I go over to that side and forsake the others, I go over to
\nthat side. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Sweet Mother, what does the \u201cknot of the ego\u201d means? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Knot? Oh! It is an image, you see. But it
\nis something that clings to you and holds you as tightly as a well-made rope
\nknot. And so it is always said that in order to progress truly the first thing
\nto do is to cut the knot of the ego. It is very expressive and makes a good
\nimage, doesn’t it? \u2013 one is tied up, one is shut up in oneself, bound as in a
\nprison by knots which tie up all the parts of the being together; it is this
\nwhich produces a cohesion. But at the same time it is a limitation, a limiting.
\nYou cannot receive all the forces you would like to, because you are enclosed
\nin this shell made of a heap of knots in the rope that’s tying you. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Sweet Mother, how can we cut the knot of the ego? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

How to cut it? Take a sword and strike it
\n(laughter), when one becomes conscious of it. For usually one is not; we think
\nit quite normal, what happen to us; and in fact it is very normal but we think
\nit quite good also. So to begin with one must have a great clear-sightedness to
\nbecome aware that one is enclosed in all these knots which hold one in bondage.
\nAnd then, when one is aware that there’s something altogether tightly closed in
\nthere \u2013 so tightly that one has tried in vain to move it \u2013 then one imagines
\nhis will to be a very sharp sword-blade, and with all one’s force one strikes a
\nblow on this knot (imaginary, of course, one doesn’t take up a sword in fact),
\nand this produces a result. Of course you can do this work from the
\npsychological point of view, discovering all the elements constituting this knot,
\nthe whole set of resistances, habits, prefer- <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 390<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n

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ences, of all that holds you narrowly
\nclosed in. So when you grow aware of this, you can concentrate and call the
\ndivine Force and the Grace and strike a good blow on this formation, these things
\nso closely held, like that, that nothing can separate them. And at that moment
\nyou must resolve that you will no longer listen to these things, that you will
\nlisten only to the divine Consciousness and will do no other work except the
\ndivine work without worrying about personal results, free from all attachment,
\nfree from all preference, free from all wish for success, power, satisfaction,
\nvanity, all this…\u00a0 <\/span>All this must
\ndisappear and you must see only the divine Will incarnated in your will and
\nmaking you act. Then, in this way, you are cured. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Mother, how can one strengthen one’s will? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, as one strengthen muscles, by a
\nmethodical exercise. You take one little thing, something you want to do or
\ndon’t want to do. Begin with a small thing, not something very essential to the
\nbeing, but a small detail. And then, if, for instance, it is something you are
\nin the habit of doing, you insist on it with the same regularity, you see,
\neither not to do it or to do it \u2013 you insist on it and compel yourself to do it
\nas you compel yourself to lift a weight \u2013 it’s the same thing. You make the
\nsame kind of effort, but it is more of an inner effort. And after having taken
\nlittle things like this \u2013 things relatively easy, you know \u2013 after taking these
\nand succeeding with them, you can unite with a greater force and try a more
\ncomplicated experiment. And gradually, if you do this regularly, you will end
\nup by acquiring an independent and very strong will. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Sweet Mother, are there different aspiration, like mental or vital
\naspiration? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, each part of the being has its own
\naspiration which has the nature of the aspiring part. There is even a physical
\naspiration;
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 391<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

<\/span><\/div>\n

the body can… The cells of the body understand
\nwhat the transformations will be, and with all their strength, all the
\nconsciousness they contain, they aspire for this transformation. The very cells
\nof the body \u2013 not the central will, thought or emotion the cells of the body
\nopen in this way to receive the Force. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Is the psychic being in the heart? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Not in the physical heart, not in the
\norgan. It is in a fourth dimension, an inner dimension. But it is in that
\nregion, the region somewhat behind the solar plexus, it is there that one finds
\nit most easily. The psychic being is in the fourth dimension as related to our
\nphysical being. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

What does \u201ca negative Nirvana\u201d mean? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Negative Nirvana? It is not in today’s
\nlesson. <\/span><\/p>\n

Negative Nirvana means quite simply a
\nNirvana which contains nothing positive. It means a nought containing nothing
\npositive, an absolute nought. <\/span><\/p>\n

Here we are, my children, that’s all. <\/span><\/p>\n

(Mother
\nturns towards Vishwanath who is busy with the tape-recorder, and asks him:<\/i>)
\nYou have a questions? (Laughter)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>You
\nwant to put a question? Put, put, put your questions! (Laughter)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>What is it? No? <\/span><\/p>\n

That’s all. <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 392<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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