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Namah Vol. 25, Issue 4, 15th January 2018

regress in our consciousness and find pleasure Conclusion
in things that we otherwise abhor. We often
overlook the fact that the sensory delight The crucial thing to remember is that an
can also be derived from higher and purer automatic, magical conversion of the vital
sources and that the vital can be trained to is unlikely to come by. We need to make
accept and relish this pleasure. The Mother a consistent effort over a long period of
assured us that the vital has the potential time to observe and understand the vital
of getting attracted to something beautiful, and its functioning. Thereafter, we can
heroic and divine and can open itself and distance ourselves from its grip through
surrender completely. disidentification, aspiration and effort. One
must remember that, the vital too has the
Therefore, we should actively engage our potential to evolve and this can be realised
vital in various creative and spiritual pursuits by offering it higher forms of nourishment.
which have a higher vibration and provide it
with nourishment. Thus, the vital will slowly References
start enjoying the refined form of pleasure
and give up the crude forms. Then one day it 1. The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother,
may get drawn to the great pleasure of being Volume 6. 2 ed. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo
nd
the instrument of the Divine and furthering Ashram Trust; 2003, p.347.
the Divine agenda.
2. The Mother. Collected Works, Volume 5,
“Thus trained, Desire, that great unquiet harasser 2003, p. 293.
and troubler of man and cause of every kind of
stumbling, will become fit to be transformed into 3. The Mother. Collected Works, Volume 6,
its divine counterpart. For desire and passion too Pondicherry 2003, pp.132-3.
have their divine forms; there is pure ecstasy of
the soul’s seeking beyond all craving and grief, 4. Sri Aurobindo. Birth Centenary Library,
there is a Will of Ananda that sits glorified in the Volume 20. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo
possession of the supreme beatitudes (4).” Ashram Trust; 1970, p.78.

Pulkit Sharma is a clinical psychologist, spiritual therapist and writer based in Pondicherry.

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