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Namah                                                         Insight





        Installing this mastery is a prolonged process  and move forward.
        and if we are sincere we will find our faith
        grow and grow.  It requires a steady,  Faith is not superficial. It is not a surface
        aspiring saadhanaa and detailed inner work.  phenomenon; it is something very deep
        This turning to the yoga amounts to a rebirth  inside which makes us whole. It is integral to
        and we have to start laying down new  the being and wants to rise to the surface and
        building-blocks again. We are born again  spread throughout the entire being.  The faith
        and the work becomes a simple joy. We are  retrieved from the psychic needs to saturate
        shifting hemispheres and surrendering all  the entire nature and be impregnated into
        government to the psychic being. For that  the cells. “A mental resolution is not enough,
        we have to “pass on to a higher degree in the  no. There are subtle reactions in your body
        evolutionary spiral, pass from the mental to  which do not obey the mental resolution, it
        the spiritual; then, naturally, faith takes on a  is not enough. Something else is needed (3).”
        quality of a very high order (2).” This shift
        from the mental consciousness fortifies our  If we want to build a perfect immunity,
        faith and places it on a more secure footing.  we must do this. If we are preparing for
                                                 transformation, there are no other options.
        Put simply, when we align to the psychic we  It is the next step in our evolution. Our
        know; we no longer need to believe. There  consciousness needs to alternate between
        is an abiding simplicity in that. Belief is  the vast and the miniature.  The two states
        always so open to questioning and doubt.  join hands and merg : this is key to our
        We cannot truly progress on shifting sands.  saadhanaa of the body. We attune and refine
        Circumstances will always offer us so many  our body-consciousness through our Truth
        counter-proofs and our previous belief  inside. It is intricate and detailed work.
        gets easily discarded. We need something  We need always to remain open to the
        more solid and we will find the necessary  descending Force. Each descent is a step
        immobility in faith.                     forward in our yoga of the cells. This
                                                 process needs to be made conscious by
        The mundane life has become unbelievably  aligning faith with our will. Again, the
        stressful and complex; there are so many  Will is not superficial but comes from a
        forces that run against it. This seed needs  sincere surrender to the Supreme. This
        to be protected and nurtured from adverse  self-identity is essential for dynamism
        influences. It is not easy to hold onto this state  inherent in the divine Will. With the Will,
        in today’s world but it is essential.  At no time  a joyous faith can be instilled into each and
        has it been more necessary. Everywhere we  every cell. When this happens, this faith in
        are surrounded by ignorance and scepticism.  the body amounts to a complete certitude.
        Humanity is being bombarded by illness
        and viruses of all kinds. Faith provides  References
        the supreme immunity; it is the surest
        foundation to good health. This fortress   1.  The Mother. The Collected Works of the Mother,
        only will ensure that humanity prospers    Volume 14. 2  ed. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo
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        on this planet. With faith we can endure   Ashram Trust; 2003, p. 79.

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