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Namah Vol. 29, Issue 1, 24th April 2021

reality and this entity can only be found and skilful handling. There is an aspect to it which
realised by looking inside. The psychic being resonates more closely to the Inner Presence;
exists in a wholly different dimension. The we have to work through it until we are able
shift can only be realised by cementing our to base ourselves securely in the soul.
consciousness inside. It is the first step we
take in all yogas. If we aspire for a truer Time and again, we might feel the gravitational
life we need to be conscious and to become pull of the surface life. We receive brief glints
conscious we have to turn inside, “for this of Light and automatically a downward tug
one must work a little within oneself. One must occurs. But these brief flashes of Light inspire
withdraw from the surface (3). ” The psychic us and keep us going. They become milestones
a
being is our true identity and we simply have in our sadhana. We even begin to recognise
a
to know who we truly are. Self-knowledge these ‘pulls’ as an automatic reaction from
is the key. our separative nature. We learn to pre-empt
this resistance. By working inside more, we
Consciousness and well-being learn to read the signals. We start to acquire
true knowledge and knowledge becomes the
Our well-being is always determined by the priceless armour in our inner healing.
state of our consciousness and the quality of
our consciousness is the perfect barometer Practice
of our equilibrium inside. As soon as we
switch command of this consciousness to the To sustain the inner poise is our practice,
inside, we start to assume authentic control so we need to find a space where we can
over it and the state of our health. As the always dwell and offer. We have to learn
Mother says, it is the ‘inside which governs to be always present. The definitive poise
the outside’. Mastery of our psychology is in Integral Yoga is surrender. We have to
only accessible from this poise as a balanced surrender what we are to the Divine and the
psychology is the essential backdrop to process is to offer. It is our inner aspiration
all physical health. However, it is a great which fuels this process. We cannot truly
challenge to achieve all this. Every part of offer from our instrumental nature, from the
our nature will resist this reversal. The ego outside. It is our Truth alone that can offer so
certainly doesn’t want it; it loves to pull the it is imperative that we find it and then live
strings from the surface. But how can we through it. We offer the good and the bad. We
begin the process when virtually all our should do more than offer in hindsight; we
nature is dominated by ego? should offer as soon as every inner movement
rises to the surface. This motion of surrender
A calling comes and we respond! A dormant and self-giving is the most important process
aspiration awakens and inspires the adventurer we undertake in Integral Yoga.
in us to set our course on living from our true
centre. It is a time for stupendous personal “Not only is the positive movement of self-giving
effort. For a long time, we have no option but necessary but also the negative movement of
to work through our ego nature. This nature rejection of everything in you that opposes this
needs to be inspired and refined; it requires giving (4).”

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