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Finally, the body obeys the mind automatically in
                                   those things in which it is formed or trained to obey
                                   it, but the relation of the body to the mind is not in
                                   all things that of an automatic perfect instrument.
                                   The body also has a consciousness of its own and,
                                   though it is a submental instrument or servant
                                   consciousness, it can disobey or fail to obey as well.
                                   In many things, in matters of health and illness for
                                   instance, in all automatic functionings, the body
                                   acts on its own and is not a servant of the mind.
                                   If it is fatigued, it can offer a passive resistance to
                                   the mind’s will. It can cloud the mind with tamas,
                                   inertia, dullness, fumes of the subconscient so that
                                   the mind cannot act. The arm lifts itself no doubt
                                   when it gets the suggestion, but at first the legs do
                                   not obey when they are asked to walk; they have
                                   to learn how to leave the crawling attitude and
                                   movement and take up the erect and ambulatory
                                   habit. When you first ask the hand to draw a straight
                                   line or to play music, it can’t do it and won’t do it. It
                                   has to be schooled, trained, taught, and afterwards
                                   it does automatically what is required of it. All this
                                   proves that there is a body consciousness different
                                   from the mind consciousness which can do things
                                   at the mind’s order but has to be awakened, trained,
                                   made a good and conscious instrument. It can even
                                   be so trained that a mental will or suggestion can
                                   cure the illnesses of the body.


                                                                       — Sri Aurobindo
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