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yogis could turn pain into pleasure. In a way you still find a difficulty, it is because of the
that is also the reason that even without the past habit of reaction in the nervous being and
knowledge of yoga, medical science aims a certain weakness there; but persevere, do
to alleviate pain so that pleasure can be not consent to the invasion of the old forces.
achieved. The habit will lessen and disappear and the
true Force occupying the body will remove
the weakness (6),”

At an optimal point in the journey of personal
growth, the vital-physical can be offered for
transformation. That will usher in the reign of
A
Ananda and the flowering of superconscient
values in the matrix of terrestrial consciousness.
It would simultaneously usher a new level of
As Sri Aurobindo poignantly describes: harmony needed for perfect health.
“There is something in the being that enjoys
illness, it is possible even to turn the pains References
of illness like any other pain into a form of
pleasure; for pain and pleasure are both of 1. Sri Aurobindo. Birth Centenary, Volume 18.
them degradations of an original Ananda and Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust; 1970,
can be reduced into the terms of each other or p. 253.
else sublimated into their original principle of
Ananda (5).” 2. Basu S. Consciousness Based Counselling
based on Sri Aurobindo’s Integral World-
Modulating the vital-physical View. Indian Journal of Clinical Psychology,
2021; 48 (2): 180-89.
The first task for a harmonious life must be
to invoke the Force and Light into the vital- 3. Sri Aurobindo. SABCL, Volume 22; 1970, p. 345.
physical so that it can be properly modulated.
“The peace and force must be called down 4. Ibid., p. 344.
into this vital-physical (nervous) part and the
whole body until you feel the atmosphere and 5. Sri Aurobindo. SABCL, Volume 24; 1970, p. 1566.
force pervading you and in you always in all
the body and not only upon or around you. If 6. Ibid., p. 1574.

— Dr. Soumitra Basu

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