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Namah Align Your Will

“The will to conquer” So, not least of all, we need this will to awaken
the aspiration in the body. It is there, present
It is always the body which completes the but buried and hidden beneath a thick crust
equation in the integral context. It is the last of inertia. It is present within the subtle
to transform and probably the last to yield physical and this needs to translate to the
completely to our will. Changing the body gross physical. A conscious will needs to get
presents the supreme test for our will. A firm imparted into every physical movement. The
resolution is called upon us when we deal physical body needs to be made increasingly
with it. The work comes down to microscopic more supple and subtle.
detail and the “will to conquer” extends to the
very cells of the body: Ultimately it is not effort that will succeed in
this. It is surrender. We surrender completely
“Wake up in yourself the will to conquer. Not a to the Mother and the Mother extends her
mere will in the mind but a will in the very cells Will directly through us. We can’t stay with
of the body. Without that you can’t do anything, the mind and try to superimpose our mental
e.g. you may take a hundred medicines but will. We give all that up. We align and allow
they won’t cure you unless you have a will to ourselves to be carried beyond nature. Only
conquer the physical illness (6).” then can our Will reach eternal identity with
her burning Flame inside.
Working on the body may necessitate a total
reconstruction. We have to be ready for
that. Every toxic conditioning and influence
seeks residence in the body. Every imprint from
outside has been left there. It requires a will
that is resolute to the point of complete
obstinacy.

But it can be done. With the infusion of
consciousness, anything is possible! Perhaps
this is where we realise that effort can take
us no further. As soon as it becomes a “bar” References
(we go back to the footnote on page 17),
we understand that something new has to 1. The Mother. The Collected Works of the Mother,
take over. Nothing is done until everything Volume 9. 2nd ed. Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust;
is done. When we realise that we can do 2003, p. 259.
nothing, we give all of ourselves. It is through
self-giving that we truly and conclusively 2. Sri Aurobindo. Birth Centenary Library, Volume
align our will, all our blemishes and all our 16. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust;
virtues, because everything is a mixture after 1971, p. 377.
all. We hand over everything that we are and
everything that we believe we are. 3. The Mother. Collected Works, Volume 6; 2003,

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