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Namah Vol. 31, Issue 3, 15th October 2023

eliminating, accepting, ordering corrections Vital resonance
and change.”
Sooner or later though, the vital has to be
addressed. In my own practice, it was on this
plane I felt myself called to practise first. The
work here is non-stop; there often seems to
be no end in sight! It is like a huge reservoir
and its contents are very mixed. Is your vital
swamping you with desire and repeatedly
luring you with the trappings of the material
world? There are so many ways one can get
ensnared in its mesh. When you are in that
Once there is a sense of greater order and quiet, consciousness, your frequency lowers and
you can raise the focus of your consciousness you hunger after things from outside. Most
higher still, several inches above the head. people live in its darker depths and some
Try to station your consciousness there. seek no justification from the mind
Concentrate on that point, but remember to sanction their greed, cravings and
also to reside there in the midst of your daily desires. When no leverage from the mind
activities. At unexpected moments, you may is being applied, a recipe for psychological
find yourself eventually reaching a peak of anarchy is unconsciously being prepared. One
sublime stillness. Lay down its mirror to experiences a resonance here that will get
reflect the shining and intuitive rays from very soiled and sticky.
above. Experience the Light and vastness.
This is the true resonance: spontaneous and It is better to not look for instant solutions.
totally silent. Identify with the emerging inner Certainly, coercion is inadvisable; a calm and
mind. Carry this atmosphere with you always. patient approach should always be adopted.
Try not to starve it: that is altogether a
Once the mind is stilled, the work can proceed different path. Just be conscious always of
further down. Perhaps everything will unfold, its movements. Keep a distance from them.
spontaneously in unison. There might be a Try not to identify with them and when they
sense of being carried. Effort is there of course, impose, stay disinterested and disengage.
but alongside, the surrender begins to subtly Just observe everything that arises, ‘good’
impose itself on the being and the saadhanaa or ‘bad’, and call and connect always with
more simply unfolds. Don’t seek to apply the deeper, inner Presence, whose torch
your own force, but always be conscious and light illumines, changes and eventually
stay open to the Higher Force from above. transforms everything it discovers. Direct
Just leave everything for the Mother to take its light onto every one of its movements. If
over. A more systematic and premeditated one holds onto this Light, the vital starts to
approach may be adopted, and that is fine slowly refine and purify so that its ‘inner’
too. It may be a slight detour but you are part, its true identity, can step forward.
generally moving in the right direction and Identify with that. Above all, call the Peace
what you resonate with is already changing. to descend into it:

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