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The Mother taking classes in Playground at Sri Aurobindo Ashram Puducherry
The Call for the Path of Yoga
03/05/2018
Being in an attentive state of Observation
03/07/2018
Published by Sri Aurobindo on 03/06/2018
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  • Letters on Yoga - III
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  • concentration
  • descent into mind
  • Divine Consciousness
  • life and body

The power of concentration above the head is to bring peace, silence, liberation from the body sense, the identification with mind and life and open the way for the lower (mental-vitalphysical) consciousness to rise up to meet the higher Consciousness above and for the powers of the higher (spiritual or divine) Consciousness to descend into mind, life and body.

Ref:  Letters on Yoga — III

 

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