Transmute Your Emotions And Fly
Emotions express our vital nature. The term 'vital' is used by
Sri Aurobindo
to identify a distinct range of consciousness, and he was the first to deploy it. The vital encompasses our dynamism, life-force, and so much more. We would be machines without it, but it requires particular attention to be transformed. It is divided by two hemispheres and so beset with duality. At any time, the lower can ransack the higher. At the apex reside our
creative faculties
. These high regions, if cultivated, arouse refined aesthetic sensibilities. The heart, too, with its propensity for love, is seated there. Courage, enthusiasm and nobility are also present, and there is a vital aspiration. It is also the zone of the explorers and great adventurers. The lower hemisphere, however, wallows in the mire. It is a source of depravity and desire. The ego, though not absent in the higher, has firmly pitched camp here. This is where all our anger, bitterness, rancour and hatred accumulate. There is a gravitational pull from this region; it constantly seeks to drag down the higher.
So, how should we address this mixed bag of emotions? First, learn to step back and offer them all to the Divine. Get accustomed to this simple procedure. Access the witness within to do this. Don't judge or discriminate between what you consider to be good or bad. We are only a mixture after all. Try to offer everything; the whole must be addressed.
Seek that deep source of vastness and peace within your heart and make that your base. This is your Truth, your default. Observe your inner movements without getting embroiled in the drama. Try erecting a cinema screen and watch the play unfold. Be a disinterested observer and offer the play to the Divine. 'Disinterested' means lack of self-interest. The Divine knows much better what to do with it. Start to live inside. Whenever you feel the lower invading the higher, detach, affix your attention onto it and offer. Don't expect overnight changes: you must persist. This station marks the beginning of purification, but you will soon feel a greater sense of well-being and purpose. If you see the process through, a radical shift in consciousness will surely be experienced.
To move forward in life, we need support of our emotions. Life is too sterile and dry without them. If properly channelled, they will elevate the being to new heights, but when downgraded, they lead to depression, disorder or revolt. Don't try to sit on them with the mind; it is not the correct domain to operate from. Your refuge is deeper inside: go there and offer. This practice can be done always and anywhere. Make it your aim. This is your first step in continual sadhana.
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Concentrate all your attention within the heart and live there. Offer everything to the Divine. It is the yog of transformation and the ultimate practice. Let the highest determinism do its work. Emotions are part of the play, and the play can be made beautiful. Erect a ladder of love within your heart, climb and reach the sky of bliss. The Mother, Pondicherry, says the heart has 'wings'; transmute your emotions and fly!
Authored by: James Anderson
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