Daily Offerings from Alokda

Though the contact with the psychic being may take various forms, it invariably comes with the certitude of the discovery. Yet in a general sense, we may say the following things mark the discovery of the psychic being within us.

When we discover and identify ourselves with the psychic being we no more mistake ourselves to be the body or the limited surface personality. We know ourselves to be immortal and no more attached to any particular mode or form of living. We know we are a portion of the Divine beyond any doubt. This conviction is not born through a process of reasoning but as a spontaneous identification awakens within us. It is somewhat like we know that we exist without truly needing to reason it. Somewhat similarly we believe we are this or that person depending upon which part of our complexity we identify with. In a similar way we know that we are the psychic being without really calling it thus. We are the conscious of our immortality, conscious of the Divine Presence within us. We recognize the Divine Mother and compel our whole being to progressively surrender our life to Her.

With the awakening of the psychic being, there is also the spontaneous birth of aspiration within us since the seat of this fire of aspiration is in the soul of man. There is also the birth of faith that is no more dependent upon proofs (as the mind is), or on receiving rewards or the show of miracles (as the vita is prone to). The natural movement of the psychic being is to give itself unconditionally to the Guru or to God without demanding or expecting anything in return. It gives for the joy of giving and because it can thus give itself to God so does it receive also completely abundantly.

The psychic being tends to recognize the hand of Grace everywhere. Even if the mind doubts because of the appearances that life presents to us or the vital feels disappointed, the psychic being lives always in the overwhelming presence of the Grace and by doing so actually helps the other parts open and become receptive to the Grace. It always lives in a state of surrender to the Grace.
Another thing that happens with the awakening of the psychic being is the opening of doors to an intuitive knowledge which reveals to us in one glance the truth of things hidden behind appearances. It separates the true from the false in a single glance as the mythical swan that can separate milk from water.

The influence of the psychic being on the mind is to turn our thoughts into a radiance turning naturally towards God as the sea heaves towards the moon drawn and attracted towards it spontaneously. It makes our mind wide and supple and open to the Light and Truth. Its influence upon the heart is to awaken within us some touch of the Divine Love that gives itself and takes a joy in the giving. This love is full of sweetness and is instinct with beauty and harmony. Its influence upon the life is to remove from it all that is crude and ugly and refine each and every movement as fire refines gold removing all that is dull and drab and the dross covering it. It brings out the secret truth of everything, however small it may be. It can detect the little grain of gold buried within thick coats and husk of nature. It gives to the body health and ease and fills the spaces of nature with a sweetness and a warmth, a radiance and a glow, a peace and joy that do not depend upon any outer conditions.

The psychic being orients our nature to the true, the beautiful, the good. It feels a sorrow when our nature turns in contrary directions not listening to the voice of the soul. but instead of insisting it steps back and waits for the fields of nature to be ready through experience absorbing them and turning all things, however bitter and painful they may be, into honey.
Most of all with the awakening and identification with the psychic being our values are reversed. what gave us pleasure and happiness is often seen as a state of depravity and misery, a bondage to error and ignorance, whereas what seems to be a suffering begins to reveal its hidden face of good and Grace. In each and every circumstance it shows us the hand of God.

It is natural for the psychic being to first choose as friends those who are fellow seekers or God-lovers, and stay away from those who doubt and are hostile to God. But as it matures into a universal vision of God then it can see Him in all beings and creatures though it keeps its discrimination always and knows the true from the false, the covering and the coat from the person within.
To start with this can serve as a good enough guide to see whether we are in contact with the psychic being or not. However, this is only a beginning. There is no end to the discoveries we can make as we come in contact more and more with the Divine through the psychic door. It opens the doors to the Divine Infinity and Eternity.

At the highest plane all is fixed. However, in this world, which is what concern us, fixity and freedom walk together. We have our role in determining our fate, at least to some extent. This is so because we carry within us the divine element which is potentially beyond the law that governs the world. The closer we draw to this divine element within us, greater the power we exercise upon our fate.

As to Death, there are certainly periods of time during which there is a great vulnerability and possibility of death even if the body is apparently healthy. But it is not definitive. If one can pass through this period then once again a window opens during which life seems to sail relatively smoothly. What is needed most during these critical vulnerable phases is faith and endurance.

Each soul is on its own unique journey and all associations however beautiful come to pass in this world. However, whatever is rooted in some deeper truth of our being tends to return until its deep purpose is over.

Dear V., these phases come as part of the journey of life. Yoga opens the doors to the cushioning power of Grace as we walk through life. The Divine Mother’s Grace helps us overcome these phases faster, makes us see the inner movements that opens the doors to these attacks and, finally helps us change in a way that we are no more vulnerable to the attacks. All this takes time and one has to endure the process with faith. After all anxiety, worry, fear arise due to the diminution of faith and sufficient trust in the Divine Grace. It is these things that arise from the subconscient parts and veil us from the Divine and even close us to the action of the Grace.

What is needed is to get back the faith, to open to the Mother by calling Her Name as often as you can and dedicating your actions to Her. Do spend some time connecting to Her through the easiest of ways by reading books by Sri Aurobindo and The Mother especially Savitri, Prayers and Meditations, Rays of Light, White Roses. Also do some exercises and keep yourself busy. It will help if you can take out an hour and do some activity, some work in the spirit of nishkama karma, selflessly, consecrating it to the Mother and in a state of inner Remembrance.