![]() ![]() The exploration of the inner makeup, the divergent drives, thoughts, emotions, feelings, desires, perceptions and needs that create these separate selves within us, becomes an important and even essential part of the yogic practice. In fact, every individual has a number of different selves that find among themselves a rough form of balance, with one in ascendent at one point in time, and another at another point in time.įor those individuals who wish to gain mastery over their nature, who are following spiritual pursuits, who are seeking to participate consciously in the evolution of consciousness, it soon becomes evident that a deeper understanding is required and the yogic process is transformed into ‘practical psychology’ as Sri Aurobindo has termed it. To the extent that we recognise that there are multiple selves possible for an individual, we tend to relegate this to an extreme category of psychological imbalance which we call “multiple personality disorder”. This view makes it difficult, if not impossible, to effectuate real change in the nature. ![]() For the most part, we are not self-reflective enough to recognise the inconsistencies and inner conflicts that take place within the being, due to different drives, needs, desires, and thoughts pulling us in different directions. We tend to believe that we are a single, consistent and harmonized individuality, personality, character.
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