| From Dr. R.S. Agarwal's book "Yoga of Perfect Sight"Chapter 12: "Letters of Sri Aurobindo" (1934-1936)
 
 
 Question: I want to start every action of mine knowing the 
          Divine Will. But how to find out the Divine Will?
 
 Sri Aurobindo: It needs a quiet mind - in the quiet mind turned 
          towards the Divine, the initiation comes of the Divine Will and the 
          right way to do it
 
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 Question: How to concentrate on the heart-centre?
 
 Sri Aurobindo: You can concentrate the consciousness any where 
          in any centre. You have only to think of yourself as centrally there 
          and try to fix and keep that. A strain or strong effort to do so is 
          not necessary, a quiet and steady dwelling on the idea - after a time 
          you will feel something there which you can recognise as consciousness 
          steady and central and from there one can think, receive, originate 
          action.
 Most people associate consciousness with the brain or head because that 
          is the centre for intellectual thought and mental vision, but consciousness 
          is not limited to that kind of thought or vision, - it is everywhere 
          in the system and there are several centres of it; e.g., the centre 
          for emotion is not in the brain but in the heart - the originating centre 
          of vital desire is still lower down.
 The two main places where one can centre the consciousness for Yoga 
          are in the head and in the heart - the mind centre and the soul centre.
 
 
 pages 209 and 215
 published by Sri 
          Aurobindo Ashram - Pondicherry
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