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results. The two obstacles that stand in the way of a smooth
and harmonious working in and through the sadhaks are:
(1) the preconceived ideas and mental constructions which
block the way to the influence and the working of the con-
scious force;
(2) the preferences and impulses of the vital which distort
and falsify the expression.
Both these things are the natural output of the ego. With-
out the interference of these two elements my physical inter-
vention would not be necessary.
You are quite right when you do not believe in "Mother
likes", "Mother dislikes": it is quite a childish interpretation.
There is a clear precise perception of the Force and the Con-
sciousness at work, and whenever this Force gets distorted or
the Consciousness is obscured in its action, I have to interfere
and rectify the movement. In most cases things are mixed up
and there again I have to intervene to separate the distorted
transcription from the pure one.
Otherwise a great freedom of action is left to all, because
the Conscious Force can express itself in innumerable ways and
for the perfection and integrality of the manifestation no ways
are to be a priori excluded; a trial is very often given before the
selection is made.
CWSA 35: 676-77

Not to Pull people
It may be said generally that to be overanxious to pull peo-
ple, especially very young people, into the sadhana is not wise.
The sadhak who comes to this Yoga must have a real call, and
even with the real call the way is often difficult enough. But
when one pulls people in in a spirit of enthusiastic propagand-
ism, the danger is of lighting an imitative and unreal fire, not
the true Agni, or else a short-lived fire which cannot last and is

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