Controlling the Vital

Often the mind knows what it should do. But in times of crisis, the vital gets so disturbed that the mind is not able to be calm and think. Why does this happen? We see as part of the evolution that the vital has emerged first and the mind has come later. The vital is much stronger. It is more on the surface. The animal has been around for a long time, but the thinking mind is a more recent phenomenon. We possess within ourselves the whole inheritance of the animal. Our vitality is very strong and in life it is difficult for the mind to control the vital. Normally, it is the vital the rises up and tries to subordinate the mind to its own purposes.

Mind can control the vital. That requires some effort and mastery. It does not come naturally to us. In the USA we put on management conferences and sometimes we ask some of the participants to speak. They are very successful businessmen and yet when we ask them to speak before an audience, they say it is very frightening and they refuse. They say their minds understand that it is ok, but something else is frightened. That is natural, but is it inevitable? Normally, mind does not have that capacity to control the vital when it is upset. We do, of course, control our vital. We teach our children the rules of life. We sometimes do that with ourselves too. We discipline the vital. But when the vital is excited, it is very difficult to even think of Mother. Do not try to think about Mother with the mind, try to think about Mother with the vital. Imagine Mother in the vital, ask the vital to call Mother. If you start practicing this on a regular basis, then when things go wrong you won’t find it so very difficult. The vital is our center of energy and all accomplishment in life is based on our energy. So if you can imagine Mother in that center, She has the power to completely govern the vital energy. Instead of relying on mind, which is a very small power, even though it is a higher power, rely on Mother.

At times when we are in an emergency, after we have tried everything we can and there is nothing left to do, we sit down and force ourselves to concentrate on Mother. But we should be able to do that at any time. If the vital learns to rely on Mother, the whole life will become so sweet and easy. It will give us clarity and peace of mind. If you can call Mother into the vital and lodge Her presence there, you will always have energy, you will be calm, people will be attracted to you, and you will feel cheerful all the time. If we do that in the ordinary times, when the difficult times come, we will be able to put Mother there. If we do not think of Mother until an emergency comes and then we want to be able to control the childish vital, if will be difficult. You cannot raise a child without discipline all its life and then expect that when the guests come the child will automatically behave properly. If you put Mother’s presence in the vital on a constant basis, the vital won’t get out of control even in difficult times.

When you become more conscious, you will see that the vital is actually a separate center of consciousness. It can become more conscious if you send Mother there. The vital can feel very happy when Mother comes, because the vital loves energy and strength. Some 15 years ago I went to Europe to contact some computer software companies. I was traveling all over Europe on a tight schedule. On the last day of my tour I was in Paris to meet with a very large, important software company. When I went to their corporate office and entered the lobby, I realized that I had no energy at all. I had been traveling for two weeks and I was exhausted. Then I thought this is the most important meeting of my entire trip and without energy surely I cannot accomplish anything. So I started calling Mother intensely from the vital and asking Her for energy. Within ten minutes I felt like somebody had pumped me up. I felt buoyant and charged with energy. I met the Vice President of the company for one hour, and he was very excited by our proposal. Similarly, when you are very upset, call Mother as Peace into the vital. She will come and fill the vital with peace.