Chapter 33The Lower Vital Being · The Resistance of the Lower Vital

In all it is the lower vital that is most full of ignorance and desire and therefore of falsehood.

* There is very commonly a gulf between the higher parts and the lower vital even in ordinary life — in Yoga it is apt to get em-phasised until the lower vital changes, but if we can judge from the majority of people here, that change is most extraordinarily difficult.

* The struggle is always hard with the lower vital nature — because it has been indulged through so many lives and it is not easily made willing to change.

* There is certainly a sincere will to change. This resistance of the lower vital is usual in everybody — it is the main difficulty in Yoga. If it were not there, the change would be easy. But once the steady mental will is there, it is a question of time and steady sadhana. With that the change is sure.

* The resistance of the nerves persists because there is always a have left in the being until this part can be entirely opened to the peace and light and the presence of the Mother. It is towards this that your sadhana must be directed and you should not be discouraged if there is some resistance or even a strong resistance. That always happens; if the resistance is quietly and steadily rejected, then it can be overcome.