The Hidden Forces of Life: Summary and Conclusions

We tend to live our lives in the belief that we are separate and isolated from one another. We struggle to survive and thrive in a world where every other being is competing with us for their own survival and self-aggrandisement. In such a world, we suffer from self-doubt, anxiety, fear, and pressure. We subject ourselves to internal judgment when we fail to meet the standards we believe govern our lives, and we project our desires, needs, thoughts and conce
s onto others and judge them on that standard as well.

What we fail to recognise is that we are actually united with all other beings in an interactive, fully unified reality and that what we think, what we feel, what we experience, what we suffer, and what we enjoy, all is the result of forces active in the world that vibrate within us when we are receptive to them and thereby create the reactions we experience. We are receiving and transmitting stations for these universal forces.

Dr. Dalal points out, in the Preface to this compilation: “Dealt with herein are the diverse forces which act on us, determining the course of events, influencing our thoughts, feelings and actions, affecting our moods, health and level of energy, pulling the human being to nether depths or beckoning him towards lofty heights. Spoken of in this book are also the hidden forces behind evolution and beneficent forces which man can learn more and more to draw upon. Many of the passages in the book not only explain the nature of the various forces but also provide practical guidance in relation to both helpful as well as deleterious forces.”

The systematic review of The Hidden Forces of Life reveals much that is hidden and occult from our normal daily view, provides us considerable food for reflection and inner growth, and helps us to overcome the limitations we set upon ourselves through the inaccurate view of our separation and isolation from the rest of the creation.

Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, The Hidden Forces of Life, Summary and Conclusions