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… [the idea that things cannot change] also is the fault of the physical consciousness. It is obsessed by the idea that "what is" must be,—that the habit of things cannot be altered. This inevitability it extends not only to what is but to what it merely thinks of as a fact—it lays itself open inertly to every suggestion or possibility that seems to be justified by the habit of things. It is the main obstacle to the material change. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/difficulties-of-the-physical-nature#p72</ref>
There are many [defects of the physical consciousness]—but mainly obscurity, inertia, tamas, a passive acceptance of the play of wrong forces, inability to change, attachment to habits, lack of plasticity, forgetfulness, loss of experiences or realisations gained, unwillingness to accept the Light or to follow it, incapacity (through tamas or through attachment or through passive reaction to accustomed forces) to do what it admits to be the Right and the Best. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/levels-of-the-physical-being#p2</ref>
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All working of mind or spirit has its vibration in the …the physical consciousness, records itself there in a kind of subordinate corporeal notation and communicates itself to the material world partly at least through the physical machine. But the body of man has natural limitations in this capacity which it imposes on the play of the higher parts of his being. And, secondly, it has subconscient … is a subconscient consciousness thing of its own in which it keeps with an obstinate fidelity the past habits and past nature constant repetitions of the mental old movements, obscure and vital being and which automatically opposes stiff and obstructs any very great upward change or at least prevents it from becoming a radical transformation of the whole nature. …The body is given us as one instrument necessary to the totality of our works and it is to be used, not neglectedplastic, hurt, suppressed or abolishedyielding only little by little. If it is imperfect, recalcitrant, obstinate, so are also The physical mind can be more easily opened and converted than the other membersrest, but the vital being, heart physical and mind material physical are obstinate. The old things are always recurring there without reason and reasonby force of habit. It has like them to be changed Much of the vital physical and perfected and to undergo a transformationmost of the material are in the subconscience or dependent on it. As we must get ourselves It needs a new life, new heart, new mind, so we have in a certain sense strong and sustained action to build for ourselves a new bodyprogress there. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/2431/difficulties-of-the-divinephysical-shaktinature#p9p65</ref>
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… […the human race is still weighted by a certain gravitation towards the idea that things cannot change] also physical, it obeys still the pull of our yet unconquered earth-matter; it is dominated by the fault brain-mind, the physical intelligence: thus held back by many ties, it hesitates before the indication or falls back before the too tense demand of the physical consciousnessspiritual effort. It is obsessed by the idea that "what is" must behas, too, still a great capacity for sceptical folly, an immense indolence,—that an enormous intellectual and spiritual timidity and conservatism when called out of the grooves of habit : even the constant evidence of things cannot be altered. This inevitability life itself that where it extends not only to what is but chooses to what conquer it merely thinks can conquer,—witness the miracles of as a fact—it lays itself open inertly to every suggestion or possibility that seems to be justified by quite inferior power, physical Science,—does not prevent it from doubting; it repels the habit of things. It is new call and leaves the main obstacle response to the material changea few individuals. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/3122/difficultiesthe-evolutionary-ofprocess-theascent-physicaland-natureintegration#p72p26</ref>
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…Matter…comes from total unconsciousness, and throughout the ages and all the ways All working of being, it returns to total consciousness—it goes from one extreme to the other;… it [Body] is obviously far more receptive when it is immobile, because mind or spirit has its energies are occupied with the transformation.<ref>http://incarnateword.vibration in/agenda/08/january-18-1967#p21</ref> <center>~</center> ...the physical consciousness , records itself there in a kind of subordinate corporeal notation and nature are closed up and rigid—they are shut up in their habits, they don't want communicates itself to change them, they accept only one regular routinethe material world partly at least through the physical machine. There is nothing more routine-bound than But the body. If you change its habits of man has natural limitations in this capacity which it imposes on the leastplay of the higher parts of his being. And, it is quite bewilderedsecondly, it doesn't know any longer what to do… <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/04/28-april-1951#p11</ref> <center>~</center> …the physical and has a subconscient … is a thing consciousness of its own in which it keeps with an obstinate fidelity the past habits and constant repetitions past nature of the old movements, obscure mental and stiff and not plastic, yielding only little by little. The physical mind can be more easily opened and converted than the rest, but the vital physical being and material physical are obstinate. The old things are always recurring there without reason which automatically opposes and by force of habit. Much of the vital physical and most of the material are in the subconscience obstructs any very great upward change or dependent on at least prevents it. It needs from becoming a strong and sustained action to progress there. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/difficulties-radical transformation of-the-physical-whole nature#p65</ref> <center>~</center> …the human race . …The body is still weighted by a certain gravitation towards given us as one instrument necessary to the physical, it obeys still the pull totality of our yet unconquered earth-matter; works and it is dominated by the brain-mindto be used, not neglected, the physical intelligence: thus held back by many tieshurt, suppressed or abolished. If it hesitates before is imperfect, recalcitrant, obstinate, so are also the indication or falls back before other members, the too tense demand of the spiritual effortvital being, heart and mind and reason. It has, too, still a great capacity for sceptical folly, an immense indolence, an enormous intellectual like them to be changed and spiritual timidity perfected and conservatism when called out of the grooves of habit: even the constant evidence of to undergo a transformation. As we must get ourselves a new life itself that where it chooses to conquer it can conquer,—witness the miracles of that quite inferior powernew heart, physical Sciencenew mind,—does not prevent it from doubting; it repels the new call and leaves the response so we have in a certain sense to build for ourselves a few individualsnew body. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/2224/the-evolutionary-process-ascent-anddivine-integrationshakti#p26p9</ref>
===Habits of the Vital===