The vital is the fountainhead of life, the energy without which nothing can be accomplished. It is also the source of all our emotions, feelings, desires and impulses. Purified, it can become the perfect instrument for all we have to realise in the physical world.
“The vital being in us is the seat of impulses and desires, of enthusiasm and violence, of dynamic energy and desperate depressions, of passions and revolts“
– The Mother
- • Development and utilisation of sense organs.
- • Becoming conscious and gradually master of one's character
- • Development and use of sense organs
- • Education of the senses
- • Cultivation of the discrimination and aesthetic sense
- • Purification of the emotions.
- • Channelisation of vital energy in a constructive or creative way
- • Observation of inner movements (reactions, desires, passions etc.)
- • Growth of effective will for progress and perfection
- • Transformation of character
- • Games and classroom activities (specially engineered for sense training)
- • Fine arts (drawing, painting, sculpture, etc.)
- • Performing arts (music, dance, drama, etc.)
- • Handicrafts (weaving, stitching, origami, making clay things, etc.)
- • Wide exposure of senses to things beautiful (both natural and man¬made) through excursions, visits, art and craft exhibitions, etc.
- • Meditation and spiritual education classes
- • Reading biographies of great men and women (who have molded and obtained mastery over their character)
- • Reading or telling stories or parables illustrating higher values
- • Educational films
- • Personal example and counseling
- • Stimulation for self-introspection and use of one's reason or rational power to control the vital impulses