June 10, 2026
Conscious Rebirth by a Fully Developed Psychic Being, Part 2
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, The Psychic Being — Soul: Its Nature, Mission and Evolution, Section 3 Growth and Development of the Psychic, pp. 85-87This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2026/06/08/conscious-rebirth-by-a-fully-developed-psychic-being-part-2/
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There is considerable skepticism
about the question of rebirth.
2
00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:09,840
There are also questions about
what exactly is reborn and what
3
00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:13,960
happens to the existing current
life experience and capabilities
4
00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:16,440
developed in a lifetime before
death.
5
00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:20,960
There remains then also the
mechanisms involved.
6
00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:24,800
There is a long history
reviewing the question of life
7
00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:30,440
after death and the question of
rebirth with worldwide focus and
8
00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:33,880
spanning virtually all cultures
and time periods.
9
00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,840
There are legends or stories
about locations where the dead
10
00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:42,880
souls go either permanently or
for some period of time until
11
00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:46,360
they are reborn.
Some individuals who have been
12
00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:50,880
pronounced clinically dead and
then were revived have reported
13
00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:54,880
their experiences and their new
understanding of their role on
14
00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:58,720
Earth.
Some religions doctrinally
15
00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:02,960
reject the concept of rebirth on
the grounds that it conflicts
16
00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:06,960
with their view of salvation and
the attainment of heaven after
17
00:01:06,960 --> 00:01:09,520
judgment and bodily
resurrection.
18
00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:14,400
Others hold that at some point
the soul is not reborn into this
19
00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:19,320
world, but potentially into
other worlds or domains as the
20
00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:24,800
soul's development progresses.
We are focused here, however, on
21
00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:28,880
the specific question of rebirth
in the context of the earthly
22
00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:33,760
life and process.
Scientists have also begun to
23
00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:38,800
weigh in on the subject.
In particular, the University of
24
00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:42,400
Virginia's School of Medicine
set up a division of Perceptual
25
00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:48,400
Studies, DOP S to study this in
similar esoteric questions.
26
00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:52,600
They set about developing a
database of cases of apparent
27
00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:56,920
rebirth or transmission of
specific capabilities across the
28
00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,960
life death barrier into a new
life.
29
00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:04,680
The database comprises more than
2500 cases which were
30
00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:08,080
researched.
Some could not be fully vetted
31
00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:12,680
and validated, but several
hundred were carefully reviewed
32
00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:17,000
and found to be solid.
Some of these cases were written
33
00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,360
up in books or in medical
journals at the time they were
34
00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:24,360
published.
Cases of musical or other forms
35
00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:28,880
of artistic or mathematical
prodigies, such as the frequent
36
00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:33,720
sighted case of Mozart, come up
from time to time.
37
00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:37,920
These represent cases of highly
developed skills.
38
00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:42,240
More frequent, however, are
cases of ordinary individuals
39
00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:46,480
without special skills.
In many of these cases, the
40
00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:49,840
original memory stemmed from an
individual who had died
41
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prematurely or violently.
The mechanism here is unknown,
42
00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:59,640
of course, but it shows that
somehow mental or vital or even
43
00:02:59,640 --> 00:03:03,480
physical memories were held
together sufficiently and were
44
00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:07,920
able to penetrate into a child,
either through a process of
45
00:03:07,920 --> 00:03:12,520
rebirth or possibly through one
of the child picking up the
46
00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:16,400
formation from the mental, vital
or subtle physical domain in
47
00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:18,400
which it was still highly
organized.
48
00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:22,280
A large percentage of these
cases involve events that
49
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occurred within a couple of
years, thus lending credence to
50
00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:30,520
the organized mental vital
physical formation simply being
51
00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:34,840
adopted, rather than a specific
case of rebirth.
52
00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:40,120
However, those that involve
longer periods of time would
53
00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:42,440
tend to favor rebirth as the
cause.
54
00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:48,120
Some children with very specific
memories actually identify
55
00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:52,800
themselves as the prior, now
deceased individual.
56
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As a general proposition, of
those cases that were documented
57
00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:02,760
well, the vast majority involved
young children between ages 2
58
00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:07,600
and four with specific special
knowledge, memories, or
59
00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:12,520
capacities that were unrelated
to anything in their lives or in
60
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any development they had
undergone in the current
61
00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:18,399
lifetime.
The memories tended to fade as
62
00:04:18,399 --> 00:04:22,520
they aged for the most part,
although some cases involved
63
00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:27,480
adults under hypnotic trance who
exhibited language and detailed
64
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knowledge of dialects and
languages unknown to them and of
65
00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:35,680
places far distant in time and
space.
66
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One thing that is proven here,
however, is that in certain
67
00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:44,560
instances physical, vital, or
mental capacities or
68
00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:48,720
characteristics can translate
from one life to another.
69
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There are even incidents of
specific birthmarks appearing
70
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physically on the body of the
newborn child.
71
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Most of these cases, as noted,
are related to ordinary people
72
00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:04,640
with more or less ordinary
capacities.
73
00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:09,120
This does, however, open up a
pathway to understand the
74
00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:12,800
potential action of a highly
advanced and developed psychic
75
00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:17,920
being, creating formations at
the physical, vital and mental
76
00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:22,480
level to carry forward into a
next lifetime.
77
00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:28,880
The Mother writes quote When the
psychic is fully developed and
78
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very conscious, when it becomes
a conscious instrument of the
79
00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:38,160
Divine will, it organizes the
vital and the mind in such a way
80
00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:41,960
that they too participate in the
general harmony and can be
81
00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:45,440
preserved.
A high degree of development
82
00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:48,520
allows at least some parts of
the mental and vital beings to
83
00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:52,200
be preserved in spite of the
dissolution of the body.
84
00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:58,280
If, for instance, some parts,
mental or vital, of the human
85
00:05:58,280 --> 00:06:02,360
activity have been particularly
developed, these elements of the
86
00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:07,000
mind and vital are maintained
even in their form in the form
87
00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,880
of the activity which has been
fully organized, as, for
88
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example, in highly intellectual
people who have particularly
89
00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:18,120
developed their brains.
The mental part of their being
90
00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:21,080
keeps this structure and is
preserved in the form of an
91
00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:25,400
organized brain, which has its
own life and can be kept
92
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unchanged until a future life so
as to participate in it with all
93
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its gains.
In artists, As for instance in
94
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certain musicians who have used
their hands in a particularly
95
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conscious way, the vital and
mental substance is preserved in
96
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the form of hands, and these
hands remained fully conscious.
97
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They can even use the body of
living people if there is a
98
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special affinity, and so on.
Otherwise in ordinary people in
99
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whom the psychic form is not
fully developed and organized,
100
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when the psychic leaves the
body, the mental and vital forms
101
00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:08,240
may persist for a certain time
if the death has been
102
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particularly peaceful and
concentrated.
103
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But if a man dies suddenly and
in a state of passion with
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numerous attachments, well, the
different parts of the being are
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dispersed and live for a shorter
or longer time their own life in
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their own domain, then
disappeared.
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The center of organization and
transformation is always the
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presence of the psychic in the
body.
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Therefore it is a very big
mistake to believe that the
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progress continues, or even, as
some believe, that it is more
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complete and rapid.
In the periods of transition
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between two physical lives.
In general there is no progress
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at all, for the psychic enters
into a state of rest, and the
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other parts, after a more or
less ephemeral life in their own
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domain, are dissolved.
Earthly life is the place for
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progress.
It is here on earth that
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progress is possible during the
period of earthly existence, and
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it is the psychic which carries
the progress over from one life
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to another by organizing its own
evolution and development
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itself.
End Quote.
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Reference Sri Aurobindo and the
Mother.
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The psychic being soul, its
nature, mission and evolution.
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Section 3.
Growth and Development of the
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Psychic, pages 85 to 87.
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There is considerable skepticism
about the question of rebirth.
2
00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:09,840
There are also questions about
what exactly is reborn and what
3
00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:13,960
happens to the existing current
life experience and capabilities
4
00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:16,440
developed in a lifetime before
death.
5
00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:20,960
There remains then also the
mechanisms involved.
6
00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:24,800
There is a long history
reviewing the question of life
7
00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:30,440
after death and the question of
rebirth with worldwide focus and
8
00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:33,880
spanning virtually all cultures
and time periods.
9
00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,840
There are legends or stories
about locations where the dead
10
00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:42,880
souls go either permanently or
for some period of time until
11
00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:46,360
they are reborn.
Some individuals who have been
12
00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:50,880
pronounced clinically dead and
then were revived have reported
13
00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:54,880
their experiences and their new
understanding of their role on
14
00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:58,720
Earth.
Some religions doctrinally
15
00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:02,960
reject the concept of rebirth on
the grounds that it conflicts
16
00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:06,960
with their view of salvation and
the attainment of heaven after
17
00:01:06,960 --> 00:01:09,520
judgment and bodily
resurrection.
18
00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:14,400
Others hold that at some point
the soul is not reborn into this
19
00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:19,320
world, but potentially into
other worlds or domains as the
20
00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:24,800
soul's development progresses.
We are focused here, however, on
21
00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:28,880
the specific question of rebirth
in the context of the earthly
22
00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:33,760
life and process.
Scientists have also begun to
23
00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:38,800
weigh in on the subject.
In particular, the University of
24
00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:42,400
Virginia's School of Medicine
set up a division of Perceptual
25
00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:48,400
Studies, DOP S to study this in
similar esoteric questions.
26
00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:52,600
They set about developing a
database of cases of apparent
27
00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:56,920
rebirth or transmission of
specific capabilities across the
28
00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,960
life death barrier into a new
life.
29
00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:04,680
The database comprises more than
2500 cases which were
30
00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:08,080
researched.
Some could not be fully vetted
31
00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:12,680
and validated, but several
hundred were carefully reviewed
32
00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:17,000
and found to be solid.
Some of these cases were written
33
00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,360
up in books or in medical
journals at the time they were
34
00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:24,360
published.
Cases of musical or other forms
35
00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:28,880
of artistic or mathematical
prodigies, such as the frequent
36
00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:33,720
sighted case of Mozart, come up
from time to time.
37
00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:37,920
These represent cases of highly
developed skills.
38
00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:42,240
More frequent, however, are
cases of ordinary individuals
39
00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:46,480
without special skills.
In many of these cases, the
40
00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:49,840
original memory stemmed from an
individual who had died
41
00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:54,160
prematurely or violently.
The mechanism here is unknown,
42
00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:59,640
of course, but it shows that
somehow mental or vital or even
43
00:02:59,640 --> 00:03:03,480
physical memories were held
together sufficiently and were
44
00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:07,920
able to penetrate into a child,
either through a process of
45
00:03:07,920 --> 00:03:12,520
rebirth or possibly through one
of the child picking up the
46
00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:16,400
formation from the mental, vital
or subtle physical domain in
47
00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:18,400
which it was still highly
organized.
48
00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:22,280
A large percentage of these
cases involve events that
49
00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:26,720
occurred within a couple of
years, thus lending credence to
50
00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:30,520
the organized mental vital
physical formation simply being
51
00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:34,840
adopted, rather than a specific
case of rebirth.
52
00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:40,120
However, those that involve
longer periods of time would
53
00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:42,440
tend to favor rebirth as the
cause.
54
00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:48,120
Some children with very specific
memories actually identify
55
00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:52,800
themselves as the prior, now
deceased individual.
56
00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:58,280
As a general proposition, of
those cases that were documented
57
00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:02,760
well, the vast majority involved
young children between ages 2
58
00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:07,600
and four with specific special
knowledge, memories, or
59
00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:12,520
capacities that were unrelated
to anything in their lives or in
60
00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:14,920
any development they had
undergone in the current
61
00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:18,399
lifetime.
The memories tended to fade as
62
00:04:18,399 --> 00:04:22,520
they aged for the most part,
although some cases involved
63
00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:27,480
adults under hypnotic trance who
exhibited language and detailed
64
00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:32,120
knowledge of dialects and
languages unknown to them and of
65
00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:35,680
places far distant in time and
space.
66
00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:40,480
One thing that is proven here,
however, is that in certain
67
00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:44,560
instances physical, vital, or
mental capacities or
68
00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:48,720
characteristics can translate
from one life to another.
69
00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:53,160
There are even incidents of
specific birthmarks appearing
70
00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:55,720
physically on the body of the
newborn child.
71
00:04:56,680 --> 00:05:01,360
Most of these cases, as noted,
are related to ordinary people
72
00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:04,640
with more or less ordinary
capacities.
73
00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:09,120
This does, however, open up a
pathway to understand the
74
00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:12,800
potential action of a highly
advanced and developed psychic
75
00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:17,920
being, creating formations at
the physical, vital and mental
76
00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:22,480
level to carry forward into a
next lifetime.
77
00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:28,880
The Mother writes quote When the
psychic is fully developed and
78
00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:33,200
very conscious, when it becomes
a conscious instrument of the
79
00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:38,160
Divine will, it organizes the
vital and the mind in such a way
80
00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:41,960
that they too participate in the
general harmony and can be
81
00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:45,440
preserved.
A high degree of development
82
00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:48,520
allows at least some parts of
the mental and vital beings to
83
00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:52,200
be preserved in spite of the
dissolution of the body.
84
00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:58,280
If, for instance, some parts,
mental or vital, of the human
85
00:05:58,280 --> 00:06:02,360
activity have been particularly
developed, these elements of the
86
00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:07,000
mind and vital are maintained
even in their form in the form
87
00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,880
of the activity which has been
fully organized, as, for
88
00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:14,800
example, in highly intellectual
people who have particularly
89
00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:18,120
developed their brains.
The mental part of their being
90
00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:21,080
keeps this structure and is
preserved in the form of an
91
00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:25,400
organized brain, which has its
own life and can be kept
92
00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:30,760
unchanged until a future life so
as to participate in it with all
93
00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:34,920
its gains.
In artists, As for instance in
94
00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:38,160
certain musicians who have used
their hands in a particularly
95
00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:42,400
conscious way, the vital and
mental substance is preserved in
96
00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:46,640
the form of hands, and these
hands remained fully conscious.
97
00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:50,360
They can even use the body of
living people if there is a
98
00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:56,720
special affinity, and so on.
Otherwise in ordinary people in
99
00:06:56,720 --> 00:07:00,280
whom the psychic form is not
fully developed and organized,
100
00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:04,680
when the psychic leaves the
body, the mental and vital forms
101
00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:08,240
may persist for a certain time
if the death has been
102
00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:10,640
particularly peaceful and
concentrated.
103
00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:15,720
But if a man dies suddenly and
in a state of passion with
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numerous attachments, well, the
different parts of the being are
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dispersed and live for a shorter
or longer time their own life in
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their own domain, then
disappeared.
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The center of organization and
transformation is always the
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presence of the psychic in the
body.
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Therefore it is a very big
mistake to believe that the
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progress continues, or even, as
some believe, that it is more
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complete and rapid.
In the periods of transition
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between two physical lives.
In general there is no progress
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at all, for the psychic enters
into a state of rest, and the
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other parts, after a more or
less ephemeral life in their own
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domain, are dissolved.
Earthly life is the place for
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progress.
It is here on earth that
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progress is possible during the
period of earthly existence, and
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it is the psychic which carries
the progress over from one life
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to another by organizing its own
evolution and development
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itself.
End Quote.
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Reference Sri Aurobindo and the
Mother.
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The psychic being soul, its
nature, mission and evolution.
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Section 3.
Growth and Development of the
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Psychic, pages 85 to 87.
