Interaction of the Powers of Consciousness in the Material World

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While each power of
consciousness, physical, vital,

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mental, and others operates in
its native mode, and strength in

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its own plane or sphere of
action, IT projects itself into

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the world we inhabit by tying
itself to the foundation of the

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basic physical principle.
This involves A watering down of

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the native action of the power
and question.

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While also creating a mixing
effect so that each level of

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consciousness is not only
attenuated but also forced to

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interact with the other
principles and thereby develop a

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hybrid action, Sriorabindo
writes Quote Each plane of our

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being, mental, vital, physical,
has its own consciousness,

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separate though interconnected
and interacting.

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But to our outer mind and sense
in our waking experience, they

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are all confused together.
There is the universal physical

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consciousness of nature, and
there is our own, which is a

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part of it, moved by it and used
by the central being for the

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support of its expression in the
physical world, and for a direct

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dealing with all these external
objects and movements and

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forces.
This physical consciousness

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plane receives from the other
planes their powers and

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influences, and makes formations
of them in its own province.

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Therefore we have a physical
mind as well as a vital mind and

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the mind proper.
We have a vital physical part in

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us, the nervous being, as well
as the vital proper, and both

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are largely conditioned.
By the gross material bodily

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part, which is almost entirely
subconscient to our experience.

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End Quote reference Sriorobindo
and the Mother Our Many Selves,

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Practical Yogic Psychology,
Chapter 2, Planes and Parts of

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the Being, pages 14 to 15.