The Difference Between Psychic Emotions and Vital Emotions

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Most people judge the emotional
relationship based on the

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external vital nature they have
built in expectations, many of

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them conditioned by the social
norms within which they are

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living.
Media reinforces the stereotypes

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of what these emotions are.
The ideal of romanticized love,

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for example, is one that drives
much of the social expectation

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and interaction that takes place
in modern Western society.

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The ideal of family duty and a
growing sense of love for

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spouse, children, and parents is
the source of strong emotional

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bonds in other parts of the
world.

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The vital emotions that arise
from these backgrounds are

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narrow, exclusive and in many
cases tinged with a sense of

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ownership or forms of jealousy
and attachment.

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They tend to create a separation
between the inner circle

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involved in that relationship
and everyone else outside.

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Psychic emotions, including
psychic forms of love, are much

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wider and more inclusive, less
attached to specific individuals

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and less overtly passionate.
They encompass not just the

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immediate relationship, but also
a much wider view of the world.

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Because they do not exhibit the
kind of overt expressions that

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we normally assign to emotions
in relationships, we do not

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interpret them properly.
A form of love that does not

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take on itself any
possessiveness, jealousy,

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extremes such as self harm or
when things breakdown.

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Harm of the other party in the
relationship is considered to be

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devoid of the reality of love,
when in fact it may be a deeper,

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more abiding and more
comprehensive form that is

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simply not being recognized.
This is not the same as what is

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called platonic love, where
there is a mental affinity and

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support structure.
Rather it is based on a psychic

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emotion and a deep connection
that has its own rhythm and

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justification.
It is also not the same as that

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professed love for humanity that
does not seem to care about the

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individuals who make up that
humanity.

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It is in that sense not abstract
love, but something far more

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that encompasses both the whole
and the individual parts.

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The mother observes.
Quote.

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As I said, some people are quite
beyond that.

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They have been able to control
it in such a way that it does

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not get mixed up with anything
else.

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They have in themselves this
psychic love which is full of

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self forgetfulness, self giving,
compassion, generosity, nobility

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of life and is a great power of
identification.

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So most of these people think
they are cold or indifferent.

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They are very nice people, you
see, but they do not love, and

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sometimes they themselves do not
know.

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I have known people who thought
they had no love because they

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didn't have this vital
vibration.

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Usually when people speak of
emotions, they are Speaking of

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vital emotions.
But there is another kind of

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emotion which is of an
infinitely higher order and

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doesn't express itself in the
same way, which has just as much

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intensity, but an intensity that
is under control, contained,

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condensed, concentrated, and is
an extraordinary dynamic power.

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True love can achieve
extraordinary things, but it is

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rare.
All kinds of miracles can be

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done out of love for the person
1 loves, not for everyone, but

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for the people or the person 1
loves.

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But it has to be a love free
from all vital mixture, an

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absolutely pure and selfless
love which demands nothing in

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return, which expects nothing in
return.

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End Quote.
Reference Sri Oruvinda and the

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Mother, the psychic being, soul,
its nature, mission and

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evolution.
Section 1.

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Meaning and Nature of the
Psychic Being, pages 40 to 41.