June 16, 2026
The Essential Conditions for the Growth of the Psychic Being
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, The Psychic Being — Soul: Its Nature, Mission and Evolution, Section 3 Growth and Development of the Psychic, pp. 96-97This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2026/06/14/the-essential-conditions-for-the-growth-of-the-psychic-being/
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We tend to judge circumstances
and events based on how they
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impacted our external
personality, the individual ego.
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We call things good or bad based
on our perception of whether
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they satisfy our needs, wants
and desires or not.
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What we fail to recognize more
often than not is that the
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psychic being may have a
different agenda than our mind
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or vital desire soul recognizes.
Sometimes the very things that
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we believe are harmful or
unfortunate are the important
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opportunities the psychic being
has permitted and possibly
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00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:44,240
engineered to guide us towards a
more complete aspiration,
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00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:49,280
consecration, dedication and
surrender to the divine
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intention.
We are egocentric while the
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psychic being in US is divine
centric.
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A disciple asks how can one make
one's psychic personality grow?
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00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:08,280
The mother answers quote.
It is through all the
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00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:11,920
experiences of life that the
psychic personality forms,
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00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:16,960
grows, develops and finally
becomes a complete, conscious
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and free being.
This process of development goes
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on tirelessly through
innumerable lives, and if one is
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not conscious of it, it is
because 1 is not conscious of
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1's psychic being, for that is
the indispensable starting
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point.
Through interiorization and
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00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:40,840
concentration, one has to enter
into conscious contact with
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one's psychic being.
The psychic being always has an
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influence on the outer being,
but that influence is almost
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always a cult, neither seen nor
perceived nor felt, save on
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truly exceptional occasions.
In order to strengthen the
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contact and aid, if possible,
the development of the conscious
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00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:07,760
psychic personality, one should,
while concentrating, turn
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towards it, aspire to know it
and feel it, open oneself to
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receive its influence and take
great care each time that one
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receives an indication from it.
To follow it very scrupulously
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and sincerely, to live in a
great aspiration, to take care,
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to become inwardly calm and
remain so always as far as
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possible.
To cultivate a perfect sincerity
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in all the activities of 1's
being.
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These are the essential
conditions for the growth of the
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psychic being.
End Quote Reference Sri Orobindo
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and the Mother, the psychic
being soul, its nature, mission
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and evolution.
Section 3.
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Growth and Development of the
Psychic, pages 96 to 97.
00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,960
We tend to judge circumstances
and events based on how they
2
00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:08,400
impacted our external
personality, the individual ego.
3
00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:13,080
We call things good or bad based
on our perception of whether
4
00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:16,720
they satisfy our needs, wants
and desires or not.
5
00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:22,040
What we fail to recognize more
often than not is that the
6
00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:25,560
psychic being may have a
different agenda than our mind
7
00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:30,520
or vital desire soul recognizes.
Sometimes the very things that
8
00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:34,600
we believe are harmful or
unfortunate are the important
9
00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:39,120
opportunities the psychic being
has permitted and possibly
10
00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:44,240
engineered to guide us towards a
more complete aspiration,
11
00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:49,280
consecration, dedication and
surrender to the divine
12
00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:53,840
intention.
We are egocentric while the
13
00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:57,040
psychic being in US is divine
centric.
14
00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:03,360
A disciple asks how can one make
one's psychic personality grow?
15
00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:08,280
The mother answers quote.
It is through all the
16
00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:11,920
experiences of life that the
psychic personality forms,
17
00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:16,960
grows, develops and finally
becomes a complete, conscious
18
00:01:16,960 --> 00:01:20,840
and free being.
This process of development goes
19
00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:25,520
on tirelessly through
innumerable lives, and if one is
20
00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:29,000
not conscious of it, it is
because 1 is not conscious of
21
00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:33,040
1's psychic being, for that is
the indispensable starting
22
00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:36,600
point.
Through interiorization and
23
00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:40,840
concentration, one has to enter
into conscious contact with
24
00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:44,600
one's psychic being.
The psychic being always has an
25
00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:48,440
influence on the outer being,
but that influence is almost
26
00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:54,440
always a cult, neither seen nor
perceived nor felt, save on
27
00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:58,800
truly exceptional occasions.
In order to strengthen the
28
00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:03,000
contact and aid, if possible,
the development of the conscious
29
00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:07,760
psychic personality, one should,
while concentrating, turn
30
00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:12,600
towards it, aspire to know it
and feel it, open oneself to
31
00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:17,800
receive its influence and take
great care each time that one
32
00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:22,360
receives an indication from it.
To follow it very scrupulously
33
00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:27,920
and sincerely, to live in a
great aspiration, to take care,
34
00:02:27,920 --> 00:02:32,600
to become inwardly calm and
remain so always as far as
35
00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:36,400
possible.
To cultivate a perfect sincerity
36
00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:38,560
in all the activities of 1's
being.
37
00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:42,680
These are the essential
conditions for the growth of the
38
00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:48,480
psychic being.
End Quote Reference Sri Orobindo
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and the Mother, the psychic
being soul, its nature, mission
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00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,240
and evolution.
Section 3.
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Growth and Development of the
Psychic, pages 96 to 97.
