The Maturation of the Soul Across Lifetimes in Fulfillment of Its Evolutionary Role

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There is a considerable amount
of time amounting to innumerable

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lifetimes when the spark of the
soul.

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The psychic being is
subordinated hidden virtually

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unseen and unheard in the
external life.

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During that time frame and that
sequence of births, the

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individual has no recognition of
the existence of the soul.

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May indicate that there is no
purpose or significance to life.

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And that without any purpose
life, simply randomly came into

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being and developed what he sees
around him.

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At the end of the lifetime,
everything is gone.

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Once an individual begins to
experience the prodding of the

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soul, the inner aspiration and
begins to recognize that.

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There is indeed a larger purpose
to the universal manifestation

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and his own role in it.
He may take one of several

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stances.
In the Life Divine SRI,

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aurobindo outlines the aim of
life and describes four,

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theories of existence.
One of those theories holds that

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the Earth life is a preparation
for some other existence such as

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migrating to a heaven or hell.
For all eternity based on

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whether one is good or bad in
this lifetime, another idea

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holds that there is indeed an
evolutionary development, but it

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may take the individual ones,
ready to other planes or planets

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or worlds of existence to
continue the development.

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One way or the other.
Unless one holds that life is

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framed entirely within the walls
of one lifetime between birth

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and death with nothing before
and nothing.

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After one comes away with some
entity being or forced that

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exist prior to this lifetime and
continues to exist afterwards.

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the Tibetan Book of the Dead
actually describes a process of

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the souls, migration after death
to an eventual rebirth in

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another body, and life The
ancient Greeks described the

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migration of the soul, to a
waiting area until a rebirth was

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prepared.
And then having the specific

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memories erased in the waters of
the river.

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Lethe, the soul would be reborn.
Once we begin to recognize an

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evolution of Consciousness, it
becomes clear that the

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development of life out of
matter and mind out of life and

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the further stages that come
after and through the

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development of Mind are not
things that occur within one

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lifetime.
It is the soul, the psychic

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being that carries the spark and
mission of the individual being

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through its innumerable
lifetimes, where it experiences

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and grows distills out the
essence of the growth process

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and takes new bodies in order to
take up the next phase of the

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evolutionary development.
This is not as many people

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believe the rebirth of a
specific individual with a

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specific personality and
specific family group.

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Rather, the soul is not attached
to the life of any particular

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personality or existence.
But gathers, the essence and

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moves on to the next stage or
phase of its development.

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The mother observes quote.
Each man has that a mission to

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fulfill a role to play in the
universe apart.

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He has been given to learn and
take up in the cosmic purpose

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apart, which he alone is capable
of executing and no other.

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This he has to learn and acquire
through life experiences.

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That is to say, not in one life,
but in Life After Life, In fact,

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that is the meaning of the chain
of lives that the individual has

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to pass through namely to
acquire experiences and to

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gather from them, the thread
this gain of qualities and

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attributes powers and capacities
for the pattern of life.

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He has to.
We've now the inmost being the

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true personality, the central
consciousness of the evolving

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individual, Is his psychic
being?

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It is as it were a very tiny
spark of light lying in normal

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people far behind the life
experiences in grown-up Souls.

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This psychic Consciousness has
an increased light increased in

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intensity, volume and richness.
Thus, there are old souls and

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new, Souls old, and ancient are
those that have reached or are

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To reach the fullness of
perfection.

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They have passed through a long
history of innumerable lives,

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and develop the most complex,
and yet the most integrated

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personality New souls are those
that have just emerged or are

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now emerging out of the mere
physical vital existence.

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They are like simple organisms
made of fewer constituents

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related mostly to the bodily
life with just a modicum of the

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mental.
It is the soul.

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However, that grows with
experiences and it is the soul

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that builds and enriches the
personality, whatever portion.

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Into the outer life, whatever
element in the mind, or vital or

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body succeeds in coming into
contact.

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With the psychic Consciousness
that is to say is able to come

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under its influence is taken up
in Lodge.

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There it remains in the psychic
being as its living memory and

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permanent possession.
It is such elements that form

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the basis, the groundwork upon,
which the structure of the

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integral and true personality is
raised and quote reference SRI

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aurobindo and the growing within
the psychology of inner

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development, chapter 8, the
psychic being and inner growth

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