The Mystery of the Soul in Human Life
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YouTube reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, The Psychic Being — Soul: Its Nature, Mission and Evolution, Section 2 Role, Function and Action of the Psychic, pg. 46
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0:00 In the 1st chapter of the Life Divine, Sri Rabindo describes the human aspiration quote. It manifests itself in the divination of Godhead, the impulse towards perfection, the search after pure truth and unmixed bliss, the sense of a secret immortality. The earliest formula of wisdom promises to be its last God, Light, freedom, immortality. End Quote. Where and how does this human aspiration arise? What creates this impulse in the human life to strive towards the higher ideals exemplified here?
0:44 The ancient seers and sages described a flame, the Mystic fire deep within behind the heart in a secret cave of the being. It is this Mystic fire that awakens us to the subtler and higher realities that are the object of our aspiration. Srioro Bindo identifies this Mystic element as the soul, a spark of the Divine that slowly but relentlessly guides us towards the greater light and truth of the Divine. Purpose and significance in the manifestation of the Universal Creation.
1:25 He describes the soul and its purpose in various places in his epic poem Savitri A Legend and a Symbol. Svirobindo in Savitri, a legend and a symbol quote. In this investiture of fleshly life, a soul that is a spark of God survives, and sometimes it breaks through the sordid screen and Kindles a fire that makes us half divine. End Quote Book 2 Canto 5. End Quote. Our soul from its mysterious chamber acts, its influence pressing on our heart and mind, pushes them to exceed their mortal selves. It seeks for good and beauty and for God. We see beyond self's walls, our limitless self. We gaze through our world's glass at half seen vasts. We hunt for the truth behind apparent things. End Quote.
2:28 Book 7. Cantor 2. Reference Sri Robindo and the Mother, The psychic being soul, its nature, mission and evolution. Section 2. Role, function and action of the psychic. Page 46.