May 14, 2026
The Mystic Fire Manifesting in the Different Parts of the Being
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, The Psychic Being — Soul: Its Nature, Mission and Evolution, Section 2 Role, Function and Action of the Psychic, pp. 57-58This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2026/05/12/the-mystic-fire-manifesting-in-the-different-parts-of-the-being/
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In Hymns to the Mystic Fire, Sri
Aurobindo provides translations
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of the hymns to Agni, crafted by
the Rishis of the Rigveda.
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The Rishis focus their attention
on the flame of aspiration deep
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within, in the psychic centre of
the being.
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They relate that through this
flame the various powers of
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mind, life and body are
actualized.
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00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:29,720
Srioro Bindo follows up with
some detail about the actual
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manifestation of the psychic
fire as it begins to influence
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the mind, the life energy and
the physical body.
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00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:43,720
Srioro Bindo writes quote.
What you describe is the psychic
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fire, Agni Pavaka, which burns
in the deeper heart and from
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00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:54,080
there is lighted in the mind,
the vital and the physical body
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00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:57,640
in the mind.
Agni creates a light of
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00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:00,720
intuitive perception and
discrimination which sees at
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00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:04,560
once what is the true vision or
idea and the wrong vision or
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00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:09,160
idea, the true feeling and the
wrong feeling, the true movement
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00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:12,400
and the wrong movement in the
vital.
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It is kindled as a fire of right
emotion and a kind of intuitive
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feeling, a sort of tact which
makes for the right impulse, the
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00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:26,160
right action, the right sense of
things and reactions to things
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00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:30,640
in the body.
It initiates a similar but still
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00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:34,240
more automatic correct response
to the things of the physical
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life, sensation, body
experience.
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Usually it is the psychic light
in the mind that is first lit of
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the three, but not always, for
sometimes it is the psycho vital
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flame that takes precedence.
In ordinary life also there is
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00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:54,600
no doubt an action of the
psychic.
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Without it man would be only a
thinking and planning animal,
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00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:03,080
but its action there is very
much veiled, needing always the
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00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:08,039
mental or vital to express it,
usually mixed and not dominant,
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00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:12,080
not unerring.
Therefore it does often the
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00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:16,760
right thing in the wrong way, is
moved by the right feeling, but
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errors as to the application,
person, place, circumstance.
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The psychic, except in a few
extraordinary natures, does not
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00:02:26,920 --> 00:02:29,560
get its full chance in the outer
consciousness.
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It needs some kind of yoga or
sadhna to come by its own, and
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it is as it emerges more and
more in front that it gets
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clearer of the mixture.
That is to say, its presence
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becomes directly felt, not only
behind and supporting but
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filling the frontal
consciousness and no longer
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dependent or dominated by its
instruments, mind, vital and
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00:02:56,400 --> 00:03:01,920
body, but dominating them and
molding them into luminosity and
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00:03:01,920 --> 00:03:05,560
teaching them their true action.
End Quote.
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Reference.
Fioro, Bindu and the Mother.
45
00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:13,720
The psychic being soul, its
nature, mission and evolution.
46
00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:17,280
Section 2.
Role, function and Action of the
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00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:20,560
Psychic.
Pages 57 to 58.
00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:05,320
In Hymns to the Mystic Fire, Sri
Aurobindo provides translations
2
00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:10,200
of the hymns to Agni, crafted by
the Rishis of the Rigveda.
3
00:00:11,120 --> 00:00:14,880
The Rishis focus their attention
on the flame of aspiration deep
4
00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:17,920
within, in the psychic centre of
the being.
5
00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:22,640
They relate that through this
flame the various powers of
6
00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:24,960
mind, life and body are
actualized.
7
00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:29,720
Srioro Bindo follows up with
some detail about the actual
8
00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:34,120
manifestation of the psychic
fire as it begins to influence
9
00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:37,840
the mind, the life energy and
the physical body.
10
00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:43,720
Srioro Bindo writes quote.
What you describe is the psychic
11
00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:49,800
fire, Agni Pavaka, which burns
in the deeper heart and from
12
00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:54,080
there is lighted in the mind,
the vital and the physical body
13
00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:57,640
in the mind.
Agni creates a light of
14
00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:00,720
intuitive perception and
discrimination which sees at
15
00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:04,560
once what is the true vision or
idea and the wrong vision or
16
00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:09,160
idea, the true feeling and the
wrong feeling, the true movement
17
00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:12,400
and the wrong movement in the
vital.
18
00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:16,600
It is kindled as a fire of right
emotion and a kind of intuitive
19
00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:21,400
feeling, a sort of tact which
makes for the right impulse, the
20
00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:26,160
right action, the right sense of
things and reactions to things
21
00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:30,640
in the body.
It initiates a similar but still
22
00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:34,240
more automatic correct response
to the things of the physical
23
00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:38,000
life, sensation, body
experience.
24
00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:42,400
Usually it is the psychic light
in the mind that is first lit of
25
00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:47,400
the three, but not always, for
sometimes it is the psycho vital
26
00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:52,520
flame that takes precedence.
In ordinary life also there is
27
00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:54,600
no doubt an action of the
psychic.
28
00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:58,480
Without it man would be only a
thinking and planning animal,
29
00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:03,080
but its action there is very
much veiled, needing always the
30
00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:08,039
mental or vital to express it,
usually mixed and not dominant,
31
00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:12,080
not unerring.
Therefore it does often the
32
00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:16,760
right thing in the wrong way, is
moved by the right feeling, but
33
00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:22,120
errors as to the application,
person, place, circumstance.
34
00:02:22,920 --> 00:02:26,920
The psychic, except in a few
extraordinary natures, does not
35
00:02:26,920 --> 00:02:29,560
get its full chance in the outer
consciousness.
36
00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:35,200
It needs some kind of yoga or
sadhna to come by its own, and
37
00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:39,120
it is as it emerges more and
more in front that it gets
38
00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:44,240
clearer of the mixture.
That is to say, its presence
39
00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:49,160
becomes directly felt, not only
behind and supporting but
40
00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:52,400
filling the frontal
consciousness and no longer
41
00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:56,400
dependent or dominated by its
instruments, mind, vital and
42
00:02:56,400 --> 00:03:01,920
body, but dominating them and
molding them into luminosity and
43
00:03:01,920 --> 00:03:05,560
teaching them their true action.
End Quote.
44
00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:09,520
Reference.
Fioro, Bindu and the Mother.
45
00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:13,720
The psychic being soul, its
nature, mission and evolution.
46
00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:17,280
Section 2.
Role, function and Action of the
47
00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:20,560
Psychic.
Pages 57 to 58.
