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June 24, 2023

The Psychic Being and Transformation

The Psychic Being and Transformation

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Introduction, Sri Aurobindo on Our Many Selves, Planes and Parts of the Being, pp. xxxiv-xxxv This episode is also available as a podcast at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/06/21/the-psychic-being-and-transformation/


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As long as we remain rooted in
the awareness of Mind, life

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body, we see the world and our
existence as a fragmented

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collection of separate objects
beings and forces, and we act,

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as if we are separate and
distinct from everything else,

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the spiritual transformation of
Consciousness, involves a shift

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of standpoint to, that of
Oneness.

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We can see and experience the
unity of the entire creation and

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can act from the deeper
intention of that unified

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existence.
The lynchpin of the change in

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Awareness is the shift from the
surface being of Mind, life body

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to the inmost, being the sole or
psychic being which is the

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aspect within us that is in
touch with the Divine and which

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thereby allows us us to
transcend the surface ego

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consciousness.
Dr. Dalal writes quote in

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spiritual experience.
There exists One, Soul being

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one, sole existence, which
Embraces all beings and existing

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things in the universe and which
in spiritual realization is

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experienced as the oneself of
all things and creatures.

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But in our ordinary experience,
we perceive the world as

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inhabited, by a plurality of
beings and things existing,

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outside what we felt to be our
self, this is because our true

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self described previously.
As the purusa, who is one with

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the self of all things and
beings has identified itself

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through ignorance with prakruti,
its outer instrumental Nature

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Made.
Tup of body life and mind this

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identification of purusa with
prakruti has led to the

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formation in US of an ego
physical, vital and mental,

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which gives us the sense of a
self that is separate from the

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rest of the universe.
Thus, it is the ego that gives

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rise to the distinction,
ingrained, in our ordinary

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Consciousness between, what we
feel to br, Yourself and the

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rest of the universe, which is
perceived as not self.

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Also, it is the ego physical
vital and mental, which due to

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its complexity and heterogeneity
leads to the formation of

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multiple selves, or
personalities, causing division,

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conflict, disharmony, and
disorganization in our outer

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being Harmonization.
And unification of the outer

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being can be brought about only
by discovering our inmost, being

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chaitanya, purusa or the psychic
being and organizing the outer

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being around the psychic as its
Center and governing principle.

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The aim of spiritual quest in
the past has generally been to

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obtain Liberation from the
bondage to suffering caused by

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the illusory sense of a separate
self.

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The ego and thereby escape from
the Perpetual cycle of birth and

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death.
According to Sri aurobindo the

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farther goal of spiritual
Evolution Beyond Liberation

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consists in the transformation
of the instruments of the

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spirit.
It's mine life and body.

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So as to establish the kingdom
of the spirit on Earth, it is

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when the outer being is Unified
and governed by the psychic

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being that the transformation of
Mind life and body becomes

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possible as SRI.
Aurobindo State quote, the

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psychic being supports the Mind.
Vital body Grows by their

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experiences carries the Teacher
from Life To Life.

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At first, it is veiled by mind
vital and body.

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But as it grows, it becomes
capable of coming forward and

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dominating the Mind, life and
Body in the ordinary man.

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It depends on them for
expression and is not able to

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take them up and freely use
them.

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The life of the being is animal
or human and not divine.

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When the psychic being can buy
sadhna, become dominant and

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freely.
Use its instruments.

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Then the impulse towards the
Divine becomes complete and the

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transformation of Mind, vital
and body, not merely their

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Liberation becomes possible and
quote reference SRI aurobindo in

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the mother.
Our many selves practical yogic

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psychology in Traduction.
SRI aurobindo on our mini selves

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planes and parts of the being
Pages Roman 34 to 35.

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Traduction.
SRI aurobindo on our mini selves

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planes and parts of the being
Pages Roman 34 to 35.