March 11, 2026
The Psychic Being Carries the Essence of the Soul's Experience from Life to Life
reference: reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, The Psychic Being — Soul: Its Nature, MIssion and Evolution, Section 1 Meaning and Nature of the Psychic Being, pg. 4This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2026/03/09/the-psychic-being-carries-the-essence-of-the-souls-experience-from-life-to-life/
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We tend to look at things
through the standpoint of the
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external physical being, the
body, life and mind with which
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we identify.
From this standpoint, we treat
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the soul as something that we
need to search for, if we even
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acknowledge the existence of the
soul, and as something secondary
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to and therefore less important
than the goals we set for
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ourselves to live and enjoy the
external life.
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Few are those individuals who
look at things differently and
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see the soul as the primary
controller and driver of our
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lives and the external
activities as secondary and
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subordinate to the soul's
intention.
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We wonder about the meaning of
life from the external
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standpoint.
It is difficult to determine why
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it is we have to be born, grow,
struggle through our lives, and
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then die if there is nothing
more.
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If we shift to the standpoint of
the soul, however, we can see
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that there is a progressive
manifestation in which we are
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participants that extends far
beyond the time frame of a
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single lifetime.
The Bhagavad Gita explains
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quote.
The embodied soul casts away old
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and takes up new bodies as a man
changes, worn out.
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Raymond for new.
End Quote from Srioro Bindo
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Bhagwad Gita and its Message
Chapter 2 verse 22.
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Srioro Bindo comments on chapter
18 verse 47 of the Gita when he
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states quote the Jiva is in
self-expression a portion of the
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Supreme Spirit.
He is in his personality, that
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power.
He brings out in an individual
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existence the potentialities of
the soul of the universe.
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This Jiva itself is spirit and
not the natural ego.
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The spirit and not the form of
ego is our reality and inner
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soul principle.
The spiritual nature which has
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become this multiple personality
in the universe is the basic
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stuff of our existence.
All the rest is lower derivation
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and outer formation from a
highest hidden activity of the
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spirit.
End Quote Bhagavad Gita and its
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Message, Chapter 18, page 269
Sri Aurobindo Notes Quote What
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is meant in the terminology of
the Yoga by the psychic is the
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sole element in the nature, the
pure psyche or divine nucleus
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which stands behind mind, life
and body.
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It is not the ego, but of which
we are only dimly aware.
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It is a portion of the Divine
and permanent from life to life,
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taking the experience of life
through its outer instruments.
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As this experience grows, it
manifests A developing psychic
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personality which, insisting
always on the good, true and
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beautiful, finally becomes ready
and strong enough to turn the
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nature towards the Divine.
It can then come entirely
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forward, breaking through the
mental, vital and physical
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screen, govern the instincts and
transform the nature.
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Nature no longer imposes itself
on the soul, but the soul, the
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Purusha, imposes its dictates on
the nature.
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End Quote.
Reference Srioro Bindu and the
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Mother, the psychic being soul,
its nature, mission and
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evolution Section 1.
Meaning and Nature of the
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Psychic Being, Page 4.
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We tend to look at things
through the standpoint of the
2
00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:07,560
external physical being, the
body, life and mind with which
3
00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:11,400
we identify.
From this standpoint, we treat
4
00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:15,040
the soul as something that we
need to search for, if we even
5
00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:20,040
acknowledge the existence of the
soul, and as something secondary
6
00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:24,440
to and therefore less important
than the goals we set for
7
00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:27,360
ourselves to live and enjoy the
external life.
8
00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:32,360
Few are those individuals who
look at things differently and
9
00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:35,680
see the soul as the primary
controller and driver of our
10
00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:39,920
lives and the external
activities as secondary and
11
00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:42,120
subordinate to the soul's
intention.
12
00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:47,320
We wonder about the meaning of
life from the external
13
00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:50,400
standpoint.
It is difficult to determine why
14
00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:55,360
it is we have to be born, grow,
struggle through our lives, and
15
00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:57,640
then die if there is nothing
more.
16
00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:03,000
If we shift to the standpoint of
the soul, however, we can see
17
00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:06,920
that there is a progressive
manifestation in which we are
18
00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:11,960
participants that extends far
beyond the time frame of a
19
00:01:11,960 --> 00:01:16,120
single lifetime.
The Bhagavad Gita explains
20
00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:19,920
quote.
The embodied soul casts away old
21
00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:23,680
and takes up new bodies as a man
changes, worn out.
22
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Raymond for new.
End Quote from Srioro Bindo
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Bhagwad Gita and its Message
Chapter 2 verse 22.
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Srioro Bindo comments on chapter
18 verse 47 of the Gita when he
25
00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:43,640
states quote the Jiva is in
self-expression a portion of the
26
00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:47,440
Supreme Spirit.
He is in his personality, that
27
00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:50,680
power.
He brings out in an individual
28
00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:54,960
existence the potentialities of
the soul of the universe.
29
00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:59,920
This Jiva itself is spirit and
not the natural ego.
30
00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:06,080
The spirit and not the form of
ego is our reality and inner
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00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:10,120
soul principle.
The spiritual nature which has
32
00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:14,800
become this multiple personality
in the universe is the basic
33
00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:19,360
stuff of our existence.
All the rest is lower derivation
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00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:22,640
and outer formation from a
highest hidden activity of the
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00:02:22,640 --> 00:02:26,840
spirit.
End Quote Bhagavad Gita and its
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Message, Chapter 18, page 269
Sri Aurobindo Notes Quote What
37
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is meant in the terminology of
the Yoga by the psychic is the
38
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sole element in the nature, the
pure psyche or divine nucleus
39
00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:47,040
which stands behind mind, life
and body.
40
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It is not the ego, but of which
we are only dimly aware.
41
00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:56,080
It is a portion of the Divine
and permanent from life to life,
42
00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:00,000
taking the experience of life
through its outer instruments.
43
00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:04,720
As this experience grows, it
manifests A developing psychic
44
00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:09,480
personality which, insisting
always on the good, true and
45
00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:13,480
beautiful, finally becomes ready
and strong enough to turn the
46
00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:17,680
nature towards the Divine.
It can then come entirely
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forward, breaking through the
mental, vital and physical
48
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screen, govern the instincts and
transform the nature.
49
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Nature no longer imposes itself
on the soul, but the soul, the
50
00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:36,280
Purusha, imposes its dictates on
the nature.
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End Quote.
Reference Srioro Bindu and the
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Mother, the psychic being soul,
its nature, mission and
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evolution Section 1.
Meaning and Nature of the
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Psychic Being, Page 4.
