The Soul Is Not Polluted by the Sinful or Evil Actions of the External Being
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YouTube 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. 35This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2026/04/17/the-soul-is-not-polluted-by-the-sinful-or-evil-actions-of-the-external-being/
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0:00 Many people believe that an evil, sinful life dooms the soul to suffering in hell for all eternity. This implies that the soul permanently takes on the burden of the actions of the external being in any lifetime. There are, however, other ways to look at the situation. Sri Aurobindo and the Mother explain that the soul is the spark of the Divine and cannot be polluted by the actions of the external nature. The external nature consists of various parts that have evolved over long spans of time and continue to grow and evolve naturally. During this process, the body, life and mind will take on various perspectives, lines of development, moral codes, logical standpoints, and observational profiles across an innumerable number of lifetimes. The experience will be decidedly mixed. In ages and cultures where brute force rules, the being will obviously have to take on the coloration of that society, while in others that focus on mutual respect, cooperation and collaboration, a different value set will occur. Some cultures focus on immediate, vital satisfaction of desires as the objective, and in those certain lines of action will prevail.
1:30 Through all of these varied perspectives and lifetimes, the soul in the form of its developing psychic being, takes on the essence of the experience, gains power of action over time, and nevertheless remains true to its source, the Divine. The voice of the soul is not strident or loud. If the external being is unready or unwilling to hear it, it simply withdraws or remains in the background until the time and circumstances become more favorable. A disciple inquires. Quote. Sweet Mother, does an outer life of evil deeds and a base consciousness have an effect on the psychic being? Is there a possibility of its degradation? End Quote.
2:23 The mother answers quote. A base and evil life can only have the effect of separating the outer being more and more completely from the psychic being, which retires into the depths of the higher consciousness and sometimes even cuts off all relation with the body, which is then usually possessed by an asuric or rakshasic being. The psychic being itself is above all possibility of degradation. End Quote reference Srioro Bindu and the Mother. The psychic being soul, its nature, mission and evolution. Section 1.
3:04 Meaning and Nature of the Psychic Being, page 35.