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May 11, 2023

The Soul, its Evolutionary Development on Earth and the Universal Manifestation

The Soul, its Evolutionary Development on Earth and the Universal Manifestation
The Soul, its Evolutionary Development on Earth and the Universal Manifestation
Sri Aurobindo Studies
The Soul, its Evolutionary Development on Earth and the Universal Manifestation
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/05/09/the-soul-its-evolutionary-development-on-earth-and-the-universal-manifestation/
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In the ancient texts of India.
It is said that a human birth is

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essential for progress and that
even the gods, if they desire to

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attain some new development need
to take birth in a human form.

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It is clear that generally the
physical body, the vital nature,

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and the mental development,
dissolve sequentially, upon the

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death, and dissolution of the
body.

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It becomes obvious therefore
that the development The

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evolutionary progression that
takes place is not based in the

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body life.
Mine complex where the ego

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personality that attaches to
them in any particular lifetime,

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It is at this point that the
role of the psychic being the

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soul comes into play.
It is the psychic being that

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survives death and takes a new
form and enters a new life once

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it is ready to do.
So having a simulated the

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essence of the experience of the
completed life.

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This is not a particular,
individuality not a particular

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ego.
Not a particular personality.

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But a spark of the Divine, which
carries out the mechanism of the

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universal Creation in its
unfolding of the increasing

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powers of Consciousness, being
manifested depending on the

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development and maturity of the
specific psychic entity.

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It may actually play a role in
the formation of a specific life

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experience and set of capacities
in the body, the life force, and

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the minded takes on Yet for
most, it is a matter of being

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drawn, more or less
automatically through Affinity

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based on the level and stage of
growth, it has previously

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achieved.
So as to have the appropriate

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set of experiences for its level
of development, the mother

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observes quote, the center of
organization, and transformation

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is always the presence of the
psychic in the body.

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Therefore, it is a very big
mistake to believe that the

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progress continues or even as
some belief that it is more

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complete and rapid in the
periods of transition between

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two physical lives.
In general, there is no progress

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at all for the psychic enters
into a state of rest and the

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other parts after a more or less
ephemeral life in their own

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domain are dissolved Earthly.
Life is the place for Progress,

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it is here on Earth that
progress is possible during the

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period of Earthly existence.
And it is the psychic which

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carries the progress over from
One Life to another by

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organizing its own Evolution and
development itself in quote,

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reference SRI aurobindo and the
mother growing within the

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psychology of inner development,
chapter 8, the psychic being and

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inner growth Pages 158 to 159.
And it is the psychic which

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carries the progress over from
One Life to another by

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organizing its own Evolution and
development itself in quote,

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reference SRI aurobindo and the
mother growing within the

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psychology of inner development,
chapter 8, the psychic being and

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inner growth Pages 158 to 159.