The Soul & the Psychic Being

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There is a type of cell in the
body which is called a stem

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cell.
The stem cell does not have a

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direct operational function,
rather it is undifferentiated

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and capable of being activated
to become any type of functional

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cell for any part of the body.
Without pushing the example too

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far, the soul can be seen as a
type of stem cell of the spirit

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in and of itself.
It does not undertake action

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directly and simply maintains
the direct linkage to the jiva,

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the spirit above, but remains
divine and unchanging while it

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develops the form which Riora
Bindo calls the psychic being to

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take on the development of the
soul personality through

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experience, time and repeated
births.

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The psychic being maintains the
nature of the divine while it

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enters into the evolutionary
process.

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It harvests the fruit of the
experience and growth of each

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lifetime as it navigates through
birth, death, and rebirth.

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Many people believe in rebirth
as some kind of process that the

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specific individual personality
uses to perpetuate itself time

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after time.
This, however, is apparently a

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misunderstanding of the role and
the process undertaken by the

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psychic being.
As the ancient Greeks surmised,

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the specific memories of a past
lifetime do not generally carry

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forward.
Rather, the psychic being grows

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and matures based on that
experience and uses that process

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to gain in understanding and
power to eventually turn the

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external being toward the divine
and begin to redirect the focus

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and energy of the external being
to carry out the divine

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intention.
It is this development which

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provides direction and purpose
to the divine creation and the

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individual participating souls.
The goal of the creation is not

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its abandonment, but rather its
transformation through the

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growth and development process.
Liberation, historically

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understood to mean that the
individual could see the

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illusory nature of the entire
existence and thus leave it

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behind, is actually not the
ultimate objective.

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An individual can understand the
illusory nature of the normal

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external life in the world, the
seeking for pleasure, enjoyment,

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fame, fulfillment of ambition,
etcetera, and instead of leaving

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the world, appreciate that there
is a purpose.

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But it is not these transitory
satisfactions, but something

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that is an ever developing
process of the Divine in the

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creation.
Triorobindo notes quote.

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The soul is a spark of the
Divine which is not seated above

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the manifested being, but comes
down into the manifestation to

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support its evolution in the
material world.

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It is at first an
undifferentiated power of the

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Divine consciousness, containing
all possibilities which have not

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yet taken form, but to which it
is the function of evolution to

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give form.
This spark is there in all

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living beings from the lowest to
the highest.

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The psychic being is formed by
the soul in its evolution.

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It supports the mind, vital
body, grows by their

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experiences, carries the nature
from life to life.

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It is the psychic or chaitya
purusha.

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At first it is veiled by mind,
vital and body, but as it grows

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it becomes capable of coming
forward and dominating the mind,

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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 by
sadhana become dominant and

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freely use its instruments, then
the impulse towards the divine

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becomes complete and the
transformation of mind, vital in

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body, not merely their
liberation, becomes possible.

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End Quote Reference 3 Orobindo
and the Mother The psychic being

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soul its nature, Mission and
evolution Section 1 Meaning and

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Nature of the Psychic Being Page
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