The Vital Desire Soul and the True Soul of the Psychic Being

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Shriurobindo and the Mother make
a distinction between the desire

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soul of the vital nature and the
true soul which expresses the

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inmost being that is a direct
spark of the divine.

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They differ in their focus,
orientation, and basis of

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action.
The desire soul incorporates the

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drives of the external being's
vital nature, the desires,

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emotions, impulsions that lead
to the seeker after forms of

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power, wealth, sex, fame, and
the fulfillment of the

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relationships which the
individual has in his outer

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life, those of family, friends,
business associates, etcetera.

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The Desire Soul is fixed on the
fulfillment of the individual's

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ego, goals, objectives and
desires.

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It is essentially framed by the
concepts behind I, me, mine.

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It is a focus that creates
division between the fulfillment

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of the individual and the
potentially conflicting needs or

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wants of the larger community,
and eventually that of the

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divine intention in the world.
The true Soul, on the other

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hand, is a soul of oneness,
identifying itself with the

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larger divine purpose in the
manifestation.

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It does not put the individual
fulfillment of desire as its

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objective or point of focus.
Rather, it is aware of the

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overall intention and works to
carry out that intention and to

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take into account the other
beings, forms, forces that are

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part of that larger
manifestation.

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It is a soul of harmony and a
soul of insight into the

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significance of the world and
its own role in the development

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of which the world is a part of
the much larger universal

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creation.
It does not act from personal

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desire, but from aspiration,
from consecration, from

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surrender of its own individual
fulfillment to the larger

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universal fulfillment.
Triorobindo writes, quote.

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All or most of the works of life
are at present or seem to be

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actuated or vitiated by the soul
of desire.

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Even those that are ethical or
religious, even those that where

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the guise of altruism,
philanthropy, self sacrifice,

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self denial are shot through and
through with the threads of its

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making.
This soul of desire is a

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separate soul of ego, and all
its instincts are for a separate

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of self affirmation.
It pushes always openly or under

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more or less shining masks for
its own growth, for possession,

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for enjoyment, for conquest and
empire.

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End Quote from the synthesis of
Yoga.

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A disciple inquires sweet mother
what is the soul of desire?

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The mother responds quote It is
what makes you live, act, move,

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soul.
The word for soul in French amme

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comes from a word which means to
animate.

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It is what gives life to the
body.

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If you didn't have it, you would
be inert matter, something like

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stones or plants.
Not altogether inert, but

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vegetative.
Some people say that without

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desires, that is without this
soul of desire, there would

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never have been any progress in
ordinary life.

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It is something very useful.
But when one decides to do yoga

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to find the divine, it becomes a
little cumbersome.

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End Quote Reference Srioro Bindu
and the Mother Our Many Selves.

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Practical Yogic Psychology,
Chapter 2, Planes and Parts of

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the Being, pages 27 to 28.