April 17, 2026
Turning the Vision Inward to Reveal the Soul
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, The Psychic Being — Soul: Its Nature, Mission and Evolution, Section 1 Meaning and Nature of the Psychic Being, pp. 34-35This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2026/04/15/turning-the-vision-inward-to-reveal-the-soul/
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The external world has a way of
commanding attention for most of
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us.
We experience sights, sounds,
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smells, touches or tastes
through our senses, and they
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have an immediacy that draws our
attention to them.
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These sense impressions also
tend to carry with them
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additional content, mental
ideas, emotional feelings, vital
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drives, physical sensations and
needs.
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We experience thereby pleasure
and pain, joy and sorrow, and
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any number of similar responses
to the impressions which reach
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us.
We can become so immersed in
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this external stimulus and
response cycle that we fail to
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pay attention to the quiet voice
of the soul and its connection
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to the divine and the divine
intention in the Universal
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Creation.
In his epic poem Savitri, a
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Legend and a symbol, Sri
Aurobindo states, quote, O
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bliss, whoever dwelleth deep hid
within, while men seek the
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outside and never find.
End Quote.
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This is the state that we most
frequently find ourselves in.
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When the seeker takes up
spiritual development, he begins
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to turn his gaze inward into the
secret cave in the Mystic heart
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where the soul resides.
Then the soul can be heard and
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its impulsion towards the
transformation of the outer
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instruments and their actions
can be put into practice.
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A disciple asks in everybody, is
the psychic always pure or has
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it to be made pure?
The Mother answers quote.
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It is always pure, but it is
either more or less
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individualized and independent
in its action.
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What is psychic in the being is
always pure by its very
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definition, for it is that part
of the being which is in contact
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with the divine and expresses
the truth of the being.
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But this may be like a spark in
the darkness of the being, or it
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may be a being of light,
conscious, fully formed and
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independent.
There are all the gradations
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between the two disciple usually
is it veiled, the Mother.
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It is the outer consciousness
that is not in contact with it,
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for it is turned outwards
instead of being turned inwards.
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For it lives amidst all the
external noises and movements in
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what it sees, what it does, what
it says, instead of looking
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within into the depths of the
being and listening to the inner
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inspirations.
End Quote.
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Reference Sri Aurobindo and the
Mother, the psychic being soul,
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its nature, mission and
evolution.
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Section 1.
Meaning and Nature of the
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00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:13,120
Psychic Being, pages 34 to 35.
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The external world has a way of
commanding attention for most of
2
00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:08,920
us.
We experience sights, sounds,
3
00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:12,720
smells, touches or tastes
through our senses, and they
4
00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:15,960
have an immediacy that draws our
attention to them.
5
00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:19,800
These sense impressions also
tend to carry with them
6
00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:24,920
additional content, mental
ideas, emotional feelings, vital
7
00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:27,520
drives, physical sensations and
needs.
8
00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:33,760
We experience thereby pleasure
and pain, joy and sorrow, and
9
00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:37,160
any number of similar responses
to the impressions which reach
10
00:00:37,160 --> 00:00:40,600
us.
We can become so immersed in
11
00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:44,880
this external stimulus and
response cycle that we fail to
12
00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:49,960
pay attention to the quiet voice
of the soul and its connection
13
00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:54,760
to the divine and the divine
intention in the Universal
14
00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:59,160
Creation.
In his epic poem Savitri, a
15
00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:04,480
Legend and a symbol, Sri
Aurobindo states, quote, O
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00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:09,360
bliss, whoever dwelleth deep hid
within, while men seek the
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outside and never find.
End Quote.
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This is the state that we most
frequently find ourselves in.
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When the seeker takes up
spiritual development, he begins
20
00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:26,760
to turn his gaze inward into the
secret cave in the Mystic heart
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00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:32,080
where the soul resides.
Then the soul can be heard and
22
00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:35,520
its impulsion towards the
transformation of the outer
23
00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:39,920
instruments and their actions
can be put into practice.
24
00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:46,840
A disciple asks in everybody, is
the psychic always pure or has
25
00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:51,320
it to be made pure?
The Mother answers quote.
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It is always pure, but it is
either more or less
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individualized and independent
in its action.
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What is psychic in the being is
always pure by its very
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00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:07,760
definition, for it is that part
of the being which is in contact
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00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:11,400
with the divine and expresses
the truth of the being.
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00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:17,480
But this may be like a spark in
the darkness of the being, or it
32
00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:22,600
may be a being of light,
conscious, fully formed and
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independent.
There are all the gradations
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between the two disciple usually
is it veiled, the Mother.
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It is the outer consciousness
that is not in contact with it,
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for it is turned outwards
instead of being turned inwards.
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For it lives amidst all the
external noises and movements in
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what it sees, what it does, what
it says, instead of looking
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within into the depths of the
being and listening to the inner
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inspirations.
End Quote.
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Reference Sri Aurobindo and the
Mother, the psychic being soul,
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its nature, mission and
evolution.
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Section 1.
Meaning and Nature of the
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Psychic Being, pages 34 to 35.
