Emergence of the Psychic
Governance of Life by the Soul
Selections from the Works of
SRI AUROBINDO
and
THE MOTHER
Compiled with an Introduction by
A. S. Dalal
SRI AUROBINDO ASHRAM
PONDICHERRY
First Edition: 2002
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The soul, the psychic being is in direct touch with the divine Truth, but it is hidden in man by the mind, the vital being and the physical nature. One may practise yoga and get illuminations in the mind and the reason; one may conquer power and luxuriate in all kinds of experiences in the vital; one may establish even surprising physical Siddhis; but if the true soul-power behind does not manifest, if the psychic nature does not come into the front, nothing genuine has been done.* ...Mind can open by itself to its own higher reaches; it can still itself and widen into the Impersonal; it may too spiritualise itself in some kind of static liberation or Nirvana; but the supramental cannot find a sufficient base in a spiritualised mind alone.
Sri Aurobindo
(Letters on Yoga, Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library,
Vol. 24, p. 1095)
* From the viewpoint of transformation, conceived as a goal beyond liberation. (Ed.)
We give the name "psychic" to the psychological centre of our being, the seat within us of the highest truth of our existence, that which can know this truth and set it in movement. It is therefore of capital importance to become conscious of its presence in us, to concentrate on this presence until it becomes a living fact for us and we can identify ourselves with it.
The Mother
(On Education, Collected Works of the Mother, Vol. 12, p. 4)
Is identification with the psychic the same thing as the
psychic coming in front?
That is, the first step is the identification, and then, once you can keep this identification, the psychic governs the rest of the nature and life. It becomes the master of existence. So this is what we mean by the psychic coming in front. It is that which governs, directs, even organises the life, organises the consciousness, the different parts of the being. When this happens, the work goes very fast. Very fast, well...relatively very fast.
The Mother
Questions and Answers 1954, Collected Works of the Mother,
Vol. 6, p. 334)
