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The Food of the Vital Being · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  We can. Observe that there are times
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  when the vital nature is energetic.
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  Enthused, active and makes efforts.
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  There are other times when it is dull, withdrawn, sullen.
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  Lacking energy. And clearly is not taking
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  interest in. Doing anything.
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  The difference between these two states generally lies in the way
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  the vital nature obtains its. Food in this sense is the method
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  by which the vital nature becomes energized.
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  Whereas the physical body is fed by imbibing material and
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  converting it to energy, the vital nature is fed by taking in
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  sensations. And energy from a variety of
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  sources, including but not limited to, the energy created
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  by eating of food. In the physical sense, the
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  mother describes the various forms of sustenance that.
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  Underpin the actions of the vital nature, the mother notes
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  quote. In fact, the vital has three
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  sources of subsistence. The one most easily accessible
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  to it comes from below, from the physical energies through the
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  sensation. The 2nd is on its own plane when
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  it is sufficiently vast and receptive by contact with the
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  universal vital forces. The 3rd, to which it usually
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  opens only in a great aspiration for progress, comes to it from
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  above. By the infusion and absorption
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  of spiritual forces and inspiration to these sources,
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  men always strive more or less to add another which is for them
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  at the same time the source of most of their torments and
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  misfortunes. It is the interchange of vital
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  forces with their fellows, usually in groups of two which
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  they most often mistake for love, but which is only the
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  attraction between two forces that take pleasure in mutual
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  interchange. End Quote Reference Sriorobindo
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  and the Mother Our Many Selves, Practical Yogic Psychology,
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  Chapter 2 Planes and Parts of the Being, page 29.