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The Psychic Being Works to Gain Experience and Independence and Upgrade the Instruments of Body, Life-Force and Mind · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  The Bodhisattva vow represents an ideal of dedication and
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  compassion by those who have reached the stage of
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  enlightenment and who thereby have gained the freedom to
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  choose liberation moksha from the cycle of birth and death.
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  Those individuals who attain this state of consciousness make
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  the conscious choice, if they accept the Bodhisattva vow for
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  themselves to not enter into Nirvana until every other
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  sentient being has crossed over the ocean of samsara, the
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  illusion filled life of the external world.
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  Those who choose to take up this work of dedication gain a
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  tremendous power of direction into the future births they
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  undertake. Their objective is not simply to
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  gain experience on the way to enlightenment, but to devote
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  themselves to the overall welfare of all beings through a
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  process which we may call the texturing of consciousness, both
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  within their own being and within the context of the
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  situation in which they are active.
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  They may choose the field in which they will work in the next
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  lifetime, or they may totally leave it up to the divine
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  intention. Either way, they then begin the
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  process of dealing with the situation and circumstances
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  within which they take birth. The development of the psychic
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  being and the manifestation thereby of the divine intention
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  is a process that involves dealing with the inconscient and
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  semi conscient makeup of the material substance, the vital
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  energies and the mental forces active in the world.
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  The psychic being participates in the world and thereby sees
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  the development limited to the extent that the birth it is
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  taken is not sufficiently receptive or capable of holding
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  its energy and expressing it clearly, directly and
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  completely. The texturing of consciousness
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  means that a fertile ground is being prepared for the growth of
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  the soul's expression, the mother notes quote.
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  Each time that the soul takes birth in a new body, it comes
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  with the intention of having a new experience which will help
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  it to develop and to perfect its personality.
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  This is how the psychic being is formed from life to life and
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  becomes a completely conscious and independent personality,
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  which, since it has arrived at the summit of its development,
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  is free to choose not only the time of its incarnation, but the
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  place, the purpose and the work to be accomplished.
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  Its descent into the physical body is necessarily a descent
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  Into Darkness, ignorance, unconsciousness, and for a very
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  long time it must labor simply to bring a little consciousness
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  into the material substance of the body before it can make use
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  of it for the experience it has come for.
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  So if we cultivate the body by a clear sighted and rational
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  method at the same time, we're helping the growth of the soul,
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  its progress and enlightenment. End Quote reference Shrioro
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  Bindu and the mother, the psychic being soul, its nature,
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  mission and evolution. Section 3.
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  Growth and Development of the psychic.
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