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The Nature and Action of the Physical Mind · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  Individuals who are primarily rooted in the function of the
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  physical mind have. A difficulty in accepting the
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  reality of anything that goes. Outside their ability to sense
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  and. These individuals will
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  frequently deny the existence of the soul because it cannot be
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  seen, measured, or recognized by them.
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  They follow the general tenet. Seeing is believing, although.
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  In today's world, that concept. Is quickly losing any validity.
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  Even for the physical mind with the advent of.
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  Complex situations as well. As Photoshop and a I imaging,
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  seeing in today's world is not equivalent to having a true
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  factual understanding, even of the most external reality.
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  The physical mind focuses mainly on what is tangible to the
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  senses. And the.
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  Thoughts that are generated focus on these tangible things.
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  It is narrow in scope and has blinders when it comes to deeper
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  realities, a cult phenomena, and higher realms of development.
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  This mind does not accept any reality of a separate vital
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  world or worlds or separate mental worlds, much less
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  spiritual realms. Within its sphere, it attempts
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  to be accurate and tries to provide a form of stability and
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  basis for the external life. It also tends to believe that
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  its own view of things is the correct view and may dispute
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  the. Reality expressed by others,
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  Thus the famous report of five individuals.
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  Each reporting on the same. Traffic accident from different
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  angles. Who disagreed with each other as
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  to what happened and the causative.
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  While each of them may have perceived a partial.
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  They asserted that their view was the correct one.
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  This is a classic case of the physical mind standing on its.
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  Perceptions and not recognizing and authenticating.
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  The view of others, the physical mind, takes on a considerable
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  amount of the daily interaction between the individual and the
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  external world, and thus carries A substantial weight of the
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  ability of the individual. To act and react in the world,
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  it is essential, however, to recognize its role, its
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  limitations. And its impact, so that the
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  spiritual aspirant can eventually break out of its
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  bonds and reintegrate its action with enlightenment from A.
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  Higher perspective Sriorobindo observes the true thinking mind
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  does not belong to the physical. It is a separate power.
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  The physical mind is that part of the mind which is concerned
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  with the physical things only. It depends on the sense.
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  Mind sees only objects, external actions.
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  Draws its ideas from the data given by external things, infers
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  from them only, and knows no other truth until it is
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  enlightened from above. End Quote reference Sriorobindo
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  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 47 to 48.