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The Soul and the Evolutionary Nature of the Psychic Being · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  A seed contains the entire genetic code from which the
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  external form, energetic capacity and mental abilities of
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  a living being developed. It can be seen as the most
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  concentrated form of that being, a form that nevertheless has the
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  capacity through time of manifesting a physical form, a
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  vital form, and eventually a mental form.
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  Each of these layers take the shape and carry out the energy
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  and direction of the seed from which they developed.
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  These levels are expressed over time, with some developments
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  requiring what we consider to be a long time when looked at from
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  the viewpoint of a single human lifetime.
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  Since each of these levels operates under a set of
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  guidelines that contain opportunities and limitations
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  inherent in each sheath or layer, they only express
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  imperfectly the genetic code contained in the seed.
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  The living being may also be influenced by its environment,
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  and thus, despite the pattern requested by the code built into
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  the seed, it may fall short of the ideal or become twisted,
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  warped, or malformed. Mutations may occur which change
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  the ability of that form or of seeds that eventuate to create
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  future beings. Sexual reproduction combining
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  seed elements from different beings creates a framework for
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  systematic, organized mutation built into the very process
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  itself. The analogy of the seed and the
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  living being can be used to help us understand the soul, its
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  role, and the development of the inner being that carries out the
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  needs of the soul within the overall manifestation within
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  which it is a participant. What is missing from the seed
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  and its development, however, is the element of the soul and the
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  psychic being. The soul, as the Mother
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  indicates, is the divine spark that uses the external form to
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  manifest itself and its divine nature.
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  The psychic being answers the question about the purpose and
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  significance of our existence. We are no longer a static seed
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  with a fixed genetic code creating external forms without
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  any sense of purpose, mindlessly repeating the code in each
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  formation. Rather, we can see the psychic
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  being as a dynamic evolution of the soul's essential nature to
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  harvest the fruit of experience across lifetimes and build a
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  maturing and ever increasing soul manifestation.
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  As the psychic being matures and develops, it gains the power to
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  more perfectly direct and control the body, life, and mind
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  that it takes on in a particular lifetime.
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  It utilizes the instruments form from the code embodied in the
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  external seed form. It expresses the soul's
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  essential nature in the manifestation.
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  A disciple inquires in the human being.
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  Is the psychic being the entire soul or do both the soul in its
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  essence as a divine spark in all creatures and the psychic being
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  exist together? The Mother answers quote the
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  soul is the eternal essence at the center of the psychic being.
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  The soul is in fact like a divine spark which puts on many
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  states of being of increasing density down to the most
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  material. It is inside the body within the
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  solar plexus, so to say. By solar plexus the Mother is
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  referring to the heart, not the naval region.
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  This is clear from statement she has made elsewhere, As for
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  example in the following statement.
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  Generally, it is in the heart behind the solar plexus that one
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  finds this luminous presence. Collected Works of the Mother,
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  Volume 16, page 410. These states of being take form
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  and develop progress, become individualized and perfected in
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  the course of many earthly lives, and form the psychic
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  being. When the psychic being is fully
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  formed, it is aware of the consciousness of the soul and
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  manifests it perfectly. End Quote.
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  Reference Srioro Bindu and the Mother.
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  The psychic being soul its nature, mission and evolution.
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  Section 1. Meaning and Nature of the
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  Psychic Being, pages 8 to 9.