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Becoming Conscious of the Psychic Being, the Soul in Man · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  There are many different spiritual disciplines and
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  methods and also different experiences of Consciousness
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  that result from practice of these methods.
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  For those who aspire to bring the soul, the psychic being
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  forward and active in the physical body and life, SRI
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  aurobindo describe several methods.
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  When he speaks here of meditation, it is with a
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  specific, locus of Consciousness deep behind the Heart Center, as
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  meditations, that focuses above the head or between the eyebrows
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  are not fixed on bringing forward, the psychic being per
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  se But are aimed at Liberation or Oneness with the universal or
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  some other aim. The psychic being is the part of
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  the Divine that is embodied in the individual being and when it
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  comes forward, it has the ability to bring with it.
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  Peace and joy. Even as the outer being faces,
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  its challenges and struggles for most people, the psychic being
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  is not directly experienced as they live.
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  Primarily in the surface consciousness of the body, life
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  and mind actions are motivated by external stimuli and goals.
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  And many even challenged the very existence of the Soul
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  simply because they themselves, do not recognize it and
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  understand its action. For those who can and do
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  experience the action of the psychic being.
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  There is a feeling of completeness and a piece that is
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  based in the separation of the soul from the weaknesses and
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  limitations, of the outer, being the, sole not being troubled, by
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  any difficulties, which arise in complete faith.
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  In the Divine, and the Divine Providence, SRI aurobindo
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  observes quote. The ease and peace are felt very
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  deep and far within because they are in the psychic and the
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  psychic is very deep within us covered over by the mind and
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  vital when you meditate, you open to the psychic become aware
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  of your psychic Consciousness deep within and feel these
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  things. In order that these ease and
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  peace, and happiness, may become strong and stable and felt in
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  all the being and in the body. You have to go still deeper
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  within and bring out the full force of the psychic into the
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  physical. This can most easily be done by
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  regular concentration and meditation with the aspiration
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  for this true consciousness. It can be done by work.
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  Also by dedication, by doing the work for the Divine only without
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  thought of self. and quote, reference SRI aurobindo in the
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  mother living within the yoga approach to psychological health
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  and growth, the psychic being and psychological Health, the
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  Psychic Source of inner well-being Pages, 119, 21 22,