Soul - its nature, mission and evolution. Psychic being - its role, function and action, its growth and development through Sadhana, the afterlife and rebirth..
Integral Yoga
Soul: its nature, mission and evolution. Selections from the Works of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother. We give the name 'psychic' to the psychological centre of our being, the seat within us of the highest truth of our existence, that which can know this truth and set it in movement. It is therefore of capital importance to become conscious of its presence in us, to concentrate on this presence until it becomes a living fact for us and we can identify ourselves with it. - The Mother.
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Lastly, lest he should think that the psychic being is something weak and inert, let him understand that the presiding Deity — the adhiṣṭhātṛ devatā — of the psychic plane is Agni. It is the Divine Fire of aspiration. When the psychic being is awakened the God of the plane is also awakened. And even if the whole being is impure it is this Agni which intervenes, removes the obstacles in the way and consumes all the impurities of the being.
From Conversations Recorded by A.B. Purani
Disciple: Is the psychic being referred to as Agni in the Vedas?
Sri Aurobindo: Yes, it is the inner Agni, the priest, purohita, who brings down the real God.
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