http://feeds.feedburner.com/SelfgrowthcomArticlesForConsciousnessAndAwareness The #1 Self Improvement Site On The Web, as Ranked by Google and Yahoo en https://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-power-of-the-psychic-being-0 <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->We evaluate things by the power they command. It can be physical power, the power of raw Nature in the ocean, the wind, the volcano, or it can be related to our human physical existence as muscular strength, speed, trained responses, the power to effectuate physical actions, or it may be the ... santoshk@msn.com Wed, 13 May 2026 5:25:39 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-mystic-fire-manifesting-in-the-different-parts-of-the-being <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->In Hymns to the Mystic Fire, Sri Aurobindo provides translations of the hymns to Agni crafted by the Rishis in the Rig Veda. The Rishis focus their attention on the flame of aspiration deep within in the psychic center of the being. They relate that through this flame the various powers of mind, ... santoshk@msn.com Tue, 12 May 2026 4:33:21 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-psychic-being-and-its-relation-to-the-external-nature <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->The newborn child has a mind, but it is not yet fully focused, awakened and in control of the sensory instruments. Over time, as the child grows and matures, he can gain more precise control over his senses and his powers of action, and eventually, the mind matures, can be trained and developed ... santoshk@msn.com Mon, 11 May 2026 6:16:37 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-soul-s-radiance-permeates-and-acts-even-in-unconsciousness <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->There is a type of radiation wave known as ‘gamma waves’ that has the power to penetrate most matter. The extremely short wave length of gamma waves allows it to penetrate atoms. High or prolonged exposure to gamma rays can cause damage to the internal organs of the body, even though we cannot ... santoshk@msn.com Sun, 10 May 2026 3:48:05 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-evolution-growth-and-maturation-process-of-the-psychic-being-and-the-possibility-of-a-p <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->Everywhere we look in Nature, we see a similar process. A seed sprouts and a tiny seedling struggles to grow and survive, eventually it grows, matures and comes into its adult strength. The animal kingdom has a similar reality. The newborn animal has to develop its body, its vital strength, ... santoshk@msn.com Sat, 9 May 2026 9:56:24 am https://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-external-being-filters-and-can-distort-the-guidance-of-the-soul <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->The promptings of the soul work through the instrumentality of the external being, the mind, the life-force and the physical body. Thus, they are restricted by the limitations of the work of those external parts, as well as subject to being modified, hijacked or manipulated based on the external ... santoshk@msn.com Fri, 8 May 2026 4:25:14 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/becoming-aware-of-the-soul-and-its-action-on-our-external-being <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->We cannot see electricity, but we can see its action through the effects it brings about. Many things occur which we cannot identify with our senses directly, but which we can interpret based on results. In a similar way, while we cannot specifically identify the soul, per se, we can identify ... santoshk@msn.com Thu, 7 May 2026 5:11:46 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/a-soul-using-the-external-instrumentation-of-body-life-and-mind <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->How do we see and interpret who and what we are? Most people identify with the physical body. The body is their essential being. In many cases they build up the body, work to create an image that they project to others. They judge themselves and others based on the form and presence they develop ... santoshk@msn.com Wed, 6 May 2026 5:52:25 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-soul-immediately-separates-truth-from-falsehood <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->Our minds can be confused or manipulated. We can misinterpret what we see or hear or feel. Our vital nature can be led astray by the promptings of various vital reactions, including desire, lust, anger, as well as feelings the external nature considers positive as well as negative. Our physical ... santoshk@msn.com Tue, 5 May 2026 5:27:43 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/without-the-soul-we-wouldn-t-exist <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->The great mysteries that have occupied humanity since the dawn of human existence include the questions: where do we come from, where do we go when we die, how has this vast universal creation manifested and what is its purpose and significance, do we have a soul, and what, if anything survives ... santoshk@msn.com Mon, 4 May 2026 6:11:22 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-psychic-being-its-special-role-manifesting-the-divine-presence-in-matter <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->Humanity has long had the feeling that it represents something special and unique in the universal creation. Major religions have creation stories that emphasize this uniqueness, with God creating man in his own image and finding that it was good. Many people believe that humanity is the only ... santoshk@msn.com Sun, 3 May 2026 5:22:28 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-psychic-being-awakens-aspiration-in-all-parts-of-the-being <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->Aspiration. When we observe sunflowers opening and turning toward the sun, we are witnessing a form of aspiration at a very basic level. When we strive to enhance our physical capacities, manifest and express beauty, work to achieve a more pure and powerful vital energy, develop our minds and ... santoshk@msn.com Sun, 3 May 2026 9:45:47 am https://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-mystery-of-the-soul-in-human-life <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->In the first chapter of The Life Divine, Sri Aurobindo describes the human aspiration “It manifests itself in the divination of Godhead, the impulse towards perfection, the search after pure Truth and unmixed Bliss, the sense of a secret immortality. … The earliest formula of Wisdom promises to ... santoshk@msn.com Fri, 1 May 2026 9:44:51 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-involution-of-consciousness-precedes-the-evolution-of-consciousness <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->We speak about the universal manifestation either as some kind of creation by fiat of an all-powerful God who simply made everything the way it is, and said “It is Good”; or else, as an evolution of life out of matter, and mind out of life in an ascending scale of consciousness and eventually, ... santoshk@msn.com Thu, 30 Apr 2026 7:13:43 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/a-mystic-s-take-on-being-a-lighthouse-a-soul-level-solution-for-these-darkest-of-times <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->TO ACTIVATE ALL LINKS AND VIEW ALL IMAGES (RECOMMENDED): https://joanpancoe.com/2026/04/21/a-mystics-take-on-being-a-lighthouse-a-soul-level-solution-for-these-darkest-of-times/ LISTEN ALONG ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/AYZ1QTXyTow “If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken ... joanpancoe@aol.com Thu, 30 Apr 2026 7:08:02 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-wish-fulfilling-gem-the-divine-standpoint-and-the-oneness-of-the-entire-creation <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->We are so used to judging everything from the external viewpoint, with our mental process, that we do not generally comprehend the significance of consciousness and the oneness of all existence as the starting point, container and content of all that exists. This means that we are judging how ... santoshk@msn.com Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:18:57 am https://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-knowledge-of-the-soul-arises-in-the-silence-of-the-mind <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->The mind is always active and trying to manage and control everything. We hear a constant stream of thoughts running through the mind. Some of them are focused and directed to a particular aim. Many of them are random thoughts provoked by any sensations or impressions that impact us in some way. ... santoshk@msn.com Mon, 27 Apr 2026 6:21:00 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/appreciating-knowledge-not-based-in-mental-processes <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->Knowledge, in the minds of most people, is mental knowledge. We are trained to use our minds, to read, to observe, to analyse, to compare, to remember, and to correlate. We learn the skills of mental logic and honor those who have advanced in mental capabilities. We practice argument and debate ... santoshk@msn.com Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:58:43 am https://selfgrowth.com/articles/mental-knowledge-compared-to-psychic-knowledge <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->Each plane of consciousness has its own way of ‘knowing’. Mental knowledge comes through a process of observation, classification, comparison, categorization, analysis and a decision based on this process through a comparison to past circumstances, events or experiences. Mental knowledge is ... santoshk@msn.com Sat, 25 Apr 2026 7:50:06 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/psychic-love-a-flame-of-white-light <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->It is a quite common circumstance. The heart centre appears to have a very close connection with the physical-vital centres governing the forces of sexual energy in particular. Thus, when there is an emotional attachment there is frequently a physical bonding that occurs. When the psychic ... santoshk@msn.com Fri, 24 Apr 2026 4:17:05 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-difference-between-psychic-emotions-and-vital-emotions <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->Most people judge the emotional relationship based on the external vital nature. They have built in expectations, many of them conditioned by the social norms within which they are living. Media reinforces the stereotypes of what these emotions are. The ideal of romanticised love, for example, ... santoshk@msn.com Thu, 23 Apr 2026 6:46:21 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-nature-of-vital-emotions <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->The vast majority of the responses we categorise as emotions come from the external vital nature. The vital being has a strong tendency to the expression of Rajas, which can bring forward strong, powerful actions, violent and passionate emotions, and eventually when it retreats, a fall into ... santoshk@msn.com Wed, 22 Apr 2026 7:29:02 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/psychic-tears-psychic-emotions <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->Emotional responses appear in the external being and for the most part, they stem from the vital being and its various moods. There is however another potential source of what appear on the surface being as emotions, and that is something that stirs deep in the being in the psychic heart. ... santoshk@msn.com Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:21:19 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-latent-potential-of-the-soul-and-the-actual-implementation-of-the-psychic-being <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->An individual walks into a train station without a particular destination in mind. He is confronted with dozens, if not hundreds, of possible destinations. He is surrounded by the latent potential to take a particular direction. Each possible destination holds opportunities and further decision ... santoshk@msn.com Mon, 20 Apr 2026 8:06:37 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/spiritual-realms-evolution-in-the-world-and-the-role-of-the-psychic-being <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->People are generally skeptical about the existence of beings outside our normal experience of life in the world. At the same time, there is incredible interest in other beings, and the search for life-forms in the universe occupies the minds of many people. People frequently report encounters ... santoshk@msn.com Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:43:29 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/wisdom-of-arthur-schopenhauer-0 <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d--> Arthur Schopenhauer (February 22, 1788 – September 21, 1860) was a German philosopher best known for his 1818 work The World as Will and Representation. Often called the philosopher of pessimism, he developed a metaphysical system centered on the blind, striving “Will” as the underlying ... decad@msn.com Sun, 19 Apr 2026 11:34:40 am https://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-distinction-between-spiritual-and-psychic <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->The distinction between 'spiritual' and 'psychic' comes down to the experiential basis for the most part. As mental beings, we have a tendency to try to define, delineate, classify and analyze, creating fine differences and trying to then categorise based on these differences. Sri Aurobindo ... santoshk@msn.com Sun, 19 Apr 2026 1:52:01 am https://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-psychic-being-its-interaction-with-the-external-nature-and-the-transformation-process <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->Sri Aurobindo makes a key distinction that clears up much potential confusion about the nature and action of the psychic being. The psychic being is a direct expression of the soul and maintains thereby the direct connection with the Divine. It cannot be harmed or polluted by any actions of the ... santoshk@msn.com Sun, 19 Apr 2026 1:47:37 am https://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-soul-is-not-polluted-by-the-sinful-or-evil-actions-of-the-external-being <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->Many people believe that an evil, sinful life dooms the soul to suffering in hell for all eternity. This implies that the soul permanently takes on the burden of the actions of the external being in any lifetime. There are however other ways to look at the situation. Sri Aurobindo and the ... santoshk@msn.com Sun, 19 Apr 2026 1:43:05 am https://selfgrowth.com/articles/turning-the-vision-inward-to-reveal-the-soul <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->The external world has a way of commanding attention for most of us. We experience sights, sounds, smells, touches or tastes through our senses and they have an immediacy that draws our attention to them. These sense impressions also tend to carry with them additional content, mental ideas, ... santoshk@msn.com Wed, 15 Apr 2026 6:45:44 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/spiritual-growth-is-characterised-by-inward-experience-and-maturation-of-the-being <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->The spiritual development of the individual seeker is not something that can be measured or defined in terms of the intellect, or understood by specific results as sought by the vital nature. Nor can it be certified by various physical attainments, capacities that exceed the normal status of the ... santoshk@msn.com Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:50:36 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/moving-beyond-good-and-evil <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->Friedrich Nietzsche held that the superior man could not be bound by ordinary morality or ethical concerns about abiding by what is considered 'good' versus what is considered 'evil' by society. His view was that the customary definitions were developed to control the mass of humanity, but that ... santoshk@msn.com Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:48:12 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-nature-and-action-of-the-psychic-being <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->Sri Aurobindo describes here the nature and action of the psychic being. The psychic being is developed by the soul to interact with the external being. It gains experience, and it gains power as this development occurs. The psychic being develops over many lifetimes and carries the essence of ... santoshk@msn.com Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:45:42 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-soul-the-mystic-flame-in-the-secret-heart-of-the-inmost-being <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->It is impossible to dissect the body and find the soul. It is not an organ like the heart, brain, kidneys, lung, stomach or liver. We can thus establish that the soul is not the physical body or its component parts. The vital being, that part of us that feels, reacts, emotes is variable. Our ... santoshk@msn.com Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:43:21 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-soul-the-psychic-being-and-the-external-mind-life-and-body <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->The voice of the soul is quiet, not loud or insistent. It does not try to overpower the evolved external being, but rather to guide from behind, allowing the being to gain experience and turn toward the Divine as a natural progression, not a coerced subjugation. The body-life-mind complex ... santoshk@msn.com Fri, 10 Apr 2026 5:52:19 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-desire-soul-the-true-soul-and-the-knowledge-of-the-heart <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->Sri Aurobindo points out that man, the mental being, is actually a transitional being. The development of the mental powers represents quite a considerable leap from the pure vital powers and rudimentary mind found in the animal kingdom. Nevertheless, even a cursory examination shows us that the ... santoshk@msn.com Thu, 9 Apr 2026 5:39:30 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-knowledge-based-in-the-mystic-heart <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->Man, the mental being. The mental capacities that are associated with the human species are considered to be our unique trait, distinguishing humanity from the rest of the animal kingdom. We drive this narrative with a focus on training and developing the mind in our schools. We believe that ... santoshk@msn.com Thu, 9 Apr 2026 2:18:39 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-vital-desire-soul-and-the-true-soul <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->We generally confuse the vital nature with the soul. We look at the external life of the body and recognise that when the life-force departs, the body dies and the lifetime and personality associated with that existence comes to an end. Some scientists decided that they could identify the ... santoshk@msn.com Wed, 8 Apr 2026 7:27:18 am https://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-dual-levels-of-body-life-mind-and-soul-the-external-formations-and-the-inner-sublimin-0 <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->The framework of the physical body and the limitations of the interface between the body, the life-force and the mental powers of the external being circumscribes our awareness and our ability to perceive the forces at work that shape our existence. We can experience, under various ... santoshk@msn.com Tue, 7 Apr 2026 9:25:35 am https://selfgrowth.com/articles/are-we-there-yet-1 <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->We tend to start our conscious spiritual quest from the external standpoint of our ego-personality and the mental, vital and physical complex we have developed during our lives. Something has opened up within us that causes us to begin the process. As we begin to have various experiences that go ... santoshk@msn.com Sun, 5 Apr 2026 7:04:54 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-voice-of-the-soul-distinguishing-the-aspiration-of-the-psychic-being <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->Most people have their spiritual motivation filtered through their external personality. If the mind is their predominant part, then it may take a mental turn. If the vital, then a vital turn. If the physical, a physical turn. In The Life Divine, Sri Aurobindo describes the human aspiration as ... santoshk@msn.com Sat, 4 Apr 2026 9:46:09 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-psychic-being-and-its-interface-with-the-mental-vital-and-physical-parts-of-the-being <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->The physical being, the vital being and the mental being each have their own characteristic mode of action, habits and predilections. They also have created over time an interface that modfiies the native action of each to accept some amount of influence and control by the other elements. Thus, ... santoshk@msn.com Fri, 3 Apr 2026 5:15:20 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/two-key-forms-of-aspiration-in-the-spiritual-seeking <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->The Yoga of Knowledge focuses on the realization of the Self, the consciousness above which is free from the illusions of the external life that most people lead. The Yoga of Devotion focuses on the realisation of the psychic being which turns the being and the sense towards the Divine. The ... santoshk@msn.com Thu, 2 Apr 2026 8:23:04 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/liberation-from-illusion-and-the-transformation-of-life <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->There is a long history of spiritual aspirants seeking liberation from what they come to perceive as the illusion of life in the world. It is a signal experience when the individual awakens to the apparent unreality, the transitory nature of the external life, and the seemingly meaningless ... santoshk@msn.com Wed, 1 Apr 2026 6:41:02 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-soul-and-the-psychic-being-1 <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->There is a type of cell in the body which is called a ‘stem cell’. The stem cell does not have a direct operational function; rather it is undifferentiated and capable of being activated to become any type of functional cell for any part of the body. Without pushing the example too far, the soul ... santoshk@msn.com Tue, 31 Mar 2026 5:06:12 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-triple-aspects-of-the-divine-presence <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->In order to carry out the complex creation, the Supreme Divine Consciousness has ‘distributed’ the awareness through a series of steps. The first step is the development of the Jivatman, the Divine Presence that does not involve itself directly in the individual beings of the manifestation, but ... santoshk@msn.com Mon, 30 Mar 2026 9:06:03 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-refraction-of-the-unified-supreme-consciousness-into-the-various-levels-and-forms-of-th <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->The Supreme Consciousness refracts itself into sub-spheres of awareness depending on the level of the creation that needs that awareness. Thus, the unified Supreme Consciousness, known as Sat-Chit-Ananda, creates apparent separate forms at the Knowledge level, the supramental consciousness, ... santoshk@msn.com Sun, 29 Mar 2026 4:30:28 pm https://selfgrowth.com/articles/occult-knowledge-or-perceptions-originate-in-the-inner-mental-vital-or-physical-not-the-psy <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->People get intimations, intuitions, ‘gut instincts’, or simply a feeling about something, maybe a form of uneasiness, or a sense of expectation, or some pressure, or new thought process or emotional reaction. Sometimes these things occur during the waking state, but often they come as elements ... santoshk@msn.com Sun, 29 Mar 2026 9:56:06 am https://selfgrowth.com/articles/being-and-becoming-and-the-soul-and-the-psychic-being <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->When we gaze into space at night, we see stars unimaginably distant from us. We also can experience. if we suspend our thinking mind and vital desire-soul and physical demands temporarily, a sense of the timeless, the immutable, unchanging Reality that exceeds our ability to embrace and ... santoshk@msn.com Sun, 29 Mar 2026 9:30:50 am https://selfgrowth.com/articles/the-potentiality-of-the-soul-the-actuality-of-the-psychic-being <!--7809d7e227d74f2cb6edb1ca2739d10d-->A seed, in its essence, contains all the potentiality that eventually turns into a full grown tree. It is useful to reflect on this when we look at the position of the soul in relation to the psychic being. The soul is like that seed to the extent that it has all the potential of the Divine ... santoshk@msn.com Sun, 29 Mar 2026 9:24:24 am