Q: Is the psychic being in the heart?
A: The
Mother: Not in the physical hart, not in the organ.
It is in the fourth dimension, an inner dimension. But it is in that region,
the region somewhat behind the solar plexus, it is there that one finds it most
easily. The psychic being is in the fourth dimension as related to our physical
being.
“The psychic being is in the heart centre in the middle
of the chest (not in the physical heart, for all the centres are in the middle
of the body), but it is deep behind. When one is going away from the vital into
the psychic, it is felt as if one is going deep, deep down till one reaches
that central place of the psychic. The surface of the heart centre is the place
of the emotional being; from there one goes deep to find the psychic.”
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Sri Aurobindo
(“The Psychic Being,
Soul: Its Nature, Mission and Evolution”, ‘Selections from the works of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother’ Ashram
Trust 1978, Published by Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Puducherry)
Q: You have said that in a previous life we were
together; but if we had not done Yoga, couldn’t we have met all the same?
A: The
Mother: Not necessarily.
I remember the
circumstances in which I said that; it was to a lady who had come here and
asked me how it was that she had come here.... This is true in a general way;
when those born scattered over the world at great distances from one another
are driven by circumstances or by an impulsion to come and gather here, it is
almost always because they have met in one life or another (not all in the same
life) and because their psychic being has felt that they belonged to the same
family; so they have taken an inner vow to continue to act together and
collaborate. That is why even though they are born far from one another, there
is something which compels them to come together; it is the psychic being, the
psychic consciousness that is behind. And only to the extent the psychic
consciousness is strong enough to order and organise the circumstances or the
life, that is, strong enough not to allow itself to be opposed by outside
forces, outside life movements, can people meet.
It is profoundly
true in reality; there are large “families of beings” who work for the same
cause, who have gathered in more or less large numbers and who come in groups
as it were. It is as though at certain times there were awakenings in the
psychic world, as though lots of little sleeping children were being called to
wake up: “It is time, quick, quick, go down!” And they hurry down. And
sometimes they do not drop at the same place, they are dispersed, yet there is
something within which troubles them, pushes them; for one reason or another
they are drawn close and that brings them together. But it is something deep in
the being, something that is not at all on the surface; otherwise, even if
people met they would not perhaps become aware of the bond. People meet and
recognise each other only to the extent they become conscious of their psychic
being, obey their psychic being, are guided by it; otherwise there is all that
comes in to oppose it, all that veils, all that stupefies, all those obstacles
to prevent you from finding yourself in your depths and being able to
collaborate truly in the work. You are tossed about by the forces of Nature.
There is only
one solution, to find your psychic being and once it is found to cling to it
desperately, to let it guide you step by step whatever be the obstacle. That is
the only solution.
(‘Questions and
Answers’, Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust 1978, Published by Sri Aurobindo
Ashram, Puducherry)
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