Terminology of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother

By: Neelima

May 13 2008

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Mental: the part of the being which has to do with thinking and intelligence.

Vital: the life-nature of the being, made up of life-energy, sensations, instincts, impulses, feelings and desires.

Psychic Being: the individual soul; when the soul-principle present in all life and matter, begins to develop an individuality in the course of evolution, that psychic inviduality is called the psychic being.

Integral: all parts of the being.

Supramental:  The Truth Consciousness , the highest Divine consciousness and force operative in the universe. A principle of consciousness superior to mentality.