Spiritual Growth Articles

Animals have a psychic presence that can be experienced through regular contact with them.

the transformation from the standpoint of the external ego-personality involves 3 major stages, the psychic transformation, the spiritual transformation and the supramental transformation. The psychic transformation holds the key to the other two stages.

we regularly discard or eliminate details from memory that we store, and the further back we go, the less detailed the record is. This illustrates the issues related to psychic memory stemming from past lives, which carry even less potential detail forward

when we take the standpoint of the ego personality and the external being, we endure suffering. when we shift the standpoint to the psychic being, we have constant peace and serene happiness unconditioned by outer circumstances

as the soul awareness emerges, it slowly begins to provide guidance and direction to the external being Prior to its emergence, it acts from behind with hints and influence on circumstances

The action of the mind, life and body in the external world moves the divine creation's intention forward, while the soul, acting from behind, slowly guides and gains mastery over the external being

inspiration does not come through the normal process and mechanism of mental activity. it comes from another type of consciousness that operates under different conditions than the mind.

One cannot achieve peace or lasting happiness by running away from difficulties in the world, or through any form of distraction or intoxication that dulls the responses. Peace comes through shifting the standpoint to that of the psychic being.

emotions can be an obstacle to spiritual sadhana, or they can be an aid. They become a positive force for spiritual growth when they focus on Divine realisation

The psychic being has the characteristic of peace and serene happiness. That does not prevent the individual from experiencing difficulties and obstacles in his external life. Those who try to express the true psychic character often are made the object of opposition for upsetting the status quo.

Genius is hidden inside each individual. When the chakras, subtle energy centers open, they bring with the opening new capacities and powers

The psychic being is frequently evident in young children but can be covered over by deformations of the external nature

the nature of truth

If we look at the natural world we see that the underlying quality that drives all life is love. Love is the key to everything that’s alive on the planet from the tiniest of living organisms to the elephant… everything thrives on love in one form or another. Take for instance a giant elephant who is ready to charge. In reality she is only trying to protect her young, and will do so with great ferocity and passion to the point of even giving up her own life. Thus protecting other lives and sacrificing ones own life, to do so is the purest form of love.

When a psychic being is mature and awake, conscious, it can, and does, have the choice to determine the nature of its next birth. The Mother describes how this takes place.

The soul remembers the essence of its spiritual development from past lifetimes, not the specifics of the external life it led in any particular lifetime.

The psychic being has a particular type of memory needs and capacities which determines what is brought forward from one lifetime to the next and how

Death, Rebirth and the Role of the Soul in Determining the Process