is not lost but gone inside – the outer part does not know where – but probably gone inside into union with the psychic. The only thing that can have gone is something of the old nature that was standing in the way of this experience.Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
12. Experiences of the Inner and the Cosmic Consciousness
Fragment ID: 2147
It is not that anything has been taken from you, but as you say at the end, your being is seen by you in two parts. That is a thing that happens as the sadhana proceeds and must happen in order that one may have completely the knowledge of oneself and the true consciousness. These two parts are the inner being and the outer being. The outer being (mind, vital and physical) has now become capable of quietude and it gets in meditation in a free, happy, vacant quietude which is the first step towards the true consciousness. The inner being (inner mind, vital, physical) is not lost but gone inside – the outer part does not know where – but probably gone inside into union with the psychic. The only thing that can have gone is something of the old nature that was standing in the way of this experience.