the vital centres, the physical centre are connected there with the vertebral column and have their base there.
That is why the condition of the consciousness behind is very important.Sri Aurobindo
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Translated into English
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2. Parts of the being
The place of the psychic being is behind and all the centres are situated behind; for instance, the heart centre, the vital centres, the physical centre are connected there with the vertebral column and have their base there.
That is why the condition of the consciousness behind is very important.
All depends on the predominance of the psychic — the external nature is busy satisfying its little ego, desires and cravings; the mental being is occupied with the self, but the petty ego derives little pleasure from that, it longs for pettiness. The psychic being is occupied with the Divine, it alone can do1 the surrender — only the psychic being can control the external nature.
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