June 10, 01
Parts
and Planes of the Being and Their Extensions (*)
q Body, vital, mind, Spirit
and Supermind are the parts of our being.
q The Spirit which is called
spiritual mind range is described in the ascending order of Higher Mind, Illumined Mind,
Intuitive Mind and Overmind.
q Each of these parts
extends into subtle and causal planes.
q Mind as it extends in the
spiritual mental range, descends below in inner mind, subliminal mind and subconscious
mind.
q By Mind we mean the
physical mind on the surface.
q These terms do extend into
the surface being, inner being, subliminal being and subconscious being.
q They similarly apply to
the vital and physical.
q The spiritual mind range
is the superconscient culminating in what we call Supracosmic, Superconscient, which is
the opposite of the Inconscient where it forgets itself.
q The subliminal is born
where the Superconscient and the subconscient meet.
q The subconscient is the
repository of the race memory in us.
q Neither the subtle nor the
inner is spiritual.
q The subliminal extends or
is capable of extending all over the universe.
q The Manomaya Purusha
– witness soul – is in the inner mind.
q The psychic is buried in a
cave in the subliminal.
q By Being we mean the
embodied being, the body and mind assumed by the conscious soul for its earthly life.
q All the terms above –
Sat, Chit, Ananda, Supermind – are found in all the terms below, but involved in
various degrees.
q Thought: It is gross when verbalised in the mind. It is
subtle before it is put into words and it is in existence in impulse. The thought can
become causal when it is a Supramental thought capable of intuition. Thoughts float in the
atmosphere, enter us through our body, rise to the mind to find expression as speech.
q Thought, He says, can seek
the Absolute.
(*) A full detailed discussion of this
topic can be found in the chapter “Boundaries of Ignorance” in The Life
Divine.