Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume I - Part 2

Fragment ID: 9873

The exterior being is the physical which is connected in an ignorant way with the physical universe. It is this physical being which has developed an external mind and vital. The inner mind and vital are on the contrary in direct contact with the universal mental and vital and their forces; the inner subtle physical can also be in direct touch with the cosmic forces of the physical universe. But the exterior being is not in direct touch with the universal or cosmic – only through the outer mind and senses.