Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume I - Part 2

Fragment ID: 10163

The forces of the physical mind, vital physical, material consciousness [are the forces of the physical plane]. Of course, as I said, the statement must be taken with a qualification, for the true mind and vital are also there, but in this condition [of passivity and inertia] it is the forces of the physical consciousness that predominate and determine the general condition which is a proneness to aprakāśa and sometimes apravṛtti.