The Psychic and the Vital Being: A Definitive Compilation
The essential labour of the Integral Yoga lies in discerning the true source of all movement in the complex human instrument, separating the pure current of the soul from the turbid or egoistic drive of the life-force. This distinction between the Psychic Being and the Vital Being is architectonic, serving as a master key for all purification, mastery, and eventual transformation. The following compilation synthesizes the definitive differentiations and functional relationships between the psychic and vital elements of the being, derived from the core texts of the Integral Yoga. I. Essential Nature, Origin, and Ontology The psychic being and the vital being are not merely different parts but fundamentally different principles of consciousness operating on distinct laws: A. The Psychic Being (The Soul) The Psychic Being (or Caitya Puruṣa ) is the intrinsic, enduring spiritual element within the evolutionary manifestation. Origin and Essence : The...