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Fitness Quote by Śrī Aurobindo

“...below even our most obscure physical consciousness is a subconscious being in which as in a covering and supporting soil are all manner of hidden seeds that sprout up, unaccountably to us, on our surface and into which we are constantly throwing fresh seeds that prolong our past and will…” quote by Śrī Aurobindo
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““...below even our most obscure physical consciousness is a subconscious being in which as in a covering and supporting soil are all manner of hidden seeds that sprout up, unaccountably to us, on our surface and into which we are constantly throwing fresh seeds that prolong our past and will influence our future,--a subconscious being, obscure, small in its motions, capriciously and almost fantastically subrational, but of an immense potency for the earth-life. Again behind our mind, our life, our conscious physical there is a larger subliminal consciousness,--there are inner mental, inner vital, inner more subtle physical reaches supported by an inmost psychic existence which is the connecting soul of all the rest; and in these hidden reaches too lie a mass of numerous pre-existent personalities which supply the material, the motive-forces, the impulsions of our developing surface existence. For in each of us here there may be one central person, but also a multitude of subordinate personalities created by the past history of its manifestation or by expressions of it on these inner planes which support its present play in this external material cosmos...””

Śrī Aurobindo

About This Quote

Source Book: The Life Divine, Sri Aurobindo, 1931

Human consciousness contains hidden layers that store past influences and generate future potentials, acting like unseen soil nurturing growth.

In simple terms: Hidden layers of mind shape our present and future.

Key Takeaway

Explore and integrate subconscious influences.

Themes

psychology spirituality growth

Mood

reflective intrigued

Type

philosophical inspirational

When to use this quote

  • personal development
  • creative work
  • therapy
  • spiritual practice

Key Concepts

subconscious latent potential inner selves

Questions to Reflect On

  • How do you recognize subconscious influences?
  • What practices help integrate hidden aspects?
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