True Relation with the Mother - Psychic, Mental and Vital Devotion - Sri Aurobindo

Q: What is the difference between psychic devotion, mental devotion and vital devotion for the Mother?

A: The psychic is made up of love and self-giving without demand, the vital of the will to be possessed by the Mother and serve her, the mental of faith and unquestioning acceptance of all that the Mother is, says and does. These, however, are outside signs―it is in inner character quite recognisable but not to be put into words that they differ.

28-4-1933

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28 Apr 1933
Q: Is there no place for mental and vital devotion in this Yoga?

A: Who says there is not? So long as it is real devotion, all bhakti has a place.

28-4-1933
Sri Aurobindo
SABCL, Vol. 25, pp. 183, 184

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9 May 1933
Q: What kind of feeling is that which gets satisfaction and joy only in seeing the Mother?

A: It is psychic.

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Q: What kind of feeling is that which gets satisfaction and joy only in remembering the Mother?

A: Psychic.

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Q: What kind of feeling is that which gives a wound in the heart on hearing anything against the Mother?

A: Psychic.

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Q: What kind of feeling is that by which one feels close to the Mother’s presence in the heart even though she is physically far?

A: Psychic.

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Q: How shall I find out that I am in the full state of psychic love?

A: By the absence of ego, by pure devotion, by submission and surrender to the Divine.

9-5-1933
Sri Aurobindo
SABCL, Vol. 25, pp. 185, 186