being (Jivatma) manifesting in the lower nature as the psychic being – it is directly a portion of the Divine.Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
5. Planes and Parts of the Being
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The body is not the individual self – it is the basis of the external personality or of the physical self, if you like so to express it; but that is not the individual self. The individual self is the central being (Jivatma) manifesting in the lower nature as the psychic being – it is directly a portion of the Divine.