The present compilation is an attempt to bring together in one volume themanifold teachings pertaining to the psychic being which are to be found in thenumerous works of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother. The selections deal with thenature of the psychic being, shedding the light of Sri Aurobindo and The Motheron the inner constitution of the human being and on various related questionssuch as the process of inner growth, the afterlife, and rebirth.