reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 6, Some Answers and Explanations, pp. 177-178 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/12/29/the-bifurcation-of-the-external-parts-of-the-being-and-the-central-consciousness/