[After the accident to his left thigh bone in November 1938 Sri Aurobindo used to have regular brief sessions with his attendants in the evenings. These conversations were independently recorded by Purani and Nirodbaran and form an extremely valuable and rich source of details presenting Sri Aurobindo’s views on a large variety of topics. The following touches upon the psychic being and a few related things. I’m reproducing it in the context of our present discussion. ~ RYD] Sri Aurobindo: How can one say that Hitler's voice is not right? He has seen that by following it he has been able to get Austria and Czechoslovakia and has been successful in many other things. As I said, the Cosmic Spirit may want him to go that way. Even from the standpoint of ethics, one can't say Hitler is immoral. He is very restricted as regards food, is supposed to have no wife or mistress and leads a very controlled life in all respects. He shows qualities which are considered moral. Robespierre was also a moral man and yet he killed many people. Nirodbaran: Then what did you mean when you spoke of a true voice? Sri Aurobindo: Oh, that is the psychic voice. But there can be many other voices from many planes. And how will you say which is right? What would you say of Lord Curzon's decision? Purani: When the freedom of the Purusha is won, then does it become possible for the individual to look beyond the Cosmic spirit to the Transcendent? Sri Aurobindo: Yes; that is to say, instead of being an instrument of ignorant Nature, you become the instrument of the Divine. Purani: Do you mean by the Cosmic Spirit the Impersonal Consciousness? Sri Aurobindo: No, the Cosmic Spirit is a personality but not in our narrow sense. It is both dynamic and static, Saguna and Nirguna, the Nirguna supporting the Saguna. Purani: You have said that the psychic being is also a personality. Sri Aurobindo: Yes, there is the psychic Purusha. Purani: Does the psychic being develop from birth to birth? Sri Aurobindo: It is not the psychic being itself that develops. But it guides the evolution of the individual by increasing the psychic element in the nature of the individual. Purani: If the psychic being is a spark of the Divine, then its function is the same as that of the Vedic Agni as "the leader of the journey". Sri Aurobindo: Yes, Agni is the god of the psychic and leads the journey upward.