The essence of the soul is divine, but the soul (the psychic being) grows through all the forms of evolution; it becomes more and more individualised and increasingly conscious of itself and its origin. (The Mother, 24 January, 1935) <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/17/24-january-1935#p2</ref>
With regard to the evolution upwards, it is more correct to speak of the psychic presence than the psychic being. For it is the psychic presence which little by little becomes the psychic being. In each evolving form there is this presence, but it is not individualised. It is something which is capable of growth and follows the movement of the evolution. It is not a descent of the involution from above. It is formed progressively round the spark of Divine Consciousness which is meant to be the centre of a growing being which becomes the psychic being when it is at last individualised. It is this spark that is permanent and gathers round itself all sorts of elements for the formation of that individuality; the true psychic being is formed only when the psychic personality is fully grown, fully built up, round the eternal divine spark; it attains its culmination, its total fulfilment if and when it unites with a being or personality from above. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/03/psychic-presence-and-psychic-being-real-origin-of-race-superiority#p1</ref>
The soul individualises itself and progressively transforms itself into a psychic being. (The Mother, 28 July, 1960) <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/16/28-july-1960#p2</ref>