The consciousness of the seer, is a greater power for knowledge than the consciousness of the thinker. The perceptual power of the inner sight is greater and more direct than the perceptual power of thought.
Sri AurobindoThere is the physical mind which is mechanical but the awareness which is the essential character (dharma) of the mind is also to some extent present there.
Sri AurobindoWhat the soul sees and has experienced, that it knows; the rest is appearance, prejudice and opinion.
Sri AurobindoWhat you call the psychic being is the mind of the vital. The heart is the seat of this mind. And this mind is the essence of the senses. It receives things from outside, acts upon things that are outside - knows, gives consent, takes interest in them. But this mind cannot be the Ishwara, but it is the knower, the giver of the consent.
Sri Aurobindo