Glossary of Terms in Sri Aurobindo's Writings

Atman:
       The Atman is the Self or Spirit that remains above, pure and stainless, unaffected by the stains of life, by desire and ego and ignorance. It is realised as the True Being of the individual, but also more widely as the same being in all and as the Self in the cosmos; it has also a self-existence above the individual and cosmos and it is then called the Paramatma, the supreme Divine Being. -p5

The Divine and the Self and the Mother:
       It is the Divine who is the master - the Self is inactive, it is always a silent witness supporting all things - that is the static aspect. There is also the dynamic aspect through which the Divine works - behind that is the Mother. -p30