What Is the Role and Importance of the Physical Body for the Evolution of Consciousness?

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 6, Some Answers and Explanations, pp. 153-154 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/12/02/what-is-the-role-and-importance-of-the-physical-body-for-the-evolution-of-consciousness/