Is the Mental Consciousness an Aid or an Obstacle for the Spiritual Seeker

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 2, Planes and Parts of the Being, pp. 41-43 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/08/04/is-the-mental-consciousness-an-aid-or-an-obstacle-for-the-spiritual-seeker/