There are four kinds of tendencies in man : the animal, the demonic, the human and the divine.
When man ignores the mind and the Atma and identifies himself with the body, he manifests only his animal qualities. When the body and the Atma are forgotten and only the mind alone is predominant, one becomes demonic.
When the body and the mind are forgotten and one is immersed in the Atmic consciousness, one becomes Divine.
(Gems of Wisdom, Characteristics of Man, pg 283)


