Aspect Of Consciousness Flashcards
Said to be passive and a experiential witness with no definable qualities
Beyond the realm of the fives senses and mind
Jīvātman
Mind conjugates with Jīvātman to form
Self Awareness and Awareness of being Self-Aware
Citta
Consciousness
Individual expression of Mahat(Cosmic Consciousness)
Jīvātman discerns through its active faculty
Buddhi
Individualized intelligence
Manifestation of Prakrti
Mahat
Cosmic Consciousness
Inborn intelligence in every cell
General ground of consciousness
Represents our conditioned consciousness with an imprint of all experiences and perceptions(Samskāras) that was have picked up through current and past lives(Vāsanās)
Citta
Decides whether a sensory impulse should go deeper into the Ātma
Manas
Perceives Senses
Full of desire and tries to constantly fulfill those desires.
Sensation Being
Rajasic In Nature
Manas
Manas travels through
Rasa
Constituent fluid or juice of the body-plasma
Strongest points of which the soul believes itself to possess
Ahamkāra
Ego
Operates through emotion to acquire sensations in the outer world
Rajasic in nature
Ahamkara
Controlling, dominating, and defensive when out of balance
Ahamkara
Helps us to see oneness in many forms
Ahamkara
Helps us to become free of desires and disappointments and become one with absolute consciousness and bliss(sat cit ānanda)
Buddhi
Three aspects of Buddhi
Dhī
Dhrti
Smrti
Dhī
Aspect of Buddhi
Intelligence to make the right decision
Dhrti
Aspect of Buddhi
Strength of the mind to stay with a decision