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
Smrti
Aspect of Buddhi
Power of Recall and Memory
Imprints on the Dhrti
Samskāras
Illuminating, pure, and good. Leads to clarity and mental serenity
Sattva
Mobility, or activity. Makes a person active and energetic. Tense and willful
Rajas
Dark and restraining which obstructs and counteracts the tendency of Rajas to work and Sattva to heal
Tamas
Quality of intelligence, harmony, balance, and stability
Directing Inward and Upward
Awakening of Soul
Creates Peace, everlasting happiness, and contentment
Sattva
Quality of change, activity, stimulus, and turbulence
Motivation for action, ultimately to achieve power, control, and dominance
Directed Outward. Causes egoistic actions
Makes a person fulfill his desires which in the end causes pain and suffering
Rajas
Quality of darkness, inertia, obstruction, heaviness, ignorance, lack of awareness, excessive sleep.
Retards objects
Directs downwards and causes decay, death, and disintergration
Tamas
fearful, depressed, dull, miserable, and delusional
Tamasic Mind
Egotistic, self-centered, greedy, angry, lustful, violent, anxious
Rajasic Mind
Kind, Compassionate, loving, forgiving, truthful, intelligent, strong
Sattvic Mind
Harmony, balance, clarity, purity so doesn’t cause disease
Sattvic Qualities
Movement, action, turbulence
Causes racing, restless, agitated mind, anxiety, stress, tension
Rajasic Mind
Inertia, darkness, dullness, heaviness
Causes depression, fear, nervousness
Tamasic Mind
Inspired, enthusiastic, genuine, divine love and arts
Sattvic Vata
Angry, resentful, jealous, controlling, and judgemental
Rajasic Pitta
Self-isolating, lethargic, stubborn, and possessive
Tamasic Kapha
Faith being the antidote to fear
Vata Living Sattvically
Nurturing, and unconditionally loving
Sattvic Kapha
Perceptive, clear view, leadership. Guides and spiritual teachers
Sattvic Pitta
Nervous, Fearful, anxious, worrisome
Rajasic Vata
Hateful, Violent, vindictive
Tamasic Pitta
Intensively attached to pleasure, addictive, attached to things or objects
Rajasic Kapha
Depressive, addictive, psychotic, and suicidal
Tamasic Vāta
Compassion and abstaining from judgment
Pitta Living Sattvically
Non materialisms and non attachement
Kapha Living Sattvically
