09/11/2025
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๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ & ๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐
1. ฤtman (Soul / Self)
โข Yoga: Pure, unchanging essence beyond thought โ the witness of all experience.
โข Psychology: Core self โ stable awareness beneath personality and trauma.
๐ Essence beyond thought and trauma; the stable โI am.โ
2. Buddhi (Intellect / Higher Mind)
โข Yoga: Inner wisdom and discernment (viveka); guides right action.
โข Psychology: Observing mind โ clarity, insight, conscious choice.
โจ Discerns truth and makes mindful decisions.
3. Ahaแนkฤra (Ego / โI-makerโ)
โข Yoga: Sense of individuality; identifies Self with body and roles.
โข Psychology: Ego โ self-image, identity, and defense mechanisms.
๐ โI, me, mineโ โ builds personality stories and protects the self.
4. Manas (Mind / Sensory-Emotional Mind)
โข Yoga: Reactive mind processing sensory input.
โข Psychology: Subconscious โ automatic thoughts, feelings, emotional responses.
๐ญ Reacts emotionally and gathers sensory impressions.
5. Chitta (Consciousness / Mind-field)
โข Yoga: Storehouse of impressions (saแนskฤras), memory, and emotion.
โข Psychology: Subconscious + unconscious โ deep emotional patterns and conditioning.
๐ชท The subtle background shaping all thought and behavior.
โจ โYoga is the cessation of the fluctuations of the mind.โ โ Yoga Sutra I.2
๐๏ธ When Chitta is still, ฤtman shines.