11-03-2021, 09:53 AM
I found an interesting article about "Identity" from Yogic point of view.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/yoga/yoga-arti...s-of-mind/
There are 4 main categories of mind:
1. Budi = Intellect, discriminatory mind, recognized border / limit between opposite polarities.
2. Manas = A Huge Silo of Memory / Data
Intellect cannot functioned without any data / memory as a reference, memory / data can be found everywhere in the body, every cells has DNA that store accumulated memory of the species which will be modified and passed on to the next generation.
3. Ahankara = Identity
Once ahankara takes on an identity, the intellect will functions only in that context.
The intellect is seriously enslaved to your identity.
Because I'm an American I must act and think like an american, because I'm a Christian I must act and think like a Christian etc..
One need to 'ascend' beyond it's limited identity to gain better understanding thus becoming more 'conscious' or 'intelligent'.
4. Chitta - The Cosmic Intelligence
Chitta is mind without memory – pure intelligence. This intelligence is like the cosmic intelligence – simply there. Everything happens because of that. It does not function out of memory – it simply functions. In a way, what you call cosmos is a living mind, not in the sense of intellect but in the sense of chitta. Chitta is the last point of the mind. It connects to the basis of creation within you. It connects you with your consciousness.
Once you know how to consciously keep your chitta on, you do not have to do anything. Simply sit; the best things will happen
Somehow yogic definition of Chitta resonate well with Ra's definition of Infinite Intelligence?
And to access that one need to go beyond it's limited identity.
https://isha.sadhguru.org/yoga/yoga-arti...s-of-mind/
There are 4 main categories of mind:
1. Budi = Intellect, discriminatory mind, recognized border / limit between opposite polarities.
2. Manas = A Huge Silo of Memory / Data
Intellect cannot functioned without any data / memory as a reference, memory / data can be found everywhere in the body, every cells has DNA that store accumulated memory of the species which will be modified and passed on to the next generation.
3. Ahankara = Identity
Once ahankara takes on an identity, the intellect will functions only in that context.
The intellect is seriously enslaved to your identity.
Because I'm an American I must act and think like an american, because I'm a Christian I must act and think like a Christian etc..
One need to 'ascend' beyond it's limited identity to gain better understanding thus becoming more 'conscious' or 'intelligent'.
4. Chitta - The Cosmic Intelligence
Chitta is mind without memory – pure intelligence. This intelligence is like the cosmic intelligence – simply there. Everything happens because of that. It does not function out of memory – it simply functions. In a way, what you call cosmos is a living mind, not in the sense of intellect but in the sense of chitta. Chitta is the last point of the mind. It connects to the basis of creation within you. It connects you with your consciousness.
Once you know how to consciously keep your chitta on, you do not have to do anything. Simply sit; the best things will happen
Somehow yogic definition of Chitta resonate well with Ra's definition of Infinite Intelligence?
And to access that one need to go beyond it's limited identity.