The many selfs

You know Atma. It is the un-maligned witness of the universal self in the limited self - जीव. This atma रूप is equivalent of चित्त the cognitive aspect of Atma. The chitta as the maligned aspect of the Atma - maligned by the psyche - is the evaluating, assessing, weighing, concluding aspect variously called the mind. The mind's views are further distorted in the following ways cited by examples of rope-snake, dhobi-donkey, Janaka-dream experience, illusory water in Mirage, lion's club who believed he was sheep and the prince of Kashi and the enigma - the world and by nama roop.

Now the mind's attitude, orientation, thinking, feelings and behaviours show up in thirteen ways.

1. The natural un-programmed self 

2. The programmed but unrestrained self

3. The compliant self

4. The rebellious self

5. The pathos-ic self

6. The Lagos-ic self

7. The Ethos-ic self

8. The Controlling self

9. The Prohibitive self

10. The Persecuting Self

11. The helpful Nurturing Self

12. The Rescuing Self

13. The troubled - victimised self

The sense of self is marked by its fluidity.

It journeys through all these selfs.

Besides there is a guilt causing aspect that hurts us and the sensuous, sexual and greed generating urges, drives and impulses controlling genetic centre. There is also a liberating aspect that prods and pushes to gain autonomy and liberation. It is called as the force of physis.

Our programmed system uses us to tap or use these aspects from moment to moment. We need to view this motion picture in real time through generating awareness by observing the motions of our mind by asking these simple questions. 

1. Where am I

2. What am I doing / what activity am I engaged in

3. Where is my mind (wandering) and the fodder it is grazing.

In time hyped awareness is rewarded whereupon we can then steer the mind to remain anchored where we want it to stay engaged.

This is rewarded to me by my study of TA.