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The Inconscient
अचेतन (Acetana)
"The Inconscient is the inverse reproduction of the supreme superconscience... It is the last resort of the manifesting Spirit." — The Life Divine
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The Subconscient
अवचेतन (Avacetana)
"The subconscient is a concealed and unexpressed inarticulate consciousness which works below all our conscious physical activities." — Letters on Yoga
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The Physical Self
अन्नमय पुरुष (Annamaya Puruṣa)
"The physical is not merely the body but the body-consciousness and there is a mind of the body, a will of the body." — Letters on Yoga
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The Vital Self
प्राणमय पुरुष (Prāṇamaya Puruṣa)
"The vital is the Life-nature made up of desires, sensations, feelings, passions, energies of action, will of desire." — Letters on Yoga
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The Mental Self
मनोमय पुरुष (Manomaya Puruṣa)
"Mind in its essence is a consciousness which measures, limits, cuts out forms of things from the indivisible whole." — The Life Divine
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Higher Mind
उच्चतर मनस् (Uccatara Manas)
"The Higher Mind is a luminous thought-mind, a mind of Spirit-born conceptual knowledge." — The Life Divine
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Illumined Mind
द्युतिमय मनस् (Dyutimaya Manas)
"The Illumined Mind does not work primarily by thought, but by vision; thought is here only a subordinate movement." — The Life Divine
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Intuitive Mind
प्रतिभा मनस् (Pratibhā Manas)
"Intuition is a power of consciousness nearer and more intimate to the original knowledge by identity." — The Life Divine
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Overmind
अधिमानस (Adhimānasa)
"Overmind takes all Truth that comes down to it from the Supermind but sets up each Truth as a separate force." — Letters on Yoga
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Supermind
विज्ञान (Vijñāna)
"The Supermind is the Truth-Consciousness, the Real-Idea, the Self-Determining Infinite Consciousness." — The Life Divine
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Sachchidananda
सच्चिदानन्द
"Sachchidananda — Existence, Consciousness-Force, Bliss — is the trinity of the Absolute." — The Life Divine
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Purushottama
पुरुषोत्तम
"The Supreme who is beyond all manifestation yet makes all manifestation possible — the Unmanifest making possible every kind of manifestation." — Essays on the Gita
The Hierarchical Self
आत्मबोध — Self-Knowledge
According to the writings of Sri Aurobindo
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