Appropriating to oneself
all physical and mental activities eg, ‘I eat’, ‘I see’, ‘I talk’, ‘I hear’, ‘I
think’, ‘I am confused’, etc., is called ahamkara or ‘I’ consciousness. As long
as the ‘I’ identifies itself with the undisciplined body-mind complex, human
life is dictated by events and circumstances of world; we become happy with
pleasurable events, and miserable with adverse circumstances. More the mind
gets refined and disciplined, more does one get to know the real source of ‘I’
consciousness. Correspondingly, a person become more balanced and equipoised in
his daily life. Such a person is no longer swayed by ay event or circumstances
of life.
These four aspects of the
mind, viz manas, buddhi, chitta and ahamkara, are not watertight compartments.
It is the same mind called by different names based on its functions.
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