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The Mind as Taught by the Yogis
To the Yogis, it is key to understand how your mind works, because, as with any other practice, the better you understand it, the better you can control it.
Manuel Enrique
October 23, 2023
"Knowledge is power," Yogi Ramacharaka writes when explaining the mental principles of humans. And it becomes evident when we consider the physical body. The way in which we have studied, analyzed, dissected, categorized, and labeled every single part of it. We can observe that it's composed of various distinct parts, each serving a specific function.
This division of the body into parts makes it easier for everyone to understand the body and how it works, doesn't it?
So when it comes to our minds, we have to do the same. Simply referring to it as 'the mind' doesn't offer a comprehensive understanding. In modern psychology, the mind is divided into two parts: the conscious and the subconscious.
The Yogis, however, offer a more detailed explanation. They add a further division to the 'subconscious' mind. They divide the mind into three parts:
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