We have been given faculties for experiencing the world around us. These faculties or dimensions of our existence are called as Pancha Kosha’s (5 koshas)
- Annamaya – relating to our physical existence (body)
- Pranamaya – relating to the energy body (Prana)
- Manomaya – relating to the controller of emotions and senses (Manas/instinctive)
- Vignanamaya – relating to intellect (Buddhi/Conscious cognition)
- Anandamaya – relating to the bliss body (Soul/Purusha)
We create a fiction called Ahamkara(Ego/Personality) which is not a faculty provided but a fiction created by our own mind through which we perceive the world. This ego or personality is nothing but an accumulation of all our habits that are based on what we like and avoidance of what we dislike. Most of us lead our lives out of this instinctive mind, we rarely use the cognitive faculty of Buddhi and instead rely upon the comfort zone of habits. It is good if you have formed good habits that sustain a healthy lifestyle, if not then you are headed for disaster. The sooner you realise that you are living your life through a self created fiction of habits, the sooner you would start living consciously by using the faculty of Buddhi.
Even beyond Buddhi is the Bliss Body or Soul which is a part of the Absolute. This bliss is a part of our existence, it’s only that we have forgotten it exists within us and thats where we don’t look. To experience this you have to silence all the faculties through the process of Meditation/Dhyana…
Bodhisattva 