Self
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Self
The word Self with a capital "S" refers to your Spiritual Ego. The word self with a small "s" refers to your Bodily Ego.
Syncretic Terms
Spiritual Ego
Spiritual Ego > Ajayu, Angel, Atman, Augoeides, Big Self, Blazing Star, Brahman, Bright Light, Buddha Nature, Deep Self, Divine Ego, E, Father in Heaven, Genuine Self, God Self, Great Self, Guardian Angel, Higher Genius, Higher Self, Highest Self, Holy Spirit, Immortal Spirit, Inner Radar, Inner Self, Inner-Self, Intensification of Consciousness, Intrinsic Consciousness, Kra, La, Monad, Monadic Consciousness, Monadic Intensification, Nagi, Neshamah, Ohr, Original Face, Paramatman, Real Ego, Real Self, Sakshi Chaitanya, Saug, Self, Soul, Spirit, Super Ego, Supreme Self, The Four Unthinkables, The Knower, The Witness, Transcendental Self... further results
Bodily Ego
Bodily Ego > Acquired Self, Antahkarana, Apparent Ego, Awkward Self, Earthly Self, Elusive Self, Empirical Self, False Personality, Illusory Self, King of the Body, Little Self, Normal Self, Not Self, Outer Self, Personality, Self, Sensual Ego, Subtle Body, Talking Self
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Notes
The self consists of the Bodily Ego and all aspects provided by the neurology of the brain and CNS of the physical body. Thus the bodily ego consists of the ratiional faculties provided by the front lobe of the brain, the instinctual responses provided by the brain stem, the endocrine responses provided by the hypothalamus, the nerve responses of the physical unit, cognitive modifications provided by the gut biom, etc.
The Self consists of the Spiritual Ego.
Quotes
Shining is the sun's nature; coldness, the water's; heat, the fire's; so the Self's nature is Being, Consciousness, Bliss, perpetual spotlessness.[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ Sankaracharya, The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom and Other Writings of Sankaracharya, trans. Charles Johnston, Kindle Edition (1999: Theosophical University Press, 1946), https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/crest/crest-1.htm