Normal Self

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Normal Self is a term used by Aldous Huxley to refer to what on the LP we call the Bodily Ego.

Huxley Terms

Aldous Huxley > Applied Mysticism, Final Revolution, Mind at Large, Minimum Working Hypothesis, Normal Self

Syncretic Terms

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

Notes

"It looks as though the most satisfactory working hypothesis about the human mind must follow, to some extent, the Bergsonian model, in which the brain with its associated normal self, acts as a utilitarian device for limiting, and making selections from, the enormous possible world of consciousness, and for canalizing experience into biologically profitable channels."[1]

Footnotes

  1. Huxley, Aldous. “1963 Letter to Dr. Humphry Osmond.” In Moksha. Rochester, Vermont: Park Street Press, 1999.