RESEARCH NOTE: BASIC HEALTH CONTOURS OF THE HUMAN BEING
The health of the individual human being may be conceived of as the child of interrelated patterns of cosmic forces that progressively gains the appearance of being a socially distinct living entity, with an apparent ability to function willfully and relatively independently.
While the term personality is derived from the Greek word “persona”, which originally referred to an actor’s mask. This suggests that the human personality is merely an outward cloak that is overlaid upon a transcendent, inner self.
The different dimensions or levels that constitute the individual human personality may be summarized as follows:
1. Kaya (The Physical Body)
The physical body represents the outermost sheath of the human personality. It is composed of many different types of cells that coalesce together to create tissues and organ systems.
2. Prana (The Vital Energy)
Every material object appears to be a distinct piece of matter that is divided from other objects by the boundaries of space and time.
3. Manas (The Mind)
The external world of matter and energy appear to be a random flux, without any predictability or regularity in its patterns of interaction.
4. Buddhi (Intelligence)
The dynamic stream of sensations that arise from the mind is delivered to the faculty of human intelligence, which has two components: a) intellect, and b) intuition.
5. Chetana (Consciousness)
The elements of perception are seen to continuously appear and disappear in what we refer to as our “experience.”
Yet, we remember deep sleep as a refreshing experience. How do we know the changes and variations in our experience?
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