#### [[notes_Vedic Psychology ]] **Creator**:: [[Dr. K]] **Source**:: [[course_Dr. K's Guide to Mental Health]] **Link**:: [Healthy Gamer](https://coaching.healthygamer.gg/guide/lessons/vedic-psychology) #### Terms - [[Buddhi]] - [[Samskara]] - [[Yogi]] - [[Oedipal complex]] - [[Manas]] - [[Ahamkara]] - [[Citta]] ## Notes - [[Western philosophy]] has many different answer to how does the [[mind]] work, and has two different methods of study - Offers approximations based of off observations - [[Sigmund Freud|Freud]] talked to people - made inferences based on what people said - look from the outside to the inside - works very well in regular [[medicine]] but not in [[Psychology]] - Science is population based not individual basis - [[Vedic Psychology]] offers a different perspective - [[Yogi|Yogis]] focused on their own thoughts - the [[subjective]] information we have about ourselves is better than the [[objective]] observations of others - Less complex - ### Parts of the [[mind]] ^684d3e - [[Manas]] - where we experience [[emotions]] - reflexive, automatic, likes and dislikes - [[Buddhi]] - intellect - analyze, recall, pattern match - [[Ahamkara]] - [[identity]], [[ego]], sense of I - different quality from [[Manas]] and [[Buddhi]] - [[Samskara]] - memory impression, [[self-repression|repressed]] memory, emotional reaction - [[Citta]] - backdrop of the mind, where [[Samskara]] are stored - Girl, dog, ice cream example - [[Psychotherapy]] is hiring somebody to help us develop our [[Buddhi]] - [[Ahamkara]] and [[Buddhi]] are at war - [[Ahamkara]] > [[Buddhi]] - [[Rationalizations are defense-mechanisms against strong emotions]] - [[Our ego is our subconscious defense of our self]] - [[Buddhi]] > [[Ahamkara]] - insecure, people-pleasing